It wasn't so bad in the fifties. "Just don't eat the snow," Mama said, "It is radio active. It will give you cancer. To this day still think that snow causes cancer
since 11 march 2011 here in japan everyone finally knows we've been lied to by the gov't for years, the long term damages from the recent meltdowns remains to be seen but one can't help feeling it will not be pleasant; we worry daily about our three babies who have to drink milk eat food take showers regardless of contamination, we're screwed
since 11 march 2011 here in japan everyone finally knows we've been lied to by the gov't for years, the long term damages from all he fallout from the recent meltdowns remains to be seen but one can't help feeling it will not be pleasant; we worry daily about our three babies who have to drink milk eat food take showers regardless of contamination, we're screwed
This movie has the same effect as the Challenger explosion or JFK assassination. Where were you?
For me, living within sight of the missiles in North Dakota, it was all rather anti-climatic. The whacko's loved their useless bunkers, the pundits rehashed their punditry, the religionists talked of armegeddon. I myself watched Carl Sagan's Cosmos (and still do). He gave a 1% chance every 100 years of us getting out of this mess. I never agreed with his numbers, but... It ain't over yet folks.
"Threads" is another great Cold War movie. It's basically "The Day After" in England, but keeps going and shows what happens 10 years after a nuclear war. Life resembles the dark ages and it's something like out of the game Fallout 3. Equally interesting and depressing...
In 1983, before seeing the movie, I was a kid really worried about WWIII and remember looking everyday for ways to survive a nuclear blast. How silly of me to think I could survive a nuclear winter. What is shocking is that I was actually expecting it to happen on the 30th of October (because I saw a mentalist on TV predicting it) and although later in my life I laugh a lot about it, I learned recently that early in November 1983 it almost really happened. ... Incredible coincidence!
@biokant Ditto that sentiment here. I was 13 when Day After aired, and I remember being scared out of my wits! Had to sleep with a radio under my pillow for a while listening to an easy-listening station to calm my nerves...still had nightmares of the vaporized people scene.
Will go to confront my fears in three weeks...to the biennial open house at Trinity Site, New Mexico. Will be taking my personal copy of Day After, Testament, Threads, and the book "The Day the Sun Rose Twice" with me.
@riceboy1701e I was 15 at the time and I was outside a couple of days after when a sonic boom went off overhead...well you can imagine what I thought...I may think we were a bit too young to watch this movie at the time?
@bettypro Nah...it was better to watch the movie and live with the fear than to not watch the movie and be even more afraid. The ABC network kept advising viewers of the graphic horrors ("Viewer discretion is advised") that were depicted in the movie. I'm very glad that I watched the movie...even have a copy of it here at home, and can even watch it here on YT.
I'm not as scared of nuclear war as I was once...but now more afraid of nuclear terrorism, which is still a very real threat.
@riceboy1701e In the fifties the atom bomb was practically a unviersal obsession. I recall that when I saw a dense black cloud passing over London I assumed it was nuclear fall-out, and said to myself "Well, at least we'll all go together". But it was just a cloud of smoke from a forest fire in Canada. There is relatively little talk or fear about AIDS now either. People can get accustomed to anything.
@Hendrikdevuile I understand. I cannot imaging the daily horro that you or anyone else in the 1950's went through, thinking that it was the end when any unfamiliar noise was heard. As a child of the 1980's, I experienced similar nightmares, cold sweats and such, especially after watching this movie. Even had nightmares of saying, uttering or even thinking about making any kind of noise and touching off WWIII.
I remember when this film first aired, it was controversial. It's a good film with a great cast. But the better of the two "no nukes" films of 1983 was "Testament" (theatrical release) starring Jane Alexander, William Devane, Rebecca De Mornay, Kevin Costner and Lucas Haas.
Looking at the Comments for both threads and the day after, I do think that people are somewhat missing the point. In the early 80,s my generation faced the daily fear of nuclear attack. U guys had rp
Anyone else see what is probably an accurate portrayal of humanity's inability to 'think out of the box'? Such movies seem to show bumper to bumper traffic trying to get out of the cities when 20 feet away is an empty road going to the exact same place. These are the kind of people who expect to survive & they don't have the capability to do nothing more than what they have been conditioned to do. I cannot comprehend such lack of 'functional reasoning' & yet I believe it'll be much like this.
Been looking for this one for years, thanks. I grew up 50 miles from the iron curtain and this is basically what I was sure would happen any day, during the 70's and 80's
Get Ready , Be Prepared , China has Shown US , What the Can and Will Do , with their Submerged Submarine , Missle Launch off the Coast of COMMIE FORNIA Two Months ago
No chance. China can in no way be compared to the USSR. Whereas the Soviet bloc was effectively isolated (with a few exceptions) in terms of trade, China is utterly dependent on western markets in the short term for its continued development and in the long term to sustain its economic position. It's just not going to happen. You'd probably be surprised to see just how much of the "western" economies China now (cont.)
owns - imperial rivalry is all about economic interests and the Chinese and western economies are too heavily intertwined for it to make economic sense. China needs a relatively healthy and stable west to maintain its own power. Also, although China is still run by the Communist Party, it could no longer, by any sane definition of the word, be considered communist. It's a combination of authoritarian government and (cont.)
laissez faire capitalism, closer to Pinochet's Chile than the USSR. In the forseeable future it's unlikely that this kind of threat will present itself - if it did it would likely stem from some a regime change in Pakistan (one that looked after Pakistanis rather than the US economic elites, which would be intolerable for the US) or and Israeli attack on Iran. Either of these scenarios would provoke war between two alliances of nuclear powers but neither is particularly likely in my view.(cont)
It wasn't so bad in the fifties. "Just don't eat the snow," Mama said, "It is radio active. It will give you cancer. To this day still think that snow causes cancer
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since 11 march 2011 here in japan everyone finally knows we've been lied to by the gov't for years, the long term damages from the recent meltdowns remains to be seen but one can't help feeling it will not be pleasant; we worry daily about our three babies who have to drink milk eat food take showers regardless of contamination, we're screwed
cliffworks4321 5 months ago
since 11 march 2011 here in japan everyone finally knows we've been lied to by the gov't for years, the long term damages from all he fallout from the recent meltdowns remains to be seen but one can't help feeling it will not be pleasant; we worry daily about our three babies who have to drink milk eat food take showers regardless of contamination, we're screwed
cliffworks4321 5 months ago
I was 14 when this came out. Scared the crap it of me!
txdomsk1 5 months ago
This movie has the same effect as the Challenger explosion or JFK assassination. Where were you?
For me, living within sight of the missiles in North Dakota, it was all rather anti-climatic. The whacko's loved their useless bunkers, the pundits rehashed their punditry, the religionists talked of armegeddon. I myself watched Carl Sagan's Cosmos (and still do). He gave a 1% chance every 100 years of us getting out of this mess. I never agreed with his numbers, but... It ain't over yet folks.
OneWorldHistory 5 months ago
Thank you for uploading! Great post!
(Yes, I commented earlier, but didn't want to get in trouble with that post.)
riceboy1701e 5 months ago
@blackhills201: BTW, Liked AND Favorited! MANY thanks! GREAT post! EXCELLENT sound!
riceboy1701e 5 months ago
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riceboy1701e 5 months ago
What a scary scenario.
muzafar001 5 months ago
"Threads" is another great Cold War movie. It's basically "The Day After" in England, but keeps going and shows what happens 10 years after a nuclear war. Life resembles the dark ages and it's something like out of the game Fallout 3. Equally interesting and depressing...
IntrospecRundown 5 months ago
@IntrospecRundown you noticed the creepy resembalance to fallout as well? And people say games teach you nothing.
kurlobe 5 months ago
In 1983, before seeing the movie, I was a kid really worried about WWIII and remember looking everyday for ways to survive a nuclear blast. How silly of me to think I could survive a nuclear winter. What is shocking is that I was actually expecting it to happen on the 30th of October (because I saw a mentalist on TV predicting it) and although later in my life I laugh a lot about it, I learned recently that early in November 1983 it almost really happened. ... Incredible coincidence!
biokant 5 months ago
@biokant Ditto that sentiment here. I was 13 when Day After aired, and I remember being scared out of my wits! Had to sleep with a radio under my pillow for a while listening to an easy-listening station to calm my nerves...still had nightmares of the vaporized people scene.
Will go to confront my fears in three weeks...to the biennial open house at Trinity Site, New Mexico. Will be taking my personal copy of Day After, Testament, Threads, and the book "The Day the Sun Rose Twice" with me.
riceboy1701e 5 months ago
@riceboy1701e I was 15 at the time and I was outside a couple of days after when a sonic boom went off overhead...well you can imagine what I thought...I may think we were a bit too young to watch this movie at the time?
bettypro 5 months ago
@bettypro Nah...it was better to watch the movie and live with the fear than to not watch the movie and be even more afraid. The ABC network kept advising viewers of the graphic horrors ("Viewer discretion is advised") that were depicted in the movie. I'm very glad that I watched the movie...even have a copy of it here at home, and can even watch it here on YT.
I'm not as scared of nuclear war as I was once...but now more afraid of nuclear terrorism, which is still a very real threat.
riceboy1701e 5 months ago
@riceboy1701e In the fifties the atom bomb was practically a unviersal obsession. I recall that when I saw a dense black cloud passing over London I assumed it was nuclear fall-out, and said to myself "Well, at least we'll all go together". But it was just a cloud of smoke from a forest fire in Canada. There is relatively little talk or fear about AIDS now either. People can get accustomed to anything.
Hendrikdevuile 5 months ago
@Hendrikdevuile I understand. I cannot imaging the daily horro that you or anyone else in the 1950's went through, thinking that it was the end when any unfamiliar noise was heard. As a child of the 1980's, I experienced similar nightmares, cold sweats and such, especially after watching this movie. Even had nightmares of saying, uttering or even thinking about making any kind of noise and touching off WWIII.
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biokant 5 months ago
I remember when this film first aired, it was controversial. It's a good film with a great cast. But the better of the two "no nukes" films of 1983 was "Testament" (theatrical release) starring Jane Alexander, William Devane, Rebecca De Mornay, Kevin Costner and Lucas Haas.
DickieAnginson 6 months ago
Looking at the Comments for both threads and the day after, I do think that people are somewhat missing the point. In the early 80,s my generation faced the daily fear of nuclear attack. U guys had rp
Godlesseuroboi 7 months ago
Anyone else see what is probably an accurate portrayal of humanity's inability to 'think out of the box'? Such movies seem to show bumper to bumper traffic trying to get out of the cities when 20 feet away is an empty road going to the exact same place. These are the kind of people who expect to survive & they don't have the capability to do nothing more than what they have been conditioned to do. I cannot comprehend such lack of 'functional reasoning' & yet I believe it'll be much like this.
ProphecyAndScripture 7 months ago
@ProphecyAndScripture i cannot wait to have the whole place to myself
007bondspy 7 months ago
@007bondspy lol I fully understand your sentiment - amazes me how well the flouride seems to have worked....
ProphecyAndScripture 7 months ago
@ProphecyAndScripture It will be arty at mine whoo hoo
007bondspy 7 months ago
Been looking for this one for years, thanks. I grew up 50 miles from the iron curtain and this is basically what I was sure would happen any day, during the 70's and 80's
luisarturomolina 10 months ago
Get Ready , Be Prepared , China has Shown US , What the Can and Will Do , with their Submerged Submarine , Missle Launch off the Coast of COMMIE FORNIA Two Months ago
tracycolorado 1 year ago
@tracycolorado
No chance. China can in no way be compared to the USSR. Whereas the Soviet bloc was effectively isolated (with a few exceptions) in terms of trade, China is utterly dependent on western markets in the short term for its continued development and in the long term to sustain its economic position. It's just not going to happen. You'd probably be surprised to see just how much of the "western" economies China now (cont.)
78spineynorman 10 months ago
owns - imperial rivalry is all about economic interests and the Chinese and western economies are too heavily intertwined for it to make economic sense. China needs a relatively healthy and stable west to maintain its own power. Also, although China is still run by the Communist Party, it could no longer, by any sane definition of the word, be considered communist. It's a combination of authoritarian government and (cont.)
78spineynorman 10 months ago
laissez faire capitalism, closer to Pinochet's Chile than the USSR. In the forseeable future it's unlikely that this kind of threat will present itself - if it did it would likely stem from some a regime change in Pakistan (one that looked after Pakistanis rather than the US economic elites, which would be intolerable for the US) or and Israeli attack on Iran. Either of these scenarios would provoke war between two alliances of nuclear powers but neither is particularly likely in my view.(cont)
78spineynorman 10 months ago
I can almost see the saliva on my screen from your McCarthyite rant though so well done.
78spineynorman 10 months ago