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***** They don't actually release anyone, rehabbed or no. The Warden's in the middle of explaining this to Phoenix when Phoenix interrupts and then kills him.
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** For that matter, what idiot decided to include massive amounts of ''live'' ammo and working guns in a museum? Couldn't they have made replicas and destroyed the originals (or kept them in vaults)?
* If Cocteau only made those changes in San Angeles, what happened to the rest of the US? Or the world, for that matter. It couldn't have all changed the same way. And if the entire country became a bunch of toga-wearing pussies with nothing but glowrods and anti-graffiti walls for defense, it would be fairly easy to invade.
* Didn't the pen damage the retina? The tip was clearly visible in the scan.
* If Cocteau only made those changes in San Angeles, what happened to the rest of the US? Or the world, for that matter. It couldn't have all changed the same way. And if the entire country became a bunch of toga-wearing pussies with nothing but glowrods and anti-graffiti walls for defense, it would be fairly easy to invade.
* Didn't the pen damage the retina? The tip was clearly visible in the scan.
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**** Do we now? Can your cell phone call a ship in orbit in ''real time'' without (or even with) a cell tower nearby? Just 'cause it looks retro now doesn't mean it's less advanced.
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** Because it's not an actual commercial anymore, it's a "minitune".
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** Tasers don't pulse gently and emit gentle auras of blue light when they touch somebody. It's actually probably meant to safely disrupt neural patterns or something.
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* If eating meat is illegal, then how can a commercial about hot dogs be the most popular song in San Angeles?
* If a glow rod is like a Taser, should John Spartan have used it on that guy's head?
* "Be well" => BCDE => OPQR => "Or well" => Orwell?
* If all the guns are in museums, then where'd they get all the spare ammo for suppressive fire?
* If a glow rod is like a Taser, should John Spartan have used it on that guy's head?
* "Be well" => BCDE => OPQR => "Or well" => Orwell?
* If all the guns are in museums, then where'd they get all the spare ammo for suppressive fire?
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*** How about the auto-driving cars?
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** Does it matter? Stuff happened in the intervening years. Some of that stuff included an extra 33 Constitutional Amendments. The rest aren't mentioned because they're not relevant to the story. If you ''really'' need an explanation, just assume that the other 33 Amendments were what gave Cocteau the power to do things like outlaw salt, red meat, and swearing.
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* The 61st Amendment allowed naturalized citizens to run for President. What pray tell could have led to the other 33 Amendments differentiating the Constitution in the movie from the actual US Constitution in the 1990's?
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*** Well, we overestimate some things and underestimate others. For example, ''StarTrek''. We probably aren't going to have FTL travel by the mid-21st century. On the other hand, we already have cell phones more advanced than the communicator Kirk used in the original series.
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**** Neither Spartan nor Phoenix are good examples of "normal" rehabilitation.
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** This is especially weird since explicitly you can retrain someone to be [[RestrainingBolt unable]] to kill someone else (Simon can't shoot Cocteau). Would it be so hard to make it so someone can't kill ''at all''? Why not do that?
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** What I don't get is how this is ''supposed'' to work. You arrest a guy for, say, armed robbery. He gets frozen. Ten years later he is released, and the only difference in his personality is that he's a hell (*BZZT!*) of a pastry chef now. We never really get any indication that the "rehabilitation" actually includes any "don't commit crimes anymore, asshole (*BZZT!*)" training. Spartan woke up with all his violent tendencies intact. So did the other criminals Phoenix had unfrozen. Sure, many criminals are not necessarily violence prone, and would happily join a society where they can make a decent living, but what about the others? Do they just decide to join Dennis Leary in the damn (*BZZT!*) sewer after they wake up?
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*** Yup. You wouldn't get meat, it's a veganopia, but flour and bread are expected.
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*** The only thing that's really mind-boggling is the cryo-prisons already existing in 1996.
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** What type of technology seen in the movie doesn't exist today? Except maybe the futuristic gun and graffiti removal, I couldn't think of anything really unfeasible with our technology today, maybe even when the film was made.
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** What type of technology seen in the movie doesn't exist today? Except maybe the futuristic gun gun, sex helmets and the graffiti removal, I couldn't think of anything really unfeasible with our technology today, maybe even when the film was made.
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** What type of technology seen in the movie doesn't exist today? Except maybe the futuristic gun and graffiti removal, I couldn't think of anything really unfeasible with our technology today, maybe even when the film was made.
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** Stolen from the surface world?
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*** No, it isn't something you could "plausibly expect" in the future. It's uncomfortable, unpleasant, impractical, and doesn't look like it would get the job done. Also, you're wrong about the use of toilet paper today and in the past. Historically, almost everywhere paper was widely available it was used for wiping after defecating. Only in places where paper was not ubiquitous or where most people could not afford it were other methods used. And in modern times ''every'' culture wealthy enough to afford toilet paper uses toilet paper. It's just more convenient and comfortable than any other method. There is no reason why would human culture, and especially ''American'' culture, would suddenly take a gigantic leap backward in their methods of personal hygiene, particularly after taking such a gigantic leap forward in every other technological area. Therefore, I submit that the link on the [[DemolitionMan main entry]] was a joke picture and not meant to be taken seriously.
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* Okay, so the hamburger was made of rat meat. "You don't see any cows here, do you?" Fine. What I'm wondering is where did they get the ''bun''?
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** I think the interview answer was along the lines of the 'what was in the box' for CastAway. "It was a plot device / throwaway gag, quit thinking so much about it."
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* Given that levels of technology presented in Demolition Man don't even exist TODAY (17 years after the movie was released) why would viewers be expected to believe that they would 20 years from now? And how could an entire society change like that in that short a period of time?
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** The second bit was answered a few lines above yours. As to the first, we humans are ''always'' overestimating how far tech is going to progress in the near future. The original LostInSpace? Was set in ''1995''.
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* Given that levels of technology presented in Demolition Man don't even exist TODAY (17 years after the movie was released) why would viewers be expected to believe that they would 20 years from now? And how could an entire society change like that in that short a period of time?
While the younger members of society could adapt to the changes (as they would have been exposed since birth) the numbers of people born before the societal changes would far exceed newborns and as such the "status quo" would take a significant amount of time to change.
While the younger members of society could adapt to the changes (as they would have been exposed since birth) the numbers of people born before the societal changes would far exceed newborns and as such the "status quo" would take a significant amount of time to change.
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** This really happens in real life. Not just with technology, like the above troper pointed out (another example being cheap calculators), but also with social mores. Witness how Americans who were ''alive during segregation'' react to the concept these days.
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*** It's not futuristic, but it's different, just like you could plausibly expect a future culture to be. For that matter, any one's culture method of cleaning feces is probably going to look pretty squicky to another culture; read up on some other methods used around the world today or in the past if you don't believe me.
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** I imagine it's something along the lines of "Poop in one seashell, cover it with the other and use the third to wipe yourself."
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**Ohh...referred self to the link in the [[DemolitionMan main entry]]. Eww, and that's futuristic?
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paper? What would be the most likely theory?
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*How '''are''' you supposed to use the three seashells in place of toilet paper?
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**** We're forgetting that the prison effectively gives PowersAsPrograms / IKnowKungFu to inmates, so no con is coming out of the prison without a useful trade (and matched to genetic disposition! How thoughtful!). Even Stallone/Spartan mentions an incredible urge to knit, so they must be able to modify behavior, discouraging criminal thought and encouraging lawful employment. Going by the warden's busy parole hearings in the opening, the system must be working well enough that releasing these reprogrammed cons poses no risk to the residents of [[strike:SugarBowl]] San Angeles.
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*** Also without current job skills except what may have been added in cryo-rehab, no clue about modern inventions or recent laws, and so forth.
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*** Also without current job skills except what may have been added in cryo-rehab, no clue about modern inventions or recent laws, and so forth. forth.
**** Well, we don't really know what the Cryo-prison's normal parole procedures are like. Once a criminal is considered "reformed," they could easily be enrolled in job training and cultural orientation.
**** Well, we don't really know what the Cryo-prison's normal parole procedures are like. Once a criminal is considered "reformed," they could easily be enrolled in job training and cultural orientation.
