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Answer by Megha for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

It's possible that it did - simulate a pre-computer world to begin with, that is. Individuals grow up in the matrix, from infancy to adulthood. The created world has to reflect that - the simulation...

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Answer by Jim2B for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

I base this answer on nothing more than the thoughts I had while I watched The Matrix for the very first time.In The Matrix movie we observe that at some point humans create AI. Suppose that AI wished...

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Answer by Zibbobz for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

If you accept the fact that the Matrix is not actually a power source for the machines, it becomes much simpler to justify the reason they choose 1999. This answer keenly explains how the Matrix as a...

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Answer by Morg. for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

The Matrix is a metaphor for our society.As such, the only time that could possibly make sense was "now", which was 1999 for practical reasons, such as the movie being shipped in 1999.

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Answer by SysDragon for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

Another possible option is that the machines have no data at all to recreate realistically a Matrix in a previous years. Maybe they take the original data from human living brains, and when they...

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Answer by Nicholas for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

I'm surprised that this hasn't been mentioned before, but it seems reasonable to assume that it comes down to optimal power generation.We're told in the first movie that humans are kept alive and in...

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Answer by MistaGiggles for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

Other answers cover the whole "keep the people happy" side of the matrix, but in the scene with the Architect he mentions that the 'One' is a manifestation of imbalance in the system, and allowing the...

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Answer by Sparr for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

The original script called for the humans in the Matrix to be used for their mental computational power, not their ability to produce energy. In that context, 1999 may have been the point at which our...

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Answer by Blazemonger for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

Morpheus tells Neo:What we know for certain is that at some point in the early twenty-first century all of mankind was united in celebration. We marveled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to...

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Answer by DoctorWho22 for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

The reason that The Matrix was placed in 1999 was because the previous ones had failed... The Machines needed humans to accept the virtual world rather than the real world, which I will explain in...

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Answer by afeldspar for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

A possible answer might lie in changes made to the premise of the Matrix during the making of the first movie.The original plan had the machines constructing the Matrix to link humans together as...

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Answer by TenthJustice for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

I think the answer comes from what Smith tells Morpheus about the original Matrix, which was a paradise. Humans rejected it, so the Machines were forced to make a more realistic virtual world.SMITH:...

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Answer by xXGrizZ for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

The one depicted in the movie was the 6th iteration of the Matrix and was considered to be the optimum iteration. As we know from the movie, every story about a warewolf or vampire from long ago was a...

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Answer by Dan C for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

This was sort of explained in the first movie by Agent Smith. He explained that the first Matrix was designed as a utopia, but that the humans connected to it rejected the program, and "entire crops...

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Answer by Jack B Nimble for Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a...

Maybe 1999 was the era that had the longest life expectancy for the average human. Neo: If you're killed in the Matrix, you die here? Morpheous: The body cannot live without the mind.Maybe the machines...

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Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a pre-computer year?

In The Matrix, the people within the Matrix live in a simulated version of the year 1999. It's already been asked why the machines bothered with the Matrix at all, but let's assume that they had a good...

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