End of the World Nuke filums

[A380]

There’s was a remake of this with Brian brown iirc and it doesn’t come close to the original

The original still moves me, as does the Neville Shute Novel it was based on - I re-read that once a year and it still haunts every time, even if the scientific premiss is wrong.

The re-make was OK, but a bit meh.

 

[A380]

Just downloaded some of these from the internet archive - will spend a cheery evening watching them at some point.

Perhaps you could look at pictures of dead kittens afterwards, you know, to cheer your self up a bit...

 

[DaveCinzano]

The original still moves me, as does the Neville Shute Novel it was based on - I re-read that once a year and it still haunts every time, even if the scientific premiss is wrong.

The re-make was OK, but a bit meh.

How about the newspaper strip version?

The Holloway Pages: On the Beach

 

[A380]

Just before Christmas I started watching YouTube videos about the US missile silos out on the great plains. The ones talking about the launch procedures are scary.

Just one to start you off:

 

[A380]

How about the newspaper strip version?

The Holloway Pages: On the Beach

Never seen that, brilliant!

 

[moochedit]

Have they announced that doomsday clock thing for this year? Must be about 1 second to midnight by now?

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Threads. Maybe it's on youtube.

It isn't. but this is.

 

[Ax^]

threads is on the internet archive if you want to make a rainy shit sunday jan even bleaker

 

[not-bono-ever]

One that has slipped most people by- a curious but kinda effective Canadian made for TV epic- filmed from the perspective of a news channel - Countdown to Looking glass- I do like this one - the concept is great

 

[not-bono-ever]

and another. this un is about Winnipeg mostly. The thing that comes acrosss is that the the canadians thought "fuck it" and realised they were powerless with the great satan to the south, especially the proximity to the US silos to the border. It looks like they decided to do other stuff rather than prepare for a brave new post nuke world.

 

[krtek a houby]

Jogged the memory, this thread. Have not seen in many years but this one, penned by HG Wells is a classic. Whilst not quite nuclear devestating, it deals with endless conflict and a grim future.



The clip is Kermode. Actual film is all on the platform, and can't wait to see it again.

 

[Idris2002]

Jogged the memory, this thread. Have not seen in many years but this one, penned by HG Wells is a classic. Whilst not quite nuclear devestating, it deals with endless conflict and a grim future.



The clip is Kermode. Actual film is all on the platform, and can't wait to see it again.

I think Wells did predict The Bomb (yes, that The Bomb) in one of his other books. Just not in Things to Come. But I suppose TTC does provide the template for post-catastrophe movies (was it the first of its kind, on that score?)

 

[krtek a houby]

I think Wells did predict The Bomb (yes, that The Bomb) in one of his other books. Just not in Things to Come. But I suppose TTC does provide the template for post-catastrophe movies (was it the first of its kind, on that score?)

Am currently reading (very slowly as the language is deliberately archaic) William Hope Hodgson's The Night Land, which predates the HG Wells film and novel by some 20 years. Not sure if it's ever been filmed but it's definitely a post catastrophic tale...

 

[DaveCinzano]

Jogged the memory, this thread. Have not seen in many years but this one, penned by HG Wells is a classic. Whilst not quite nuclear devestating, it deals with endless conflict and a grim future.



The clip is Kermode. Actual film is all on the platform, and can't wait to see it again.

Full film is available on Internet Archive:

 

[Serge Forward]

Episode of the Twilight Zone, The Shelter is worth a watch.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Oof, forgot about this beauty

The day the earth caught fire. It’s a fabulous watch. Ticks all me end of the world boxes. Current online on the talking movies on request channel on free view - yes, there are tos of old movies on there for free ( red button to activate)

A young lanky Micheal Caine pops up uncredited as a copper

 

[DaveCinzano]

Oof, forgot about this beauty

The day the earth caught fire. It’s a fabulous watch. Ticks all me end of the world boxes. Current online on the talking movies on request channel on free view - yes, there are tos of old movies on there for free ( red button to activate)

A young lanky Micheal Caine pops up uncredited as a copper View attachment 400559

Well, it's a foolhardy person who thinks they can alter the nutation of the Earth without consequences

 

[Sue]

Well, it's a foolhardy person who thinks they can alter the nutation of the Earth without consequences

Are you that foolhardy person, DaveCinzano?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Are you that foolhardy person, DaveCinzano?

Like they say, nothing nutated, nothing gained

 

[DaveCinzano]

Who nutated my post?

 

[hash tag]

Is there anything grimmer than the Road ( book or film ).

The Road (2009 film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[not-bono-ever]

Read the book . Couldn’t put it down/ will never pick it up again / or watch the filum

 

[Sue]

Is there anything grimmer than the Road ( book or film ).

The Road (2009 film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Can I just point out it's not really a Friday night date film? (I've actually done worse. . When i say 'done, I mean 'organised'. )

 

[hash tag]

Can I just point out it's not really a Friday night date film? (I've actually done worse. . When i say 'done, I mean 'organised'. )

I missed the date bit somewhere though did point out it was grim.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Great thread! Anarcho-preppers in da house!

And 'Threads' - obviously. Great almost documentary style, absolutely no-punches-pulled of the horror of it either. Gave me teenage nightmares. Re-watched the other day in light of WW3 chatter and was still horrifying.

Someone's trying track down who the person in the iconic traffic warden outfit photo was.
Yes, I thought it was Kenneth Branagh too but it seems not.

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