Turn off your phone, sit down and watch it. Live the lives of the everyday grey people, become them. Don’t watch it as an action movie just waiting for the big bang, that is not what the film is about.
Also remember that is a world that at any time was only a few minutes away, but being British we just had a cup of tea and got on with it.
Salty_Nutbag on
In an urban society, everything connects.
Each person’s needs are fed by the skills of many others.
Our lives are woven together in a fabric.
But the connections that make society strong, also make it vulnerable.
THREADS
freeg131 on
Oh it must be Wednesday, has Putin threatened to nuke us again?
terrordactyl1971 on
Just as likely to get nuked today as back in the 80s
clydewoodforest on
Nope I’ve already had my lifetime allotment of 1 viewing of Threads, thanks.
Geoffstibbons on
No. There’s nothing I want to see in that film. I’m grateful for its role in showing the UK how prepared the UK was for a nuclear holocaust.
High-Tom-Titty on
I grew up next to HMS Warrior/Northwood Headquarters. When I saw this film my parents just said not to worry, when the warning happens we’ll stand in the garden and not feel a thing. That didn’t help surprisingly.
CensorTheologiae on
This is a cracking article about it written by one of the original programme team, a civil defence advisor:
Threads convinced me that it is better to just die immediately than try to persist following a nuclear attack.
Agreeable_Falcon1044 on
I have heard so much about this… through secondary sources, but have never seen it.
Stainless-S-Rat on
Time for a new generation to feel their first taste of existential dread.
Perudur1984 on
We are closer to this now than we were in 1984 when this was made. As a child of the 80s, we grew up under the spectre of the bomb and the horrors of nuclear war were well known at least to older teens. There were government pamphlets and adverts about what to do if we were attacked. Since then, we’ve had a couple of generations that haven’t known or understood the power of nuclear weapons through not being exposed to media like this. I see so many comments about nuking this or bombing that….time for a modern Threads remake I think.
Kijamon on
Something tells me I probably shouldn’t watch this given I have a 2 year old and I seem to be about 10,000% softer than pre toddler.
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Turn off your phone, sit down and watch it. Live the lives of the everyday grey people, become them. Don’t watch it as an action movie just waiting for the big bang, that is not what the film is about.
Also remember that is a world that at any time was only a few minutes away, but being British we just had a cup of tea and got on with it.
In an urban society, everything connects.
Each person’s needs are fed by the skills of many others.
Our lives are woven together in a fabric.
But the connections that make society strong, also make it vulnerable.
THREADS
Oh it must be Wednesday, has Putin threatened to nuke us again?
Just as likely to get nuked today as back in the 80s
Nope I’ve already had my lifetime allotment of 1 viewing of Threads, thanks.
No. There’s nothing I want to see in that film. I’m grateful for its role in showing the UK how prepared the UK was for a nuclear holocaust.
I grew up next to HMS Warrior/Northwood Headquarters. When I saw this film my parents just said not to worry, when the warning happens we’ll stand in the garden and not feel a thing. That didn’t help surprisingly.
This is a cracking article about it written by one of the original programme team, a civil defence advisor:
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/10/09/threads-bbc-nuclear-aftermath/
Threads convinced me that it is better to just die immediately than try to persist following a nuclear attack.
I have heard so much about this… through secondary sources, but have never seen it.
Time for a new generation to feel their first taste of existential dread.
We are closer to this now than we were in 1984 when this was made. As a child of the 80s, we grew up under the spectre of the bomb and the horrors of nuclear war were well known at least to older teens. There were government pamphlets and adverts about what to do if we were attacked. Since then, we’ve had a couple of generations that haven’t known or understood the power of nuclear weapons through not being exposed to media like this. I see so many comments about nuking this or bombing that….time for a modern Threads remake I think.
Something tells me I probably shouldn’t watch this given I have a 2 year old and I seem to be about 10,000% softer than pre toddler.