Watching "Threads"
Scary shit right there
(nolongernuts, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 21:25, 23 replies)

Damn right.
(Amberleaf, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 21:36, closed)

Made me join CND

( calgacus Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 21:42, closed)

Bad shit.
Watched this film when it first came out,and it was an eye opener to say the least,downloaded it last year,
(andycrass loves two hats on, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 22:38, closed)

Watched it at the time and felt hollow.
Downloaded it lest year too. Didn't have the same punch-in-the-guts feeling I got in my teens, but still terrifying.
( joetotale blear-e'ed, wither'd spectre, Fri 6 Apr 2012, 9:00, closed)

Yep.
There's a book called 'Children of the Dust' which is very similar, scared the crap outta me.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 22:50, closed)

Ooooh,
not heard of that one. Will have to try it.
On The Beach (Neville Shute) was the most horrifically bleak book I've read in that genre.
(nolongernuts, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 23:24, closed)

It's aimed at young adults
& by Louise Lawrence if you're interested. It's from the perspective of a family- the dad ends up in a military bunker, and the mum and kids stay in their basement.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Fri 6 Apr 2012, 20:16, closed)

Thanks, looked it up
and it appears to be out of print. Cheapest I found a used copy was for $24.
(nolongernuts, Sat 7 Apr 2012, 10:18, closed)

Wow
I just looked at my bookshelf and my brain went, "Ka-ching!" :P
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Sat 7 Apr 2012, 10:53, closed)

Not bloody wrong there.

( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 6 Apr 2012, 2:05, closed)

Oh jesus yes,
I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago, it was horrific. I can only imagine what it'd be like to watch it as a child in the 80s
( Major Turd for tonight only, Fri 6 Apr 2012, 9:49, closed)

Awesome is what it was.
I remember writing to Maggie Thatcher asking her to nuke Russia before they could do it to us.
:D
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Fri 6 Apr 2012, 10:11, closed)

Hah, that's our Stuj!

( Major Turd for tonight only, Fri 6 Apr 2012, 10:32, closed)

fucking lol

(mr-lizard Hell's teeth man!, Fri 6 Apr 2012, 17:18, closed)

Yeah, I watched it about a year ago.
Being mid twenties, I don't have much recollection of the cold war yet it was still fucking scary.

That film made me decide if there is a nuclear war, I'm praying to be in the initial blast zone.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 6 Apr 2012, 11:30, closed)

yup..
...though I did wonder why the tin openers all seem to be destroyed. Why is she opening a can with a rock?
(inflateable, Fri 6 Apr 2012, 18:16, closed)

I was more curious why
at one point, a kitten was sniffing at milk bottles. Cue the bomb montage... milk bottles melting in the immense heat etc. A few minutes later we see the kitten... mewing at its broken leg. People with me went, "How horrifying, the suffering!" I went, "Wait a fuckin' minute here, that thing should be a puddle of grease right now..."
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Fri 6 Apr 2012, 20:19, closed)

now there's a creepy flashback

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 6 Apr 2012, 20:04, closed)

I've only seen it about 3 times,
but it's ingrained in my brain.
Tried to explain it to the yanks, and the closest comparison is "The Day After".......which is utter shite and doesn't come close to the horror that Threads portrays.
(nolongernuts, Sat 7 Apr 2012, 10:19, closed)

get them to watch it on youtube, it must be on there somewhere

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 7 Apr 2012, 11:42, closed)

The whole thing's on Google Videos

(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Wed 11 Apr 2012, 18:42, closed)

LINKIES
Just watched this 8 minute clip, its bad ,to watch the before and after is hard work ,I first saw the film when it first came out and it was a remote possibility.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN8-VP810aA&feature=player_embedded
(andycrass loves two hats on, Sat 7 Apr 2012, 11:49, closed)

very much this
On the same theme, this is BBC's QED "Guide to Armageddon" which describes the chain of events of a 1mt nuclear explosion over St Paul's Catherdral. Proper scary shit even now so can't imnagine what it was like when the threat was at it's peak..

youtu.be/7AYMS1po0L8
( h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Mon 9 Apr 2012, 14:06, closed)