Re:More questions than answers (Score 1)

I don't believe the Architect said that the Matrix needed to be reset, simply that the anomoly has risen to it's peak and must be dealt with. As he said, the problem is ultimately choice. If you give people choice, whether the illusion of it or not, you must allow for a percentage of them to 'choose' not to remain in the Matrix.

The Matrix 1.0 was perfect, a 'mathematical harmony' with no variables (choice) but was unacceptable for humans. The 'anomoly' as the Architect refers to it isn't Neo himself or Zion (as we see it), but merely the small percentage of those that choose to be free and to free others. Hence, the cities that the free humans created were destroyed everytime due to the threat that it placed on the machines' survival (energy source).

I believe that the images of the previous 'Neo' on the screens wasn't actually Neo himself, merely a representation of his prior incarnations ('The Ones'). In Matrix part one, they refer to the underground cities that used to exist (previous 'Zions' that machines destroyed as per the Archtitect?). As stated at the end by the Oracle when asked if they'll see Neo again; she knows that there will be another incarnation of 'The One' simply due to the fact that 1% will choose not to remain in the Matrix, form underground cities, try to free others, etc. The Architect asks at the end how long she (The Oracle) expects the peace to last, because it will not. The anomoly isn't within the Matrix itself, but a by-product of choice.

I feel this was a great wrap-up of the trilogy, the only thing (that comes to mind) unaswered is how Neo had powers against the machines outside the Matrix; but I'm comfortable not knowing :-)