How did I miss a thread where Michael said he enjoyed dick? BTW the story was better.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:49 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [QUARRANTINE] Minority Report > > The movie is, in these respects, quite different from the > story. In the story, the precog isn't particularly "normal" > and couldn't have been unnoticed among regular people. The 3 > precogs see 2 visions of the murder and 1 without the > killing, but nor really for the same reasons I got from the movie. > > All in all, I like the story better, but the movie had better > visuals. :-) > > --Ben > > Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > In my ego-centric mind, I believe I know Dick. The problem > is, there > > are people who know Dick better than me. I know people who have > > actually met Dick where I've never had the pleasure. The problem is > > that I enjoy Dick. Whether it's in book form or a movie, Dick is > > great. My other problem is that I'm late in seeing Dick's > movie. This > > means that any idea I have about it is all cocked up. :) > > > > While watching Minority Report I came to the realization > that they never caught the real mastermind behind the entire > movie. For those that want spoilers, the basic premise is > that a cop in a 'future crime' program is shown by a > precognitive to have committed a murder in the future. What > follows is him being chased down by his own team to stop him, > him trying to find the person he's supposed to murder and > find out why. In the end, it turns out that his boss was > manipulating him into killing someone because the cop was on > the trail of a unknown murder that the boss did years ago. > > The movie makes it seem that the boss was manipulating > everything to cover up the murder. The truth is that the boss > is just as much a pawn as the cop is. The true mastermind? > The female precognitive. > > It was her 'vision' that put the cop on the trail of the > old murder. It was her vision and hers alone that said he > would be a murderer. She kept the cop safe and guided him > away from his old team until he committed the murder she had > foretold (actually a setup and then suicide, but....). > Everything fell into place for the boss's murder to come to > the front. And who did he murder to make the precognitive > want to plan all this? Her mother. > > So in the end she got everything she wanted. Freedom for > herself and the other prerogatives and her mothers murderer > dead (by suicide). All nice and neat without her being > anywhere near the suicide scene. A perfect crime. > > At least this is how I saw the movie. But then again, I don't know > > Dick as well as I think I do. :) > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192786 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
