When is the Matrix?

[BxBoy]

When is the Matrix?

Using background culled from the three movies and "Animatrix" shorts, The Associated Press compiled an estimated timeline of the war between men and machines:

2010-60 ? Humans create humanoid drone robots with Artificial Intelligence to fill jobs as construction laborers and servants.

2069 ? The hovercraft transport ship Nebuchadnezzar, later to be captained by Morpheus, is constructed in the United States.

2075 ? AI programs evolve and some robots began to resent their human overlords.

2077 ? In the first case of a machine rising up against its owners, the butler robot B166ER slaughters two humans, leading to B166ER's eradication and a backlash against robots and artificial intelligence.

2080-85 ? Rioting and violence against machines prompts robots to flee major cities and establish their own community ? known as Zero One ? in a remote part of the Middle East.

2085-2095? Zero One thrives, creating superior vehicles, computers and weaponry and decimating the economies of many human nations, which now lack the machine-based labor that made them strong.

2096? United Nations officials refuse to accept the robot civilization of Zero One as a sovereign nation. A trade blockade of robot goods leads to war.

2097 ? Zero One survives a nuclear attack ? its inhabitants are impervious to the heat and radiation and casualties are quickly replaced. Counterstrikes launched against humans.

2098 ? As cities fall beneath the might of mechanized forces, desperate military leaders attempt to block the main source of energy for the robot city: the sun. The plan destroys the atmosphere and fills the sky with choking black smoke ? but does not stop the machines.

2099? Machine forces overtake human armies and capture survivors and civilians for experimentation, determining that human bio-electricity can be harnessed to replace the sun's energy.

2100 ? Machines create the Matrix, a dream-like world set in 1999, to extend the lives of the comatose human batteries.

2105 ? The first human known as The One, locked in bondage inside the Matrix, learns he can manipulate the world through thought and manages to break free. Seeks sanctuary in the underground human stronghold of Zion.

2105-2150 ? Zion resistance movement created, although The One later dies under unexplained circumstances.

2161 ? Morpheus born in a Matrix womb; freed in childhood.

2167 ? Trinity born in a Matrix womb; freed in early childhood.

2175 ? The Oracle prophesizes that Morpheus will discover the second coming of The One.

2199 ? Trinity and Morpheus discover Neo, a hacker in the Matrix. They free him and do battle with Agent Smith, a program designed to rid the Matrix of humans who detect its flaws.

2201 ? The Osiris, another human rebellion ship, discovers machines drilling through the Earth above Zion. Crew members send a message through the Matrix to their compatriots shortly before being destroyed.

2201 ? Now living in Zion and working with the rebellion against the machines, Neo encounters The Architect, the artificial intelligence program that created the Matrix.

2201 ?The Architect reveals that the Matrix places rebellious humans in Zion, which it then targets for destruction, thus eradicating "bugs" in its system. He states that Zion has been destroyed five previous times ? suggestSourcex may be much older than he thinks.

Source: MSN Entertainment

Edited November 7, 2003 by BxBoy

[OPaul]

What about the fact there were 5 or so "Ones" before Neo plus 3 other versions of the Matrix? Say each failed Matrix was about 20 years then each of the other "Ones" was around 50 years. That's a lot of missing time.

[Sn00pY]

What about the fact there were 5 or so "Ones" before Neo plus 3 other versions of the Matrix? Say each failed Matrix was about 20 years then each of the other "Ones" was around 50 years. That's a lot of missing time.

was thinking that myself...

[Kuja]

Ya, that is strange. Doesnt account for Neo 2.0 to 5.0... o_O

[Tran]

Hehe... "I am Neo 5.0!!!" Just sounds kinda funny.

[isus]

Hehe... "I am Neo 5.0!!!" Just sounds kinda funny.

"I am AOL 8.0. You have mail."

[Ironman273]

Maybe it's during the 2105-2150 period...

And weren't the repulsors used by the Nebuchadnezzar and other ships created in Zero One? That's what the Animatrix made it seem like. That would mean that the Nebuchadnezzar shouldn't predate Zero One or the repulsors were retro fitted, which doesn't seem likely as the ship seems to have no other propulsion system.

[oldmate15]

and what about when he was a kid (neo) was he Neo 4.5 beta version?

[persianpsycho]

"I am AOL 8.0. You have mail."

oh god :no:

[futb0l]

interesting... i hope we see another of these things to explain the story a bit more!

[AquaJack]

Maybe it's during the 2105-2150 period...

And weren't the repulsors used by the Nebuchadnezzar and other ships created in Zero One? That's what the Animatrix made it seem like. That would mean that the Nebuchadnezzar shouldn't predate Zero One or the repulsors were retro fitted, which doesn't seem likely as the ship seems to have no other propulsion system.

You just stumbled onto something a BIG matrix fault there...that i didn't even think about before.

If Zion has been destroyed 4 times before and as the Architect says "..this will be the 5th time that we have destroyed it"

Why wasn't the Nebuchadnezzar destroyed? ...and for that matter, all the other ships and weapons?

The machines MUST have made Zion. and therefore MUST know exactly where it is. they MUST have re-stocked all the weapons and machinery..... geez ...now i'm really confused :wacko:

[Wolvereen]

Maybe it's during the 2105-2150 period...

And weren't the repulsors used by the Nebuchadnezzar and other ships created in Zero One?  That's what the Animatrix made it seem like.  That would mean that the Nebuchadnezzar shouldn't predate Zero One or the repulsors were retro fitted, which doesn't seem likely as the ship seems to have no other propulsion system.

You just stumbled onto something a BIG matrix fault there...that i didn't even think about before.

If Zion has been destroyed 4 times before and as the Architect says "..this will be the 5th time that we have destroyed it"

Why wasn't the Nebuchadnezzar destroyed? ...and for that matter, all the other ships and weapons?

The machines MUST have made Zion. and therefore MUST know exactly where it is. they MUST have re-stocked all the weapons and machinery..... geez ...now i'm really confused :wacko:

Here's something else. Wasn't Smith trying to find out the location of Zion in The Matrix? If Zion had been destroyed 5 times before and if it actually was 01, wouldn't the machines (and thus Smith) have known where it was? Why not attck from the beginning? Or was that information purged from their systems by the architect in order to mantain the balance of power?

[Sub]

Wasn't Smith trying to find out the location of Zion in The Matrix?

Smith wanted the access codes to Zion. Every captin of the ship has the access codes....

So while they knew where it was, they couldnt enter it.

[Wolvereen]

Still doesn't make sense. They obviously knew where it was?

Why did they wait till Zion had THOUSANDS of people in it? Why not dril down and kill people as they are released from the Matrix?

Why would they need access codes if Zion really is 01?

Like I said, I think the only explanation is that memories of the machines and programs are cleared (wiped) when the Matrix reboots! THink about it, thats why Smith said at the end of Revolutions that he remembered saying something before. He KNEW that he had beaten "The One" before. Only this time since LOVE was introduced, Oracle spoke through him instead.

If this is indeed the case (memory wipes), there is no telling how long the Matrix has exsisted. It could be 2199 or 2399

[Tiger.Girl]

timeline supports my theory that the was only 2 "ones" (original and neo) and the 2-6 only represent changes in neo's life and that the architect lied & told neo what he need to hear