Pre-Crime in the UK (www.openrightsgroup.org)

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Police in the United Kingdom are using online content, referrals (prevent), and mass surveillance to identify people who may commit crime in the future.

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[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 24 points 4 days ago

We saw these movies well before we were 16 or 18. Maybe today's grown ups actually didn't watch them and are braindead because of it?

Mandatory watching exercise for everyone:

the matrix (only the first one, the rest is meh)
12 monkeys
minority report
oblivion
idiocracy
don't look up

The themes are always the same. Peak dystopia, sometimes facilitated by helpful idiots.

[-] Magnus@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Or read some of Phillip K Dicks books I’d also add the film Brazil to that list

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oblivion? It was all right, and I recommend it, but I wouldn't call it a mandatory watch, it didn't have any special message

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 4 days ago

Oh? And you're the authority on that?

The question you are trying to ask is "what special message do you see in that movie?"

Of course my friend, let me tell you.

Oblivion has this very nice plot twist where the main character was actually

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Helping the aliens gut the planet while thinking he was saving humanity. He's one of the most planet sized helpful idiots I have ever seen. So yes, you don't want to be him so think twice before you act on your assumption of reality but rather think for yourself.

I do agree though that its not necessarily the same league as the others. But seeing people acting the way they do, they must be submitted to 24/7 reeducation on freedom, privacy, healthy relationships, democracy, etc.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 days ago

Oh? And you’re the authority on that?

Well yes, I am the authority on my opinions, just like anyone else is on theirs.

I do agree though that its not necessarily the same league as the others.

That's what I mean, I don't think it belongs next to Matrix or 12 Monkeys. It's a run of the mill Tom Cruise action film. Very enjoyable, but it doesn't break any new ground, in my opinion.

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