>>126554741It could have worked if we had some reason. Instead, we have had to speculate, and nobody can really agree on a possible explanation.
Is it some weird link the supercomputer has with the world itself, effectively making the do-overs like restore points? If so, then how come the computer can't affect the world in other way?
Is it because XANA kills people with an energy that makes them unable to be revived even with a return to the past? If so, what is this energy exactly, and why didn't the kids try to disable this part of XANA's power so they don't have to worry about it anymore?
Honestly, I'd have been fine with them just not being equipped to handle seeing people die, which would pretty harrowing even for some kids pulling constantly trips into the Matrix on a daily basic. But if I had to hazard a more simple answer, I could see it being that there is a limit to how long they can reverse a death. If someone were killed, and they didn't return to the past within a certain period of time, then that person's life is forfeit. Of course, even this idea then raises the question of "does that mean there's a cooldown to the return to the past feature?" or something that would explicitly make it difficult just launch a return at their leisure?
