thought "threads" was much more realistic.now that was sobering.this was sanatized for U.S. audiences because of the FCC.the reality would have been far more horrific.they felt we could'nt have handled it.this was also very very overacted.
At 7:44 he says they gotta get to Lawrence before they die of radiation and he came from Harrisonville which is about 45 miles away!!! In reality they would have died before they got to Lawrence
@wambam99999 Yeah I got that wrong. Harrisonville is about 45 miles south east of KS City right? That would probably make the distance between H and L about 90 miles. Just at slow walking pace it would take more than a day and with limited food and water and fallout everywhere they would be dead in basically no time. But it's just a film and it doesn't make it any less disturbing
I was in first grade when this came out. My parents didn't let me watch it, but my sister was in high school and was required to watch. She described the movie to me and was obviously disturbed by it. We lived in Texarkana, close to a major SAC base in Shreveport.
Twenty years later, I watched this move and realized we wouldn't have been killed by the initial blast, but died painfully from the fallout. Houses in that part of the country don't have basements. Where would we have gone?
You'd need a fallout shelter. A basement won't help you! I'd rather die from the blast rather than a slow, painful death. My uncle was there when they tested the Manhattan Project in WW2 and died of facial cancer. I'd rather not take the chance of stepping out in that
Actually you can taste it.. or what appears to be the affects of it. Like a metallic taste in your gums.
UnbreakableKGB 3 weeks ago
thought "threads" was much more realistic.now that was sobering.this was sanatized for U.S. audiences because of the FCC.the reality would have been far more horrific.they felt we could'nt have handled it.this was also very very overacted.
TheReboot70 8 months ago
At 7:44 he says they gotta get to Lawrence before they die of radiation and he came from Harrisonville which is about 45 miles away!!! In reality they would have died before they got to Lawrence
Django5198 10 months ago
@Django5198 It's waaaaaay more than 45 miles from Harrisonville to Larryville. They'd probably be dead before they reached the KS state line.
wambam99999 9 months ago
@wambam99999 Yeah I got that wrong. Harrisonville is about 45 miles south east of KS City right? That would probably make the distance between H and L about 90 miles. Just at slow walking pace it would take more than a day and with limited food and water and fallout everywhere they would be dead in basically no time. But it's just a film and it doesn't make it any less disturbing
Django5198 8 months ago
Denise, you stupid fucking bitch. Just let her die, folks. It's called natural selection.
Even though I don't believe in evolution XD
Purplecatsoup30 11 months ago
"ITS A BEAUTIFUL DIE"
Just ignore the dead land and animal corpses. God I hate that girl.
AnarchistGoth 1 year ago
@AnarchistGoth
I do too.
whiskerchild 1 year ago
@AnarchistGoth "it's a beautiful DAY", mate
utar88utar 11 months ago
In the event of such a catastrophe, the lucky ones would be the ones who die from the original blast.
thedrmat 1 year ago
@thedrmat...Your 100% correct, and if it does happen I'll be in a prime target with my arms and my eyes open.
willsco76 1 year ago
@thedrmat sad but true.
thatswassupone 2 months ago
you actually can see it...its in all that dust that your kicking around.....
tonip420 2 years ago
I was in first grade when this came out. My parents didn't let me watch it, but my sister was in high school and was required to watch. She described the movie to me and was obviously disturbed by it. We lived in Texarkana, close to a major SAC base in Shreveport.
Twenty years later, I watched this move and realized we wouldn't have been killed by the initial blast, but died painfully from the fallout. Houses in that part of the country don't have basements. Where would we have gone?
lowaystar 2 years ago
You'd need a fallout shelter. A basement won't help you! I'd rather die from the blast rather than a slow, painful death. My uncle was there when they tested the Manhattan Project in WW2 and died of facial cancer. I'd rather not take the chance of stepping out in that
oophelia46 2 years ago
@lowaystar: Or at least fallout from the Dallas area from any strikes that might occur over there.
JohnnyDart76 2 years ago