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* In ''Fail-Safe'', the only politically feasible solution to the accidental {{spoiler|nuclear destruction of Moscow}} is for the President to order a US bomber to {{spoiler|nuke New York City}}. The pilot, whose wife and children are {{spoiler|in New York (the pilot resides there too) drops the bomb and [[Driven to Suicide|immediately commits suicide]]}} and one could hardly blame him. |
* In ''Fail-Safe'', the only politically feasible solution to the accidental {{spoiler|nuclear destruction of Moscow}} is for the President to order a US bomber to {{spoiler|nuke New York City}}. The pilot, whose wife and children are {{spoiler|in New York (the pilot resides there too) drops the bomb and [[Driven to Suicide|immediately commits suicide]]}} and one could hardly blame him. |
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** The president's wife and kids were also in Manhattan. |
** The president's wife and kids were also in Manhattan. |
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* Humanity constructs a really big nuke in ''[[Sunshine (film)|Sunshine]]'', in a desperate bid to, ahem, ''re-ignite the sun''. Never mind that the sun creates the amount of energy generated by the bomb many times over ''every single second''. Best to suspend your disbelief on this point. The flaws of this idea are pointed out in [http://theslackerz.com/index.php?nav=Comic&Page=45 this comic]. |
* Humanity constructs a really big nuke in ''[[Sunshine (film)|Sunshine]]'', in a desperate bid to, ahem, ''re-ignite the sun''. Never mind that the sun creates the amount of energy generated by the bomb many times over ''every single second''. Best to suspend your disbelief on this point. The flaws of this idea are pointed out in [https://web.archive.org/web/20100409024721/http://theslackerz.com/index.php?nav=Comic&Page=45 this comic]. |
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** The same exact concept is used in ''Solar Crisis''. At least that film had [[Fan Service|Annabel Schofield walking around in her skivvies]].... |
** The same exact concept is used in ''Solar Crisis''. At least that film had [[Fan Service|Annabel Schofield walking around in her skivvies]].... |
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* In the 1979 epic ''Meteor'', a gigantic piece of a main-belt asteroid breaks off and is headed straight for Earth. US and Soviet orbital nuclear weapons that point Earthward are turned toward the incoming meteor. [[Special Effect Failure]] ensues. |
* In the 1979 epic ''Meteor'', a gigantic piece of a main-belt asteroid breaks off and is headed straight for Earth. US and Soviet orbital nuclear weapons that point Earthward are turned toward the incoming meteor. [[Special Effect Failure]] ensues. |
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