The Terrifying Possibility of Accidental Nuclear War

Re:The Terrifying Possibility of Accidental Nuclear War by trimbo on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @09:32AM (#37235582)

And there was a bunch of primetime TV content about the nuclear apocalypse when a large part of Gen X was at an impressionable age.

"Threads" (UK), "The Day After" (US) are two big ones. Two lesser known ones that had a profound impact on me were "Special Bulletin" and an episode of the new Twilight Zone called "A Little Piece and Quiet"[1]

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1UX7z8YBM .. this run of the new TZ had many episodes about nuclear destruction

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Re:The Terrifying Possibility of Accidental Nuclear War by NoMoreNicksLeft on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @09:46AM (#37235778)

If you missed those (or had parents who wouldn't let you watch it), those only aired once or twice.

But the made-for-rental movies you could get to watch over the weekend, there must have been a dozen of those. I still remember the one where the space station astronauts that crashland after, and the cannibals "rescue" them within minutes of touchdown.

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Re:The Terrifying Possibility of Accidental Nuclear War by daltont on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @09:53AM (#37235884)

I'm pretty sure that is DEFCON-4 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087130)

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Re:The Terrifying Possibility of Accidental Nuclear War by NoMoreNicksLeft on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @04:42PM (#37241641)

Hah! Zathras starred in that movie. Go figure.

* By the way, there only ever was one Zathras, but he used the Great Machine to time travel so that he could work more than 24 hours per day. Or maybe someone used it on him, that part's unclear (I mean, why would he do that to himself?).

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Re:The Terrifying Possibility of Accidental Nuclear War by pstuart on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @09:59AM (#37235982)

There's a better one where the space ship lands on unknown planet and they encounter talking apes who kill and capture them. But there's a twist!

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Re:The Terrifying Possibility of Accidental Nuclear War by NoMoreNicksLeft on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:15AM (#37236273)

As an Xer, gotta say I don't have much of a chimp phobia.

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Re:The Terrifying Possibility of Accidental Nuclear War by euroderf on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @09:49AM (#37235815)

Also "Miracle Mile". Underrated.

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Re:The Terrifying Possibility of Accidental Nuclear War by isx726552 on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:01AM (#37236026)

“Forget everything you just heard, and go back to sleep. (click)”

https://youtu.be/sixCVdhy0lQ

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