The Day After....HOLY MACKREL!
12-08-06 | 12:18 AM
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From: Sacremende (by way of the worst place on Earth: cincinnati, ky)
Originally Posted by al_bundy
i personally liked this one movie from around 1990 where there is an accidental nuclear attack on the US and the main characters are b52 pilots who refuse to bomb their target
12-08-06 | 12:55 AM
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Where can I purchase this? Froogle and ebay keep giving me The Day After Tomorrow.
Oh, wow haha I log into amazon and it's under my recently viewed items.
Oh, wow haha I log into amazon and it's under my recently viewed items.
Last edited by Teca; 12-08-06 at 01:28 AM.
12-08-06 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
That's one facet of the Cold War mythology that really fascinates me.
The threat of nuclear war took on such a mythic, near-religious quality that it became this boogeyman that was waiting to strike without warning.
Like, all of a sudden, the Americans and Soviets were just going to start lobbing nuclear warheads at each other some sunny afternoon and catch everyone unawares.
It might go back to old anti-Goldwater ad from 1964, where the little girl is picking flowers and nuclear detonations start going off. Or might go back to the surprise use of nuclear weapons against Japan in WWII. Either way, a surprise nuclear attack is clearly burned into the American psyche.
It's not just "The Day After." Many novels of the time that dealt with nuclear war also spent little time explaining the whys and hows. In "Red Dawn" the Soviets started invading without warning.
The threat of nuclear war took on such a mythic, near-religious quality that it became this boogeyman that was waiting to strike without warning.
Like, all of a sudden, the Americans and Soviets were just going to start lobbing nuclear warheads at each other some sunny afternoon and catch everyone unawares.
It might go back to old anti-Goldwater ad from 1964, where the little girl is picking flowers and nuclear detonations start going off. Or might go back to the surprise use of nuclear weapons against Japan in WWII. Either way, a surprise nuclear attack is clearly burned into the American psyche.
It's not just "The Day After." Many novels of the time that dealt with nuclear war also spent little time explaining the whys and hows. In "Red Dawn" the Soviets started invading without warning.
the movie was probably the best one on the subject, but i don't see anything great about it. it's like all the techno-thrillers of the time and the WW3 books of the time with the only irony being the US starting a nuclear holocaust. otherwise it's a straight by the numbers view of how people thought WW3 would start. Russians attack for no reason, light use of tactical nukes, US would be losing on the ground, exchange of ballistic missiles, end of the world and the war is over since there is no use fighting anymore.
some historians will look at it 50 years from now to see what people used to think in the 1980's.
EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After
My memory is a little shaky even though I've seen it two or three times. looks like the war started a little differently, but still pretty much by the numbers overall from all the theories at the time of how the war would start.
Last edited by al_bundy; 12-08-06 at 07:35 AM.
12-09-06 | 08:58 AM
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my favorite was the twilight zone episode where they think there is a nuclear attack, one family hides in their bomb shelter and the others break down the flimsy door. very protective shelter that was.
and the Twilight Zone where this planet goes to war and a few survivors escape to go to peaceful earth
and the Twilight Zone where this planet goes to war and a few survivors escape to go to peaceful earth
12-09-06 | 11:47 PM
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From: Grazing in a field somewhere...
Originally Posted by brizz
Witness the fad of everyone building fallout shelters in their basements and backyards in the 50s.
12-12-06 | 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by brizz
Witness the fad of everyone building fallout shelters in their basements and backyards in the 50s.
Last edited by RayChuang; 12-12-06 at 11:42 PM. Reason: correct wording
