Story x Story #67: Throwback To Thought Crimes (Minority Report)

In this week’s Story x Story episode Nigel and Tazziii welcome author and The Koalition journalist, Gary Swaby for a deep dive into sci-fi adventure Minority Report. We look at how well this 2002 vision of future technology holds up in 2021 and discuss some big themes and the ethics of convicting people in the present for future actions.

This week’s story tip is about implementing exposition though conflict and characters.

Stories we’re enjoying this week: Warbreaker, The Poppy War, Dragon Quest Builders 2, The Nevers, Mr Robot, Firewatch

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Story x Story episode 44 – https://anchor.fm/mayamada/episodes/Story-x-Story-44-Never-Tell-Us-The-Odds-Rogue-One-el25ht/a-a3hn909

Minority Report holds up because it’s about surveillance, not gadgets – https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/30/15865462/minority-report-steven-spielberg-surveillance-technology

‘Minority Report’ and the Ending You Want to See – https://collider.com/minority-report-ending-explained

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