Post #16

The Atomic Bomb is a topic that has always interested me. I used to feel that the use of the atomic bomb in WWII against Japan was justified, but after watching this movie, I'm not sure I feel the same way. The images shown in the documentary were startling and gruesome, and it made me realize that they enemies in a war are just as human as we are. I understand that war is a part of human nature, and that it will not ever come to an end, but the hydrogen bomb is too powerful a weapon for human hands. No other weapon could have brought about the end of life on the planet, and there are simply too many incompetent people in power. Even now that the Cold War is over, terrorist organizations and leaders of unstable countries are attempting to acquire nuclear capabilities. It only takes one bomb to start WWIII.

Post #15

Dr. Strangelove was an interesting movie because it went from having a serious and very ominous feeling to being a joke. The overall message of the movie is a solemn one, but many moments are very comical. For example, the conversations between the president and the Russian prime minister are hysterical. The captions on the nuclear warheads saying "handle with care" and the cowboy pilot are all intended to be funny. Yet the climax of the movie is when the bomb explodes, and it sets off the doomsday device, thus bringing about the end of the human race. I saw a movie called "failsafe" that was very similar to this one in which America accidentally destroys Moscow with a H bomb. Rather than begin a nuclear war that would prove to be the end of the world, the president chooses to explode a bomb on New York in order to balance the disaster.