Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Regarding "The Brink"

IF you haven't seen the first and second episodes of the Brink on HBO and plan to don't read this:

I thought it was pretty funny when the pilot of the jet fighter sent into Pakistan to blow up nukes there is nervous and takes Xanax like ISIS soldiers give to children fighters and other so they will fearlessly blow themselves and other up. But, instead it isn't Xanax but likely something like Ecstasy or some kind of hallucinogenic. So, the co-pilot throws up and can't read the dials to bomb Pakistan and the whole inside of cockpit is covered with throw-up while the pilot is trying to talk to the president of the United States about all this from the war room and fails.

This is why this HBO comedy reminds me of "Dr. Strangelove" so much.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and ...

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Rating: 8.5/10 - ‎305,610 votes
An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.
 

Dr. Strangelove, Or:... (1964) - Greatest Films

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Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) is producer/director Stanley Kubrick's brilliant, satirical, provocative black ...
 

The Brink (TV Series 2015– ) - IMDb

www.imdb.com/title/tt3216586/
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Rating: 7.7/10 - ‎1,282 votes
Created by Kim Benabib, Roberto Benabib. With Jack Black, Tim Robbins, Pablo Schreiber, Eric Ladin. Top U.S. government and military scramble to prevent ...
Full Cast & Crew - ‎Trivia - ‎Quotes - ‎Awards
 

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