Originally posted by nightbringr

Originally posted by SrWingCommander
You know, most of those probably under 35 or so have probably never seen, "the Day After" or "threads". 2 80's movies that look at global (us/ussr) nuclear war. A bit cheezy by today's standards....but sobering.

I was in my early teens when i first saw "The Day After".

To this very day, i have never seen a more terrifying movie in my life. It was shown in 1984 when Reagan was famously confronting the "evil empire". The cold war during that time had the potential to go hot at any moment, as Able Archer could attest to.

I downloaded it as well as Threads to watch again a few years ago. Yeah, they are cheesy by todays standards, but the message is no less chilling, as are the attack scenes. Everyone should watch these movies.

Other movies for your appocalyptic viewing needs: Countdown to Looking Glass, Testament, Miracle Mile, Special Bulletin and my personal favorite, even if its not nuclear in nature, The Road.

edit on 22-8-2012 by nightbringr because: (no reason given)

Originally posted by Alternative4u
A good post that, the only thing here though that I can put on the site is that the public wont be alerted in the UK or USA or anywhere else in any NATO area. The reason is that the public were removed from ALL emergency notices some 10 years ago, that was why the UK government closed the ROC posts down, they were there to protect the public, the only UK group that use to protect them.
Now in the UK & USA you wont need to prepare if any nuclear attack happens simply because you wont get told, by the time you know you have been attacked you will smell strange if you are close to point where missile lands, rather like burnt toast, and if your seen on streets where everyone is not quite dead the army are told to shoot you so your not a pest to them.
Sad by true,however be happy that your leaders who got your country into such a b - - - -y mess will be okay in the bunker you prepared for them with your tax money.