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HuronKing:

--- Quote from: Joebeazelman on December 25, 2023, 11:17:17 pm ---The nuclear accidents at Los Alamos, particularly the Demon Core accident, was painfully overlooked and a major ball drop.

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The first incident with the Demon Core happened when Oppenheimer was in DC meeting with Truman (Oppenheimer left Los Alamos on August 17 and the accident happened on August 21st).

Oppenheimer permanently left the Manhattan Project in November 1945. The second Demon Core accident happened in May 1946.

So... Oppenheimer did not really have anything to do with either incident. It's hardly a major ball drop to not waste screentime on those events. 😀

Besides, Fat Man and Little Boy portrays those events and is more narrowly focused on the Manhattan Project than a biopic about Oppenheimer titled... Oppenheimer. 😉

pickle9000:
There was so much they didn't know and they understood that. I can imagine injuries and fatalities being passed on and evaluated. The science of that would have been a good dramatic tool.

CatalinaWOW:

--- Quote from: dietert1 on December 28, 2023, 10:15:36 am ---To begin with it is pretty difficult to make the development of weapons of mass destruction into entertainment. Oppenheimer may be a US national hero, but most people prefer athletics and socker over martial arts.

Regards, Dieter

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I am not convinced that it is difficult.  The invasion of Normandy on D-Day, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the defense of Thermopylae and other events are more horrible on an individual level than the almost unrelatable horror of WMDs and there have been many movies of this ilk that have been wildly successful.

And it isn't just a problem with the American psyche, those movies were wildly successful worldwide.

coppercone2:

--- Quote from: watchmaker on December 28, 2023, 10:07:43 pm ---He can read????

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lol george bush has a higher reading level, he managed to read a childrens book

vad:

--- Quote from: coppercone2 on December 28, 2023, 08:31:38 pm ---trump should read red dawn because that what happens when you defund nato

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Was it not European NATO member states that defunded their own defense?

Defense expenditure as a percentage of GDP by country in 2014, during Obama's presidency:

USA - 3.42%

versus the five largest EU member states:

Germany - 1.38%
France - 1.84%
Italy - 1.22%
Spain - 0.92%
The Netherlands - 1.32%

Edit: NATO's recommended threshold was 2% of GDP. Someone had been enjoying a free ride for too long…

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