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I like this. How has a thriller not be made about this very scenario?
by Victerius 4y ago
I like this. How has a thriller not be made about this very scenario?
- InvaderFizz 4y agoI may be misremembering, but I think this was the plot of a Tom Clancy novel.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoYep, Tom Clancy's Sum of All Fears has a very similar premise. Israel loses a nuclear bomb during the Yom Kippur War, which is subsequently recovered by Palestinians who team up with some East Germans to start a war between America and the Soviet Union by blowing up Denver (the bomb fizzles.)
- Maursault 4y agoHow did they screw the movie up so very thoroughly? The novel was not Clancy's best, but still great, very readable. I found the movie unwatchable.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoYeah I agree. Clancy movie adaptations seem to have all been downhill since Hunt for Red October. Arguably his books too, although Red Storm Rising is still my favorite (and probably impossible to make a good movie of, the scope is too large and Russia too competent.)
- giantrobot 4y agoI've long thought Red Storm Rising could have made a really good miniseries. You're right the scope is too big for a singular movie but maybe just right for a 6-10 hour series. It won't happen now though given Russia's recent displays of competence. The premise will be considered too outlandish. It would end up as believable as the Red Dawn remake or the one where the North Koreans shoot up the White House.