A House of Dynamite

[Smit]

Just finished watching "A House of Dynamite" on Netflix. It's about how our government would respond to a nuclear attack, with some interesting wrinkles in it.

I saw a few articles about the movie in print, analyzing how realistic it was, and it caught my attention.

It's a pretty intense movie. After watching it I read the analysis, and for the most part the writers said it was pretty close to what really happens.

Well worth a watch if you're into those kind of thriller movies.

[rob@fain]

I watched it this weekend, I could see if happened this way.

[Dan_AKA_ROY23]

Bad ending. Interesting movie (kind of disturbing).

[rdshear]

Bad ending. Interesting movie (kind of disturbing).

VERY bad ending.  Interesting movie up to that point.

[Rstewart]

Yeah, they just kept rewinding and analyzing from different viewpoints. 
I didn't even get to see something get blown up 
A decent amount of their terminology used for our defensive systems was pretty accurate.

[Surface]

Watched it the other evening. Movie was okay. Rebecca Ferguson is hot.

[rdshear]

I liked her in Silo too.

[Smit]

I didn't think it was a bad ending. It was thought provoking.

Although considering what was known about the launch I think there was only one response a reasonable person could make.

[Dan_AKA_ROY23]

Gemini told me the Pentagon disputed the movie claims, saying they are 100% accurate. But then Gemini remarks that is under ideal test conditions, and when factoring in the uncertainties in such an event - the coin toss is most likely more accurate.

I hated the ending, Smit, but it does make you think (good point).

[Dan_AKA_ROY23]

Oh and the movie depicting the US doesn't know the exact origin of the missile launch. On that point, Gemini and the Pentagon are in full agreement. That there's basically a 0% chance we wouldn't know who launched it.

[Smit]

Oh and the movie depicting the US doesn't know the exact origin of the missile launch. On that point, Gemini and the Pentagon are in full agreement. That there's basically a 0% chance we wouldn't know who launched it.

There was a line in the movie that covered the launch point. A guy suggested if we didn't know the missile launch point it must have been the result of a cyber attack.

Considering a bunch of our cyber attack defenses have been "doged" that's kind of a sobering thought.