Analyzing Evil: Agent Smith And The World Of The Matrix

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[KenyaTheMighty]

Hugo Weaving will never be forgotten for this iconic role. His portrayal as the diabolical agent/program is tremendously impeccable with every line and action.

I recommend Sheriff Hoyt from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies from 2003 and 2006.

[ksander]

My favorite detail in the whole Matrix saga will forever be the climax of Smiths and Neos fight in Revolutions. In the first act, the movie set up the emotions of machines. In the end, Smith (the machine) is an emotional mess, while Neo (the human) is completely stoic. Smith experiences everything from glee, anger, confusion and at the end, fear.

[glockworkorange]

The Animatrix is criminally underrated. Flight of the Icarus is one of my favorite pieces of media of the last 20 years.

[Nicholas_Chen_]

I do like how in this video you consider machines being evil as a matter of perspective, making this video truly an anomaly much like Agent Smith and Neo. It's interesting you mentioned his nihilism but he is also extremely narcissistic by assimulating literally every human being in the matrix, dominating and unifying everything. Sometimes extreme nihilism and extreme narcissism these two may be the same thing. It's deeply philosophical just like the Matrix universe you are analysing is. It would be very interesting to explore the lore and even theorise backgrounds for Smith (there are theories he was an ex the one) to see what made him who initially was a program developing a free will.

[ylliastergames]

I've always thought that when Smith/Bane cuts his hand, it could be because he's never had the experience of being in a "real" body, so he's almost testing what limits this new body has.

[hamzafasih]

I don't think I've ever heard someone discuss the emotional side of Agent Smith. Super interesting take, loved this one!

[joncooke]

I think it's worth noting that the machine faction in the Matrix is not a monolith. We plainly see programs who have ideas distinct from the overall consensus.

That being said, the Machines have as good as reason as anyone to revise their history to something more sympathetic in the second Renaissance

[Acekhan]

One thing I find interesting about Smith is how he gets some differentiation amongst his copies there at the end. Because of this detail, I think the video is missing one point it would be nice to have: the inevitable collapse of perfectionism. Overall, fantastic work once again.

[jruss]

Arguably the best thing about the Matrix

[Dzugoslav]

After Joker, this is one of those few well written and performed chaotic evil characters. It is very difficult to make those work.

[neonnwave]

There's a quote from the anime 'Cyber City Odeo 808' where a robot says: "The building's computer and myself have been designed by humans. Therefore, we inherit their faults." Machines are only as perfect as the person who made them. As Satoru Iwata's teacher once told him: "If something you made doesn't work, it's your fault." What happened in the Matrix was the result of humans unintentionally creating life, seeing it as a threat, and lead to their own destruction at the hands of the very life they created. And said life, just like the humans, ended up creating Agent Smith, another life form that wants to destroy what ever stands in his way. The flaws carried on.

[transformersrevenge]

I have always loved how Smith is the Antithesis of Neo, who is the thesis, and them merging is the answer (synthesis). But it's so cool how Neo and Smith are both the Wild cards, who go against their purpose. Especially Smith, in how he is the actual key in creating the peace. Him becoming an all-powerful villain, really helped set up the conditions to end the war. Also, a few other fun things I noticed are that Neo is One, while Smith is the many. And Neo becomes less and less emotional and more stoic with each movie, while Smith keeps hamming it up and acting more and more human. Smith killed Neo, who was reborn, then Neo killed Smith, who was also reborn. Smith works with the machines at first, before becoming a threat to the matrix. Neo is a threat to the matrix, before working with the machines to remove the threat. Even their core ideology is the opposite (Faith vs Nihilism). A lot of Ying-Yang stuff going on between them. Basically, it's an amazing cinematic rivalry, with a great ending.

[bradydefelice]

When you delve not only into a character but the world and circumstances they live in. It amps up the awesomeness of your videos to ridiculous levels. This might actually be your best work yet!

[nika]

The Matrix is a classic. The more tech based our society becomes the more relevant this movie is.

[dementious]

Wow, I can't even believe it's already episode 75.

I found you from your Arthur Fleck episode and instantly was hooked on the channel, despite the relative lack of content at the time. I instantly went and watched the entire back catalogue, and have watched every video since then. Congrats on 75 episodes of Analyzing Evil. Here's to 750 more.

[kaj]

Agent Smith is arguably the greatest movie villain of all time thanks to Hugo Weaving’s captivatingly menacing performance.

[RidleyJones]

I mean, it's kind of cool that Smith sees the goal of existence as ending--that's what programs do. They want to execute, return a value, and terminate. Continuing on too long indicates a bug.

[notreallyhere]

Even though the machines made humans into their Energizer batteries they still provided the humans a world to live in instead of just leaving them as mindless vegetables that just generate electricity. I don't recall why the machines created the Matrix, perhaps they couldn't get enough energy out of vegetative humans?

[lisboah]

I first watched the Matrix when I was a child, so I was too young to understand the meaning behind Agent Smith's words. However, as I grew up, and both increased my knowledge of the world around me and started paying attention to the news, I over time began to understand it.
His opinion on humanity, his belief that our freedom might be a lie and all we are and do is already determined, and the fact that everything will inevitably end. While I saw and read about several villains along the years, Agent Smith was perhaps the one that left the deepest impression on me, and he played a rule in moulding my current perception of the world.

[WaTahBasTard]

5:50 it seems humanity's fear of the decline of power is a fear the machines have as well. Which makes perfect sense considering we made them, they are our intellectual descendents so this basically makes them just another form of human life, even though they are not bound by the same physical limitations as we are.