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** The removable storage media used in the film was a good prediction of UsefulNotes/FlashMemory storage devices such as Secure Digital cards and USB devices. Smart phones, wireless sharing, and cloud storage gave these devices some serious competition, however.

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** The removable storage media used in the film was a good prediction of UsefulNotes/FlashMemory MediaNotes/FlashMemory storage devices such as Secure Digital cards and USB devices. Smart phones, wireless sharing, and cloud storage gave these devices some serious competition, however.
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** The removable storage media used in the film was a good prediction of UsefulNotes/FlashMemory storage devices such as Secure Digital cards and UsefulNotes/UniversalSerialBus devices. Smart phones, wireless sharing, and cloud storage gave these devices some serious competition, however.

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** The removable storage media used in the film was a good prediction of UsefulNotes/FlashMemory storage devices such as Secure Digital cards and UsefulNotes/UniversalSerialBus USB devices. Smart phones, wireless sharing, and cloud storage gave these devices some serious competition, however.
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** The removable storage media used in the film was a good prediction of UsefulNotes/FlashMemory storage devices such as Secure Digital cards and UsefulNotes/{{USB}} devices. Smart phones, wireless sharing, and cloud storage gave these devices some serious competition, however.

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** The removable storage media used in the film was a good prediction of UsefulNotes/FlashMemory storage devices such as Secure Digital cards and UsefulNotes/{{USB}} UsefulNotes/UniversalSerialBus devices. Smart phones, wireless sharing, and cloud storage gave these devices some serious competition, however.
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** The removable storage media used in the film was a good prediction of UsefulNotes/FlashMemory storage devices such as UsefulNotes/SecureDigital and UsefulNotes/USB devices. Smart phones, wireless sharing, and cloud storage gave these devices some serious competition, however.

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** The removable storage media used in the film was a good prediction of UsefulNotes/FlashMemory storage devices such as UsefulNotes/SecureDigital Secure Digital cards and UsefulNotes/USB UsefulNotes/{{USB}} devices. Smart phones, wireless sharing, and cloud storage gave these devices some serious competition, however.
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** The removable storage media used in the film was a good prediction of UsefulNotes/FlashMemory storage devices such as UsefulNotes/SecureDigital and UsefulNotes/USB devices. Smart phones, wireless sharing, and cloud storage gave these devices some serious competition, however.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Anderton's watch, which combines analogue hands with a digital background, was considered a sci-fi marvel at the time the film was released. Since then, smartwatches with customizable displays have become mundane.

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Anderton's watch, which combines analogue hands with a digital background, was considered a sci-fi marvel at the time the film was released. Since then, smartwatches with customizable displays have become mundane.mundane.
** With the advent of the Kinect, it seems kinda silly that people need to wear that glove to use the computer in the Precrime office, although it could be argued it is used to prevent interference from other people (like when Anderton throws the previsions to the corner of the screen when he goes to shake Witwer's hand).
** Justified, for now, in that real-life gestural systems require the use of a glove in order to resolve more detailed gestures more quickly than devices like the Kinect.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Anderton's watch, which combines analogue hands with a digital background, was considered a sci-fi marvel at the time the film was released. Since then, smartwatches with customizable displays have become mundane.
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** ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans'' contains a slew of movie {{Shout Out}}s beginning with ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'', and including ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', ''Film/MinorityReport'', ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Film/BrokebackMountain'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/LostInSpace'', ''Film/TheMatrix'' and many others.
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': Includes a ''Minority Report'' like prison where a protagonist is forced into cryo-storage in the future.
** ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'': The Psi Corps building provides a mere two Telepath jobs that massively reduce crime on the host planet, often to the point of eliminating it entirely, which is very reminiscent of the plot of ''Minority Report.''
** ''WebVideo/ClimateTown'': In the video "[[ The Supreme Court Declares War On The Environment]]" a clip of Cruise getting startled and grabbed is used, with America written over Cruise's face and Supreme Court written over Agatha's, while she eeriley whispers ''"Save coal companies"'' in his ear while dragging him towards the milky water.
** In the episode "Slipping Out of Parties, Preventing Excess [=RSVPs,=] Stopping Coworker Texts, and More" of ''Podcast/WereYouRaisedByWolves'' Nick references this film, saying that by writing in "two seats are reserved" in a wedding invitation feels like "anticipating an etiquette crime before it's actually happened," which is rude.
** ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': The scene in "The People vs. Martin Sugar" where Stan’s dog is using the holographic touch screen to piece together evidence is a reference to the film ''Film/MinorityReport''.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': The general plot of the episode "Law & Oracle" is an obvious shout-out to ''Film/MinorityReport''.
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** ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans'' contains a slew of movie {{Shout Out}}s beginning with ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'', and including ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', ''Film/MinorityReport'', ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Film/BrokebackMountain'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/LostInSpace'', ''Film/TheMatrix'' and many others.
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': Includes a ''Minority Report'' like prison where a protagonist is forced into cryo-storage in the future.
** ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'': The Psi Corps building provides a mere two Telepath jobs that massively reduce crime on the host planet, often to the point of eliminating it entirely, which is very reminiscent of the plot of ''Minority Report.''


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** ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': The scene in "The People vs. Martin Sugar" where Stan’s dog is using the holographic touch screen to piece together evidence is a reference to the film ''Film/MinorityReport''.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': The general plot of the episode "Law & Oracle" is an obvious shout-out to ''Film/MinorityReport''.

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* ReferencedBy: In the episode "Slipping Out of Parties, Preventing Excess [=RSVPs,=] Stopping Coworker Texts, and More" of ''Podcast/WereYouRaisedByWolves'' Nick references this film, saying that by writing in "two seats are reserved" in a wedding invitation feels like "anticipating an etiquette crime before it's actually happened," which is rude.

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** ''WebVideo/ClimateTown'': In the video "[[ The Supreme Court Declares War On The Environment]]" a clip of Cruise getting startled and grabbed is used, with America written over Cruise's face and Supreme Court written over Agatha's, while she eeriley whispers ''"Save coal companies"'' in his ear while dragging him towards the milky water.
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In the episode "Slipping Out of Parties, Preventing Excess [=RSVPs,=] Stopping Coworker Texts, and More" of ''Podcast/WereYouRaisedByWolves'' Nick references this film, saying that by writing in "two seats are reserved" in a wedding invitation feels like "anticipating an etiquette crime before it's actually happened," which is rude.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: A large part of the reason why this film was made was because long-time friends Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomCruise really wanted to work together.
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* DivorcedInstallment: The film initially started life as a sequel to ''Film/{{Total Recall|1990}}'', with Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger reprising his role as Douglas Quaid. However, the project was reformatted into a more straightforward adaptation of Creator/PhilipKDick's short story after Creator/CarolcoPictures went bankrupt.
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** Spielberg stumbled on the shot of Anderton and Agatha embracing in profile completely by accident. He was setting up another shot, saw an opportunity while peering through his viewfinder, and called over Janusz Kaminski. He rightfully felt it'd be perfect for the poster.

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* DivorcedInstallment: The movie started out in the hands of Creator/CarolcoPictures who intended it to be a direct sequel to ''Film/TotalRecall1990''. Apparently the movie would have been set on a terraformed Mars, where mutants with psychic powers were abducted and used to power the Pre-Crime system. They even intended to bring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger back to play Quaid as the main character. They apparently even had a script written, but then Carolco went out of business and the rights went to Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox. It stayed in DevelopmentHell with them for years until Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomCruise came on board. Spielberg rewrote the script from scratch, turning it into a standalone movie.


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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The movie started out in the hands of Creator/CarolcoPictures who intended it to be a direct sequel to another Creator/PhilipKDick adaptation, ''Film/TotalRecall1990''. Apparently the movie would have been set on a terraformed Mars, where mutants with psychic powers were abducted and used to power the Pre-Crime system. They even intended to bring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger back to play Quaid as the main character. They apparently even had a script written, but then Carolco went out of business. A new script in 1997 was the one who had Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomCruise coming on board. Still, it would take a few more years for development to actually start, since Cruise's ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' went over schedule and Spielberg then decided to make ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' before ''Minority Report''.

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