My view on that is that it simply maintains focus on the story instead of crappily-made-up fake gadgets that a lot of 90's to early 2000's movies did (take Miss

My view on that is that it simply maintains focus on the story instead of crappily-made-up fake gadgets that a lot of 90's to early 2000's movies did (take Mission to Mars as an appropriate example). Opinion of course, but I think it makes the whole thing feel more "real" to a modern audience.