Two things about this movie I've never understood
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Fail-Safe
Abner_Kadabner — 9 years ago(February 04, 2017 11:22 AM)
There are two parts of this movie I've never understood why they're in the movie. The first is the beginning party scene which lasts for too long and serves no purpose that I can see. It just looks like somebody decided that the movie needed some extra padding so that added it as an after thought. For the life of me I can't see why it's there.
The other thing is the whole Colonel-Cascio-is-ashamed-of-his-background story. Seriously - why is that in there? It seems completely unnecessary to anything. I suppose it's there to help explain his state of mind and why he went to pieces at the end. But it was pointlessly unnecessary, since anybody could have lost it in such a tense moment when the end of the world is at hand.
Anybody have any ideas? Remember, we have only two more weeks before the end of the world
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Eric-62-2 — 6 years ago(March 02, 2020 12:00 AM)
The Cascio background story is lifted from the book. Ironically, it was presented as a background thing not part of the main narrative and it took place in New York (meaning that ultimately the Colonel's parents are also victims at the end) but it was designed to show that Cascio's lousy background of drunk parents was why his entire life was focused on his Air Force career and when suddenly in the face of the crisis he was forced to violate all aspects of his training, his life was suddenly being rendered meaningless and that's why he cracked.