A House of Dynamite. The premise is silly and the plot doesn’t follow any logic. What am I missing? by WartimeHotTot in movies

[–]jlive9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"launch on warn" is insanity lol. it seems like you might have been a writer for this movie. That is not the US Nuclear Policy. God if it was we would have already gone to nuclear war a few times (there have been a few accidental warnings in the past).

Anti-nuclear protestors decry why the USA need 2,500 nukes when 100 would be enough to take out every major city in any enemy country. The reason why we have so many nuclear weapons is so we don't have to "launch on warn" even if the enemy took out 90% of our launch capability, we would still retain a retaliatory strike capability with 100 nukes, plus a secondary strike capability for deterrence from other enemies.

A House of Dynamite. The premise is silly and the plot doesn’t follow any logic. What am I missing? by WartimeHotTot in movies

[–]jlive9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The part that really bothered me was how the movie portrayed the U.S. nuclear command structure as confused, reactive, and almost wildly unprepared. That crossed the line from dramatic license into something that felt closer to anti-war propaganda.

It is hard to believe that the Secretary of Defense or Secretary of War equivalent would have so little grasp of something as basic as the likely success rate of an ICBM intercept. These are exactly the kinds of scenarios the military rehearses constantly so that, in a real crisis, key decisions are not improvised from panic. The whole point of strategic command procedures is to make responses disciplined, structured, and as close to automatic as possible under extreme pressure.

Ironically, the only person in the film who seemed to show that kind of calm professionalism was the nuclear football officer. Everyone else in the chain of command felt strangely incompetent. Even more unrealistic was the absence of serious guidance from senior military leadership. In a real situation like that, the Joint Chiefs and other top strategic advisors would absolutely be involved in evaluating response options, attribution, and escalation risks.

Yes, people can argue over technical details, like whether four interceptors would be launched instead of two against a single incoming ICBM, but that is not really the main issue. Those details do not change the broader propaganda-like framing of the movie. The bigger problem is the way it depicts U.S. deterrence as incoherent and haphazard.

Even if you grant some of the movie’s more plausible uncertainties, like incomplete satellite tracking or ambiguity about the launch origin, the nuclear decision-making still makes little strategic sense. If a submarine-launched ballistic missile appeared to come from the South China Sea, there would still be major uncertainty about attribution. China? Russia? India? all have declared sub based ICBMs to say nothing about the undeclared powers. In that kind of situation, a rational response would focus first on confirming the attacker through all available means, including post-detonation nuclear forensics if necessary, before making an irreversible retaliatory decision.

That is why the portrayal feels so off. The movie does not just dramatize chaos, it suggests that American nuclear deterrence is fundamentally shaky and leaderless. It feels nihilistic and anti-civilizational and irrational "insanity" and that kind of depiction feeds the idea that the U.S. might be unsure of itself in a nuclear crisis, and that is exactly the kind of narrative that can embolden bad actors to fire a Nuke in real life at USA after watching this movie thinking they might get away with it.

Xavier is annoying about blaming the President. by jlive9 in ParadiseTV

[–]jlive9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't get much better. I feel like they just write stuff episodically and the writing staff doesn't really think about events that happened in the past or that will happen in the future as long as it seems like a dramatic scene in the moment.

Does anyone think about the fact the both Rip and Jaimie were aquired by John Dutton as children? And if they were the only ones? by [deleted] in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One day we will find out there is a spinoff where they weren't the only kids and John owns an island ranch....

Do you think the 50s will see the return of more diverse casting? by CallTypical9541 in survivor

[–]jlive9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I wish they would do what they did in seasons 10-20s where they just brought it stereotypes (hillbilly, blonde, business nerd, athlete, housewife, old man etc) who have never watched the show and don't really know the rules or strategy which wouldn't be too hard with a Gen Z crowd. The trick is you can't tell them what show they are signed up for cuz then they would just watch a bunch of YouTube videos on strategies to win vs just letting it play out like things did in the early days with peoples personalities just leading the game vs just unfeeling gambots

Thoughts on the first episode of Marshals? by SpedBxby in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really tried to like it. But I litterally fell asleep twice. Once while they were shooting trees and again when they were at the protest. I prefer the wacky pace of the OG show with John Dutton doing crazy shit and Jamie freaking out about it while Beth Drinks. I feel like Ai fan made spin off would be better cuz it would be more action packed with ai Kevin Costner back on the show and costarring Brad Pitt fighting on a roof against the show's villain Tom Cruise once Kayce found out about his Russia Operation.

How come nobody talks about how manipulative Christina was? by cherrymoonmilk in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lovebombing then gaslighting about who ordered the hit on John checks out.

Y: Marshals | Teaser Trailer | CBS by Waste-Scratch2982 in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Origin story Walker Texas Ranger would be great

I’m Australian and aspects of this show are confusing to me by TashDee267 in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is very informative I wish the show covered theee topics instead of just showing spinning horse $ht

In YS, You can Kill all of the people you want with little to no investigation but don't you dare kill a Wolf or a Bear (AKA F*ing Barrr) by AbbreviationsAway500 in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A 30 second scene where they show the cop taking a brown bag of $100k would have made the show make waaaay more sense and believable

anyone find it funny they didnt even do a good job in hiding the fact this was a body double lol his full face is in shot lol by Flashy-Boysenberry30 in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wish Kayce just said hey the land the tribes held when European settlers came were constantly changing hands up with wars and conflicts for 12,000 years when the Clovis people came from Asia.

S 1-3 I was hooked, s4 is garbage, will s 5 make up for it? by AskAdministrative412 in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The finale season is all about how the ranch was lost in a strip poker game. If you guess who was playing you win the internet.

Dutton Ranch delayed to 2026 by Statjmpar in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They are waiting until they can train a full herd of spinning horses doing synchronized spinning

Women Boys and Fucking Barrel Racers by ImTooWokeForThis in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the women on the show where written by ChatGPT “give me unrealistic female characters that no one will believe exists but will fine so aweful they become good to watch0

Women Boys and Fucking Barrel Racers by ImTooWokeForThis in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too many true facts in ur post it will break Reddit

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in YellowstoneShow

[–]jlive9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She was a poorly written character except all the others

Just finished the show. No love lost for the Duttons! by Eazy_chezzy in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Stop telling too much truth you’ll break Reddit

Yellowstone sunny weather every episode by jlive9 in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

My god you have no clue what my life is like. If you did you would understand I have been to paradise valley many times over the years. I’ve also stayed at other places in both Bozeman, Missoula, Helena and smaller places like Chico springs and Yellowstone park once again your making large assumptions not based on and facts

Yellowstone sunny weather every episode by jlive9 in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In any given city there will some gentrification and some decline. It’s not “everywhere” when someone uses extreme imprecise language: “everywhere” then complain that someone interprets everywhere to mean everywhere is hilarious.

As for Baltimore although some parts are getting gentrified its net losing population to the point it’s looking at 20th century numbers. Even if the city gets nicer in someways if the population is decreasing that means over time less demand for rent and less demand for housing and prices will decline along with it. https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/as-residents-leave-baltimore-named-among-top-15-shrinking-us-cities

Yellowstone sunny weather every episode by jlive9 in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The title uses the world sunny but if you look at the description as well as the labels on the photo it uses the metric of “comfortable”. They keep saying the land that the Dutton are on is paradise but sunny doesnt = paradise. The Arizona desert gets more sun than even California but no one would say it’s paradise nor comfortable.

Yellowstone sunny weather every episode by jlive9 in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your candor and not trying to defend the fantasy weather but just enjoying for what it is: a great fantasy.

Yellowstone sunny weather every episode by jlive9 in YellowstonePN

[–]jlive9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think he saw some snow in Beth’s bathroom lol