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Michael Madsen has died

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117 points anigbrowl | 3 comments | 03 Jul 25 22:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.619s | source
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StopTheWorld ◴[03 Jul 25 23:04 UTC] No.44459843[source]▶
Can't forget his appearance at the beginning of the classic hacker movie, WarGames.
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1. anon7725 ◴[04 Jul 25 01:40 UTC] No.44460479[source]▶
I rewatched WarGames recently. It holds up and is worth watching again. In particular with our current concerns over AI it feels ahead of its time.
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2. somenameforme ◴[04 Jul 25 04:16 UTC] No.44461084[source]▶
The interesting thing is that I think WarGames was likely [heavily] inspired by Colossus: The Forbin Project [1], released in 1970! It too, holds up extremely well.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project

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3. jonbaer ◴[04 Jul 25 05:47 UTC] No.44461479[source]▶
Also Fail Safe ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_Safe_(1964_film)