Truly, sorrow is a sea about me, out of which I may never swim.
What was great about the first Matrix was that it could've happened in this very universe. The second and third? Not so much...last I heard, us humans don't have magic powers to zap Squiddies with our bare hands or 'see' evil AI programs when our eyes have been burned away.
Having Neo be able to bend the rules in the Matrix=cool. Having him be Mr. Magic in the real world=lame as hell.