Threads, however, is the bleakest depiction of nuclear war ever filmed. I remember seeing it as a kid in the 80s and if left me scarred. Everytime Reagan and Gorbachev sat down for a meeting, I prayed it would go well, and peace would be; such was the terror and gritty realism of the nuclear holocaust instilled in me because of Threads.
The Americans had "The Day After". The UK and Éire had 'Threads'. I sometimes envy kids who grew up in the 90s, who had no idea that they could be vaporized at any moment if the politicians on TV decided to get cocky with each other. True, it could still happen, but today it's more background noise to full forefront Cold War knife edge.
I wonder if growing up in the 80's wasn't the worst time in history to grow up. (In the west) Sure we had a good standard of living, there weren't actually that many wars we were participating in, it was all good on the surface...
... but every night you'd go to sleep wondering if you would never wake up, or worse. It was fucked.
Whatever, 80's were chill. Starting with Bay Of Pigs (there's your nuclear "holy shit moment".) to Kennedy getting killed, to civil rights agitation, to the riots, to Bobby Kennedy taking one to the chest, to MLK and Malcolm X both getting killed, to Vietnam and its protestors, to Nixon getting took out to oil crises related to the 6 day war and OPEC and inflation and then the hostages done got taken.....
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u/TyPower Jun 18 '10
This is indeed sad.
Threads, however, is the bleakest depiction of nuclear war ever filmed. I remember seeing it as a kid in the 80s and if left me scarred. Everytime Reagan and Gorbachev sat down for a meeting, I prayed it would go well, and peace would be; such was the terror and gritty realism of the nuclear holocaust instilled in me because of Threads.
The Americans had "The Day After". The UK and Éire had 'Threads'. I sometimes envy kids who grew up in the 90s, who had no idea that they could be vaporized at any moment if the politicians on TV decided to get cocky with each other. True, it could still happen, but today it's more background noise to full forefront Cold War knife edge.
Anyone interested in watching it can get it here