Several movies coming up

[Jotun]

1. Running Man (this time a LOT closer to the short story/novella by Stephen King than the Ahnuld vehicle out of centuries past)

2. The Long Walk (also Stephen King/Richard Bachman)

3. A House of Dynamite (deals with a nuclear attack on the USA, directed by Kathryn Bigelow)

Can't wait for either of those three.

[Rocket J Squrriel]

1. Arnie's version was over the top, cheesy, and loads of fun.

2. Looking forward to it but I guess there are a few unknown changes in that King gave his blessing to.

3. Interesting but is based on 'Nuclear War: A Scenario' by Annie Jacobsen so I might give it a pass.

[warshipadmin]

The book presents a minute-by-minute account of a hypothetical first strike by North Korea against the United States, showing how the conflict escalates to global thermonuclear war within 72 minutes,

I think the Seer would agree (one flies they all fly)

leading to nuclear winter and 5 billion deaths.

I think the Seer would disagree, he thought nuclear winter is an overblown hypothesis (can't remember why).

[Craiglxviii]

The book presents a minute-by-minute account of a hypothetical first strike by North Korea against the United States, showing how the conflict escalates to global thermonuclear war within 72 minutes,

I think the Seer would agree (one flies they all fly)

leading to nuclear winter and 5 billion deaths.

I think the Seer would disagree, he thought nuclear winter is an overblown hypothesis (can't remember why).

Because nuclear winter was demonstrated to be a totally false hypothesis, and would be much more like a “nuclear autumn”.

About 2/3 down this page: viewtopic.php?t=56

[warshipadmin]

However the story itself seems to be a continual series of screwups. I shan't be reading it.

[Jotun]

However the story itself seems to be a continual series of screwups. I shan't be reading it.

I read Jacobsen's book and I agree that it was basically a Murphy's Law gangbang for maximum shock effect, but Kathryn Bigelow has proven more than once that she is very good at depicting military-themed stuff.

[Johnnie Lyle]

However the story itself seems to be a continual series of screwups. I shan't be reading it.

I read Jacobsen's book and I agree that it was basically a Murphy's Law gangbang for maximum shock effect, but Kathryn Bigelow has proven more than once that she is very good at depicting military-themed stuff.

Isn’t a continuous series of screwups rather plausible for a lot of recent military/government functioning?