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The most fun and terrifying thing about the movie is how similar General Ripper’s 1960s brainworms are to modern ones. Even the fluoride conspiracism.
exactly
“we have a doomsday device? who would ever design such a thing?”
operation paperclip Nazi rolls in
Kubrick nailed it
SIR, I HAVE A PLAN
MEIN FUHRER, I CAN WALK!
Although the Air Force now denies this claim, according to more than one source I contacted, the code necessary to launch a missile was set to be the same at every Minuteman site: 00000000.
When you infer the classified details of the cockpit of a nuclear bomber so accurately that the feds think there was a leak.
Can confirm; got to tour the interior of a decommissioned B-52D or G once and there was even a James Earl Jones in there. It was uncanny.
Best Kubrick movie.was anything in it wrong?
Some of the names are made up, for example the man “Dick Turgidson” is based on was actually called “Penis Hardon” IRL, but even Kubrick thought that was a bit much.
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seems not
