Humanity booster
Getting a booster shot should be easy. But nothing is easy with humans, especially when computers are involved
“This is like that scene in War Games,” I shouted from my office.
Down the hall, Christina yelled back from her office.
“What scene in War Games?”
“The one at the very beginning where the guys in the silo have to turn their keys at the same time to launch the missiles.”
“Doesn’t one guy pull a gun on the other guy because he won’t launch the nukes?”
“Yup.”
In that scene, we’re told the human element failed because the guys in the silos didn’t launch their missiles and, um, end humanity. But another way to read that scene is that the human element succeeded because the guys in the silos didn’t launch their missiles and end humanity. The character with a conscience was played by John Spencer, who would later become famous playing Leo McGarry on The West Wing. The character determined to shoot his friend so he could nuke humanity was played by Michael Madsen, the sociopathic Mr. Blonde, who cut off a cop’s ear in Reservoir Dogs. That’s good casting, folks.
Anywa…
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