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by alexgmcm 1747 days ago
Having seen Threads, I'm not sure surviving a nuclear war would even be desirable.
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True. Watching that movie was a mistake. I just felt bad the entire time. Just felt like absolute ass. There is something to be said about art that just makes you feel awful the entire time.
I thought the picture Threads painted was silly at the later parts. After the nuclear war, the next generation loses grammar and ability to speak coherent sentences?

Just because it is gritty, doesn't mean it is realistic. WW1 and WW2 both managed to be horrifying in unanticipated ways.

IMO not. Large-enough scale nuclear war would indicate to me a colossal failure as a species. It might be best to leave behind the fellow apes for good.

Will watch the movie.

...don't. This movie was horror on an existential level, and left me with a firm conviction that surviving a nuclear war would be the worst of all outcomes.
The worst it could do is broaden my horizon. As long as it's fiction I don't mind, but thanks for your concern :)
"Failsafe" too. Old, black and white. Spooky. :-)
Genuinely the most terrifying/saddening movie I have ever seen. Imo that was one of the most effective anti nuclear content ever produced.
Watching “Threads” made me realize I want to be at ground zero if I’m ever in the vicinity of a target for a nuclear strike.
That's more insane than having the war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmMqMYgswsA&t=609s