have any of the computer systems as shown in the movie, but it did have the
ball (which I still think was a clever touch on Dicks part).
But lemme take a crack at it: I'm sure it was only done for show (it's more
dramatic) but did you notice that when somebody needed something "on the big
screen" in the control room it was dragged from one system onto a portable
display and slid into the other? What, they have no networking?
You could say (and think this was the reason in the script, but it wasn't
shown very well in the movie) that this was supposed to be a security
feature - the main console that displayed images from the empaths was not
networked. You could put things onto it, but only from a physical port
(which meant you had to be in the same room. By the same token to hack into
it and display something other than the empaths images you'd have to be in
the room.
All that said I've got some nits to pick on that one as well:
1) The whole stories premise was ridiculous, I thought: why the big,
elaborate issue? If you wanted to kill somebody you could just drive an
hour or so and do it outside the range of the empaths. Remember that the
pre-crime program only existed in D.C. - all you'd have to do to circumvent
it would be to drive to Baltimore. The man that could come up with the
intricate plot to outwit pre-crime probably coulda thunk that one up as
well.
2) Yeah, they looked really cool but who - WHO! - in their right mind would
ever make a see-through display? The point of a display is that you want to
see what's on it, not be distracted by what's going on behind it. This also
struck me on "The Fifth Element" (one of my favorite movies, really) - same
thing. All other printed material was on clear plastic. Why?
3) I know they needed to explain things, but why is John Anderton pre-crime
expert in one frame and then being told for the first time about things like
minority reports in the next? It just seemed like he was out of the loop
more than in on a lot of this.
4) The spiders were cool, but it seems like they could only be effective if
everybody had at least inch-wide cracks under every door. Luckily everybody
did!
There were a lot of other little things (the car coming off the assembly
line fully fueled with a wide open door to escape - and no other finished
cars in sight for example) but I really enjoyed the movie overall.
Jim Davis
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From: brobborb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:39 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Minority Report
I'll nit pick on further. How will that argument stand with the digital
images that were projected into the air? Those can be hacked in and forged
as well!
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Davis
To: CF-Community
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 8:23 PM
Subject: RE: Minority Report
That was my understanding - the grain of the wood constituted an
unforgable
construct - anything digital could be forged, but there's no way to create
that EXACT ball in any other way. That's also why (obviously) it was
clearly polished wood and not ceramic or plastic.
It's been a while since I read the story however.
Jim Davis
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From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:09 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Minority Report
My understanding was that the wooden ball was harder to forge than a
printout, and also very difficult to alter.
In other news, my boss got a game for his Mac which uses the player's
image via an iSight (or other firewire cam) as input. Me and both
bosses immediately thought of the MR computer's input scheme when we
first saw it.
--benD
brobborb wrote:
> This is what i find kinda silly. Why do they have to have the name
> carved into a ball/marble? Why not just have it displayed on a screen,
> without getting fancy schmancy. If anything, it will save time. I hate
> it when they add in this "cool" factor and it just turns out to be
> silly...for me anyways
>
> What else did you think about the film?
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