Picking Nits
Eye-transplant recovery; retinal access; abandoned witness; prediction paradox; Burgess’s slip and ending
In the discussion (7)
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- The fire escape appears nine stories high, but the ensuing drop looks closer to fifty.
- Rapid recovery from an eyeball transplant is considered implausible even with future technology.
- Quickly encountering Ann Lively’s drowning is questioned, then explained as Agatha deliberately drawing attention to her mother.
- Burgess’s revealing slip is revisited and his simple self-shooting finale is criticized as unimaginative after the film’s elaborate action.
- Anderton’s retained retinal security access after becoming a fugitive is criticized; even his wife can use the old eyes to enter.
- Police leaving the rescued woman alone by the lake enables Burgess to murder her; taking a statement or remaining with her would disrupt the plot.
- Anderton learning about Crow through the prediction creates a causal paradox; the objection is defended as central to the premise and Agatha’s effort to solve her mother’s death.