Recently rewatched the "Matrix"-trilogy and there is so much potential for a sequel. [View all]

SPOILER
The last movie ends with Neo saving the machine-civilization from Smith and in return they agree that humans who wish to leave the Matrix may do so.



But this idyllic ending only creates new problems.

During the Matrix-movies, who gets out? People who have been vetted for a good personality, for usefulness to the resistance. But now, everybody can get out. Even criminals...

So, humans now (post-movie) have a choice where to live:
- in a 1990s-era civilization that really is a surveillance-state where no crime goes undetected
- in an impoverished real world where there is freedom and where you can commit crimes undetected



Now, we have to remember how the machines balanced the Matrix during the movies:
1. Humans need the right mix of joy and suffering, or else they feel controlled. (That's why the Matrix is not utopian.)
2. If humans rebel, that rebellion can be controlled by channeling it into controlled opposition. (That's why the Oracle created the Chosen One.)



So... There is only one logical course of action for the machines, WHILE honoring their treaty with the humans:
1. Make the matrix as utopian as possible while making life outside as bad as possible, to create a contrast of joy and suffering.
2. Control the rebellious elements outside of the Matrix by establishing control over the criminal elements outside of the Matrix.










I know that there won't be a sequel (because the Zeitgeist has changed), but it's so obvious that the supposedly happy ending only opened a new can of worms.