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re: The Day After - 1983
Posted on 7/12/20 at 4:49 pm to Dawgwithnoname
Posted on 7/12/20 at 4:49 pm to Dawgwithnoname
I was 10 and I remember thinking, "Hey, this isn't Police Academy". But seriously, I remember growing up in the cold war and I do remember having trouble sleeping after learning about countries having the power to destroy each other. I wish they had taught me about mutually assured destruction and the balance of power that was keeping the peace.
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Posted on 7/12/20 at 4:51 pm to wickowick
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I remember another one,
This almost sounds like "A Blast From the Past".
Posted on 7/12/20 at 4:55 pm to Dawgwithnoname
I must have been 6 when I watched it. Of course, it scared the shite out of me years after.
The scene where the teen girl and boy are getting fresh, only for her to pull out wisps of his hair, and then her reveal that she was wearing a wig, was quite touching.
The scene where the teen girl and boy are getting fresh, only for her to pull out wisps of his hair, and then her reveal that she was wearing a wig, was quite touching.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 4:55 pm to dbbuilder79
What’s the one where the next morning the people that are still alive come out and there’s just pink dust where the people were. Is it this one? I was extremely young at the time but remember it being in TV throughout my childhood. I feel like the name was similar but maybe not
Posted on 7/12/20 at 4:57 pm to Dawgwithnoname
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Those of you who watched it live, what was your initial reaction?
I was in 9th grade at that time.
To me Red Dawn(other than an accidental launch) seemed more of a possibility than nuclear war.
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 7/12/20 at 4:59 pm to Drank
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Is it this one? I
Blast from the past is with Brendan Fraser and Christopher Walken. It's a great, underrated comedy.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:02 pm to Dawgwithnoname
If I remember it set viewership records, it was a big deal
Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:04 pm to Drank
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What’s the one where the next morning the people that are still alive come out and there’s just pink dust where the people were.
You talkin about Night of the Comet, baw?
Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:16 pm to Ag Zwin
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“Shelter Skelter”. An episode of the 80’s version of The Twilight Zone.
Shelter Skelter on Youtube
Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:17 pm to ShakeandBake
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Threads laughs at The Day After
Threads pulled zero punches I think the BBC only showed it once.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:18 pm to Zachary
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Lawrence, Kansas
I have a couple of friends that were extras in the scene on the highway.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:22 pm to Dawgwithnoname
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Those of you who watched it live, what was your initial reaction?
Some nightmares for a short time, but then we got over it.
The only reason this aired was because of Reagan and his defiance towards the Soviets.
Guess what? It worked.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:26 pm to Dawgwithnoname
Was in high school when it aired.
Watched it. Thought it was BS propaganda then. I knew about MAD already.
Special Bulletin and WarGames had a greater impact.
Watched it. Thought it was BS propaganda then. I knew about MAD already.
Special Bulletin and WarGames had a greater impact.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:27 pm to Dawgwithnoname
What was that movie back in the 80's that showed high school kids how easy they could became fanatical followers like 1930's German kids?
Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:29 pm to HeadSlash
V?
That was a sci-fi version of “it could happen here” complete with scientists persecuted like Jews.
That was a sci-fi version of “it could happen here” complete with scientists persecuted like Jews.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:33 pm to Dawgwithnoname
I know Millennials want to bust out their snarkiest edgelord routine at the laughable notion that they have any kind of collective resolve, but the Cold War was no fricking joke.
They scream at the sky at climate change and pretend that that's why the world will end, but there was a very real chance that the US and USSR could end up in a global thermonuclear war.
They scream at the sky at climate change and pretend that that's why the world will end, but there was a very real chance that the US and USSR could end up in a global thermonuclear war.
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 5:36 pm
Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:39 pm to VoxDawg
life was simpler during the Cold War.
Clear, defined enemy.
Fairly defined ROE.
Both sides had an interest in keeping their vassal states under control.
Middle East was a slow simmer instead of the conflagration it is now. The weakening of both the USA and the USSR allowed for the radicals to gain a much stronger foothold than the USSR wanted or expected (they backed Arafat because he kept things stirred up.
Clear, defined enemy.
Fairly defined ROE.
Both sides had an interest in keeping their vassal states under control.
Middle East was a slow simmer instead of the conflagration it is now. The weakening of both the USA and the USSR allowed for the radicals to gain a much stronger foothold than the USSR wanted or expected (they backed Arafat because he kept things stirred up.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:50 pm to Dawgwithnoname
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One TV, 4 channels. I was the remote. I'm sure im not the only one with that story.
hey you forgot to save your seat loser!
Posted on 7/12/20 at 6:27 pm to Dawgwithnoname
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Watching it in hindsight, it seems to be an anti-Reagan scare tactic mixed in with low budget horror film.
Nailed it.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 6:52 pm to Dawgwithnoname
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One TV, 4 channels. I was the remote. I'm sure im not the only one with that story.
You sure aint. It never was my chore, I had 2 younger brothers for that, and it was the only chore that they were ever good for.
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 9:30 pm
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