2012-10-12, 00:04 | Link #681 |
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wow, like the comments here.
IMO this feels like a world where "big brother" is watching them. infact, i think its ok to say this is the kinda world we could live in, if the gov't keeps on trying to take over everything about our lives and such. their always trying to find a way to control anything and everything
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2012-10-12, 00:11 | Link #684 | |
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Think about it, if you going through a heated discussion with your boss is enough to make you want to kill him, then something's already wrong with you, not the system itself.
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2012-10-12, 01:14 | Link #689 |
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I would guess that the system does what it is supposed to do perfectly: it evaluates a person's state of mind at that instant of time, and determines 100% accurately whether said person will or will not commit a crime.
The flaw would be that it assumes no major third-party stimulus. It couldn't have predicted that Akane is capable of placating the woman right then and there. Its job is just to unlock the trigger; predicting future influences would be another technological leap all together. Rather, it's the enforcer's job to determine whether a person is beyond saving. Unfortunately, the enforcers in this era don't seem very nice.
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2012-10-12, 01:29 | Link #690 |
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What a weird interconnection for me today. I just rewatched Minority Report today. Strange, strange world.
This is a Urobuchi Gen writing, so I don't think we're going to get too much subtlety on certain points. (Though my experience with his writing is quite limited) Akane was sent out there to fail would be my guess. At least, I hope so because she's completely incapable of the job. She doesn't have the strength of personality to survive very long. This isn't a "rookie" problem. It's a personality not able to handle those types of strains and decisions. Frankly, it'd be little different than dropping a random 18 year old woman into a war zone. Which actually might have been partially the point of episode 1. It's an interesting dystopian future. This seems like a darker version of Equilibrium at the moment, which actually wasn't a terrible film. I expect much despair in the future, which leads to a fun question. Which is the darker series: Psycho-Pass or Shin Sekai Yori. |
2012-10-12, 01:40 | Link #691 |
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Finished watching it and I must say it was very eventful for a first episode. The atmosphere was good and how the character's introduction went was perfectly fine. The suspense was there and I liked it alot. Brutality was delivered fine and I'm expecting more from it.
I am quite not okay with the usage of Denominator since to me, it only worsens or triggers the Criminal Potential of a person. It's taking control of what is supposed to be decided by the person handling the gun. I think it's very much up to the enforcer to judge if the target may go 90 0r 180. There's that scene of the hostage girl going non-lethal from lethal after Akane approached her and it bothered me. I felt like Akane during that moment. But maybe there's no choice for CID since its' posssible that the crime rate has been getting out of hand. But still... Sibyl might be that white-haired dude though. LOL, the OP scenes might happen around episode 12 or 24. I hope this would get its own thread.
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2012-10-12, 02:00 | Link #693 |
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Ultra-Violence? In my anime?!? Have I stepped into the way back machine without noticing?!?
But yea seriously that was fairly impressive (Putting aside that god awful "music" used during the opening...). Good to see Gens particular brand of despair applied to a dystopian setting, which is always one of my favorites. Quite excited to see where this one goes from here.
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2012-10-12, 02:34 | Link #697 | |||
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Ideally though she wouldn't have asked him not to shoot the victim but ordered him to since she is his superior. But still,she used the enforcers to neutralize the rapist and when en enforcer was overdoing it she saved a victim,though obviously it seems her employers don't agree about that last part What intrigues me more though is how Akane is clueless about the whole system,she acts surprised at a whole lot of info she's given,but I would think that the general population would know how the law enforcement system of the place they live in works,not all the details but at least the basics. Quote:
Well since you mention it,one of Urobuchi's early work,Jouka no Monshou, is an equilibrium fanfic.
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2012-10-12, 03:13 | Link #698 |
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That's very interesting about Urobuchi writing an Equilibrium fanfic. Just need some GunKata and swords and we're good! (The movie was a bunch of really good ideas not terribly well put together, though it was entertaining.)
As for Akane, if she's the top recruit from the Academy, then either the Academy needs a new system or everyone there is less competent than Akane. That is a BAD sign. And I'm not trying to be too harsh to the character, at this point, but she wasn't shown as being able to handle even the basic stress at the beginning of the mission. Which is why she was reacting on emotion rather than instinct, logic or training at several points. She's very lucky that the situation resolved the way it did. Though I imagine her reactions were deliberate to the writing, given the rest of the episode. So I don't think my impression was unintended. |
2012-10-12, 03:21 | Link #699 |
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keep in mind that she's having no problem with pointing gun at the kidnapper, but the victim. not to mention her role there is not to actually be enforcing the law, but to make sure those hounds don't overstep their boundary.
Granted that she's probably too green to really know where to stop. Her idealism will be delicious
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2012-10-12, 03:21 | Link #700 |
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Haven't got around to watching this yet, but judging by the trailer, this sounds kind of like the movie Minority Report. Any truth to that? Or was it just the way the trailer was presented?
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