animatrix: program

this one is certainly the most generic of the set. it features a white haired woman fighting in feudal japan with a samurai. as they battle they talk about how they are only comfortable in the matrix and not in the real world. the samurai announces that he has struck a deal with the machines to go back and get plugged in again. he tries to convince the girl to go with him. this little story brings up the idea of questioning which is more important: truth or comfort? a difficult question that is a daily struggle as we make decisions about if we should do what is right, or do what is easy. an interesting idea, but one that had been dealt with well already in the first movie when cypher makes a deal with the machines.

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