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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6618203" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>I imagine the nuclear code thing was lampshading. </p><p></p><p>We know from <a href="https://youtu.be/1Y1ya-yF35g" target="_blank">Last Week Tonigh</a>t that the launch sites are pretty outdated, but the idea of a rogue AI triggering a nuclear strike is pretty ingrained in our pop culture mentality. </p><p>Telling the truth "the launch codes aren't online and kept on 5 1/4 inch floppy disks on computers that haven't been updated since the early '80s". is depressing and seems farcical. It'll take you right out of the movie as you need to explain that situation.</p><p>Spinning that slightly into "the launch codes are kept offline and secured" seems like they're making an excuse for the villain not doing the obvious thing. "Yeah, right, of <em>course</em> they are. Again, because it goes against conventional movie wisdom. Especially since the Department of Defence has been hacked as recently as last June. </p><p></p><p>Spinning it into a story point where Ultron can't hack into the launch codes because someone is counter hacking him is ridiculous from a reality standpoint but works in movie logic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 6618203, member: 37579"] I imagine the nuclear code thing was lampshading. We know from [URL="https://youtu.be/1Y1ya-yF35g"]Last Week Tonigh[/URL]t that the launch sites are pretty outdated, but the idea of a rogue AI triggering a nuclear strike is pretty ingrained in our pop culture mentality. Telling the truth "the launch codes aren't online and kept on 5 1/4 inch floppy disks on computers that haven't been updated since the early '80s". is depressing and seems farcical. It'll take you right out of the movie as you need to explain that situation. Spinning that slightly into "the launch codes are kept offline and secured" seems like they're making an excuse for the villain not doing the obvious thing. "Yeah, right, of [I]course[/I] they are. Again, because it goes against conventional movie wisdom. Especially since the Department of Defence has been hacked as recently as last June. Spinning it into a story point where Ultron can't hack into the launch codes because someone is counter hacking him is ridiculous from a reality standpoint but works in movie logic. [/QUOTE]
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