“Fail Safe” : What if W.H.O.P.P.E.R. did fire the missiles in ‘War Games’

We continue our “movie of the day’ series this week as I bring you another gem I found online. We all know the movie War Games. For many of us geeks/nerds it was the ultimate movie. It featured Supercomputers and Rockets .. but more importantly a dial-up modem AND an GIRL a NERD and a COMPUTER in the SAME ROOM ! Too good to be true ? Now we all might have wanted to see Matthew Broderick arrested and thrown in jail for life ( just to spare us his horrible comeback in Godzilla) but the movie was a little bit of harmless fun. The big computer stopped the countdown and didn’t launch the rockets .. But what if he did ? A fantastic movie that deals with this is “FAILSAFE” (1964) that deals with the same subject in a way that makes you wonder if Disney didn’t rip them off. “Failsafe” is a lot more serious then “War Games” and gives us a situation where we CANNOT stop the machines.  If you dare call yourself a computer geek and love automation : Watch this thrilling movie .. for free.

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