They wrote themselves an out when Morpheus told Neo that everything he learned in the Matrix was a lie.
So yeah, Neo should have later flipped the script on Morpheus and his claim that humans were batteries. It would have pointed to a reason other than utility that machines kept humans alive. It would suggest peace was a possibility.
What would you have them do, retcon the entire premise of the first?
They wrote themselves an out when Morpheus told Neo that everything he learned in the Matrix was a lie.
So yeah, Neo should have later flipped the script on Morpheus and his claim that humans were batteries. It would have pointed to a reason other than utility that machines kept humans alive. It would suggest peace was a possibility.