Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> I'm thinking that's part of the "returning to the source", and the Oracle is 
> actually the accumulated knowledge of all the One's that have gone before, 
> which is why the Oracle didn't show up in the Matrix until around the time 
> the architect gave people choice

  Actually I think the Neos started appearing *after* the Architect created
the version of the Matrix where people are given the choice of leaving. The
basic idea for this version of the Matrix was suggested by the Oracle (as the
Architect himself states).

> as well as why the Oracle is changing her 
> appearance as Smith grows out of control (obviously I'm retconning there :-).

  Naturally the real reason for the different appearance in the third movie
is that the original actress died. However, the in-universe explanation was
given in Enter The Matrix (the video game), where the Merovingian kills the
embodiment of the Oracle inside the Matrix, forcing her to create a new one
(she also alludes to this in the third movie).

> It almost seems to imply that no only does the human get a choice, but the 
> software gets a choice too, and *that* is what screws up the Matrix as well.

  I don't think that rogue programs like the Merovingian would make much
sense if they would not also have free will and given free choice.

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                                                          - Warp

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