 5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
 16983 Posts
|
Sunday, September 09, 2012 2:02:53 PM
Thanks for the answer @Goddamndevil 
Curiosity + Cat = ACK!
|
|
 ChrisP12
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
186 Posts
|
Sunday, September 09, 2012 11:33:32 AM
Graduated from KU in 1984 and was in several crowd scenes. I had a line but it was cut.
|
|
 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
|
Sunday, September 09, 2012 10:36:33 AM
Charles Holden's Design for a 40 Megawatt power plant. |
|
CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
|
Sunday, September 09, 2012 10:23:26 AM
5Cats: Yes, it was an anti-nuclear propaganda film, but not just against bombs. It's part of the reason we don't have more nuclear power plants in America.
What infuriates me are the 'Green' eco-nuts that demand we stop burning coal and stop using crude oil, but also get their panties in a twist over building clean nuclear power plants.
Wind, Solar and Hydro power can't ever reliably meet our current power needs, let alone allow for the growth we will soon need for more electricity.
I've linked to and posted information about the thorium fuel cycle and it's promise of cheap, reliable, safe and low-radiation power. We already have the technology to build them, no big scary looking cooling towers will be needed, neither will there be a need for huge containment vessels. Thorium is cheap and plentiful and the 'waste' has a short half-life and is not dangerous. |
|
mcboozerilla
Male, 30-39, Europe
649 Posts
|
Sunday, September 09, 2012 8:00:56 AM
Powerful film. |
|
 Sistarose
Female, 30-39, Australia
371 Posts
|
Sunday, September 09, 2012 7:15:35 AM
@Arcval yes very relevant, I remember as a kid seeing The Day After thinking it was a little depressing, then I saw threads, and was like damn that was hard core, for a 12 year old anyway. |
|
 horror102
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
90 Posts
|
Sunday, September 09, 2012 6:04:09 AM
I rember this when i was little. I could not sleep for weeks after |
|
 Godamndevil
Male, 30-39, Southern US
165 Posts
|
Sunday, September 09, 2012 5:11:36 AM
@5Cats, youre right , it was meant to scare you into an anti nuclear opinion,,they showed it in our chemistry class under the guise of a lesson on fission....LOL
(A lot of places wont allow a second "d" as in Goddamndevil, but they will allow Godamndevil..go figure. I do like the "man" alternative.) |
|
5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
16983 Posts
|
Saturday, September 08, 2012 5:30:20 PM
Like @CrakrJak said: it's purpose was to scare people into hating all things "nuclear". Remember that the "anti-nuclear" campaign against cruise missiles and stuff was very common back then.
It's just sad that people are SO STUPID they equate nuclear bombs with nuclear power, and now we have wars over oil! Yay!
I watched this way back then on TV, it was OK but purely fictional, not "super realistic" like the hype was claiming.
Perhaps I'll watch it again, and "Threads" thanks@Godamndevil!
Go-damn-devil? God-MAN-Devil (with a typo in "man")?? |
|
 Arcval
Male, 18-29, Europe
304 Posts
|
Saturday, September 08, 2012 3:53:14 PM
Threads is so much more hardcore than this. |
|
 An-egg
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
726 Posts
|
Saturday, September 08, 2012 3:05:03 PM
Godamndevil I had forgotten just how bad this is. |
|
 ferdyfred
Male, 40-49, Europe
5571 Posts
|
Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:53:19 PM
Godamndevil
Crap, I remember watching that when I was 13.
My dad allowed me to stop up and watch it.
Scared the pooe outta me |
|
 alpensepp
Male, 70 & Over, Europe
1084 Posts
|
Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:23:40 PM
@Godamndevil
disturbing |
|
Godamndevil
Male, 30-39, Southern US
165 Posts
|
Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:03:16 PM
This is the one I remember having to watch..
Threads |
|
Andrew155
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1074 Posts
|
Saturday, September 08, 2012 8:03:16 AM
They made us watch this in MIddle School. |
|
CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
|
Saturday, September 08, 2012 8:01:52 AM
Even when this movie was made it was inaccurate and full of holes. It was made to scare people and it did. Today it's not even as scary as an episode of 'The Walking Dead'. |
|
 whtevr
Female, 40-49, Southern US
908 Posts
|
Saturday, September 08, 2012 7:49:33 AM
I remember this movie. I was like 13 years old but it scared the living poo out of me! Another one that came out during that time was called Testament. Again, scared pooless! |
|
Zuriel
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
412 Posts
|
Saturday, September 08, 2012 7:32:38 AM
thanks i've been trying to view this... |
|
TheGuySmiley
Male, 18-29, Canada
1187 Posts
|
Friday, September 07, 2012 7:17:47 AM
Link: Mid-Day Movie Time: The Day After [Rate Link] - The graphic & disturbing drama/sci-fi film about the effects of a nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of Kansas. |
|
Back to Listing
){kind=avatar}
){kind=avatar}
){kind=avatar}
){kind=avatar}
){kind=avatar}
){kind=avatar}
){kind=avatar}
){kind=avatar}
){kind=avatar}
){kind=avatar}