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Old 02-22-2010, 12:27 PM   #3938
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc View Post
I agree with including Failsafe - IMHO - one of the strangest but finest movies on this topic. But I've never been able to watch Dr. Strangelove - I just can't stand its humor/approach.
The reason to have all three is for the progression from "almost a nuclear war" to "What good is a doomsday device if you don't tell anyone about it?" (er... having a nuclear war, that is) to "AFTER a nuclear war." One could always replace Dr. Strangelove with some other movie that depicts the run-up to a general exchange of nuclear love-taps—it's not in the list because of its humor, but rather because I just can't think of a better movie that fits the bill.

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