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		anon7725 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Michael Madsen has died I rewatched WarGames recently. It holds up and is worth watching again. In particular with our current concerns over AI it feels ahead of its time.

somenameforme 4 months ago [–]

The interesting thing is that I think WarGames was likely [heavily] inspired by Colossus: The Forbin Project [1], released in 1970! It too, holds up extremely well.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project

jonbaer 4 months ago | [–]

Also Fail Safe ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_Safe_(1964_film)

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