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I made the mistake of watching The Day After a few years ago while not wanting to go to sleep one night. Suffice it to say, I didn't sleep well that night and I

I made the mistake of watching The Day After a few years ago while not wanting to go to sleep one night. Suffice it to say, I didn't sleep well that night and I am still somewhat traumatized by it. It's my go to reference for life will be like after such an event. There's also been a lot of talk of EMPs lately and I have to imagine that the result would be something similar.

DonHopkins 10y ago
"The Americans" [1] had an eponymous episode (S04E09 "The Day After") [2] about the broadcast of "The Day After" [3] on November 20, 1983. As portrayed in that episode, everybody watched it, everybody talked about it, and it changed how everybody thought about nuclear war. I don't remember a thing about the TV event in the title of the previouis episode of "The Americans" (S04E08 "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears" [4]), but I sure remember seeing "The Day After" in 1983. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Americans_(2013_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Americans_(2013_TV_series) [2] http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/theres-got-be-day-after-americans-236632 http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/theres-got-be-day-after-america... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Statue_of_Liberty_vanishing_trick https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Statue_of_Liberty...
rebuilder 10y ago
Don't watch Threads, then. It makes The Day After look sanitized in comparison.
- s_kilk 10y ago
  The money-shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHoMSRZOS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHoMSRZOS4 (Warning: not for the faint of heart)
  - rebuilder 10y ago
    IMO it got much, much worse after that part.
s_kilk 10y ago
What a great film. Radio Announcer: "Warsaw Pact forces are close to announcing a cease-fire along the German border. There are still no eyewitness accounts to substantiate the rumor that low-kiloton range nuclear weapons were detonated this morning during the conflict, resulting in the reported destruction of Wiesbaden and the outskirts of Frankfur..." [electronic alarm cuts in] EBS Announcer: "This is the Emergency Broadcast System. All persons currently in transit in the Kansas City metropolitan area are advised to proceed immediately to the municipal shelter facility in the community or township closest to your current location. While there is no immediate danger to the Kansas City area, the Federal Emergency Management Agency urges you to learn the steps to be taken in the event of a probable attack."

DonHopkins 10y ago

"The Americans" [1] had an eponymous episode (S04E09 "The Day After") [2] about the broadcast of "The Day After" [3] on November 20, 1983. As portrayed in that episode, everybody watched it, everybody talked about it, and it changed how everybody thought about nuclear war. I don't remember a thing about the TV event in the title of the previouis episode of "The Americans" (S04E08 "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears" [4]), but I sure remember seeing "The Day After" in 1983. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Americans_(2013_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Americans_(2013_TV_series) [2] http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/theres-got-be-day-after-americans-236632 http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/theres-got-be-day-after-america... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Statue_of_Liberty_vanishing_trick https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Statue_of_Liberty...

rebuilder 10y ago

Don't watch Threads, then. It makes The Day After look sanitized in comparison.

s_kilk 10y ago
The money-shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHoMSRZOS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHoMSRZOS4 (Warning: not for the faint of heart)
- rebuilder 10y ago
  IMO it got much, much worse after that part.

s_kilk 10y ago

What a great film. Radio Announcer: "Warsaw Pact forces are close to announcing a cease-fire along the German border. There are still no eyewitness accounts to substantiate the rumor that low-kiloton range nuclear weapons were detonated this morning during the conflict, resulting in the reported destruction of Wiesbaden and the outskirts of Frankfur..." [electronic alarm cuts in] EBS Announcer: "This is the Emergency Broadcast System. All persons currently in transit in the Kansas City metropolitan area are advised to proceed immediately to the municipal shelter facility in the community or township closest to your current location. While there is no immediate danger to the Kansas City area, the Federal Emergency Management Agency urges you to learn the steps to be taken in the event of a probable attack."