Minority Report question (SPOILERS)

Posted by Slavei at 4.19.96.69 on July 22, 2003 at 13:03:49:

After watching "Minority Report" again the other day, I think I found a flaw.

The Precogs can predict a murder if it's pre-meditated and/or spontaneous. If it's premeditated, the Pre-Crime Division has several hours to stop it. If it's not, then there's little time (maybe an hour or two(?)). Tom Cruise's character, John Anderton, is predicted to commit a murder of a man he doesn't know - nor does he know why - in about 36 hours.

So my problem is, how could his case be classified as 'pre-meditated' if he has no intention of killing the man until just a bit after he meets him?

Am I missing something here?

Follow Ups:

• I always thought... MattM 14:18:28 7/22/03 (3)
  • I thought about that.... Slavei 14:55:47 7/22/03 (1)
    • Re: I thought about that.... MattM 15:03:10 7/22/03 (0)
  • Oooohh- cokechic 14:28:20 7/22/03 (0)
• Read the Book Bankys Boyfriend 13:31:07 7/22/03 (1)
  • All movies from books seem to do that The Heatherses 13:44:43 7/22/03 (0)
• Re: Minority Report question (SPOILERS) Phantasm 13:23:58 7/22/03 (1)
  • Ah. Thanks everyone. Also.... Slavei 13:28:40 7/22/03 (0)
• No... cokechic 13:10:07 7/22/03 (1)
  • Also- cokechic 13:22:33 7/22/03 (0)
• Re: Minority Report question (SPOILERS) The Heatherses 13:08:50 7/22/03 (2)
  • So.... Slavei 13:13:13 7/22/03 (1)
    • yeah i guess The Heatherses 13:29:58 7/22/03 (0)

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