| Well, I think that your small issues with the animated shorts can be explained by the fact that The Matrix I don't think was ever intended to be such a huge success, and that there are bound to be inconsistencies since it wasn't all written or conceived at once.
And as someone else above said, it's possible that the Renaissance parts are partially or totally fake or incorrect. But I doubt that. Like I said, I think it's just accidental inconsistencies. |