nunca dejara esta pelicula de impresionarme...la vi en su estreno en 1983 y aun hoy en que parece haberse alejado el peligro de una guerra mundial las imagenes nos sobrecogen
@StrangeDreamsStudio: I don't quite see it that way. I feel we are actually much better off in 2011, than say, 1981, or even 1961, not only because the number of usable nukes has gone way down since the end of the '80s but also thanks to significantly relaxed international tensions compared to those days as well. =)
Having seen the movie a few times since the original airing its hard to remember exactly how I felt back then. I think like most adolescents I think if I survive the first strike I'll live after cause I'm imortal. Even if intellectually I understood radiation posioning and the collaspe of industry. I have no such illusions as a 40 yr old adult
I never saw this movie before, but it came out the year I graduated from high school. I was too young to remember the worst of the nuclear terror firsthand, but I went to college during the cold war, studying political science. Now that I've seen it, I realize why it caused such controversy. Reading John Hersey's "Hiroshima" was bad - this was far worse. But I'm glad movies like this are around so we don't forget the madness that was the Cold War, and don't make the same mistake again.
Threads made me want to throw up! It was the most disgusting and disturbing movie ive ever seen in my whole life. sure more accurate than "the day after", but I can actually watch this movie while eating at the same time lol
Watch Threads, the british version made in 1984 (its on here somewhere), its alot more bleak and desperate, theres no sunshine! Shows how mankind would live for decades after a nuclear war, if you can call it living.......
Even with films and messages like this, humanity is still is on the brink of destruction. I guess if this actually did happen, we would deserve it in some way, because its people's ignorance that allows the masses to be control by corrupt politicians a plutocrats that would cause a scenario like the one in this movie to happen. Btw lothartheterrible, thanks for posting the movie. I told my US history teacher about it and he thanked me for it.
Really powerful movie, thanks so much for posting. I am too young to remember the Cold War but I was still strongly affected by watching this; I can only imagine how chilling it must have been to see this movie back when it first came out.
As a British person, I would like to say something in defense of this film. It's true that 'Threads' does have the stylistic advantage, but when you consider which film is more important historically, there is no contest. Ronald Reagan may have brought us close to the edge, but he also brought us back from it, and the White-house screening of this movie was instrumental in his desire to pursue detente. The film makers wanted to show what would happen to 'Reagan's America'
@eveningrecords I've always maintained that both films achieved what they set out to do. I've also maintained that Threads is the superior film. People who did not grow up in that era do not fully understand the impact of these two films; the social statements that they represent.
@lothartheterrible Right on. I have said the same thing with respect to both films, they get their point across. As far as which film is superior, that is a matter of personal preference and maybe I'm partial to TDA because I saw it when it first aired in 1983. I was 10. By luck I turned the TV to a station that was airing Threads sometime in the 80's. Scary. Whether rational or irrational the fear of nuclear war weighed heavily on my mind and I wasn't even in my teens.
@eveningrecords for the most part you are correct however President Ronald Reagan did NOT and I will repeat it for you DID NOT bring us close to the edge. the soviet empire was an EVIL EMPIRE that had recently invaded another country spreading its communist empire into central asia. furthermore, the soviet empire basing nuclear weapons in cuba by kruschev brought the world much closer to armageddon than President Ronald Reagan and Kennedy was President in October 1962.
@SocratesTheGadfly your use of CAPS greatly enhances your point. I repeat. IT GREATLY ENHANCES YOUR POINT. what you say is true. i KNOW because you typed it in caps. don't you agree? DO YOU NOT AGREE??
A tribute to you for posting this movie. It remains powerful nearly thirty years later. I remember watching it live--I was all of ten years old, and it affected me greatly. Watching it again, it gives me even more to think about. The threat of a general nuclear exchange has ebbed back for the moment, and I feel intensely grateful that we at least passed through the trial of the cold war without destroying ourselves. I think The Day After played a role in changing our attitudes.
@TheLaidPizzaGuy "The catastrophic events you have just witnessed are, in all likelihood, less severe than the destruction that would actually occur in the event of a full nuclear strike against the United States. It is hoped that the images of this film will inspire the nations of this earth, their peoples and leaders, to find the means to avert that fateful day." It's hard to read on the screen, but I got this from imdb.
"There is STILL time, Brothers ..." - abandoned Salvation Army banner, deserted Melbourne Library steps, end of 'On the Beach' (1959, Nevil Shute), after the nuclear cloud has reached Australia and inhabitants have all suicided on State-distributed poison capsules ... Hail Eris 555!
america destroyed, russia destroyed, both worlds bombed completely back to the stone age. no more communication, no more technology, all is gone. and no where to find food. so just succumb to the radiation poisoning.
Wasn't there another film similar to this? Not Threads. I recall a film where the woman kept playing the answering machine over and over to hear her husband's voice, and her small child dying of radiation sickness.
@mooncat1965 I don't remember such movie, but if you can find a Soviet movie from the same time (mid-80's) called "Letter of a Dead Man", definitely do watch it. Special effects are not as good, but acting more than makes up for it (as well as directing).
Thanks for posting this btw. It was very disturbing but I had never seen it before. My older sister remembers seeing it when it originally aired, saying it was a big tv event.
Can someone who was alive for the original airing of this movie PLEASE give me some perceptions about it? What did people say about it? Do you still remember the phone number scenario set up to calm people down? Details details....
@joshman783 I remember this film as if it was yesterday. It came out in 1983 when I was 22 years old. It was long anticipated and well hyped long before it's release. A warning was given to viewers on it's graphic content. Many people were terrified after watching it. I do recall some sort of phone number for people to call if they were in need of assistance or had questions about the affects of an attack. This was a very scary film for it's time.
@joshman783 it was extremely controversial and the special effects were very shocking at the time. They warned people about the graphic content of the film and there was a lot of discussion about if it should even be aired. It scared the pants off folks. I was in my late teens at the time and remember really being shaken up, but again, it's STILL an unsettling thing to watch -- as well it should be!
The men who pushed nuclear energy and weapons as acceptable and inevitable parts of our society altered forever the direction of mankind and the impact on the world by mankind's nuclear ambitious. Psychopaths own and operate the world's systems and that my friends it the reason why we live in fear.
I was 12 when this movie came out. there were only like 3 channels, so evrybody at school saw it. we were scared shitless for the rest of he school year
@MRresievil310 Yeah, but it also has shittier special effects. Nothing is perfect. You're too young to understand that both movies were social statements, and neither film's director was looking to "outdo" each other.
@lothartheterrible 'Threads' actually has very few effects, some stock footage it's true. It relies on semi-documentary treatment, a terse script by Barry Hines and really sharp editing. TDA was toned down by the makers for the US public and you can to some extent not have nightmares about it. 'The War Game' made in 1965 is also nastier than TDA, no effects in that at all.
@dutchgoing I know, I know; Threads is a perfect specimen of filmmaking and there are 3,000 things in a room that Barry Hines can kill Nick Meyer with including the room itself. It wasn't a contest; both filmmakers were trying to do the same thing and open peoples' eyes about nuclear warfare. Why is it so necessary for you British fuckers to turn it into a pissing match? Ah, right; because America eats babies. I digress....
@ohmyclumsyheart I completely agree. I watched this film when I was about nine years old, and it hit me like a 2x4 to the head, but my parents were great to explain the realities and meaning of the film outside of the scariness alone. Because of their guidance, this movie still captures my imagination more than two decades later, and I appreciate that it's available on You Tube. This is the first time that I've watched it since it broadcast on television in... 1983?
@unlikeanyotherhuman It's easy to look at disparities like that and assume that the guys who "have it" are actively screwing over the guys who don't, but it's often a lot more complicated than that, and broad generalizations can be very misleading. I mean, you can't just turn those four Rolls Royces into food.
... Well, if you were Monsieur Mangetout, maybe you could, but not everyone can do what he does!
@unlikeanyotherhuman It's harder for humans to feel the same kind of compassion for six billion people compared to a hundred or so. Many don't feel any compassion at all outside of the few dozen folks they know well enough.
It's why you get people trolling these videos saying they hope America gets nuked off the map, yet would be devastated by a loved one's death.
@CATTOBAR "The catastrophic events you have just witnessed are, in all likelihood, less severe than the desruction that would actually occur in the event of an actual nuclear strike against the United States. It is hoped that the images of this film will inspire the nations of this Earth, their peoples, and leaders to find the means to avert the fateful day..."
@SuperMe4lyfe You know, that's a very good idea for a film. There have been some movies (On The Beach, Mad Max, etc.) that have attempted to explore this scenario but not really in depth. They would not be spared the socioeconomic damage, I know that much.
@SuperMe4lyfe probably radiation poisoning of some sort, the radiation cloud would probably be carried all over the place by the wind so Canada Mexico a lot of Asia Europe would suffer
@Rockyfan10060 Why? The film is set in Kansas. Once can only assume that conditions in the UK and USSR were just as (for lack of a better term) fucked.
Well, I saw when Dr Oakes was talking about how Moscow and Paris were like Kansas, it made me think. I mean, I think showing what happened over therew would give a more complete picture of GLOBAL destruction. And plus I think they could have used good special efefcts to show the ruined areas. Also, do you know that guy ditches the college kid out of his truck? I wondered why he wouldn't take him further since he offered to in the previous scene.
@Rockyfan10060 Had this been a major studio production, then maybe what you suggest would have been feasible (and I agree would have been an advancement of the film's message) but remember, this was a made-for-TV movie; not only was Nick Meyer having to contend with a constrictive budget, he had network censors crawling up his ass as well.
@lothartheterrible This film was to show the events that would take place in America, and this is such perfect setting due to the Minute man Missile Silos located just outside Kansas City making it a top strategic Military target in a Nuclear attack during this era in time.
@Rockyfan10060 This film was to show the events that would take place in America, and this is such perfect setting due to the Minute man Missile Silos located just outside Kansas City making it a top strategic Military target in a Nuclear attack during this era in time. This movie was also a short film titled "First Strike" depicting how unprepared the US was in a Nuclear Attack during the 80's.
I always wonder, when these films depict everyone dying- what about those people in like, the amazon rainforest and other areas that are virtually unchartered. Places like that, I can just imagine the people carrying on not even knowing anything has happened, at least not until the dust starts to fall...
I just watched this film after hearing it mentioned on the documentary 1983: Brink of Apocalypse. A good documentary but the narrator had the irritating habit of saying "Nucular" rather than "Nuclear" throughout it. It's available on Youtube- not sure if it can be accessed outside of UK.. Thank you for sharing this historically important film that was said to influence Reagan.. devastating stuff that reminds you what is important in life. All the best mate.
Fuck Nuclear Weapons! No State in the World should have Nuclear Weapons, not the USA,Not RUSSIA, Not CHINA,NOT India or Pakistan or even IRAN! NO ONE!
The opening music is from an old American hymn text, "How Firm a Foundation," whose text is supposed to be God speaking to His faithful. I think Meyer chose it not only for the Coplanesque arrangement but for the ironic lyrics, the most significant being, "When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply. The flames shall not hurt thee; I only design Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine."
Our (human) agressiveness comes from the reptillian part of our brain.Things like greed, anger, lust,and jealousy comes from the medulla oblongata.Unfortunately man has not learned to totally control this part even after a million to 10 million years.
Hope alqueda and bin laden dont get a nuke arsenal.They wouldnt hesitate. They would say that allah would save them from the nuclear winter.Glad the DAY AFTER didnt start on sep 11 2001
If there ever is a war like this, I'm gonna go sit on the beach and get drunk. With a sub base up river & a deepwater naval base just two inlets to the South, it would be over in no time . I'd rather die quick than slow like these 'survivors'.
I've now watched the Threads. These both are good movies about nuclear warfare. However, I think that if I was one to decide whether to retaliate, I probably wouldn't lauch the missiles. Why? Because either way you screwed. Why cause any more suffering and death? You have to remember that the people in the other country are just like you. Normal peace loving citizen. Why would you want to kill them just to have revenge? If somebody, only the goverment responsible for the war, should be nuked.
What a great movie! I really hope for all our sakes, that anything like this won't happen. Peoples fates shouldn't be decided in the White House, or anywhere else such place. I can't understand why we even have nuclear weapons since anybody who uses them, is likely to be destroyed as well.
In a theoretical level, why would it be so hard to grow food? Even Tsernobyl is full of vegetation although it got a lot more radiation than any modern nuke would cause. Or is the problem with nuclear winter?
Yes; one area that this film fails in is its portrayal of nuclear winter (or lack thereof); the English film "Threads" does a much better job in this sense; its story concludes 13 years after the war and shows the longterm effects of a full scale nuclear exchange.
@PeteSa88 when this movie was filmed there wasnt happened chernobyl, so mankind didknow nothinng about radiation, still 24 years after cernobyl scientists are discovering knew things like there is now animals and plants wroging in chernobyl
@PeteSa88 what would prevent vegetation is the nuclear winter. When nuclear blasts detonate at ground level it causes the dirt to rise which could take months before the radioactive dust finally settles back to the ground. During that time the sun is not sufficient and the vegetation all dies.
@PeteSa88 Chernobyl won't be fit for habitation for about another 150 years. Yes, it currently has grasses and weeds but they are certainly heavily contaminated, and if consumbed, would make you unable to put a ribbon in your hair. Nuclear winter is a term derived to describe a period after a full-scale bombardment (such as this in movie). It is more akin to a full ecological breakdown than a reactor spewing for a few days. Different issues.
Well, the problem is that growing anything is dependent on three things: Sun, water, and soil. That is assuming you have actual SEED to start with. Nuclear winter is only one of the contributing factors here; Areas where radiation is low enough to plant things, amount of fallout in the soil, etc. In a time where you only have enough water for yourself, how will you give it to a plant?
Lothar The Terrible: Thanks for uploading this, and your funny commentary as well. Everybody has their preference, and although mine is "Threads", this movie came out around the same time and got much better advertisement. I liked them both.
@PeteSa88 As far as i know, radiation itself would be secondary to the nuclear winter - dust particles launched in the atmosphere by the explosions would scatter and reflect sunlight back to the space, dropping temperatures and thus compromising crops. This effect naturally happens with volcanoes, for example - only that in the case of a nuclear exchange it would be in a much larger scale.
@PeteSa88 The growth of food would be adversly affected by the burning of the upper crusts of soil and much more intensive (compared to Chernobyl) contamination of both the soil and water.
One of the most terrifying and effective films ever produced, in my opinion. Though Britain has the somewhat dubious distinction of creating "Threads", which I felt was even more terrifying.
@TyonKree Of course it didn't get mentioned; the film was set in the midwestern United States, not central Europe. As far as the US and USSR being the only ones mentioned, there was only so much armageddon Nick Meyer could squeeze into 2 1/2 hours; he had to stick to the major players. And I have to be honest, if I were unlucky enough to be a survivor in Lawrence after something like this, I damned sure wouldn't be crying about "my poor Bavaria"; I'd be a bit preoccupied.
Good movie...corny at times, but that is typical of older TV movies.
I think it sends the right message about the futility of nuclear war: Nobody wins and civilization and life in general only stand to gain annihilation from it's result.
I wonder how a newborn baby could possibly survive in an environment like that. More importantly, how could it even survive the radiation dosage it received while in-utero?
@Akira625 In this case, most of the time it was in utero was before the bombs were dropped. The younger the fetus when the bomb was dropped, the less well it would do. Nursing and the ongoing onslaught it will now face will not be good. The next generation, if there was one would likely be stillborn, as seen in the British TV movie Threads
I have to admit that this is the first time I have seen this, glad I finally managed to get around to seeing it. It's sad to think that our survival in this world will only truly accomplished by near destruction. I just hope we find a better way than several million megatons of nuclear warheads,
Previously, to watching this I watch "Threads" a UK docudrama aired around the time of this movie, This is a great movie too may i add "thank you uploader" One thing that seems obvious to me, is that humanity as a whole, still are not learning a lesson from previous events in time!! With the weaponary we have today, all we need to add to the mix is a modern Hitler!! A thought thats scary too me!!
Thank you for posting all parts of this movie. This movie serves as yet another warning as to why nuclear weapons should NEVER be used. Of course, I am speaking with idealism; it's likely they will be used within our lifetime, with the way politics are going. *sighs* Does anyone believe that nuclear weapons won't be used in war?
After the FALL in the Garden of Eden, human nature is totally depraved. Only by the Providence of God, has humanity not destroyed itself. Ironically, the BOMB has been a real tool for motivation in the avoidance of major military conflicts....the mere existing threat is the restraining Use of the Moral Law in the macrocosm. Unfortunately, when more tyrannical powers obtain nuclear weapons (Pakistan, North Korea, Iran) -- we all move closer to midnight.
I guess this is one of the dangers we face in the modern world. It's pretty disturbing.... On a lighter note, it was fun having my parents point themselves out in the crowd while we watched this.
I originally watched this movie in '83 for the effects....(LOL)....I wanted to see everything get blown up in a nuclear war.....I wasn't laughing after Mr. Robard's last scene....still haunts me.
@TheDjmoore33 I completely agree. In fact, that is one of the things I always remembered from the original airing. The beginning credits are light and melodic as if everything is fine in life with no worries. The end credits are exactly what you said....eerie. An ominous tone to what preceded in the movie. Excellent choice of music to end the movie.
@josephhatchett Thanks, for that recommendation. I saw the trailer, and NO WAY JOSE. It looks too stressful. That was raw, and uncut ! OMG, that's exactly what it's going to boil down to. That movie is the business. The trailer made me wanna buy a Huge automatic weapon.
I am hopeful. Humans, as of today, are not the end result. Remember we used to behead people, and bring the family to watch. As humans we are accountable for horrific barbarism. We evolved, changed, grew, and we are still growing. Consider the continuum. I chose to believe that there is still. hope. We claim 2b higher level creatures, but we can be petty, small, fearful, psychotic maniacs. Humans are pretty young according 2 anthropology. We can grow out of this ignorance. I have hope.
@HipHopcheerleader I truly laud your optimism. Unfortunately, it is probably unrealistic. Now, instead of bringing the family to the slaughter we are flying planes into buildings, detonating bombs in crowded markets, engineering biological weapons capable of eradicating every last human and depriving people of even their most base civil liberties hiding behind the guise of "national security". Cro-magnons may have been barbarians, but they did not have the Bomb.
@totsgood2 Don't know, I've never been to Minnesota. (Sorry, I could not resist).
Barbarianism always has, and always will exist. Have we come a long way? Of course we have. But instead of impaling children on spears for sport, we're blowing them up in day care centers in federal buildings to "prove a point". What point? To me, it's summed up rather easily: people, for lack of a better word, suck.
@sylvanha "The catastrophic events you have just witnessed are, in all likelihood, less severe than the desruction that would actually occur in the event of an actual nuclear strike against the United States. It is hoped that the images of this film will inspire the nations of this Earth, their peoples, and leaders to find the means to avert the fateful day..."
@lothartheterrible Are you a college major or something? You seem very well-educated. I'm not trying to use that as an insult or anything (I don't really see how it would be one anyway), but it just seems that you are.
My opinion, let us humans take control of our own nature... then when were done, let earth take control of her nature once again. We owe it that much anyways.
Thanks for uploading this. I also appreciated your short description of each segment!
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nunca dejara esta pelicula de impresionarme...la vi en su estreno en 1983 y aun hoy en que parece haberse alejado el peligro de una guerra mundial las imagenes nos sobrecogen
jawadehud 1 month ago
in the year 2011, in the event of a real nuclear confrontation..there would be no survivors at all.
none. Except those that were living in holes that didn't get the oxygen sucked out of them...
they too..would die when supplies ran out or poisoning took them too. there would be no atmosphere to breathe anyway...a dead planet..
StrangeDreamsStudio 1 month ago
@StrangeDreamsStudio: I don't quite see it that way. I feel we are actually much better off in 2011, than say, 1981, or even 1961, not only because the number of usable nukes has gone way down since the end of the '80s but also thanks to significantly relaxed international tensions compared to those days as well. =)
JohnnyDart76 4 weeks ago
Having seen the movie a few times since the original airing its hard to remember exactly how I felt back then. I think like most adolescents I think if I survive the first strike I'll live after cause I'm imortal. Even if intellectually I understood radiation posioning and the collaspe of industry. I have no such illusions as a 40 yr old adult
ClearSmashDrop 2 months ago
I never saw this movie before, but it came out the year I graduated from high school. I was too young to remember the worst of the nuclear terror firsthand, but I went to college during the cold war, studying political science. Now that I've seen it, I realize why it caused such controversy. Reading John Hersey's "Hiroshima" was bad - this was far worse. But I'm glad movies like this are around so we don't forget the madness that was the Cold War, and don't make the same mistake again.
normicon 2 months ago
YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP! DAMN YOU!! GOD DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!!
zombiefan011 2 months ago
oh shit!!!!!!!!!!!! kansas is wiped out
gamer8221 2 months ago
*clickclickclickclickclick*
That's your geiger counter going "Don't go there, you moron."
Hiyama420 3 months ago
Threads made me want to throw up! It was the most disgusting and disturbing movie ive ever seen in my whole life. sure more accurate than "the day after", but I can actually watch this movie while eating at the same time lol
VivaLaTrumpet 3 months ago
Watch Threads, the british version made in 1984 (its on here somewhere), its alot more bleak and desperate, theres no sunshine! Shows how mankind would live for decades after a nuclear war, if you can call it living.......
LadyBeehive 3 months ago
Even with films and messages like this, humanity is still is on the brink of destruction. I guess if this actually did happen, we would deserve it in some way, because its people's ignorance that allows the masses to be control by corrupt politicians a plutocrats that would cause a scenario like the one in this movie to happen. Btw lothartheterrible, thanks for posting the movie. I told my US history teacher about it and he thanked me for it.
SuperMe4lyfe 4 months ago 2
Really powerful movie, thanks so much for posting. I am too young to remember the Cold War but I was still strongly affected by watching this; I can only imagine how chilling it must have been to see this movie back when it first came out.
dragonsofliberty 4 months ago
As a British person, I would like to say something in defense of this film. It's true that 'Threads' does have the stylistic advantage, but when you consider which film is more important historically, there is no contest. Ronald Reagan may have brought us close to the edge, but he also brought us back from it, and the White-house screening of this movie was instrumental in his desire to pursue detente. The film makers wanted to show what would happen to 'Reagan's America'
eveningrecords 5 months ago
@eveningrecords I've always maintained that both films achieved what they set out to do. I've also maintained that Threads is the superior film. People who did not grow up in that era do not fully understand the impact of these two films; the social statements that they represent.
lothartheterrible 2 months ago
@lothartheterrible Right on. I have said the same thing with respect to both films, they get their point across. As far as which film is superior, that is a matter of personal preference and maybe I'm partial to TDA because I saw it when it first aired in 1983. I was 10. By luck I turned the TV to a station that was airing Threads sometime in the 80's. Scary. Whether rational or irrational the fear of nuclear war weighed heavily on my mind and I wasn't even in my teens.
sinusbradycardia 2 months ago
@eveningrecords for the most part you are correct however President Ronald Reagan did NOT and I will repeat it for you DID NOT bring us close to the edge. the soviet empire was an EVIL EMPIRE that had recently invaded another country spreading its communist empire into central asia. furthermore, the soviet empire basing nuclear weapons in cuba by kruschev brought the world much closer to armageddon than President Ronald Reagan and Kennedy was President in October 1962.
SocratesTheGadfly 1 month ago
@SocratesTheGadfly your use of CAPS greatly enhances your point. I repeat. IT GREATLY ENHANCES YOUR POINT. what you say is true. i KNOW because you typed it in caps. don't you agree? DO YOU NOT AGREE??
Quintas7373 5 days ago
@eveningrecords Spoken like a true Conservative.
Kainlarsen 3 weeks ago
A tribute to you for posting this movie. It remains powerful nearly thirty years later. I remember watching it live--I was all of ten years old, and it affected me greatly. Watching it again, it gives me even more to think about. The threat of a general nuclear exchange has ebbed back for the moment, and I feel intensely grateful that we at least passed through the trial of the cold war without destroying ourselves. I think The Day After played a role in changing our attitudes.
craigkbryant 5 months ago
If anyone could post the ending paragraphs before the credits that would be helpful
TheLaidPizzaGuy 5 months ago in playlist The Day After
@TheLaidPizzaGuy "The catastrophic events you have just witnessed are, in all likelihood, less severe than the destruction that would actually occur in the event of a full nuclear strike against the United States. It is hoped that the images of this film will inspire the nations of this earth, their peoples and leaders, to find the means to avert that fateful day." It's hard to read on the screen, but I got this from imdb.
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Such a touching moment. Shown all over the world - this movie has been shown just about everywhere.
Exactly the reason why nuclear war is not an acceptable solution no matter what.
a1mint 6 months ago
Ví esta película en el cine y me impactó, desde entonces no había tenido la oportunidad de verla hasta ahora. Gracias por subir estos videos.
luisangelcamacho5 6 months ago
@luisangelcamacho5 En el cine? Yo tengo entendido que solo salio por la
TV.
Villesanti 5 months ago
This film gave me nightmares, and I'm 15.
SuperMe4lyfe 7 months ago
"There is STILL time, Brothers ..." - abandoned Salvation Army banner, deserted Melbourne Library steps, end of 'On the Beach' (1959, Nevil Shute), after the nuclear cloud has reached Australia and inhabitants have all suicided on State-distributed poison capsules ... Hail Eris 555!
deadkennedys555 7 months ago
bring on the nuclear zombie apocalypse!
LonghornPhysicist 8 months ago
america destroyed, russia destroyed, both worlds bombed completely back to the stone age. no more communication, no more technology, all is gone. and no where to find food. so just succumb to the radiation poisoning.
TheBATDJNuklier 8 months ago
@TheBATDJNuklier
at least we still have Middle Africa
y512516 7 months ago
fallout in kansas city
littleluisiscool 8 months ago
And here you see that the mightiest hammers will miss their target
They do destroy, but destroy everything - the only thing that will last
or be lost is our humanity
herauthon 8 months ago
Wasn't there another film similar to this? Not Threads. I recall a film where the woman kept playing the answering machine over and over to hear her husband's voice, and her small child dying of radiation sickness.
mooncat1965 8 months ago
@mooncat1965 I believe that movie was called Testament.
TMNEnglish 8 months ago
@TMNEnglish thank you!!!!
mooncat1965 8 months ago
@mooncat1965 I don't remember such movie, but if you can find a Soviet movie from the same time (mid-80's) called "Letter of a Dead Man", definitely do watch it. Special effects are not as good, but acting more than makes up for it (as well as directing).
dl5270 7 months ago
@dl5270 It was Testament, but I'll look for your suggestion as well. Thank you!
mooncat1965 7 months ago
@mooncat1965 You're welcome. I have actually found it with subtitles:
youtube com/watch?v=ld4l6geNb6M
dl5270 7 months ago
What was going on between 1:14 and 1:20?
Thanks for posting this btw. It was very disturbing but I had never seen it before. My older sister remembers seeing it when it originally aired, saying it was a big tv event.
voyzovrezon 9 months ago
@voyzovrezon That person was trying to cut the finger off of a dead body in order to get a ring for bartering.
lothartheterrible 9 months ago
i did a music video to this movie. Awesome classic. hope you guys check it out:) the song is called the Trinity Fire by Asian Will.
WillFielder78 9 months ago
Can someone who was alive for the original airing of this movie PLEASE give me some perceptions about it? What did people say about it? Do you still remember the phone number scenario set up to calm people down? Details details....
joshman783 9 months ago
@joshman783 I remember this film as if it was yesterday. It came out in 1983 when I was 22 years old. It was long anticipated and well hyped long before it's release. A warning was given to viewers on it's graphic content. Many people were terrified after watching it. I do recall some sort of phone number for people to call if they were in need of assistance or had questions about the affects of an attack. This was a very scary film for it's time.
xdj70s 9 months ago 2
@joshman783 it was extremely controversial and the special effects were very shocking at the time. They warned people about the graphic content of the film and there was a lot of discussion about if it should even be aired. It scared the pants off folks. I was in my late teens at the time and remember really being shaken up, but again, it's STILL an unsettling thing to watch -- as well it should be!
mooncat1965 8 months ago
The men who pushed nuclear energy and weapons as acceptable and inevitable parts of our society altered forever the direction of mankind and the impact on the world by mankind's nuclear ambitious. Psychopaths own and operate the world's systems and that my friends it the reason why we live in fear.
LibertyTreeBud 9 months ago
Reserve your spot in a Vault today!
Meganerdbomb 9 months ago
I was 12 when this movie came out. there were only like 3 channels, so evrybody at school saw it. we were scared shitless for the rest of he school year
crsmack 10 months ago 3
@unlikeanyotherhuman i feel your pain :(
yuckfooie 10 months ago
Epic end scene!
ConradZiegfried 10 months ago
From 2:57 to 5:26 is one of the most saddest & tear-jerking moments I have EVER seen in any kind of film
PATSAINT85 11 months ago
threads has a much more bleak ending.
MRresievil310 11 months ago
@MRresievil310 Yeah, but it also has shittier special effects. Nothing is perfect. You're too young to understand that both movies were social statements, and neither film's director was looking to "outdo" each other.
lothartheterrible 11 months ago 15
@lothartheterrible 'Threads' actually has very few effects, some stock footage it's true. It relies on semi-documentary treatment, a terse script by Barry Hines and really sharp editing. TDA was toned down by the makers for the US public and you can to some extent not have nightmares about it. 'The War Game' made in 1965 is also nastier than TDA, no effects in that at all.
dutchgoing 7 months ago
@dutchgoing I know, I know; Threads is a perfect specimen of filmmaking and there are 3,000 things in a room that Barry Hines can kill Nick Meyer with including the room itself. It wasn't a contest; both filmmakers were trying to do the same thing and open peoples' eyes about nuclear warfare. Why is it so necessary for you British fuckers to turn it into a pissing match? Ah, right; because America eats babies. I digress....
lothartheterrible 6 months ago
This movie is traumatizing.
ohmyclumsyheart 11 months ago
@ohmyclumsyheart I completely agree. I watched this film when I was about nine years old, and it hit me like a 2x4 to the head, but my parents were great to explain the realities and meaning of the film outside of the scariness alone. Because of their guidance, this movie still captures my imagination more than two decades later, and I appreciate that it's available on You Tube. This is the first time that I've watched it since it broadcast on television in... 1983?
ChristiRich 10 months ago
@ChristiRich Yes; November 20, 1983.
lothartheterrible 10 months ago
@unlikeanyotherhuman It's easy to look at disparities like that and assume that the guys who "have it" are actively screwing over the guys who don't, but it's often a lot more complicated than that, and broad generalizations can be very misleading. I mean, you can't just turn those four Rolls Royces into food.
... Well, if you were Monsieur Mangetout, maybe you could, but not everyone can do what he does!
HooshIsASoup 11 months ago
@unlikeanyotherhuman It's harder for humans to feel the same kind of compassion for six billion people compared to a hundred or so. Many don't feel any compassion at all outside of the few dozen folks they know well enough.
It's why you get people trolling these videos saying they hope America gets nuked off the map, yet would be devastated by a loved one's death.
HooshIsASoup 11 months ago
@HooshIsASoup You're incorrect; trolls do not have souls, therefore they cannot feel pain.
lothartheterrible 11 months ago
please write what read before the creadits
CATTOBAR 11 months ago 2
@CATTOBAR "The catastrophic events you have just witnessed are, in all likelihood, less severe than the desruction that would actually occur in the event of an actual nuclear strike against the United States. It is hoped that the images of this film will inspire the nations of this Earth, their peoples, and leaders to find the means to avert the fateful day..."
lothartheterrible 11 months ago 2
i was a kid during the cold war and seeingthis movie scared the shit of me duck and cover mofo
besquell 11 months ago
Até em um futuro apocaliptico uma cebola faz uma homem chorar!
86485177 1 year ago 8
@86485177 Cute...
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
QUÉ UMA CEBOLA?
ArisatoMinato42 1 year ago
I wonder what would happen to countries who may not get hit by nuclear bombs like: South America, Africa, and the pacific.
SuperMe4lyfe 1 year ago
@SuperMe4lyfe You know, that's a very good idea for a film. There have been some movies (On The Beach, Mad Max, etc.) that have attempted to explore this scenario but not really in depth. They would not be spared the socioeconomic damage, I know that much.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
@SuperMe4lyfe YEAH SURE! 'Cause "South America, Africa, and the pacific" sure are "COUNTRIES" right, genius? Goddammit, I hope you are a troll...
Kahazimir18 1 year ago
@SuperMe4lyfe probably radiation poisoning of some sort, the radiation cloud would probably be carried all over the place by the wind so Canada Mexico a lot of Asia Europe would suffer
fallenone0315 1 year ago
i want that all of muther fuckers that invented atomic bomb ti die !!
gta4everybody1 1 year ago
@gta4everybody1 Uhhhh....most of them already have. The atomic bomb was developed almost 70 years ago.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago 3
@gta4everybody1 you're an idiot.
Xiphos0292 1 year ago
I'd rather live in Soviet Russia than this hellscape.
olivemike81 1 year ago
What has science done?
catscanboy 1 year ago
They should show what happened to Russia and Britain.
Rockyfan10060 1 year ago
@Rockyfan10060 Why? The film is set in Kansas. Once can only assume that conditions in the UK and USSR were just as (for lack of a better term) fucked.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
Well, I saw when Dr Oakes was talking about how Moscow and Paris were like Kansas, it made me think. I mean, I think showing what happened over therew would give a more complete picture of GLOBAL destruction. And plus I think they could have used good special efefcts to show the ruined areas. Also, do you know that guy ditches the college kid out of his truck? I wondered why he wouldn't take him further since he offered to in the previous scene.
Rockyfan10060 1 year ago
@Rockyfan10060 Had this been a major studio production, then maybe what you suggest would have been feasible (and I agree would have been an advancement of the film's message) but remember, this was a made-for-TV movie; not only was Nick Meyer having to contend with a constrictive budget, he had network censors crawling up his ass as well.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
@lothartheterrible
someone should remake it, or base another film off it.
tjmick1992 1 year ago
@lothartheterrible This film was to show the events that would take place in America, and this is such perfect setting due to the Minute man Missile Silos located just outside Kansas City making it a top strategic Military target in a Nuclear attack during this era in time.
mattjplayswow 1 year ago
@mattjplayswow Uh, yeah, I kindof worked that out 27 years ago when this film first aired.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
@Rockyfan10060 This film was to show the events that would take place in America, and this is such perfect setting due to the Minute man Missile Silos located just outside Kansas City making it a top strategic Military target in a Nuclear attack during this era in time. This movie was also a short film titled "First Strike" depicting how unprepared the US was in a Nuclear Attack during the 80's.
mattjplayswow 1 year ago
Believe it or not Permi94 you're a fuckwit!
aberdown 1 year ago
@aberdown Hello, Pot; I'm Kettle....
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
I always wonder, when these films depict everyone dying- what about those people in like, the amazon rainforest and other areas that are virtually unchartered. Places like that, I can just imagine the people carrying on not even knowing anything has happened, at least not until the dust starts to fall...
izzieuk 1 year ago
I just watched this film after hearing it mentioned on the documentary 1983: Brink of Apocalypse. A good documentary but the narrator had the irritating habit of saying "Nucular" rather than "Nuclear" throughout it. It's available on Youtube- not sure if it can be accessed outside of UK.. Thank you for sharing this historically important film that was said to influence Reagan.. devastating stuff that reminds you what is important in life. All the best mate.
PravdaDeus 1 year ago
@PravdaDeus It's quite scary that in the same year of this movie ( 1983 ) Nuclear War almost happened, as shown in "The brink of apocalypse"...
jimsy73 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading.
Btw, ppl, i do not think that we will have a nuklear endgame .... biological weapons however .....
Lets just say that I do not plan to have children (I'm in my late 20s)
By the way, my favourite Einstein would be :
"2 Things in are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. However i'm not sure about the universe yet."
streffin 1 year ago
Believe it or not
WW 3 will Happen
Sooner or later
permi94 1 year ago
@permi94 Of course it will. We're going to destroy ourselves, one way or another.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
@lothartheterrible Amen to that.
permi94 1 year ago
@permi94 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
babunski 1 year ago
Fuck Nuclear Weapons! No State in the World should have Nuclear Weapons, not the USA,Not RUSSIA, Not CHINA,NOT India or Pakistan or even IRAN! NO ONE!
Ohrni74 1 year ago 2
nakon više od 25 godina gledao "the day after", teško je za vjerovat da je moglo biti tako, i još uvijek može
dinoalberini 1 year ago
The opening music is from an old American hymn text, "How Firm a Foundation," whose text is supposed to be God speaking to His faithful. I think Meyer chose it not only for the Coplanesque arrangement but for the ironic lyrics, the most significant being, "When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply. The flames shall not hurt thee; I only design Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine."
Sharoney 1 year ago
Our (human) agressiveness comes from the reptillian part of our brain.Things like greed, anger, lust,and jealousy comes from the medulla oblongata.Unfortunately man has not learned to totally control this part even after a million to 10 million years.
MrJacMac1986 1 year ago
Hope alqueda and bin laden dont get a nuke arsenal.They wouldnt hesitate. They would say that allah would save them from the nuclear winter.Glad the DAY AFTER didnt start on sep 11 2001
MrJacMac1986 1 year ago
If there ever is a war like this, I'm gonna go sit on the beach and get drunk. With a sub base up river & a deepwater naval base just two inlets to the South, it would be over in no time . I'd rather die quick than slow like these 'survivors'.
GaoAsaurusG 1 year ago
"i don't know how WW3 will be fought, all i know that WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein
danmarino1970 1 year ago
Was that guy with the mask cutting off a freaking leg?
Mccarthur1 1 year ago
I thought that the woman at 2:30 gave birth to a stillborn, symbolizing the end of humanity... or was that in "Threads?"
PhatFarm60 1 year ago
@PhatFarm60 That was "Threads".
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
I've now watched the Threads. These both are good movies about nuclear warfare. However, I think that if I was one to decide whether to retaliate, I probably wouldn't lauch the missiles. Why? Because either way you screwed. Why cause any more suffering and death? You have to remember that the people in the other country are just like you. Normal peace loving citizen. Why would you want to kill them just to have revenge? If somebody, only the goverment responsible for the war, should be nuked.
PeteSa88 1 year ago
What a great movie! I really hope for all our sakes, that anything like this won't happen. Peoples fates shouldn't be decided in the White House, or anywhere else such place. I can't understand why we even have nuclear weapons since anybody who uses them, is likely to be destroyed as well.
In a theoretical level, why would it be so hard to grow food? Even Tsernobyl is full of vegetation although it got a lot more radiation than any modern nuke would cause. Or is the problem with nuclear winter?
PeteSa88 1 year ago 15
Yes; one area that this film fails in is its portrayal of nuclear winter (or lack thereof); the English film "Threads" does a much better job in this sense; its story concludes 13 years after the war and shows the longterm effects of a full scale nuclear exchange.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago 2
@PeteSa88 when this movie was filmed there wasnt happened chernobyl, so mankind didknow nothinng about radiation, still 24 years after cernobyl scientists are discovering knew things like there is now animals and plants wroging in chernobyl
carlosmercadoabarca 1 year ago
@PeteSa88 I agree with you!
Ohrni74 1 year ago
@PeteSa88 what would prevent vegetation is the nuclear winter. When nuclear blasts detonate at ground level it causes the dirt to rise which could take months before the radioactive dust finally settles back to the ground. During that time the sun is not sufficient and the vegetation all dies.
TheCashistrash 1 year ago
@PeteSa88 Chernobyl won't be fit for habitation for about another 150 years. Yes, it currently has grasses and weeds but they are certainly heavily contaminated, and if consumbed, would make you unable to put a ribbon in your hair. Nuclear winter is a term derived to describe a period after a full-scale bombardment (such as this in movie). It is more akin to a full ecological breakdown than a reactor spewing for a few days. Different issues.
4855712 1 year ago
@4855712
haha wow? 150 years? it was that bad??
halopwnmaster 1 year ago
@halopwnmaster Some estimates are as high as 300. Chernobyl is the only Level 7 Nuclear Event to have ever occurred; there are seven levels.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
@lothartheterrible
wow that's terrible.
and a nuclear winter comes immediately after the explosion you said? where the sky is littered and falling with debris, or fallout?
halopwnmaster 1 year ago
@halopwnmaster The dust and debris thrown into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion is irradiated; it spreads as it falls back to Earth.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
@lothartheterrible ahh i see, thanks
halopwnmaster 1 year ago
@4855712 there are people that still live only 7km away from the reactor, and the grow thier food and eat and live there
KiwiTomCrawford 1 year ago
@PeteSa88 the reason America has so many nukes is to prevent the Russian from being able to have the first strike destroying all our nukes and runway
Russia has so many nukes to make sure they can destry us in one stike
anamarvelo 11 months ago
@PeteSa88
Well, the problem is that growing anything is dependent on three things: Sun, water, and soil. That is assuming you have actual SEED to start with. Nuclear winter is only one of the contributing factors here; Areas where radiation is low enough to plant things, amount of fallout in the soil, etc. In a time where you only have enough water for yourself, how will you give it to a plant?
PendekarBobbe 10 months ago
@PendekarBobbe Piss?
TrousersDPM 10 months ago
Lothar The Terrible: Thanks for uploading this, and your funny commentary as well. Everybody has their preference, and although mine is "Threads", this movie came out around the same time and got much better advertisement. I liked them both.
PendekarBobbe 10 months ago
@PeteSa88 ground contamination would make it unsafe to grow food. You could remove the topsoil, but the question is where would you put all of it?
RainbowManification 9 months ago
@PeteSa88 As far as i know, radiation itself would be secondary to the nuclear winter - dust particles launched in the atmosphere by the explosions would scatter and reflect sunlight back to the space, dropping temperatures and thus compromising crops. This effect naturally happens with volcanoes, for example - only that in the case of a nuclear exchange it would be in a much larger scale.
yanluo75 8 months ago
@PeteSa88 The growth of food would be adversly affected by the burning of the upper crusts of soil and much more intensive (compared to Chernobyl) contamination of both the soil and water.
dl5270 7 months ago
We are basically destroying ourselves
gman789682 1 year ago
One of the most terrifying and effective films ever produced, in my opinion. Though Britain has the somewhat dubious distinction of creating "Threads", which I felt was even more terrifying.
ScarabD 1 year ago
what i never liked of this movie was that central europe was a pile of dust while the USA being far bigger got better off
no real mentioning what so ever
oh my poor kansas and a ceasefire between the USA and the USSR
why only them? well all the other NATO countries are gone with virtually no survivors
TyonKree 1 year ago
@TyonKree Of course it didn't get mentioned; the film was set in the midwestern United States, not central Europe. As far as the US and USSR being the only ones mentioned, there was only so much armageddon Nick Meyer could squeeze into 2 1/2 hours; he had to stick to the major players. And I have to be honest, if I were unlucky enough to be a survivor in Lawrence after something like this, I damned sure wouldn't be crying about "my poor Bavaria"; I'd be a bit preoccupied.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
Good movie...corny at times, but that is typical of older TV movies.
I think it sends the right message about the futility of nuclear war: Nobody wins and civilization and life in general only stand to gain annihilation from it's result.
bennyvega100 1 year ago
this movie depress the shit out of me :(
edde8282 1 year ago 2
I wonder how a newborn baby could possibly survive in an environment like that. More importantly, how could it even survive the radiation dosage it received while in-utero?
Akira625 1 year ago
@Akira625 In this case, most of the time it was in utero was before the bombs were dropped. The younger the fetus when the bomb was dropped, the less well it would do. Nursing and the ongoing onslaught it will now face will not be good. The next generation, if there was one would likely be stillborn, as seen in the British TV movie Threads
IloveyouLenaKatina 1 year ago
@IloveyouLenaKatina Good comparison.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
"Hello? Is anybody there? Anybody at AWL. This is John Lithgow."
El135o 1 year ago 3
Boy, this film is so dated-80s now., right down to the soundtrack.
El135o 1 year ago
I have to admit that this is the first time I have seen this, glad I finally managed to get around to seeing it. It's sad to think that our survival in this world will only truly accomplished by near destruction. I just hope we find a better way than several million megatons of nuclear warheads,
MrShannonite 1 year ago
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Akira625 1 year ago
he is turning feral!!!!
AbRamskiller41 1 year ago
I saw this when i was 5 and let me tell you im still scarred for life by this even today
Justintb323 1 year ago
4.50 Possibly the most moving part of the entire film.
smthssarmour 1 year ago 3
Previously, to watching this I watch "Threads" a UK docudrama aired around the time of this movie, This is a great movie too may i add "thank you uploader" One thing that seems obvious to me, is that humanity as a whole, still are not learning a lesson from previous events in time!! With the weaponary we have today, all we need to add to the mix is a modern Hitler!! A thought thats scary too me!!
kayzee67 1 year ago
At 1:16 in, what is that guy in the gas mask (at least I think that's what's on his head) doing?
gunbuck7 1 year ago
@gunbuck7 I think he is looting -- trying to remove rings and other jewelry from dead bodies.
siriuslybloo 1 year ago
Thank you for posting all parts of this movie. This movie serves as yet another warning as to why nuclear weapons should NEVER be used. Of course, I am speaking with idealism; it's likely they will be used within our lifetime, with the way politics are going. *sighs* Does anyone believe that nuclear weapons won't be used in war?
ChaPatEnd59 1 year ago
Dang, this is depressing.
nintendogsyo 1 year ago
After the FALL in the Garden of Eden, human nature is totally depraved. Only by the Providence of God, has humanity not destroyed itself. Ironically, the BOMB has been a real tool for motivation in the avoidance of major military conflicts....the mere existing threat is the restraining Use of the Moral Law in the macrocosm. Unfortunately, when more tyrannical powers obtain nuclear weapons (Pakistan, North Korea, Iran) -- we all move closer to midnight.
4:45 is symbolic of humanity's tragedy.
USAsoldier1955 1 year ago
Ernest Hemingway once wrote, "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.
InAGaddaDaVida29 1 year ago
The primaries are going to be hell for this President.
ChristophDollis 1 year ago
I just watched all the parts from start to finish. Thank you for posting this up.
bill11012 1 year ago
I guess this is one of the dangers we face in the modern world. It's pretty disturbing.... On a lighter note, it was fun having my parents point themselves out in the crowd while we watched this.
Kolfritz 1 year ago
I originally watched this movie in '83 for the effects....(LOL)....I wanted to see everything get blown up in a nuclear war.....I wasn't laughing after Mr. Robard's last scene....still haunts me.
wevetra13 1 year ago 2
@Lindatjuh12345 what do u mean by this, i dont see that my self to be honest but id like to know why u think so????
leonwoodford 1 year ago
The music of the ending credits is an eerie version of the beginning ones. Creepy!
TheDjmoore33 1 year ago
@TheDjmoore33 I completely agree. In fact, that is one of the things I always remembered from the original airing. The beginning credits are light and melodic as if everything is fine in life with no worries. The end credits are exactly what you said....eerie. An ominous tone to what preceded in the movie. Excellent choice of music to end the movie.
MissileD11 1 year ago 2
@josephhatchett Thanks, for that recommendation. I saw the trailer, and NO WAY JOSE. It looks too stressful. That was raw, and uncut ! OMG, that's exactly what it's going to boil down to. That movie is the business. The trailer made me wanna buy a Huge automatic weapon.
HipHopcheerleader 1 year ago
@lothartheterrible...trust me I feel ya'
HipHopcheerleader 1 year ago
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HipHopcheerleader 1 year ago
I have hope. Peace yall..........
HipHopcheerleader 1 year ago
@HipHopcheerleader I do hope you are right. Truly, I do.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
When it's finally safe, the baby arrives.
docmechanic 1 year ago
@docmechanic It's never going to be "safe" again.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
@lothartheterrible but for whom?
docmechanic 1 year ago
WATCH "THE ROAD"
josephhatchett 1 year ago
the two men embracing one another at the end made me cry
koreamy 1 year ago
I am hopeful. Humans, as of today, are not the end result. Remember we used to behead people, and bring the family to watch. As humans we are accountable for horrific barbarism. We evolved, changed, grew, and we are still growing. Consider the continuum. I chose to believe that there is still. hope. We claim 2b higher level creatures, but we can be petty, small, fearful, psychotic maniacs. Humans are pretty young according 2 anthropology. We can grow out of this ignorance. I have hope.
HipHopcheerleader 1 year ago
@HipHopcheerleader I truly laud your optimism. Unfortunately, it is probably unrealistic. Now, instead of bringing the family to the slaughter we are flying planes into buildings, detonating bombs in crowded markets, engineering biological weapons capable of eradicating every last human and depriving people of even their most base civil liberties hiding behind the guise of "national security". Cro-magnons may have been barbarians, but they did not have the Bomb.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
@lothartheterrible Vikings used to play a game were they would hurl infants into the air and then try and catch them with their spears.
Do you see that happening in todays society?
totsgood2 1 year ago
@totsgood2 Don't know, I've never been to Minnesota. (Sorry, I could not resist).
Barbarianism always has, and always will exist. Have we come a long way? Of course we have. But instead of impaling children on spears for sport, we're blowing them up in day care centers in federal buildings to "prove a point". What point? To me, it's summed up rather easily: people, for lack of a better word, suck.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago 15
@lothartheterrible Are you not a person? You can't lump the entire species into one group and scream "EVIL!!!"
totsgood2 1 year ago
@totsgood2 Huh....been back over my posts and do not see one instance in which I used the word "evil". See, told you people suck....
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
@lothartheterrible Say, could you please tell us what the text says at the end? Can't read in this low definition and it might be interesting info
sylvanha 1 year ago
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@sylvanha "The catastrophic events you have just witnessed are, in all likelihood, less severe than the desruction that would actually occur in the event of an actual nuclear strike against the United States. It is hoped that the images of this film will inspire the nations of this Earth, their peoples, and leaders to find the means to avert the fateful day..."
lothartheterrible 1 year ago 2
@lothartheterrible Are you a college major or something? You seem very well-educated. I'm not trying to use that as an insult or anything (I don't really see how it would be one anyway), but it just seems that you are.
InAGaddaDaVida29 1 year ago
@InAGaddaDaVida29 No offense taken. I'm a history professor.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
My opinion, let us humans take control of our own nature... then when were done, let earth take control of her nature once again. We owe it that much anyways.
2litersam 1 year ago