| Threads is on BBC4 tonight 19:42 - Oct 9 with 3895 views | blueprint |
Proper eerie Nuclear War drama. Easy to forget how WW3 was a real concern in the early 80s. [Post edited 9 Oct 2024 19:43]
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 19:47 - Oct 9 with 3190 views | Keno |
not sure I would put concern over WW3 in the past tense!! |  |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 19:49 - Oct 9 with 3181 views | blueprint |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 19:47 - Oct 9 by Keno |
not sure I would put concern over WW3 in the past tense!! |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 20:04 - Oct 9 with 3146 views | Keno |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 19:49 - Oct 9 by blueprint |
Good point |
Im cheering myself up by watching the film 13 days about the Cuba missile crisis | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 20:10 - Oct 9 with 3125 views | factual_blue |
Some gentle mid-week viewing... by factual_blue 9 Oct 2024 14:59And then tomorrow start reading Nuclear War: A Scenario by Anne Jacobsen.
Should it come to that, I'm heading for the gates of RAF Lakenheath, where I'll inject myself with several penloads of insulin, and then get vaporised by the heat of the explosion (at the moment of explosion, temperatures are hotter than the sun).
I wouldn't want to live in a post-nuclear world, and in any event anybody over 50 will be left to die anyway.
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 20:16 - Oct 9 with 3086 views | Keno |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 20:10 - Oct 9 by factual_blue |
Some gentle mid-week viewing... by factual_blue 9 Oct 2024 14:59And then tomorrow start reading Nuclear War: A Scenario by Anne Jacobsen.
Should it come to that, I'm heading for the gates of RAF Lakenheath, where I'll inject myself with several penloads of insulin, and then get vaporised by the heat of the explosion (at the moment of explosion, temperatures are hotter than the sun).
I wouldn't want to live in a post-nuclear world, and in any event anybody over 50 will be left to die anyway.
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But people live in Diss | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 21:09 - Oct 9 with 3005 views | BlueBadger |
The A&E at [redacted] General looked like the live show this morning. |  |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 21:20 - Oct 9 with 2985 views | BlueBadger |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 20:10 - Oct 9 by factual_blue |
Some gentle mid-week viewing... by factual_blue 9 Oct 2024 14:59And then tomorrow start reading Nuclear War: A Scenario by Anne Jacobsen.
Should it come to that, I'm heading for the gates of RAF Lakenheath, where I'll inject myself with several penloads of insulin, and then get vaporised by the heat of the explosion (at the moment of explosion, temperatures are hotter than the sun).
I wouldn't want to live in a post-nuclear world, and in any event anybody over 50 will be left to die anyway.
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Pffft, you survived two world wars and the black death, a simple nuke won't stop you. | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 22:18 - Oct 9 with 2890 views | factual_blue |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 20:16 - Oct 9 by Keno |
But people live in Diss |
'Somehow exist in Diss'.
Calling that 'living' is stretching a point. | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 22:21 - Oct 9 with 2896 views | factual_blue |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 21:20 - Oct 9 by BlueBadger |
Pffft, you survived two world wars and the black death, a simple nuke won't stop you. |
In the mid-eighties, my name was on the list for the government bunker under [redacted] Civic Centre. | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 22:28 - Oct 9 with 2880 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 22:21 - Oct 9 by factual_blue |
In the mid-eighties, my name was on the list for the government bunker under [redacted] Civic Centre. |
I wonder if you wished it wasn't. |  |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 22:40 - Oct 9 with 2865 views | factual_blue |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 22:28 - Oct 9 by You_Bloo_Right |
I wonder if you wished it wasn't. |
My name was put forward by my boss as he thought (incorrectly) that I had no romantic attachments at the time.
There were probably many more names on the lists than seats, as many wouldn't have turned up. I probably wouldn't have.
Although I don't know at what point you'd have been persuaded at gunpoint to go. | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 22:42 - Oct 9 with 2860 views | factual_blue |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 19:49 - Oct 9 by blueprint |
Good point |
Einstein said something like 'I don't know what weapons the next world war will be fought with, but the one after that will be fought with rocks and sticks'. | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 22:44 - Oct 9 with 2855 views | factual_blue |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 21:09 - Oct 9 by BlueBadger |
The A&E at [redacted] General looked like the live show this morning. |
But presumably with fewer people with 100% third degree burns, or blinded by the flash of the explosion, or liberally coated with melted asphalt.... | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 00:46 - Oct 10 with 2667 views | stonojnr |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 20:04 - Oct 9 by Keno |
Im cheering myself up by watching the film 13 days about the Cuba missile crisis |
which is a good film, I dont think it comes close to relaying the tension and outright nearness of armageddon that was felt at the time, but its certainly one to watch to learn about that crisis. |  | | |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 01:00 - Oct 10 with 2662 views | stonojnr |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 22:40 - Oct 9 by factual_blue |
My name was put forward by my boss as he thought (incorrectly) that I had no romantic attachments at the time.
There were probably many more names on the lists than seats, as many wouldn't have turned up. I probably wouldn't have.
Although I don't know at what point you'd have been persuaded at gunpoint to go. |
as much as the nice man from the council tried to explain to a classroom of kids in the 80s who'd either watched Threads, or were made to read Brother in the Land for English lessons, which is basically like Threads the book the sequel, that local government and civil defence would carry on in these places and it was all going to be fine, and like it wasnt a secret building no-one knew about, everyone knew where the door was to it, he told us for a start.
there wouldnt have been anyone left in Ipswich to be forced to go to it, think about where we are in the UK, and what places surrounded us. Bentwaters, Woodbridge, Sizewell, Wattisham, Mildenhall, Lakenheath, Felixstowe.
and it was about as much use as painting your windows white and sitting under a table protected by your living room door was going to be, basically a distraction to make you think there might be some vague hope the authorities had it under control and knew what to do, but actually there wasnt ever going to be if it really really came to it. | | | |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 05:44 - Oct 10 with 2566 views | Mercian |
Has anyone seen When the Wind Blows? It is an animated film from about the same time and on the same subject about a couple in the early stages of old age. The setting as far as I can remember never left their house. It is a long time since I watched it but their denial and we will be alright attitude was in a way as scary as Threads. |  | | |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 07:53 - Oct 10 with 2414 views | blueasfook |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 22:21 - Oct 9 by factual_blue |
In the mid-eighties, my name was on the list for the government bunker under [redacted] Civic Centre. |
Yeah right. Of course it was. |  |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 08:01 - Oct 10 with 2393 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 22:21 - Oct 9 by factual_blue |
In the mid-eighties, my name was on the list for the government bunker under [redacted] Civic Centre. |
County grave digger? Only one that could operate a shovel. |  |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 09:10 - Oct 10 with 2299 views | blueasfook |
Having watched that last night, it was bloody depressing. If the bombs drop I hope to be instantly vapourised. Post holocaust life doesn't look like fun. | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 09:27 - Oct 10 with 2245 views | baxterbasics |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 20:04 - Oct 9 by Keno |
Im cheering myself up by watching the film 13 days about the Cuba missile crisis |
I love this film, an under appreciated one.
When I saw it I knew very little about that period. But it prompted me to read up more into the crisis. We get to know a lot about those Oval Office discussions because Kennedy was secretly recording.
I am always fascinated by these moments where those in power are under extreme pressure and the stakes are high. The "9/11: Inside the President's War Room" documentary is another excellent example, or the book "5 Days in London" about the early days of WW2 when France was about to fall and the new war cabinet had to decide what it's stance was on continuing the fight Vs negotiating with Germany.
As for Threads, it's so bleak it's almost like it's designed so that when the nukes do come, those who survive will be able to say "oh this isn't so bad after all!" |  |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 16:32 - Oct 10 with 2069 views | factual_blue |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 01:00 - Oct 10 by stonojnr |
as much as the nice man from the council tried to explain to a classroom of kids in the 80s who'd either watched Threads, or were made to read Brother in the Land for English lessons, which is basically like Threads the book the sequel, that local government and civil defence would carry on in these places and it was all going to be fine, and like it wasnt a secret building no-one knew about, everyone knew where the door was to it, he told us for a start.
there wouldnt have been anyone left in Ipswich to be forced to go to it, think about where we are in the UK, and what places surrounded us. Bentwaters, Woodbridge, Sizewell, Wattisham, Mildenhall, Lakenheath, Felixstowe.
and it was about as much use as painting your windows white and sitting under a table protected by your living room door was going to be, basically a distraction to make you think there might be some vague hope the authorities had it under control and knew what to do, but actually there wasnt ever going to be if it really really came to it. |
The entrance to the Kelvedon Hatch nuclear bunker (the main central government bunker, situated on the land of the Channon family of tory grandees) has a long corridor with leading to the very thick steel doors guarding the control room.
In the event of nuclear attack, anybody trying to get into the bunker would have been mown down by the couple of machine guns positioned outside the door. There was no shelter, so you'd die. | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 16:41 - Oct 10 with 2048 views | Keno |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 00:46 - Oct 10 by stonojnr |
which is a good film, I dont think it comes close to relaying the tension and outright nearness of armageddon that was felt at the time, but its certainly one to watch to learn about that crisis. |
as historical films go it isnt bad but like you say cant possibly capture the tension | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 17:23 - Oct 10 with 2002 views | baxterbasics |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 16:32 - Oct 10 by factual_blue |
The entrance to the Kelvedon Hatch nuclear bunker (the main central government bunker, situated on the land of the Channon family of tory grandees) has a long corridor with leading to the very thick steel doors guarding the control room.
In the event of nuclear attack, anybody trying to get into the bunker would have been mown down by the couple of machine guns positioned outside the door. There was no shelter, so you'd die. |
Automated sentry guns like we see in Aliens (directors cut) or are we talking actual men with guns? | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 17:42 - Oct 10 with 1972 views | baxterbasics |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 00:46 - Oct 10 by stonojnr |
which is a good film, I dont think it comes close to relaying the tension and outright nearness of armageddon that was felt at the time, but its certainly one to watch to learn about that crisis. |
I thought it did pretty good, particularly nice touch that when they are heading in to meet the Russian ambassador with the 'final offer' they notice smoke from the chimney where they are burning their documents.
What wasn't known by the Americans at the time, was the presence of lower yield 'battlefield' nukes in Cuba and that local commanders had authorisation to use them without further orders from Moscow. Had they pressed ahead with the invasion option, you then had the prospect of 1000s of American troops, maybe 10s of thousands, being obliterated in a blink. It's doubtful Kennedy could have avoided the pressure to escalate in that scenario. | |
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| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 17:59 - Oct 10 with 1931 views | bluelagos |
| Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 20:04 - Oct 9 by Keno |
Im cheering myself up by watching the film 13 days about the Cuba missile crisis |
Said it before, if WW3 had followed the Cuba missile crisis we'd still be league champions, 2024 would be our 62nd consecutive year. |  |
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