Excellent post Derwood. I agree with your 'agent' thoughts, but not the last arcitect one. I believe that Smith (and maybe all the agents) are rogue programs inserted into the matrix by the 'real humans' to destroy the matrix. I never thought of the whole 'three at a time' agent idea, but that seems correct and I think bolsters my idea. I'm still sold on the idea that this neo being the one and resetting the matrix is a normal cycle, like the sun rising/setting, but that Smith (and maybe the other agents) are out to stop the cycle (ie kill neo) to crash the matrix once and for all. It would be really interesting to find out that Smith was indeed the hero of the story after all.
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