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I agree. Threads is more realistic, but The day after literally ignited panic in millions of families (I remember watching it on Television when I was 6, almos

I agree. Threads is more realistic, but The day after literally ignited panic in millions of families (I remember watching it on Television when I was 6, almost any other neighbour household was watching the same thing!) I would also add the more prosaic Wargames, also from 1983, to the list of movies talking about a "Global Thermonuclear War" and, similarly to what Princeton is doing, simulating "A strange game" where "the only winning move is not to play"

pmoriarty 4y ago
"The day after literally ignited panic in millions of families" Yeah, because they hadn't seen Threads, and because The Day After is about the effect of nuclear war on the US, which obviously hits closer to home. If they'd seen Threads their reaction to The Day After would have probably been much milder.
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago
  > which obviously hits closer to home. Maybe, but as I said I've watched it in Italy, as Italian, and almost everyone was watching it that night. Also, I was merely pointing out that before Threads there was this other movie that pioneered the idea of the atomic holocaust. There's also China Syndrome from 1979, but even though I think it's a better movie than The day after, the premise is different and the threat is the atomic energy industry, not warheads.