I loved it. One of the best movies I have seen for a LONG time if how I judge that is a movie that keeps me thinking and, during it, complete invested and engrossed.



























Mild Spoiler. How realistic did people people find it?

1) I thought which I questioned was the President unable to directly speak to the Russian Foreign Minister. In an era of crisis this feels like it would be an imperative.

2) I think she got a big "meta" point wrong. The ENTIRE purpose of the triad (and the Chinese and Russian triads) is to make "first strike" thinking dumb. It was a plot device to suggest that we could do that (and thus the Russians and Chinese fears of first strike. The entire purpose of the triad is to provide the US second strike survivability, making sure our adversaries see no value in trying to take actions that would force our hand.

3) I DID like the idea of the North Korean's suspected motivations, taking out Chicago to then force negotiations after they proved they had SLMB capacity and could destroy even more cities even they were reduced to glowing ash.

I would love to read someone in Security studies on the film and see what I am missing in the above.

AI will be conducting home invasions and body cavity probings long before the Dr. Strangelove scenarios play out.

ChatGPT:


House of Dynamite
There's no major U.S. or European film or series widely known under that exact title.
Could you have meant:
House of Dynamite (1998) a little-known action/crime film by Gordon Chan, set in Hong Kong's crime world; or
possibly something else with a similar name (maybe House of Cards or House of the Dragon)?

If you tell me a little about what you watched e.g., what it was about I can pin down exactly what show or film you mean.

https://www.fandango.com/a-house-of-dynamite-2025-242384/movie-overview?date=2025-10-11

bearister said:

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AI will be conducting home invasions and body cavity probings long before the Dr. Strangelove scenarios play out.

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I actually thought the idea of a NKorean Launch was realistic. Again, I thought that the idea that this would lead to a retaliatory strike before the missile even hit Chicago wasn't.

concordtom said:

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ChatGPT:


House of Dynamite
There's no major U.S. or European film or series widely known under that exact title.
Could you have meant:
House of Dynamite (1998) a little-known action/crime film by Gordon Chan, set in Hong Kong's crime world; or
possibly something else with a similar name (maybe House of Cards or House of the Dragon)?

If you tell me a little about what you watched e.g., what it was about I can pin down exactly what show or film you mean.

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I am surprised you haven't heard of this. I did miss the predicate in its title ;-)

Coming to Netflix 10/23/25

Thanks for sharing positive vibes SCt. It comes to netflix october ~24th, and as usual (for many decades) if a'tall possible these retired stay-at-homers will hold our horses till then.

And imdb is also encouraging.. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32376165
As is rotten toms https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_house_of_dynamite
signed, ewe-nani-mouse # life is short, eat dessert first

Saw it in theater and i would highly recommend. It worked so well on that venue.

socaltownie said:

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Saw it in theater and i would highly recommend. It worked so well on that venue.

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got it, sincere thanks, good to know, butt this fools many years of going *outside* to shows (starting in the 1950s) ended a loong time ago.
# things change / eat dessert first / forgot the third thing

socaltownie said:

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bearister said:

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AI will be conducting home invasions and body cavity probings long before the Dr. Strangelove scenarios play out.

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I actually thought the idea of a NKorean Launch was realistic. Again, I thought that the idea that this would lead to a retaliatory strike before the missile even hit Chicago wasn't.

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No way NK strikes us.

The next atomic bomb IS going to detonate in the US, however, by a secret sudden explosion. Like 9/11. Whodunnit.

I live in the country now. So I'm safe.
I'd never live in NYC.