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Originally posted by xd45man:


Speaking of TV movies, anyone remember "The Day After" from the 80s?
That's my favorite nuclear war picture. I saw it as a kid and it scared the heck out of me.

Threads is FAR superior to The Day After

The British version and far more realistic and bleak as to what a post-nuclear war society would really look like.

I agree with Critical on "House..."

^^ I have never seen Threads. Oh its about to be movie time up in here!

I watched Threads on Tubi. This was much darker than "The Day After". Makes me want to build a fallout shelter and stock up on food buckets for 30 years supply.

I didn't think it was all that good throughout the movie. The ending made it even worse. Don't waste your time.

Majorly disappointed.

The ending was total crap.

I also just finished watching the new season of the Diplomat and it's ending leaves you hanging as well.

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Originally posted by redlickranch:

I also just finished watching the new season of the Diplomat and it's ending leaves you hanging as well.

Gotta have a cliffhanger to get folks fired up for the next season.

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Originally posted by AllenInAR:
Thinking on it, had they revealed who launched it, that would have taken away the whole question of how does the U.S. respond.

I believe they intentionally left out who fired it and the response. Even though its a movie I don't think they wanted to deal with the aftermath of portraying North Korea, China or Russia nuking the US and the response.

Did not care for it at all. It's like the filmmaker read Annie Jacobsen's book, watered it down for those who are too lazy to read and forgot to write an ending.

They took a lot of shortcuts in that movie. I'm not sure if the movie was pessimistic, anti-war or if it was telling a cautionary tale of possible future events. The entire movie was vague and numb.

The United States would know where a missile like that came from. That missile would glow on the screens of many separate and discrete systems. It wouldn't just "show up". The entire premise reminded me of "The Dome" because something "just happened" for no reason. Additionally, the actors made the military members look inept at completing simple tasks. The people that run those systems are professional and fully capable of doing their job.

We'll have to overlook the incredible velocity claim of 10 km/sec !!!! The movie needed people to do basic fact finding to help make it believable.

My biggest complaint is the writers trying to use names and numbers to sound authentic. They couldn't couldn't pull it off and left us with cold porridge.

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Originally posted by MikeNH:
It's like the filmmaker read Annie Jacobsen's book, watered it down for those who are too lazy to read and forgot to write an ending.

I agree that "Nuclear War - A Scenario" is a better inside look at a nuclear attack.

But it's not that they forgot to write an ending. The filmmaker deliberately left it vague, reportedly as a way to spark thoughts and discussions among the viewers as to how they would react and what could be done to deescalate/prevent such a no-win scenario.

Unfulfilling from a purely entertainment/plot perspective, perhaps. But arguably effective at its declared intent.

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Originally posted by Freq Geek:
The United States would know where a missile like that came from.

Not if it was launched from a previously unknown sea-based platform, as surmised in one of the primary theories from the film (North Korea using a rumored but unconfirmed and untracked sub launch capability).

The launch was detected... they just don't know who launched it.

I watched it last night and agree with a lot of the comments here.

One thing for me: Idris Elba was a big miss as President. I generally like his acting (esp. "Luther"), but he was totally unconvincing as President.

They couldn’t shoot the missile down because that would have been the end of the movie.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by MikeNH:
It's like the filmmaker read Annie Jacobsen's book, watered it down for those who are too lazy to read and forgot to write an ending.

I agree that "Nuclear War - A Scenario" is a better inside look at a nuclear attack.

But it's not that they forgot to write an ending. The filmmaker deliberately left it vague, reportedly as a way to spark thoughts and discussions among the viewers as to how they would react and what could be done to deescalate/prevent such a no-win scenario.

Unfulfilling from a purely entertainment/plot perspective, perhaps. But arguably effective at its declared intent.

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Originally posted by Freq Geek:
The United States would know where a missile like that came from.

Not if it was launched from a previously unknown sea-based platform, as surmised in one of the primary theories from the film (North Korea using a rumored but unconfirmed and untracked sub launch capability).

The launch was detected... they just don't know who launched it.

I get what you’re saying but this movie was not made well enough to do that intellectual stuff.

I found the premise for this movie fascinating!

The different perspectives were really great! The SECDEF incident (not to spoil it) was a surprise.

Some of these comments about the end miss the point of what was trying to be presented. Again, I think this is a great "what would you do" exercise. The ending is how you make it - will there be more launches toward the US, who will you retaliate against and to what level...

Loved the binder with the plastic pages and lots of color!!

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Originally posted by billpocz:
Loved the binder with the plastic pages and lots of color!!

"I call them Rare, Medium, and Well Done..."

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Originally posted by CoolRich59:
I watched it last night and agree with a lot of the comments here.

One thing for me: Idris Elba was a big miss as President. I generally like his acting (esp. "Luther"), but he was totally unconvincing as President.

That could be said about plenty of actual Presidents.

Finally watched this. I had to fast forward through 30% of it. The ending was fine. In fact, I welcomed it. I didn't like the story or the characters at all (except for Rebecca). Americans came across as weak idiots. But perhaps that's reflective of blue leadership. Perhaps that's the point to be made here?