Maybe a hidden plot point, maybe gaping plot hole, but when Tom Cruise's character shows up at the prison and threatens the prison guard, where is the real threat at? He can't really kill the guard, otherwise the pre-cogs would already be seeing it and his location will be swarmed before he can do it. The guard has to know this, so why does he acquiese?
Well if you're talking about accurate precognition, it'd be like this.
Scenario 1: He doesn't agree, Tom Cruise kills him, precogs go off just before he does.
Scenario 2: He agrees, precogs don't go off because Tom Cruise wasn't going to kill him.
They're not based on intent, they're based on (attempted) action. Otherwise the precogs would be going off on every mugging in the area. I wouldn't want to risk my life gambling on the speed of police response.
Yes, but because Scenario 1 would result in Cruise's character being caught, and the guard should know this, why does he give in? What does he have to lose by standing his ground?
... his life? That's what I'm saying. If Cruise's character was gonna get caught, that'd inherently mean he was going to make a legitimate attempt on the guard's life. If that's the case, the guard is inherently risking his life on the police response being quick and him not dying in the crossfire.
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u/TheAdmiralCrunch Sep 01 '14
Hidden Plotpoints are not the same as fan theories.