Movie, recommendations

[Jaeger]

Or a Bond villain?

 

[Gcckoka]

I loved this movie , recommend to all

[video=youtube;JUTkZ63dHiY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUTkZ63dHiY[/video]

 

[Big G]

Watched I, Daniel Blake at the flicks the other night. Brilliant, it captures the frustration of bureaucracy and 'the system' perfectly, would very much recommend it.

Watched it last night, can see why it's been nominated for so many awards... A true portrait of social realism!

 

[Bishop]

Command & Control, documentary about the fire at a Titan II missile complex in Arkansas in September 1980.
Jaw dropping levels of stupidity, insanity and bravery that ultimately didn't end well but could of been horrifyingly worse.
<span class="st">[video=youtube_share;lVydeki8uDg]https://youtu.be/lVydeki8uDg[/video]

 

[Old Bones]

Command & Control, documentary about the fire at a Titan II missile complex in Arkansas in September 1980.
Jaw dropping levels of stupidity, insanity and bravery that ultimately didn't end well but could of been horrifyingly worse.

The book its based on is also excellent - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Command-Co...qid=1485205441&sr=1-1&keywords=eric+schlosser

Mother Jones had an excerpt from it when it first came out in 2013, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/eric-schlosser-command-control-excerpt-nuclear-weapons - although the booked is centered around the 1980 fire, there are lots of other stories, like this one:

On January 23, 1961, a B-52 packing a pair of Mark 39 hydrogen bombs suffered a refueling snafu and went into an uncontrolled spin over North Carolina. In the cockpit of the rapidly disintegrating bomber was a lanyard attached to the bomb-release mechanism. Intense G-forces tugged hard at it and unleashed the nukes, which, at four megatons, were 250 times more powerful than the weapon that leveled Hiroshima. One of them "failed safe" and plummeted to the ground unarmed. The other weapon's failsafe mechanisms—the devices designed to prevent an accidental detonation—were subverted one by one, as Eric Schlosser recounts in his new book, Command and Control:

When the lanyard was pulled, the locking pins were removed from one of the bombs. The Mark 39 fell from the plane. The arming wires were yanked out, and the bomb responded as though it had been deliberately released by the crew above a target. The pulse generator activated the low-voltage thermal batteries. The drogue parachute opened, and then the main chute. The barometric switches closed. The timer ran out, activating the high-voltage thermal batteries. The bomb hit the ground, and the piezoelectric crystals inside the nose crushed. They sent a firing signal...
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Unable to deny that two of its bombs had fallen from the sky—one in a swampy meadow, the other in a field near Faro, North Carolina—the Air Force insisted that there had never been any danger of a nuclear detonation. This was a lie...........
The only thing standing between us and an explosion so catastrophic that it would have radically altered the course of history was a simple electronic toggle switch in the cockpit, a part that probably cost a couple of bucks to manufacture and easily could have been undermined by a short circuit—hardly a far-fetched scenario in an electronics-laden airplane that's breaking apart.

And the one about Lakenheath is chilling. If your not paranoid enough, then the excellent Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is a fantastic resource http://thebulletin.org/

 

[acheter]

The Survivalist. Its a low budget movie centering on a post apocalyptic Ireland.

 

[rik_uk3]

[video=youtube;aTNJtEXYsyw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTNJtEXYsyw[/video]

 

[Snake]

I watched arrrival the other day, that was two hours of my life I will never get back, in my oppinion the trailer is the best bit.

 

[LadySmyth]

Looking forward to seeing the Mel Gibson film. Really not a fan of his drunken outbursts but I enjoyed a couple of his recent ventures.
'Edge of Darkness' & 'Get the Gringo'...

A film I saw recently and would definitely recommend is 'In Order of Disappearance' - Stellen Skarsgard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1-Fm3xx6gw
I'd love to know what other people think.

Danish with subtitles are isially not to be missed.I'll keep my eyes peeled for that one. Trailer looks good. Thanks

Just watched the trailer, looks a good watch

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[LadySmyth]

I can recommend The Interview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frsvWVEHowg great comedy, i've never laughed so much in my life, i was creased over double, funny as f**k

That does look funny! Its going on my list. My son-in-law would love it too so its going ln my "to buy" list too. Fanx &#128077;

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[LadySmyth]

Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

Not my usual fair, but was shot in New Zealand, so has some lovely scenery.

Trailer

[video=youtube;n8Xvsjy57X0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Xvsjy57X0[/video]

Started watching that at my daughter's but fell asleep. Now i wish i hadn't... fallen asleep i mean. Def one for the "to watch" list. Ta

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[LadySmyth]

Cloud Atlas

Brilliant film, remake of an older Japanese story i think, but very topical (politics, enviroment, society, etc) aswell as historical mixed with plenty of scifi

Awesome film. Watched that one three times so far.

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[LadySmyth]

Thanks folks... Some great film to watch on my list. Here's one i really enjoyed:

Searching for Sugarman

https://youtu.be/vn7B4-jYU_8

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[Leshy]

Thanks folks... Some great film to watch on my list. Here's one i really enjoyed:

Searching for Sugarman

https://youtu.be/vn7B4-jYU_8

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That is just the most heart warming and unbelievable story ever told in music.
The guy is a genius! Love Rodriguez &#128077;&#128077;

... and who'd a thought just one cassette could be so influential.

Great choice , I've seen it at least 3 times , the music is good too...&#128077;

 

[LadySmyth]

That is just the most heart warming and unbelievable story ever told in music.
The guy is a genius! Love Rodriguez &#128077;&#128077;

... and who'd a thought just one cassette could be so influential.

Great choice , I've seen it at least 3 times , the music is good too...&#128077;

Makes me smile just remembering it. Such a cool, unassuming family guy with heaps of talent &#10084;

Think I'll watch it again

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[Leshy]

The Great Alone : feature length documentary film about sled dog racer, Lance Mackey. Four-time winner of the 1000 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
[video=youtube_share;sUWZZC8RWYI]https://youtu.be/sUWZZC8RWYI[/video]

That's on the waiting list !&#128077; Thank you for the suggestion &#128077;

 

[Leshy]

Absolutely fantastic story from Mongolia.
https://youtu.be/Vfi5JS6HTH0



And another beautiful story , this time from New Zealand

https://youtu.be/vtZC5OOxoAQ

 

[Bishop]

Ordeal (1973) a businessman fights to survive after being left in the desert with a broken leg

[video=youtube_share;_q_fSz4HO1I]https://youtu.be/_q_fSz4HO1I[/video]