they only used those lasers for cutting through the ships so they could get inside. they were short range at that.
the claws had a longer range and they utilized horde strategies.
I will now post a livejournal review here.
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Why America hates the 3rd matrix (SPOILERS, POLITICAL)
They hate it because it paints a picture of war that is not palpable to "our" ideals. They hate it because it is anti-war as much as America is pro-war today.
We want wars that end like WW1 and WW2. We can't stand the idea of Vietnam where we "lost". Nor does it end like any sci-fi war that we're used to. It is not Independence Day where we destroy the alien's homeworld. It is not Star Wars with the destruction of the Super Deathstar. It is not Star Trek where the Borg queen is killed and the Federation polices the Alpha quadrant. Even most of the classical Sci-Fi authors gave their wars terminal endings. It is not the traditional Sci-Fi ending you can understand.
The machine war ends at an uneasy truce. You can see this archtype Commander Lock. In the movie he is portrayed as a warmonger and a cynnic without hope. He knows in his mind that there is no hope for peace with the machines. He is the picture of everything we should hate about ourselves and our nation right now.
I realize there are differences and there cannot be a clear parallel between the machine war and any war America has ever fought, but that is the exact picture of a war that we cannot understand. It is however conievable and some what allegorial (however weak) if we picture America as the machines. The machine is a nearly single-minded entity with a rigorous command structure. It's adversaries are hiding in shadows firing rockets at the army's forces. After the uneasy peace nearly all of the people of Zion are elated. They celebrate that the war is at an end, but Lock and others will continue to fight the machines. They may nearly break the truce and aggrivate the machines. The machines understand this weakness. The Architect says "What am I? Human?" He acknowledges that he will not lie, but knows that humans can. He knows that they do not come to agreements and do not act as one entity.
If you were a citizen of Zion would you accept the machines if they offered to help you rebuild Zion? If you were the machine world could you trust the humans to not let Commander Lock take control?
We can't understand the resolution for the machine war just like we can't understand the resolution for the Iraq war. Maybe if we saw ourselves with Iraqi eyes and the Iraqis as the people of Zion then we would know their trepedation and understand how there can be so many of them that fear and hate us. We have bombed them for 10 years and they are glad that it is over, but at the same time unsure.
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my friend wrote that, I 100% agree.