The Animatrix

Animatrix explain a little bit more the true beginning of the Matrix: how men created the machines and how those machines stood up against their masters, and the effects of the great war that waged between them, which in the end led to the fall of mankind. Both of these shows are really centered around the "what if"s of the futuristic genre. In the same way that Animatrix streches the boundaries of what's possible for the future of technology. I Saw the story witten and directed by peter chung, one of the most original of the Animatrix episodes,¨ Matriculated¨ is also one of the most thought-provoking. It follows the story of a band of resistance fighters that attempt to convert captured machines to fight for humanity.

where It's interesting to note that the humans argue about re-programming the machines - effectively making them slaves to humanity again. Rather than re-programming, they offer the machines a choice, but one that is weighted in their favor. The idea of offering the machines choice and hoping the correct one is made mirrors the choice that minds are offered in The Matrix, finally We can se how they created stories based on the original idea of the movie.