Watching this as it aired (in the 80s) + disturbing scene screenshot
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shstrang98 — 13 years ago(December 12, 2012 02:02 PM)
.and could happen quite easily.
..and very likely will happen, sorry to say. What's really sad is the innocent that will suffer such as children and babies.
And technologically we have accomplished so much and have come so far yet we're just animals and unfortunately react like animals as well.
I worry about what the future holds for my little girl and I'm powerless to stop it. -
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mhk76 — 13 years ago(October 24, 2012 03:23 PM)
If I had seen this in the 80's I probably wouldn't have slept until the mid 90's. Seriously, this is a film that all world leaders should be forced to watch at least once a year.
"Bastards!" the best line in the movie. Executed with such a feeling. -
ryujingt3 — 13 years ago(November 13, 2012 04:54 PM)
I first watched this at school in Religious Education class. We watched it in two parts. I have seen many violent movies, played many violent games and seen violence and destruction first hand but this movie is the only film I have ever seen (still) that I find truly scary.
The hospital scene sits with me the most. There are times when I watch Threads, when life is bad, to remind myself that life could be a whole lot worse and that I should be grateful for what I have. Threads made me vehemently anti-nuclear and one day I want to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki and pay my respect to those who sadly perished. -
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sonicpopo — 13 years ago(November 18, 2012 11:13 PM)
Sorry to be so cowardly in asking this, but like most on this board, this film profoundly affected me and gripped me with a terror I've been unable to shake since. However, being morbidly curious, I am interested as to what your link holds.
Can you please say what the picture shows, as I am so scared of opening up the image and suffering a series of sleepless nights with the horror. Particularly if it's the lady with the baby. I have a fear of being stared at, and her gaze cuts right through me
Thanks for humouring me. -
HereIsTheIsNot — 13 years ago(November 19, 2012 01:14 AM)
You know what, only after reading your post did I realise, "hmm, maybe I should label the photo better!" because I'm sure you're not the only one who feels this way.
The image IS of the woman holding the baby, staring directly into the camera. I'll update my post/thread, I should've had it labelled properly in the first place! -
TonyLaMezma — 13 years ago(December 21, 2012 03:10 PM)
I was 10 when this first aired and wasn't allowed to watch it at the time. I'm glad in a way, as I (and most of my friends) were absolutely terrified by the thought of nuclear war. I was certain it would happen, and it's certainly not something a care-free 10-year old should be worrying about.
I finally got to see it in school at aged 14. It was (and still is) the most profoundly disturbing, depressingly grim piece of televised fiction I have ever seen. -
lists-94 — 13 years ago(January 22, 2013 02:04 PM)
Like a lot of other folks here, I'm a big fan of "dark" material. I had just finished watching the remake of Survivors and someone suggested that I track down this movie. I had seen The Day After as a kid, but it didn't have that much of an impact.
I'm 43 years old and have watched a lot of dark stuff in my day.
But this? This is just about the most hopeless, dark, bleak, whatever, etc. film I've ever seen. This will be with me for a long, long time. I don't even know what I would have thought had I seen this as a teenager. Probably would have scared me for life. It has almost done that as an adult.
If the intent of the movie was to show you really can't survive a nuclear war, it succeeded. Should be required viewing of any world leaders. -
sandykmac-1 — 12 years ago(September 02, 2013 10:49 AM)
I watched this movie on TBS when it first aired. Luckily, my children were too young because I would never want them to see this as children. I had previously seen "The Day After" and "Testament", but as depressing as they were, neither of them affected me the way this movie did. I don't think I could ever watch it again, it was just that depressing. I had decided that if bombs were ever dropped, I wanted to be directly hit. No way did I ever want to suffer like they did in any of these movies and this one just plain closed the deal for me.