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Has Achieved Nirvana |
The movie is superb. Went to a matinee to avoid the crowds. The theater was not completely full.
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I'm glad you liked it I'd like to see it. | |||
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Minor Deity |
Some more background on the history. Good piece, lots of stuff I was unaware of. https://weapons.substack.com/p...ack&utm_medium=email
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Has Achieved Nirvana |
Interesting. I thought Oppie's clearances were suspended post-WWII *because* of his opposition to the hydrogen bomb and other nuclear weapons. edit: The author of the post says as much later in the piece. For some additional info, there was a piece in the BBC about Oppenheimer that I posted in this thread. I just started American Prometheus, which Big Al recommended. A good read so far.
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Thank you. That is a very worthwhile read.
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Foregoing Vacation to Post |
I haven’t seen the movie yet. As I remember, a long time ago, some college student once wrote a research paper or book or dissertation or something on how to construct an atomic bomb. It was confiscated by the FBI. If you liked the movie, see the documentary movie “Trinity & Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie“. I’ve never seen so many nuclear explosions in one movie before. If I remember correctly, there’s a sequence in the movie showing how atomic bombs are made. But the movie glosses over it quickly and superficially. They don’t want you to know too much about them. I also saw the opera “Doctor Atomic” by composer John Adams. Oppenheimer is one of the principal characters. I think the opera is good but not great. | |||
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Behind the scenes of the movie: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00715-3
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| Shut up and play your guitar! Minor Deity  |
Radioactive Toy - Porcupine Tree - 1991 Run through forests on a hot Summer day Trying to break down walls of numbing pain Give me the freedom to destroy Give me radioactive toy Taste the water from a stream of running death Eat the apple and cough a dying breath Give me the freedom to destroy Give me radioactive toy Feel the sun burning through your black skin Pour me into a hole, inform my next of kin Give me the freedom to destroy Give me radioactive toy Run through graveyards on a dusty Winter day Spit the dirt out and try to say Give me the freedom to destroy Give me radioactive toy | |||
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| Minor Deity |
We're probably watching tonight. But I prefer Sting's ode... a bit more hopeful, but perhaps even more meaningful today than when it was released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs In Europe and America There's a growing feeling of hysteria Conditioned to respond to all the threats In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets Mr. Khrushchev said, "We will bury you" I don't subscribe to this point of view It would be such an ignorant thing to do If the Russians love their children too How can I save my little boy From Oppenheimer's deadly toy? There is no monopoly of common sense On either side of the political fence We share the same biology Regardless of ideology Believe me when I say to you I hope the Russians love their children too There is no historical precedent To put the words in the mouth of the president There's no such thing as a winnable war It's a lie we don't believe anymore Mr. Reagan says, "We will protect you" I don't subscribe to this point of view Believe me when I say to you I hope the Russians love their children too We share the same biology Regardless of ideology What might save us, me and you Is if the Russians love their children too
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| Shut up and play your guitar! Minor Deity |
Love this song too! PT's Radioactive Toy is a little more "Floydian"
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Minor Deity |
I've always loved the Sting song, too. To research The Physicists' Daughter, I did research that included crawling around the internet looking for information about a small device that was part of a bigger device used to separate fissionable uranium. A time traveler from 1944 would be astounded to know what's publicly available on the web these days. I'm talking about blueprint-level material pertinent to the Manhattan Project. Granted, those methods have gone the way of the horse and buggy, and I believe there are calutrons for sale for anybody who'll haul them off, but it was still disconcerting to pull their design documents up on my little computer screen.
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Minor Deity |
I had forgotten the Sting song. Wow.
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| Minor Deity |
We watched the movie last night. Truly deserving of best picture in any area you might look at.
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity  |
Agreed. Hollywood is capable of taking on a serious topic and treating it with care and respect. | |||
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Just finished watching it. A really well done film. Was surprised, but pleased, that the only commercials were at the beginning and the film was shown uninterrupted, even though I signed up for the ad-supported tier of Peacock.
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