"You arrogant ass. You've killed us"

[spiderpig]

I had to go to youtube to find the clip that has been raging in my mind for weeks.

Hope the link works.

[procon]

1. Kudos! I was thinking of that same clip after Trump

refused to use the defense act to ramp up production of emergency supplies.

There's still no excuse for that.

[spiderpig]

2. What alternate universe are we living in, procon?

I'm addicted to MSNBC and can't take my eyes away from the insanity

[Mike 03]

5. I'm having trouble focusing on anything else too.

I don't know whether to follow (and get lost in) the minute details, or just stand back and admit this whole thing is completely mind-blowing.

[spiderpig]

8. I've always been fascinated by End of the World fiction

like On The Beach, Earth Abides, The Stand...

but here it is in front of us. We are living my strange obsession and I don't like it.

I'm an optimist at heart, but where are we going???

[procon]

15. Me too!

Fail Safe has got to be near the top of that list. The original cold war era film, not the later one. The book is even better, I couldn't out it down when I read it as a teenager back in the day. It's a suspenseful thriller that takes place in a wartime command bunker with American planes about to launch a nuclear attack on Moscow, but it's a mistake due to an electrical malfunction.

Seven Days in May is another cold war era movie with a lot of top actors. The military is plotting a coup against the president because he's trying to negotiate an non nuke treaty with the Soviets.

And I can't end without a shout out to, Dr. Strangelove!

[spiderpig]

19. We are soulmates.

I remember sitting at the dining room table with my parents discussing Fail Safe. They were in shock that the president sacrificed the First Lady (Jackie) to save the world.

As for Seven Days in May, I wonder what it is going to take for the military to say "enough", although in the film/book the president was benevolent. Kirk Douglas/Good...Burt Lancaster/Bad. I don't know. I'm just a simple movie fan.

[procon]

6. I start the day thinking, surely today will be the

tipping point and it cant possibly get any worse than yesterday. I'm always wrong, of course, but hope springs eternal. I also hope I am still alive to bear witness on the day Trump exits the White House.

[spiderpig]

13. I'm so disappointed he's cancelling his daily briefings..

Oh, wait...he's not. Color me confused. (He is such a colossal asshole).

[displacedtexan]

3. The rule at our house:

If The Hunt For Red October is on TV, we must watch it. Period.
To us, all other Jack Ryans are inferior.

[spiderpig]

4. With a starmaking performance from Alec Baldwin

and Sean Connery's best hairpiece.

[procon]

7. A most excellent film, it's one of my top ten favorites.

I also get a kick out of Galaxy Quest. I have eclectic tastes.

[displacedtexan]

9. Let's get out of here before one of those things kills Guy!

By Grabthar's hammer...

[spiderpig]

11. We can never get out of movie references

It's what we live for, thank you Amazon Prime.

[spiderpig]

10. Don't get me started on Alan Rickman

I adored him. RIP

[spiderpig]

20. procon, did you ever read Earth Abides by George R. Stewart?

He was a Berkeley professor and wrote it in 1949. All about a pandemic and its effects on future generations. One of the most influential books I ever read.

[procon]

22. No, I don't think so, or at least it doesn't sound

familiar to me. I'll have to find it on Amazon and see if it jogs my memory.

BTW, I found Fail Safe on YouTube and hope to watch it later today.

[yonder]

16. Same rule at our place.

and The Fifth Element falls under the same code.

[ChicagoRonin]

12. Incidentally, the Soviet political officer Connery kills when the Red October sets sail . . .

Is named "Putin".

[spiderpig]

14. ROFL!

Art imitates life.

[displacedtexan]

17. How did I miss that???

Wow! Good to know!

[malaise]

18. What an appropriate clip

K & R

[ProfessorGAC]

21. I Knew The Movie As Soon As I Read Your Title

Very appropriate. Nice call!
Absent in that movie would be the word ignorant.
"You ignorant, arrogant ass. You've killed us."

[PCIntern]

23. And you can fownload

the Scarlet Plague by Jack London. Written in 1915. Remarkable!