I agree. No evidence was presented to support the sequels were "mostly the result of retroactive revision and was never planned when the first film came out." R

I agree. No evidence was presented to support the sequels were "mostly the result of retroactive revision and was never planned when the first film came out." Revision already take place in all creative storytelling. Also where does he come up with the idea that the perception is the films were "mapped out in advance and executed in accordance with a foolproof master plan?" Seems a bit extreme. All stories are a creative process and small and large details can change as a story continues. For instance, originally machines used human brains as part of a greater neural net within the matrix. But then executives forced the Wachowskis to change that idea into humans-as-batteries to make it more palatable. So they re-write portions of the arc to fit that new narrative. So all I see here is the "5 predecessors" plot removed from the first movie becoming 5 predecessors in the "matrix is a lie" plot, which may not have changed much. It's silly to speculate without just asking The Wachowskis directly.