The Day After





Even in 2009, this film is sad to watch.
[Edited 12/7/09 13:04pm]

I watched it back then. I remember my parents were nervous about me watching it.

I remember it clearly. I didn't go to school the next day and then was traumatized because I never had a chance to discuss it in class because they only discussed it the day after the "Day After"

I remember it being a big deal and watching it with my mom but don't remember the details.

I actually own the DVD and know it well

ufoclub said:

Could you blame them? A film like this is a perfect example of how a few nuclear missiles can end humanity in a matter of a few weeks even if anyone survive the blasts.

johnart said:

About a nuclear attack that would happen in the USA.

TonyVanDam said:

I know I actually watched this in school long ago when I first saw it. Made alot of people stop and think about what would happen

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Until this year, I didn't recall ever watch The Day After years ago. This is one of those films that will make most 9-year-olds cried hard.

I remember seeing this film in 1983.

TonyVanDam said:

They don't make things like this for TV anymore. This was truly hardcore for the times. It's hardcore now. It's hardcore period.

I remember it well. It was imprinted on my brain after I watched it. I was terrified a nuclear war was going to break out any minute most of 8th grade.

That was back when people actually watched TV movies of the week (and many of them were good). A lot of them were really scary. I recall one (I think it was a TV movie and not a "real" movie) that had Valerie Harper playing a mom whose daughter died and then came back as a ghost to kill the rest of the family. Scared me silly.

That fucking film gave me nightmares for weeks!!!

I hated the whole nuclear holocaust bidness because back then the Bay Area was a major target (We had Aircraft Carriers stationed here).

That whole vaporized in an instance or die a slow agonizing death to radiation poisoning gave me the heebie-jeebies...

Yeah, I watched it back in 1983 too.

I think most kids in the 1980s worried about nuclear war. I know I did!

There was a similar British drama called Threads which was screened in 1984.

I've never seen it. The reactions of those who have seen it are about as much as I want to experience.
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ufoclub said:

we had to watch it at school

and another horrible one called "Threads" which was far more depressing and realistic

http://www.youtube.com/wa...Qo0BQM3OlQ
(you can watch the whole movie on youtube! lol)

GirlBrother said:

you beat me to it!

ZombieKitten said:

I remember seeing pieces of "Threads" on TV a few years after is initial airing. I only saw snippets, but they were enough.

Lammastide said:

I was 12 when they made us watch these things

i remember being at church where they used to show movies about the "mark of the beast" and how people were doomed who didnt have it, and how even churches themselves were offering the mark, and how no one would be able to buy or sell without it...very scary.

then i thought (however creepy) of the song .."Home" from The Wiz.


...when i think of home i think of a place where there's love overflowing.

I remember this...and it actually scared me. Not to the point of freaking out...but thinking "wow..sure hope this doesn't happen"

Lammastide said:

which youtube part does it all go down on "threads"?

http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related

at 43-45 seconds is that ET burning?

I remember it very clearly. The Soviet Union was very much feared in the USA at that time. There was a tremendous amount of hoopla, and a really stupid Sting Song on the radio (The Russians) at that time.

I mean, it was like 'The Terrorist' threat of today, but a bit amplified, and left AND right bought into it. Don't get me wrong--the threat was probably quite possible considering the volitile situation between the west and the Soviets (and within the Union itself), but I didn't buy it at the time (I was 13 I think).

I thought to myself if I really wanted to wipe out an entire population, I'd poison their water supply first.

I was fascinated with the atomic bomb and nuclear winter though. So I found that aspect of the movie a bit neat.

ufoclub said:

You got me, man. I only ever saw disjointed pieces, so I have no idea of the plot's sequence.

Imago said:

I'll take your stupid song and raise you a Ronnie, Talk to Russia, surely the most stupdid cold war inspired song?

I remember watching that movie.

If only super powers would get rid of their missiles the world would last a bit longer

Imago said:

I'm pretty sure Russians was a couple years after The Day After.

Efan said:

Was it?

I thought it was the summer before. I remember it was right around the Purple Rain era, right?

The timeline is so mixed to me now


But I just remember at that time it was All-Russians/All-the-time

TheEnglishGent said:

He was a stupid president