Dr. Strangelove

In the film, Dr. Strangelove, a point is trying to be made that a nuclear war is foolish and childish. The movie portrays the child-like nature of the leaders of the US and USSR with satire. In one scene, USAF General Buck Turgidson is speaking with the president, Merkin Muffley, in the ‘War Room' about the attack about to happen from ‘Wing Attack Plan R’ initiated by USAF General Jack D. Ripper (<-- satire). The President speaks of calling Soviet Premier Dmitri Kisov to try and apologize and invite the soviet ambassador in the room. The General’s response is as follows:  “You can’t let them in here. Then they will see the Big Board!”  This shows the childish nature of nuclear warfare and the leaders pushing the issue very well. 

To be compared with another apocalyptic text, The End of the Whole Mess by Stephen King, corresponds in a similar way with Dr. Strangelove. The End of the Whole Mess has an apocalypse that involves a drug spread from a volcano. Although the cause of the apocalypse was different, the effect was the same, the destruction of humankind.