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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43132.0&return_msg=43132.5"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.11">11</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=43132.5">Fail Safe (1964) TWR</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="43132_5_11_10"> <a name="a43132_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_43132_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 3 May 22:59</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 4 May 12:15"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.5">43132.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.4">43132.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Hah, true!<br /> <br /> Then again, the Day After was a shocking piece of schlock but managed to piece together an almost ensemble cast and captured the attention of the world. I met my wife at a party on the night it was aired in the UK. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43132.5&return_msg=43132.5" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43132.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43132_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_43132_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time"> 4 May 04:50</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 4 May 08:23"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.6">43132.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.3">43132.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> That's 100% accurate and yet somehow I much prefer watching Fail Safe.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43132.6&return_msg=43132.5" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43132.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43132_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_43132_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 4 May 08:23</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 4 May 08:37"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.7">43132.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.5#a43132_6" target="_self">43132.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> There's something about Dr Strangelove. The acting is on point, the script is sharp, the ideas all seem to check out, I even chuckle a bit at some points. But I don't find it especially funny. For me it's less than the sum of its parts. As though everyone is trying too hard. <br /> I remember when people were saying 'you must go and see Blazing Saddles it's incredible'. I found it boring and only stayed to the end because I was going on somewhere else with people there afterwards.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43132.7&return_msg=43132.5" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43132.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43132_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_43132_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time"> 4 May 08:40</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 4 May 13:00"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.8">43132.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.5#a43132_7" target="_self">43132.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yesss, that's exactly it. It's clever and clearly well put together, Kubrick knows how to make a film. But it just doesn't do anything for me.<br /> <br /> Blazing Saddles does work on me, but I do see how a similar thing could apply.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43132.8&return_msg=43132.5" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43132.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43132_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_43132_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 4 May 12:32</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 4 May 13:00"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.9">43132.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.5#a43132_7" target="_self">43132.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> By usian standards, Dr Strangelove was a balls out political satire building on several years of heightened public fear. It's lampooning of deranged warmongers in military and political roles, and the helpless ninnies that enable them, is (unfortunately) dead accurate. Fail Safe's heroes are decent, well-meaning chaps who are going to fix this tragic overreliance on a new technology, and are sorry as heck about it. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43132.9&return_msg=43132.5" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43132.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43132_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_43132_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 4 May 21:24</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 4 May 22:59"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.10">43132.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.5#a43132_9" target="_self">43132.9</a></div> <div class="message_body"> If only armies around the world today were decent well meaning chaps. Sadly, from Russia to Syria to Israel, they are anything but. As for over reliance on new technology, the IDF can't get enough of its targeting AI system which makes schools, nurseries and hospitals such juicy targets.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 4 May 23:36 by WILLIAMA</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43132.10&return_msg=43132.5" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43132.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43132_11"></a><div class="message" id="message_43132_11"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 4 May 23:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 4 May 23:35"></span></span> <span class="message_count">11 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.11">43132.11</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43132.5#a43132_10" target="_self">43132.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> "The most ethical army in the world" by their own estimation.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43132.11&return_msg=43132.5" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43132.11"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>