The Top Gun Turning Point, and Alan Turing Makes a Difficult Choice (Top Gun / The Imitation Game)
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In this episode David reviews the most pivotal moment in Top Gun and explains how the scene and a name was inspired by real people and events. Alex explores a complex moral dilemma in The Imitation Game, where the obvious action is countered by Alan Turing's intervention, and they must decide whether to sacrifice a few for the sake of many. @ 0:37 Top Gun Watch on YouTube (0:00 - ) IMDB: [open] Maturity Rating: PG Spoilers: Major An awesome YouTube channel run by Ward Caroll where he explores the realism of the accident talked about in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwS1k8LKxJg https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/79-cringe-worthy-technical-errors-in-the-movie-top-gun/ @ 12:35 The Imitation Game Watch Scene 1 on YouTube (0:00 - ) Watch Scene 2 on YouTube (0:05 - ) IMDB: [open] Maturity Rating: PG Spoilers: Moderate Photo of an Enigma machine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine#/media/File:Enigma_(crittografia)_-_Museo_scienza_e_tecnologia_Milano.jpg scenereview.20digit.com
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