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Started by The Good Reverend Roger, March 27, 2013, 07:03:01 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

#15
March 28, 2013, 01:49:30 PM
Quote from: Sita on March 28, 2013, 01:40:11 PM
I've never seen The Day After or Threads. I was a bit too young when they came out, wasn't even in school yet.
But I have found them and will be watching them soon. Just so I know what everyone is talking about.

Though somehow I don't think it will have the impact on me that it has on everyone else here.

Threads might be a bad idea.  Seriously.  It was necessary when it came out, but it's a couple of hours of incredibly dense misery that isn't necessary now.  The war lasts about 5 minutes for Sheffield (the city in which the story takes place), then you get the watch the human race crawl into its collective grave for an hour.  Doesn't end well.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Cain

#16
March 28, 2013, 01:57:11 PM
To be honest, some would consider the nuclear obliteration of Sheffield to be an improvement in living standards.

The Good Reverend Roger

#17
March 28, 2013, 02:07:20 PM
Quote from: Cain on March 28, 2013, 01:57:11 PM
To be honest, some would consider the nuclear obliteration of Sheffield to be an improvement in living standards.

Problem is, the Russians miss.  Just barely.

So you get the best of both worlds, so to speak.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

navkat

#18
March 28, 2013, 03:10:19 PM
A guy was blinded from looking at the blast. Little kids our age died horrible deaths of radiation poisoning. Nuclear War = hell that nobody wins aaaand...ROLL CREDITS.

Somehow, the idea of dying a slow painful death of the shits was otherworldly scary to me. Went down well with my not-yet-jaded-kids-of-the-60s parents too.

navkat

#19
March 28, 2013, 03:13:06 PM
Imagine being a child...a smart child who both comprehends and is scared of that movie. Now imagine sensing that your parents are also scared and disapproving of nuclear war.

My eight-year-old-mind was like "Wait. This is REAL? You guys are afraid of this happening too? OMG THEY'RE GONNA SET UP US THE BOMB."

The Good Reverend Roger

#20
March 28, 2013, 03:15:12 PM
Quote from: navkat: navkat of...navkat! on March 28, 2013, 03:10:19 PM
A guy was blinded from looking at the blast. Little kids our age died horrible deaths of radiation poisoning. Nuclear War = hell that nobody wins aaaand...ROLL CREDITS.

Somehow, the idea of dying a slow painful death of the shits was otherworldly scary to me. Went down well with my not-yet-jaded-kids-of-the-60s parents too.

Threads was a little different.  1:55:50 long, the war takes place at about minute 55.  Then there's 40 minutes covering the following 16 days, then 10 minutes covering 1 year later, then 5 minutes covering 10 years later, as the last of the humans die of cancer or starvation in the cold.

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

navkat

#21
March 28, 2013, 03:20:37 PM
I think someone needs to get ahold of a copy of it, rip it and host a discordian viewing party. Let's face this.

AFTER the chirren go to bed.

The Good Reverend Roger

#22
March 28, 2013, 03:21:15 PM
Quote from: navkat: navkat of...navkat! on March 28, 2013, 03:20:37 PM
I think someone needs to get ahold of a copy of it, rip it and host a discordian viewing party. Let's face this.

AFTER the chirren go to bed.

It's on youtube, last I checked, in its entirety.  Search "threads 1984".
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Anna Mae Bollocks

#23
March 28, 2013, 03:21:23 PM
I didn't see either. Sounds like they extended the fuck out of "Morning Dew".
Did anybody go insane?
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

The Good Reverend Roger

#25
March 28, 2013, 03:25:45 PM
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Anna Mae Bollocks

#26
March 28, 2013, 03:28:33 PM
Looks like MOST of them went insane.  :x
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

navkat

#27
March 28, 2013, 03:33:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VG2aJyIFrA

THEY ALL TURN INTO SKELETONS BEFORE THEY DIE.

I think I shat myself whenever a fallout siren went off in the neighborhood after this.

God, this still makes the GI twitch.

Anna Mae Bollocks

#28
March 28, 2013, 03:40:29 PM
A google image search for "Hiroshima" or "Nagasaki" will show you that not everybody turns into a skeleton.
Reality is worse, though. Much worse.
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

navkat

#29
March 28, 2013, 03:44:45 PM
Nono. Watch it. Watch it with the mind of an eight-year-old.
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