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For fans of the movie WARGAMES: a list of all the nuclear war scenarios stored in the W.O.P.R. computer. U.S. FIRST STRIKE. USSR FIRST STRIKE. NATO / WARSAW PACT. FAR EAST STRATEGY. US USSR ESCALATION. MIDDLE EAST WAR. USSR CHINA ATTACK. INDIA PAKISTAN WAR. MEDITERRANEAN WAR. HONGKONG VARIANT. SEATO DECAPITATING. CUBAN PROVOCATION. ATLANTIC HEAVY.
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Who do you trust to manage a nuclear war – people or computer programs? At the start of WarGames, two soldiers are ordered to launch a nuclear missile. One soldier hesitates because, naturally, you’d want to double-check before annihilating the planet. The other soldier (a very young Michael Madsen) demands at gun-point that they follow through wit...
WarGames offers an intriguiging snapshot of Western popular culture and social ambition in the 80s– just as home computing was getting interesting, but before it became ubiquitous. First there’s the nod to computing as many kids would have experienced it: pay-to-play video games in arcades outside the home. But there’s something new on the horizon:...
David’s ambiguity is interesting in light of modern tensions with digital devices and tech companies. The internet has become a vital part of creativity, knowledge, income, justice and freedom. Yet access can be uneven, expensive, or exploitative. We can book flights on our phones, but digital transactions are two-way and opaque: we don’t always kn...
WarGames isn’t just fighting potential nuclear war; there’s a full stack of obstacles to overcome: 1. Russia, often the enemy of choice before the ‘war on terror’ 2. Young Vs Old (i.e., coming of age), a common theme in 80s Brat Pack movies such as The Outsiders. Similarly, there’s innovation Vs tradition (i.e., analogue Vs digital) 3. War and peac...
Recent films and serials don’t hold back on real-life programming and hacking techniques. Chances are that, even without coding knowledge, most viewers follow along just fine. Many will even know some coding themselves. In WarGames, however, there’s no programming. Frankly, what would audiences have made of it, given so few even owned a personal co...
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These films often shared the speculative arc of the others but were patterned more on Peter Watkins’ infamous 1965 mock-documentary THE WAR GAME, a pitiless and unflinching portrayal of the true horrors of nuclear war. ***. The seven films outlined below span the years 1981-86.
During one eventful sitting he hacks into a computer called Joshua and plays a game called Global Thermonuclear War, he harmlessly chooses to be The Soviet Union and proceeds to launch a nuclear attack on his own country, the U.S.A. Trouble is, is that the game is for real and the wheels are in motion for World War III!.
Aug 26, 2015 · Culture & Life. Features. Apocalypse then: The forgotten history of 1980s nuclear panic movies. Movies like The Day After and Miracle Mile offer a glimpse at a time when the threat of...
Oct 30, 2017 · Seongyong Cho October 30, 2017. Tweet. “ The War Game ” is one of the most terrifying films I have ever seen. Although it was made more than 50 years ago, its sobering presentation of nuclear war remains utterly gut-wrenching with many unforgettable moments of terror and despair.
Jan 3, 2019 · Plot Summary: “WarGames” High school student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) unwittingly hacks into a military supercomputer while searching for new video games. After starting a game of Global Thermonuclear War, Lightman leads the supercomputer to activate the nation’s nuclear arsenal in response to his simulated threat as the Soviet Union.
