Doctor Strangelove - Doomsday Machine

[Arlind22]

Geee I wish we had one of those doomsday machines Stacy

[Madowstone]

An example for early geekism.

[ReginaldMaulding]

I just realized that George C. Scott having to do that flip on the floor (he was told his overacting cuts wouldn't make it into the movie) is probably why he never wanted to work with Kubrick after this.

[rmed30]

@ReginaldMaulding: Dude, that tumble was a complete accident. Scott just fell over during the shoot and it was so funny, Kubrick kept it in.

[Helljumper425]

This is such a great movie. It's everything that you love about archetypes like the captain who rode the bomb down to its target, and everything we fear about political-military idiocy. I think everyone should watch this movie for all reasons.

[minimalspunk]

Fucking ads!

[blackbtty123]

@JaysGTA George C. Scott did not intend to play an over the top character. He tried to play a straight up character. In order to get the performance he wanted, Stanley Kubrick told Scott to do his scenes over the top in order to entertain the crew. After doing say 20 takes with Scott doing his character straight laced, Kubrick would whisper to Scott "let's do a funny take just for laughs. In the end, Kubrick used what were supposed to be joke takes by Scott.

[Transformers2themax]

Only Kubrick could make a film so intelligently humorous....

[Theonelwholovespie]

I read in Empire that George c scott actually fell on accident but then played it off and kept filming, and it was kept in the film.

[aptspire]

"We were going to announce it on Monday" :P

[Azoicum]

MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction)

[BuckyKhronic]

It seems qazxsw9871 was born without a sense of humor.

[qazxsw9871]

Dr. Strangelove must be the most annoying character is this overrated, unfunny movie. Why does he speak in that stupid voice?

[Sternertime]

@qazxsw9871 TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLO

[Azoicum]

@qazxsw9871 Because US took dr Strangelove and other nazi''s back home after WW2

[MrSkullfaceflamenco]

@qazxsw9871 Clearly you haven't watched the movie.

[JaysGTA]

@qazxsw9871

This movie is a black comedy and therefore the characterizations themeselves were never meant to be taken 100% seriously. Some of it might look over exaggerated or a bit cliche to some viewers but that was the whole fun of it.

I for one think that Peter Sellers nailed the part.

[AbortFlight]

1:01 is just amazing. He handles it so beautifully.

[broudwauy]

The whole point of a doomsday machine is lost, if YOU KEEP IT A SECRET! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL THE WORLD?

[Kagekatsu1]

@broudwauy It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday, as you know, the Premier loves surprises.

[ataturkwashomo]

I AM "KABAL THORIUM 'G'."

[mkarnerfors]

@ataturkwashomo Cobalt... in real life that *is* what you use to create "salted" nuclear weapons, which has pretty much the effect described. Blow such a weapon at ground level and you have made a huge mess.

[fludblud]

sad thing is the russians actually have an automated strategic missile control system than can execute a nuclear war by itself, go search up for 'russian dead hand'

[BIGBODYHACI]

@fludblud

1 it´s of most the time and second its a defence mechanism thats designd only to fire when they are under attack other countries has to launch a nuclears strike first

[evolusean]

So under certain circumstances, the doomsday machine will automatically detonate...kind of wonder if a cripple standing up and walking are what triggered it

[Zeppelinfaktor]

The good ol' BLAND corporation

[fyadcorp]

@Zeppelinfaktor RAND (Research ANd Development) Corporation... it's a real thing, too.

[CarcharodonMeg]

Is that Inspector Kemp from Young Frankenstein?

[Soundwave3591]

@CarcharodonMeg no, it's Inspector Clouseau! aka Peter Sellers.

[Shahabhei]

merkwürdig liebe

[bheadh]

Funny movie. Real scenarios. It's not over yet. Russia and the U.S. still have THOUSANDS of weapons pointed at each other. After the USSR dismantled, so did it's security. Over 300 atomic "devices" are missing from the inventory. When Russian General Lebed was asked by 60 minutes where the missing devices were..he shrugged his shoulders, when asked if Iran had one, he shrugged again. Ther will be no real peace until The Prince of Peace returns. Lord have mercy on us all.

[w1lltheprince]

I like his haircut...

[GothicSatnist666]

im surpised humans havent blown earth up yet...

[stoph2]

@GothicSatnist666 Really? At what point did you find out they hadn't?

[GothicSatnist666]

@stoph2 your reading it wrong...

[sinder87]

@GothicSatnist666 oh, you just wait a few years.

[ultrakool]

what a load of commie bull. hahaha. i like how they kept gcs's stumble/fall in the final edit. it kept with the urgency of the scene

[robbpoz]

"But the deciding factor was when we learned that your country was working along similar lines, and we were afraid of a doomsday gap."

[aptspire]

@robbpoz Damn you, New York Times!

[moviebakerperson]

"even the smallest nuclear power" that cracked me up

[BasilFawlty4444]

@moviebakerperson When he says "even the smallest nuclear power," he's talking about countries.

America and Russia aren't the only ones with nukes, you know...

[moviebakerperson]

@BasilFawlty4444 Of course I know America and Russia aren't the only ones with nukes. I'm not an idiot. I found it funny that they were parodying the fact that powerful countries at the time found it necessary to gain nuclear weapons. Smallest nuclear power made me laugh because it showed how much of a commonplace nukes had become.

[Manonnx345]

@moviebakerperson

They weren't common place. The only other countries to have nuclear weapons at the time were France and the UK. Not exactly trivial countries, especially at the time.

[moviebakerperson]

@Manonnx345 touche

[charlottepenna]

Whatever they were thinking in the situation room.