On The Beach Part 16

Part 16

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[ddd1953]

Shute wrote his novel with two messages, one, to warn us that we can end all things human, two, to explore how humans deal with the ultimate end of all history, and the way we face that end.

The first film had a great impact when released. It was the film people could not look at but could also not watch. It has great drama and a very human story.

It is still very possible.

Resist, fight, make change, you can do it. one person at a time.

[walleyrt69]

This movie deserved many Academy awards and so did Armand Asante

[SocratesTheGadfly]

@Professor6871 do you think that I do NOT know that? of course I know the history of world war 2 in which hiroshima and nagasaki were destroyed by the "little boy" and the "fat man" atomic weapons. operation olympic was the planned invasion of the japanese home islands using 4 marine corps divisions and as many as 20 to 30 army divisions and may have resulted in thousands more casualties. as for using poison gas though that is pure speculation.

[Professor6871]

@wardenphil what in Iran or South Korea?

[Professor6871]

@thelearner60 kill

[Professor6871]

@HerrSchneepfote yes there would what about the rabbits, cockroachs or flies that have a much bigger tolerances to radioativity than humans do?

[Professor6871]

@anisete46 Nobody I'm afraid. Probably someones would have it for dinner before they took those pills they gave them to end it.

[Professor6871]

@HerrEllsworth Have you taken something there? Are you being serious? Where the hell would these people go there's no where else in this solo system that can sustain life like earth? That planet they've discovered that could support life is 24 million light years from us, too far away. I am afraid this ant farm as you call it is all we've got for now or the foreseeable future.

[Professor6871]

@SocratesTheGadfly Nuclear weapons were used against Japan in 1945. It brought WW2 to an end saving my dad who was going to take part in the invasion of the country, from being possibly killed there. If nukes hadn't been there the US would of used instead poison gas.

[Professor6871]

@ZemplinTemplar Yes because we designed weapons that made us think twice in using them. No sane person would use them only someone or somebody who'd gone a wall. Your right nuclear weapons were only useful to scare the opposition shitless, but they were also there to prevent another major conventional war from happening again like WW2.

Russians knew that any major conventional war they initiaed first, lets say in Europe, would quickly become nuclear in days or even hours.

[walleyrt69]

@rich5248 It was very much an under rated movie.

[rich5248]

@walleyrt69 Not a academy award since it was only shown on showtime but definently a Emmy for the movie and for Mr. Asante