Dr. Strangelove (Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb) showing Sunday

[waffles]

http://fathomevents.com/event/stanle...dr-strangelove

Not sure how many people are into older movies like this, but Dr. Strangelove is easily one of the best films ever made and having seen it in a theater I'd advise anyone else with even a passing interest to do it as well.

[CS1983]

Waffles, you can't post this here; this is the discussion forum!

[waffles]

Waffles, you can't post this here; this is the discussion forum!

We'll only have 10-20 moderator complaints, tops! Uhhh...depending on the breaks!

[StagLefty]

Waffles, you can't post this here; this is the discussion forum!

So the only thing that can be posted here is discussions ???

[waffles]

So the only thing that can be posted here is discussions ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAeqVGP-GPM

A little good natured ribbing!

[Great-Kazoo]

Waffles, you can't post this here; this is the discussion forum!

As long as he doesn't pout and delete things

The movie was good when it opened and still holds true today.

ONE 45 CALIBER

[Zundfolge]

Waffles, you can't post this here; this is the discussion forum!

The number of people that didn't get that joke makes me sad.

[Ah Pook]

Dr. Strangelove is a black and sarcastic comedy about a commander of a U.S. Air Force Base, General Jack D. Ripper, who diverts his B-52 bombers from airborne alert to an attack on the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons. This threatens to set off a doomsday device which endangers all life on the surface of earth.
The doomsday weapon is unrealistic. But, if, on the other hand, you think of it as analogous to mutually assured destruction (the near total destruction of the U.S. and Soviet Union that would have occurred in a real nuclear war), then almost everything that happens in the movie might have actually happened. It is a frightening reality in which the U.S. and the Soviet Union were constantly ready to destroy each other within an hour. Unlikely and improbable, yes. Possible, yes.

There are two perverse, sad, weird things that this film highlights. The first is the nuclear standoff. The U.S. and Soviet Union could destroy each other. The second is the range of procedures and strategies involved in maintaining this standoff. How did we get into a position where we had bombers constantly in the air, already well on their way to their targets? Why might individual base commanders have had the authority to use nuclear weapons at their own discretion? Why were our forces on hair trigger alert? Why might a doomsday device seem to be a logical step?

The single, simple answer to these questions is the U.S.' (and Soviet) quest to make nuclear deterrence credible. Think about deterrence and the need for credibility as you read this and watch the film.

There, now it is a discussion.

Still one of my favorite movies. George C. Scotts least favorite.

[Scanker19]

The number of people that didn't get that joke makes me sad.

It also makes me sad.

I know im going to go see it. Either Sunday or Wednesday.

[Martinjmpr]

I agree with General Buck Turgidson: If the Russians have a bomb that can destroy all life on earth, we need one too. We can't have a "doomsday gap."

So many great lines from that movie. "OK but if you're wrong, you'll have to answer to the Coca Cola company!"