Minority Report: Predictive Technology
The movie Minority Report was released in 2002 and is adaption of a short story by the same name. It is set in the future. It stars Tom Cruise as agent Tom Anderton who is charge of the Pre-Crime division which predicts and prevents murders.
Though released in 2002 the movie shows a wide range of technology that we are now using today or will soon be. The movie is set in 2054 so the direct Steven Spielberg assembled a “think tank” of MIT futurists to imagine what the world would look like in 2054.
After watching the movies, answer the following questions from task 1 and post it to your weebly and then move onto task 2
Though released in 2002 the movie shows a wide range of technology that we are now using today or will soon be. The movie is set in 2054 so the direct Steven Spielberg assembled a “think tank” of MIT futurists to imagine what the world would look like in 2054.
After watching the movies, answer the following questions from task 1 and post it to your weebly and then move onto task 2
Task 1) Movie Comprehension
1. Why did Tom Cruise’s character join Pre-Crime?
2. How do the law enforcement offices use technology to apprehended criminals and investigate crimes?
3. What happened to the newspaper the man was reading when Tom Cruise’s’ character was on the train?
4. What happened at the Gap store?
5. What happened to all the “criminals” the Pre-Crime division had imprisoned?
Paragraph Question:
What is the movies message about technology?
2. How do the law enforcement offices use technology to apprehended criminals and investigate crimes?
3. What happened to the newspaper the man was reading when Tom Cruise’s’ character was on the train?
4. What happened at the Gap store?
5. What happened to all the “criminals” the Pre-Crime division had imprisoned?
Paragraph Question:
What is the movies message about technology?
Task 2) Technology Reseach
- You will go online and look at the “predicted” technology in the movie and provide four cases in which the technology is already being used or will soon be invented, or in development
- Some examples of technology in the film are: EXAMPLES
There may be others as well
- You will provide an image, and a paragraph summarizing the piece of technology you found.
- You will identify the comparable piece of technology in film and in the real world
- Provide a link where you found this information