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Post by bobble on Feb 9, 2007 20:54:57 GMT 1
Threads is a film about nuclear war, it was filmed back in the mid 80's....I remember seeing it as a kid, they made us watch it in school as a part of our general studies.... ...it is hard hitting and VERY horrific....as a 14 year old it did effect me for a few days (maybe weeks) afterwards... I've just found out that it is on you tube so i logged in and had a watch to see if it still had the same impact.... oh my god, it has, if you've never seen it pop over and have a watch, it's very sobering and hard hitting... has anybody else seen it and what did you think of it..... they also have the war game on there too, not quite as horrific, but still quite hard hitting none the less....  Here is the link to threads www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfzGyJxViEc&mode=related&search= it takes a little while to get going but once it does........oh Sh*t and here is the war game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKkLsYICYY Very very dated now but still very hard hitting in places....  |
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Post by Lensman on Feb 9, 2007 23:43:37 GMT 1
I run a group of movie buffs and home theatre enthusiasts, called the "Laser Rangers", who meet one Saturday a month to watch two movies with a common theme, and dinner in between. Coincidentally enough, we meet tomorrow and one of the titles is "Threads". I've never seen it, but I certainly remember it was highly praised on the old board.
However, from the subject matter, I'd label it science fiction rather than horror.
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Post by nervouspete on Feb 9, 2007 23:58:44 GMT 1
No sleep for you this week then, Lensman! It's the most disturbing film I've ever seen - and I lived close to the city in the film - Sheffield - and was really freaked out whenever I had to go there! The build up to the attack is the most frightening for me, because its filled with lots of audio-false alarms that keep making you think it's starting - and because the atmosphere is so oppressive. Certainly 'better' than The Day After, though that film does have some interesting scenes. I can't listen to Johnny B Goode any more, Bobble!  |
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Post by bobble on Feb 10, 2007 1:00:20 GMT 1
The day after is like neighbours compared to threads!!! And as for labelling, at the time it felt more like science fact rather than fiction, but for today’s standards, it's still pretty relevant with what’s going on with north Korea etc... Scary stuff!!!! I'm knocking on the door of 35 years old and i watched it again today for the first time in ages...possibly around 17 years and i know for a fact that I'm having nightmares tonight!! |
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Post by Scifishocks on Feb 10, 2007 1:53:37 GMT 1
I have it on DVD. An excellent, chilling film.
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Post by Lensman on Feb 10, 2007 9:56:54 GMT 1
Certainly 'better' than The Day After, though that film does have some interesting scenes. Well "The Day After" does have some special meaning to those who live in my area, because the story concerned an attack on Kansas City, and survivors in the nearby town of Lawrence, Kansas. I *live* in Kansas City, and it was kinda spooky seeing the Liberty Memorial broken off at its base in the aftermath. But I won't claim that movie is especially good. There were lots of complaints-- and I agree with them-- that the aftermath was too optimistic. Kansas City was shown reduced to rubble-- not as a radioactive glass crater surrounded by a large area burnt to a cinder by the firestorm, which it would have been. And the biggest problem the farmers had in the movie was being told they'd have to scrape off the top layer of soil to eliminate contamination from fallout. In reality, they'd have had to deal with hordes of desperate starving refugees who'd steal anything worth eating, not to mention break into their houses to steal food, guns and whatnot. And that's not even getting into the long-term problems. |
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Post by nervouspete on Feb 10, 2007 11:52:15 GMT 1
'fraid you won't find anything optimistic about the Threads ending. It's pretty much as dark as you can get it. And I guess living in Kansas city, and me regularily visiting Sheffield as a kid makes us 'Fictional Atomic Holocaust Victim Buddies', or something.  Extra information to consider when watching Threads... Barry Hines was the script-writer, he wrote the famous social realism novel all British kids are required to read in school - "A Kestral for a Knave". All the actors were local unknowns, and many weren't even actors at all but people who responded to ads in the Sheffield papers. All the extras are non-professional. The film had a major impact on British culture at the time. A shot from the film was on the front of the Radio Times - the British national TV and radio listings magazine. The cover was of a traffic warden with a bandaged face and an automatic rifle in front of a pile of bodies. Zoinks! In the following days in Sheffield, somebody grafittied chalk outlines of bodies on many of the pavements at night. The film is still widely remembered as one of the most traumatising events on television in the UK. It was the talk of the playground at schools for many weeks. |
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Post by Scifishocks on Feb 10, 2007 13:25:27 GMT 1
No piles of bodies on the Radio Times cover NP, but you were close..  And talking of RT covers, here's one for The Tripods...  |
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Post by nervouspete on Feb 10, 2007 13:28:04 GMT 1
Hmm, clearly the trauma I suffered caused me to embelish the memories. Dang! So close as well! |
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Post by bobble on Feb 10, 2007 14:42:19 GMT 1
IMO, everyone should see threads at least once in thier lifetime.....and it should be shown to government officials of nuclear powers...(not that it would make any difference!!)
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Post by David Faltskog on Feb 10, 2007 14:47:17 GMT 1
Saw it when it was first broadcast, depressed the hell out of me.
Tried watching it on Google Video recently but gave up as it's still too damm depressing and i really don't need a dose of that in my life.
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Post by Ashe Raven on Feb 10, 2007 15:02:05 GMT 1
I remmber damnnear every episode of Twighlight Zone 1984 did an anti nuclear war messege
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Post by nervouspete on Feb 10, 2007 16:21:35 GMT 1
It was so punishing that I've no desire to watch the entire thing again - however I am very glad that I did watch it as it is an astonishing piece of film making on a surprisingly limited budget. Can't blame anyone for switching off or avoiding it, really.
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Post by Scifishocks on Feb 10, 2007 20:17:57 GMT 1
Well done for finding 'The War Game' on Youtube, Bobble. I've been wanting to see that for a long time but the DVD is going for silly money.
The director, Peter Watkins, did a similar 'docu-drama' style film about the Battle of Culloden which I caught a while back.
For anyone interested, 'War Plan UK', a book by Duncan Campbell, ably spells out how woeful the civil defence policy was, and therefore how buggered the UK was in the early 80's if there had been a war. Also by the same author, 'The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier' tells of how little control the UK government actually had over most of the nuclear weapons we had on our soil in the many American bases in place back then.
Scary stuff!
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Post by bobble on Feb 10, 2007 21:30:15 GMT 1
Oh my god!!!, just had a look on Amazon for that book and the cheapest is £65.00!!!! Must be a bit of a collectors item!!  |
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