I read too much dystopian/post apocalyptic fiction or something.

[Butterbean]

Watching this piece on Amazon on 60 Minutes is seriously creeping me the fuck out. Delivery drones? *shudder* I have such a reflexive automatic mistrust of technology. I dunno why. Must be my age or something (I'm 40).

[longship]

1. Try "Dr. Strangelove" some day.

Or if you want dystopian, try:

On the Beach. Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire (in an Oscar worthy first dramatic role), Anthony Perkins, and a good Australian support cast. ACA Gardner turns in another incredible performance.

Miracle Mile, a quirky nevertheless compelling story which all takes place within a couple of miles of LA's Miracle Mile, where Mastodons and saber-toothed tigers are dredged out of the ancient tar pits and people live and eat tube steaks and listen to old jazz. People fall in love. And maybe the world ends in what begins at an all night diner. Quirky, but compelling.

And then, there's the best of the best of the dystopian films: Dr. Strangelove, arguably Kubrick's greatest film. The script, taken from a pulp novel that I read before the movie was released (Red Alert by Peter George), the author, Kubrick, and Terry Southern turned it into the biting satire that has stood up. This is the way the world ends! With Major Kong riding the bomb down.

He's gonna get those bomb bay doors open if it hare lips everybody on Rock Creek. And he gets them open. See the result.

On edit: a better clip.

Now that's dystopia!

[AverageJoe90]

2. Miracle Mile was one of the great hidden gems of the '80s, IMO.

First discovered it about 5 years ago.....loved it ever since.

[longship]

3. Does anybody know a helicopter pilot?

Sorry. All the helicopter pilot bars are closed.

[Butterbean]

4. Oh, thanks for the suggestions! n/t

[Javaman]

5. I'll only be worried when they are blimps advertizing women taking pills...