Pre-cog limitation...


Has anyone talked about, what seems to be, a major flaw for PreCrime?
I mean, if the Pre-Cogs, that they had in the D.C. area, were "a miracle" how could they go nation-wide, much less, world-wide?

Seems you'd have to have more Pre-Cogs and they weren't falling off trees, right?

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Has anyone talked about, what seems to be, a major flaw for PreCrime?
Have you already thought of browsing through this message board, to see what subjects have been talked about?

- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/board/thread/217895035
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/board/thread/219785795

I mean, if the Pre-Cogs, that they had in the D.C. area, were "a miracle" how could they go nation-wide, much less, world-wide?

Seems you'd have to have more Pre-Cogs and they weren't falling off trees, right?
What makes you think it's a "major flaw"? Do you think the precious metals that enable your iPad/smartphone/whatever to work also fall off trees? And where did you get the idea that they wanted to spread Pre-Crime world-wide?


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My, you're a kind of a condescending a-hole, aren't you?

Have you already thought of browsing through this message board


Not really. There are a lot of submissions, I have things to do, and, let's face it, there are people like you to do it for me. Thanks, by the way.

Do you think the precious metals that enable your iPad/smartphone/whatever to work also fall off trees?


There is a big difference between "very little of a resource" and "THREE". So, I'm gonna still consider that a "major flaw".

where did you get the idea that they wanted to spread Pre-Crime world-wide?


The "PreCrime promotional video" in the first 15 mins. of the movie literally begins, "Imagine a WORLD without murder". Granted, the next step was national, but to imagine a world without murder, you might have to go global.


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My, you're a kind of a condescending a-hole, aren't you?
Your OP gave the impression that you wanted to come off as a smart person, hence instead of spoonfeeding you the answers to your homework question I thought I'd appeal to your own intelligence to do some crunching and come up with part of the answers yourself; so I gave my reply in the form of questions.

Turns out I was wrong, instead I'm dealing here with a self-entitled smug kid who'd rather resort to name-calling.

Have you already thought of browsing through this message board

Not really. There are a lot of submissions, I have things to do,
This messageboard is currently only two pages long; the time it took you to write and post your OP is more than the time it would have taken to skim those two pages for subject headings of similar threads.

and, let's face it, there are people like you to do it for me. Thanks, by the way.
Self-entitled and lazy.

Do you think the precious metals that enable your iPad/smartphone/whatever to work also fall off trees?

There is a big difference between "very little of a resource" and "THREE". So, I'm gonna still consider that a "major flaw".
How many iPad prototypes do you think the Apple engineers initially started with before their project was greenlighted to set up a factory to mass-produce these things? Much more than "three"?

where did you get the idea that they wanted to spread Pre-Crime world-wide?

The "PreCrime promotional video" in the first 15 mins. of the movie literally begins, "Imagine a WORLD without murder". Granted, the next step was national, but to imagine a world without murder, you might have to go global.
And how much credence would you give that propagandistic political Pre-Crime promotional video (within the world of the movie)? Did you notice the reported "national homicide rate" in that video? Did you also notice the types of crime mentioned in the video that are supposedly stopped by Pre-Crime, although Pre-Crime actually only deals with murder?

In the movie, there was no sign of plans to extend Pre-Crime worldwide. There was merely a promise to American citizens that they could live in a crime-free world (within their own national borders).

Is it a flaw in the movie that a propagandistic political promo video promises more than it would really deliver?



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First, I want to start by saying, you're still a condescending a-hole (I have confirmed it). :)

And, Wow. Ok. You know this is a movie right? I mean, this didn't really happen.
I'm discussing this as a plot hole, you're retorting like we're discussing history. But anyway...

To answer your, what, first three quotes?
Yes, I'm lazy and stupid. However, even if you prove me wrong, or (more likely) I prove you wrong, either way, I achieve my goal, so... I win. (and I still haven't even bothered reading the other posts). 



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How many iPad prototypes do you think the Apple engineers initially started with before their project was greenlighted to set up a factory to mass-produce these things?


WTF are you talking about? Originally, you're point was the precious metals in the devices. Which, while moot, at least, made some sense. Now, your talking about devices themselves. You can manufacture objects all day long, but these are people with a completely accidental special skill.
That's basically, the premise of the movie.

And how much credence would you give that propagandistic political Pre-Crime promotional video


How much credence? Complete. It's there, in the movie.
Unlike real life, directors and producers can put whatever they want into view. So, why would I think otherwise?
But, I digress.
I believe you are trying to redirect the core topic.
So, again, the point at issue is nationwide. Why are you debating worldwide?
They have to be able to go national first.
And I'm saying they can't.
They cannot.
It couldn't happen.
Literally, the whole movie is about a man desperately trying to cover up the ones he did make... and by accident.

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So to put it in your terms:
They need to make iPads from the tears of the unicorn.

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Yawn...

And I have confirmed my suspicions. But anyway:

You can manufacture objects all day long, but these are people with a completely accidental special skill.
The three pre-cogs weren't natural occurrences, they were "man-made" [*]. Unintentionally man-made and man-made with a low success rate, but man-made nonetheless.

The discovery of precious metals was accidental too, but after the discovery came the not-so-accidental inventions/purposes for which they could be used (such as working prototypes of, say, the iPad), so mining for them became profitable.


[*] (I already addressed this in the other threads but since you're so arrogant not to read them, even though you specifically asked if this topic had already been discussed before... *yawn again*)


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Well. Since you already addressed them, I guess stand corrected.

The three pre-cogs weren't natural occurrences, they were "man-made"


...and I already said*, so I wont repeat that he was trying to cover up his part in the acquisition of the "unintentionally man-made" accidental precog, who's mother he murdered because he had to have her.
He did this despite the apparent plethora of children with her same talent? He did this knowing he could just make more?

*same thread, different post (so I don't expect you to read it).

*yawn again*


Well, I guess it's past your bedtime. You've made you're point (we'll say), and I've made mine, and apparently, we're repeating ourselves.

By the way:
...you're so arrogant not to read them


Thank you. Now I'm arrogant, where I was stupid and lazy.
Shows your opinion of me is improving.

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He did this despite the apparent plethora of children with her same talent? He did this knowing he could just make more?
My implication is that Lamar knows that if they treat, say, 100 mentally disabled children of "neuroin" drug addicts with certain "medications", then about three of them will result in successful pre-cogs; and now that the Pre-Crime system has proven its merit with the first three Pre-Cog "prototypes", he will have the necessary support and "justification" (especially when the oblivious populace votes "Yes" on the upcoming Pre-Crime Initiative Referendum) to mine the hospitals/orphanages/slums/etc. for more children (if necessary maybe even from abroad), of which a certain portion will be successfully turned into functional Pre-Cogs; all in the name of governmental control... eh, ahem, I mean, national safety.

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...all in the name of governmental control... eh, ahem, I mean, national safety.


LOL! Finally, something we can agree upon. 

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One for both of you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNC0kIzM1Fo

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or they should need some "spiritual" antenna to reach all country, also they would have to be relocated to the center of the country, otherwise they would also see the crimes in Canada and half the north Atlantic


The stupid have one thing in common.They alter the facts to fit their views not the other way

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