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Trump orders immediate resumption of US nuclear weapons testing

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29 points hackthemack | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 02:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.236s | source
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andsoitis ◴[30 Oct 25 03:10 UTC] No.45756030[source]▶
Watch Kathryn Bigelow's new movie, "A House of Dynamite".

https://www.netflix.com/title/81744537

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silisili ◴[30 Oct 25 05:48 UTC] No.45756780[source]▶
I'm sorry I did. Absolutely terrible movie with no real point.
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westpfelia ◴[30 Oct 25 09:26 UTC] No.45757964[source]▶
Hard disagree. I think the point is that as a nation and a world if something like this were to happen there are no good or easy answers. The movie doesnt have a concrete ending because it doesnt need one. Any single nation firing a nuclear missle at America (or any major nation) would change the world forever. Successful or not.

Real life isnt a Tom Clancy novel. Jack Ryan wont save the day.

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1. pickleglitch ◴[30 Oct 25 13:34 UTC] No.45759877[source]▶
> Real life isnt a Tom Clancy novel. Jack Ryan wont save the day.

What made this movie suspenseful* for me was not how realistic it was, but how only half of it was realistic and the other half was completely disconnected from reality. A random incoming nuke of unknown origin, I can easily buy that happening. A deliberative process among highly competent officials deciding on a response, sorry but that is just not real life. Maybe it was at some point in our past, but certainly not in 2025.

As for the ending, it felt like a cop-out to me, but it didn't really matter to me.

*suspenseful, but not good.