The Doomsday Machine in Dr. Strangelove

[iandhr]

With the Iran deal we might have averted this scenario.

A little sunday laughter for you.

[Curmudgeoness]

1. God, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.

This is one of the funniest/strangest/scariest movie ever made.

Appropriate post for the day.

[iandhr]

2. Of course...

... the whole point of the doomsday machine is lost... if you keep it a secret why didn't you tell the world eh?

[Curmudgeoness]

3. LOL....I almost used that line.

There are so many great lines and ideas in that movie.

[Ernest Partridge]

9. My favorite line

Pres. Merkin Muffley: "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"

[Curmudgeoness]

11. You got that right. Best line ever.

[pam4water]

4. Great clip about who General Jack D. Ripper was a characterture of

Longest clip but get to General Jack D. Ripper around the 4 minute mark.

[iandhr]

5. Jack D Ripper is also a play on

"Jack the Ripper"

[iandhr]

6. I like George C Scott as General "Buck" Turgidson

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"I am not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more then 10 to 20 million killed tops depending on the breaks"

[pam4water]

8. Yeah he was great! Those were hard parts to act and he and Sellers pull it off perfectly.

[tclambert]

7. My favorite speech from any movie ever:

[Ernest Partridge]

10. The Coke Machine incident: I. Kant vs. J. S. Mill

When I taught ethics at the University, I used the coke machine scene to illustrate deontology (Kant) vs. utilitarianism (Mill).

Remember? Lt. Mandrake had the code that would call off the attack and save the world, but no small change to call the Pentagon. So he demanded that Col. Bat Guano (love those names!) shoot open the coke machine to get the coins.

Col. Guano: "I can't do that. That's private property!"

Brilliant!