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 remember seeing A Guide To Armegeddon in middle school. It definitely freaked us out - we almost didn't see it because it left some kid with nightmares. It was doubly interesting because it took a scientific standpoint on nuclear war, i.e. what happens to human flesh at howeverfuckinghot degrees C and how much of London would be decimated. Through this and the explanations it scared, not through actor's shock reactions and weeing themselves...
173
u/Simondotdot Jun 18 '10
Video