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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Suspicious about the package he's to deliver, Palmer puts the thermos into a pedoscope to get an X-Ray image of what's inside. Shoestores used pedoscopes to check the fit of shoes, before concern about cumulative radiation poisoning caused them to be abandoned.
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** A pre-''Film/StrawDogs'' Susan George is one of the Latvian girls on the train.
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** Palmer somehow thinking there was nothing suspicious about transporting a mysterious thermos filled with an unknown substance, at the behest of an anonymous voice on the phone.
** General Midwinter [[spoiler:never bothering to check if his subordinates were actually recruiting the hundreds of Latvian rebels he was telling them to, and failing to realize they were just embezzling from him.]] Then again, he isn't exactly a [[GeneralRipper hundred-percent stable]].
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Palmer somehow thinking there was nothing suspicious about transporting a mysterious thermos filled with an unknown substance, at the behest of an anonymous voice on the phone.
** General Midwinter [[spoiler:never bothering to check if his subordinates were actually recruiting the hundreds of Latvian rebels he was telling them to, and failing to realize they were just embezzling from him.]] Then again, he isn't exactly a [[GeneralRipper hundred-percent stable]].
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** A pre-''Film/StrawDogs'' pre-''Film/StrawDogs1971'' Susan George is one of the Latvian girls on the train.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Palmer somehow thinking there was nothing suspicious about transporting a mysterious thermos filled with an unknown substance, at the behest of an anonymous voice on the phone.
** General Midwinter [[spoiler:never bothering to check if his subordinates were actually recruiting the hundreds of Latvian rebels he was telling them to, and failing to realize they were just embezzling from him.]] Then again, he isn't exactly a [[GeneralRipper hundred-percent stable]].train.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Palmer somehow thinking there was nothing suspicious about transporting a mysterious thermos filled with an unknown substance, at the behest of an anonymous voice on the phone.
** General Midwinter [[spoiler:never bothering to check if his subordinates were actually recruiting the hundreds of Latvian rebels he was telling them to, and failing to realize they were just embezzling from him.]] Then again, he isn't exactly a [[GeneralRipper hundred-percent stable]].
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* HarsherInHindsight: The sign on the foot X-Ray machine. ;;Have A Pedoscope: [[NoOshaCompliance It's a good idea!]]''
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* HarsherInHindsight: The sign on the foot X-Ray machine. ;;Have machine: ''Have A Pedoscope: Pedoscope. [[NoOshaCompliance It's a good idea!]]''
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* HarsherInHindsight: Have A Pedoscope: [[NoOshaCompliance It's a good idea!]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: Have The sign on the foot X-Ray machine. ;;Have A Pedoscope: [[NoOshaCompliance It's a good idea!]]idea!]]''
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* HarsherInHindsight: Have A Pedoscope: [[NoOshaCompliance It's a good idea!]]
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* RealitySubtext:
** The plot, about a villain using [[spoiler:advanced technology to conduct spywork and sabotage with human agents like Palmer merely as pawns]], mirrors the (at the time) gradual phasing out of human intelligence for signals intelligence, with Palmer representing the "old way" of doing things and the titular "Brain" representing the wave of the future.
** General Midwinter's plan to [[spoiler:destroy Communism by overthrowing the governments of smaller satellite states one at a time]] reflects U.S. foreign policy about "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory Domino theory]]" that led to proxy conflicts like the Vietnam War, as well as more covert attempts at overthrowing leftist or leftist-sympathetic governments. The fact that Midwinter is a private businessman also has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom very]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster) long]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change precedent]].
** The plot, about a villain using [[spoiler:advanced technology to conduct spywork and sabotage with human agents like Palmer merely as pawns]], mirrors the (at the time) gradual phasing out of human intelligence for signals intelligence, with Palmer representing the "old way" of doing things and the titular "Brain" representing the wave of the future.
** General Midwinter's plan to [[spoiler:destroy Communism by overthrowing the governments of smaller satellite states one at a time]] reflects U.S. foreign policy about "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory Domino theory]]" that led to proxy conflicts like the Vietnam War, as well as more covert attempts at overthrowing leftist or leftist-sympathetic governments. The fact that Midwinter is a private businessman also has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom very]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster) long]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change precedent]].
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* RealitySubtext:
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**The plot, about a villain using [[spoiler:advanced technology to conduct spywork and sabotage with human agents like Palmer merely as pawns]], mirrors the (at the time) gradual phasing out Creator/DonaldSutherland plays one of human intelligence for signals intelligence, with Palmer representing the "old way" of doing things and the titular "Brain" representing the wave of the future.
** GeneralMidwinter's plan to [[spoiler:destroy Communism by overthrowing the governments of smaller satellite states one at a time]] reflects U.S. foreign policy about "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory Domino theory]]" that led to proxy conflicts like the Vietnam War, as well as more covert attempts at overthrowing leftist or leftist-sympathetic governments. The fact that Midwinter is a private businessman computer technicians. He's also has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom very]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster) long]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change precedent]].the uncredited voice of the computer's speech synthesizer.
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** A pre-''Film/StrawDogs'' Susan George is one of the Latvian girls on the train.
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** General Midwinter [[spoiler:never bothering to check if his subordinates were actually recruiting the hundreds of Latvian rebels he was telling them to, and failing to realize they were just embezzling from him.]] Then again, he isn't exactly a [[GeneralRipper hundred-percent stable]].stable]].
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** General Midwinter [[spoiler:never bothering to check if his subordinates were actually recruiting the hundreds of Latvian rebels he was telling them to, and failing to realize they were just embezzling from him.]]]] Then again, he isn't exactly a [[GeneralRipper hundred-percent stable]].
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** Palmer somehow thinking there was nothing suspicious about transporting a mysterious thermos filled with an unknown substance, at the behest of an anonymous voice on thephone.phone.
** General Midwinter [[spoiler:never bothering to check if his subordinates were actually recruiting the hundreds of Latvian rebels he was telling them to, and failing to realize they were just embezzling from him.]]
** Palmer somehow thinking there was nothing suspicious about transporting a mysterious thermos filled with an unknown substance, at the behest of an anonymous voice on the
** General Midwinter [[spoiler:never bothering to check if his subordinates were actually recruiting the hundreds of Latvian rebels he was telling them to, and failing to realize they were just embezzling from him.]]
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** General Midwinter's plan to [[spoiler:destroy Communism by overthrowing the governments of smaller satellite states one at a time]] reflects U.S. foreign policy about "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory Domino theory]]" that led to proxy conflicts like the Vietnam War, as well as more covert attempts at overthrowing leftist or leftist-sympathetic governments. The fact that Midwinter is a private businessman also has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom very]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster) long]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change precedent]].
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** General Midwinter's plan to [[spoiler:destroy Communism by overthrowing the governments of smaller satellite states one at a time]] reflects U.S. foreign policy about "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory Domino theory]]" that led to proxy conflicts like the Vietnam War, as well as more covert attempts at overthrowing leftist or leftist-sympathetic governments. The fact that Midwinter is a private businessman also has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom very]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster) long]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change precedent]].precedent]].
* WhatAnIdiot: Palmer somehow thinking there was nothing suspicious about transporting a mysterious thermos filled with an unknown substance, at the behest of an anonymous voice on the phone.
* WhatAnIdiot: Palmer somehow thinking there was nothing suspicious about transporting a mysterious thermos filled with an unknown substance, at the behest of an anonymous voice on the phone.
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** The plot, about a villain using [[spoiler:advanced technology to conduct spywork and sabotage with human agents like Palmer merely as pawns]], mirrors the (at the time) gradual phasing out of human intelligence for signals intelligence, with Palmer representing the "old way" of doing things and the titular "Brain" representing the wave of the future.
** General Midwinter's plan to [[spoiler:destroy Communism by overthrowing the governments of smaller satellite states one at a time]] reflects U.S. foreign policy about "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory Domino theory]]" that led to proxy conflicts like the Vietnam War, as well as more covert attempts at overthrowing leftist or leftist-sympathetic governments. The fact that Midwinter is a private businessman also has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom very]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster) long]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change precedent]].
** The plot, about a villain using [[spoiler:advanced technology to conduct spywork and sabotage with human agents like Palmer merely as pawns]], mirrors the (at the time) gradual phasing out of human intelligence for signals intelligence, with Palmer representing the "old way" of doing things and the titular "Brain" representing the wave of the future.
** General Midwinter's plan to [[spoiler:destroy Communism by overthrowing the governments of smaller satellite states one at a time]] reflects U.S. foreign policy about "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory Domino theory]]" that led to proxy conflicts like the Vietnam War, as well as more covert attempts at overthrowing leftist or leftist-sympathetic governments. The fact that Midwinter is a private businessman also has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom very]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster) long]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change precedent]].
