Were any of you bloggers among the nearly 100 million people who watched “The Day After” 25 years ago today? The TV movie was mostly filmed in Lawrence and was about a nuclear attack. Though we don’t worry as much anymore about the possibility of such an attack, that danger hasn’t receded, said the film’s director. “If anything,” he said, “it has grown worse, with atomic weapons no longer under control of stable governments.”
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“Loose nukes” are yet another area that WorstPresidentEver negligently ignored.
No money it in for his pals . . .
stay informed — http://www.hallindsey.org — the news that the “big-3″ havn’t the guts to touch.
dadman – Hey doesn’t Israel have a similar program for their youth and doesn’t everyone there have to serve their time in the military? What’s the difference – other than you just hate Obama?
And aren’t there Jesus Camps somewhere in the United States?
Are you okay with those?
why do you think I hate Obama ??
Umm, hate to interrupt, but yeah, I was 10 when I watched this. Didn’t scare me half as bad as this movie my Mom took me to at church. It dealt with Revelations…can’t remember the name of it at the moment though. Guillotines and bad people. Scary.
Doesnt Obama want to gut airborne lazer programs?
I’m just saying, that would be kind of dumb.
Yes, I watched it 25 years ago. The thing I most recall was the guessing game my wife and I had about identifying the places in Lawrence where it was filmed.
Well — I guess mom can’t figure out why she said that I hate Obama
Don’t remember it being on, probably was too busy to watch TV. About that time, I had a lot of extra duties and didn’t have time to but eat and sleep.
But I must say, I do enjoy an ‘elephant walk’ …
That’s when every aircraft on an air force base is evacuated one right after another because of an impending nuclear attack.
It makes a marvelous bone shaking sound for about thirty minutes as fighters, tankers, bombers and cargo aircraft line up and ‘rev’ out to max engine, then take off.
The New York Times reported that the International Atomic Energy Agency report indicates that Iran “has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb.” “‘They clearly have enough material for a bomb,’ said Richard L. Garwin, a top nuclear physicist who helped invent the hydrogen bomb and has advised Washington for decades. ‘They know how to do the enrichment. Whether they know how to design a bomb, well, that’s another matter.’”
http://unitedagainstnucleariran.com/
dadman – from your obvious bias???
And you never answered my questions – doesn’t Israel have mandatory military service from their youth? And what about those Jesus camps training their ’soldiers’?
Well – I guess dadman can’t figure out what to say???
dadman – I heard Pat Robertson on his show today advocating a pre-emptive strike against Iran. Are you on board with that also?
dadman – here’s a hint for you – go re-read your link and it is quite obvious as to your bias.
Just because I don’t agree with someone does not mean that I ‘hate’ that individule — a little judgmental on your part ??
are you mom uncomfortable with someone criticizing your ‘messiah’ ??
is mom comfortable with Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon ??
is m o m comfortable with Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon ??
is dadman comfortable with Israel having nuclear weapons ??
yes I am
i s mom comfortable with Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon ??
I don’t know if she is. I am not comfortable with ANY apocolyptic country having nukes there.
a simple yes or no will be sufficiant — mom
sufficient — excuse me
Be easy on Mom dadman…
She’s one of these”‘Who is buried in Grant’s Tomb Libs.”
is mom behind bth’s apron ??
is mom comfortable with Iran obtaining a nuclear w e a p o n ??
I’ll take mom’s failure to answer as a YES — she IS comfortable with Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon – sad — very very sad — no-wonder radical Muslims LOVE liberals — you have a great day Regular – later people
“no-wonder radical Muslims LOVE liberals”
Is that why alQuada called Obama a “house negro”?
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gQ5NlHvDvO92xGgn0pwBcDqQ_8UQ
I don’t know about mom, but I could care less if Iran has a nuke.
I remember my son and I watching it. I looked over at my son and he was crying. He was ten at the time. I had to turn the TV off and explain to him it was not real. Very freaky evening. It was done so well, it should be shown on a yearly basis, just to remind us what nuclear war really is.
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Regular
Posted November 20, 2008 at 2:37 pm | Permalink
Don’t remember it being on, probably was too busy to watch TV. About that time, I had a lot of extra duties and didn’t have time to but eat and sleep.
But I must say, I do enjoy an ‘elephant walk’ …
That’s when every aircraft on an air force base is evacuated one right after another because of an impending nuclear attack.
It makes a marvelous bone shaking sound for about thirty minutes as fighters, tankers, bombers and cargo aircraft line up and ‘rev’ out to max engine, then take off.
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Basically an ORI (Overall readiness inspection). I was at March AFB in 1964 when I went through my first: B52’s crabbing down the runway, wings almost flapping in the backwash of the previous B52. One of the most amazing sights I’ve ever seen.
I found the series Jericho much more interesting.
“The Day After” was pretty good, but for sheer horror it was lightweight compared to the British film “Threads,” a TV movie from 1984 or so. Be prepared to be horrified.
As to Iran and nukes: the dream of nonproliferation is nice, but it isn’t practical. None of the physics behind atomic weapons are classified– any nation that can gain access to the active material and has a decent staff of techs and scientists can build one. You may not be happy or comfortable with it, but that’s reality.
It was 24 years ago TODAY that Reagan announced his goal to build a space station within 10 years.
Ooops. It’s still under construction.
I was up at KU when it was being filmed, and had some friends who ditched classes to be victims on the floor of Allen Fieldhouse. I just remember that the night it ran on TV, the dorm lobby was packed full of people, and by the time the movie ended you could hear a pin drop, it was so quiet. Everyone just got up and shuffled off without talking.
I was in high school and everyone my age was SURE Reagan was going to revive the draft and send us all off to war. That or blow up the world.
This DID have side benefits with the girls, who were sure all us guys were gonna get sent to die.
It’s an okay movie with some really intense parts.
And one HILARIOUSLY glaring gaffe.
During one of the nuclear detonations, the blastwave is moving one direction and the American flag is flying in the other!
So,so movie. When liberals freak out they make movies like that. Just as “Dr. Strangelove” and “Failsafe” were released to influence the 1964 Goldwater/ Johnson Presidential election, “The Day After” was about getting Reagan defeated in 1984.
By the way, I’m a huge fan of “Dr. Strangelove” and I always kinda liked “Failsafe too. Another good movie about impending nuclear war from that time period is “The Bedford Incident”. Something about those old black and white movies really gets to you.
Yeah Obama, go ahead and gut the National Defense budget.
Then we can blame you for the rogue nukes that will destroy New York and LA during your first 4 years.
9/9/9
10/10/10
9/11/11
BlueJay
Posted November 20, 2008 at 7:08 pm | Permalink
During one of the nuclear detonations, the blastwave is moving one direction and the American flag is flying in the other!
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I’m sure you cheered the burning flag too.
Does anyone really think that Russia and Putin are no longer a threat?
They’ve resumed bomber flights over the arctic, still have ICBM’s aimed where (?), brag about their plans to modernize their military forces including new ICBM’s, ABM’s, Bombers, Fighters, and Navy fleet.
Oh, and China, increasing Defense spending by 15 – 20% per year.
Rogue nukes are a threat for sure, but Russia/China haven’t exactly disappeared.
JJ,
What national defense budget? Between Iraq and Wall Street there isn’t anything left to budget- Bushie gave it all away!
“I’m sure you cheered the burning flag too.”
IF the flag had been burning, I would have mentioned it.
And yes, I remember “The Day After.” Didn’t have much effect on me as I was dealing with a nuclear disaster of my own at the time.
“JimJohnson
Posted November 20, 2008 at 9:08 pm | Permalink
Yeah Obama, go ahead and gut the National Defense budget.
Then we can blame you for the rogue nukes that will destroy New York and LA during your first 4 years.
9/9/9
10/10/10
9/11/11″
A more likely scenario would be local – like Jericho. And sort of like the anthrax terror attcks that came from a military lab.
“JimJohnson
Posted November 20, 2008 at 9:51 pm | Permalink
Does anyone really think that Russia and Putin are no longer a threat?”
But … I thought Bush looked into Putin’s eyes and saw his soul mate.
Pleefer
Posted November 20, 2008 at 2:21 pm | Permalink
Umm, hate to interrupt, but yeah, I was 10 when I watched this. Didn’t scare me half as bad as this movie my Mom took me to at church. It dealt with Revelations…can’t remember the name of it at the moment though. Guillotines and bad people. Scary.
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That’s funny, I was just talking to someone about that movie the other day. I can’t remember the name of it either.
BlueJay
Posted November 20, 2008 at 7:08 pm | Permalink
I was in high school and everyone my age was SURE Reagan was going to revive the draft and send us all off to war. That or blow up the world.
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Interesting… So you have a history of being wrong. Thanks for pointing that out.
“I was in high school and everyone my age …”
It was not just MY opinion “I rule”
Work at being “I read”
BlueJay
Posted November 21, 2008 at 7:24 am | Permalink
“I was in high school and everyone my age …”
It was not just MY opinion “I rule”
Work at being “I read”
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EVERYONE your age was paranoid and delusional? How’d that work out?
2 movies that are much better than this one: Testament made in 1983 starring Jane Alexander and William DeVane, and THREADS which is a British film made the same year as The Day After. You can view the entire THREADS movie on Google Videos.
I remember watching it. The thing that freaked me out the most was that there were several missle silos within a few miles of where I lived. There were those cute little “M” signs to point them out. Shift change for McConnell airmen who worked at the silos was evident every day at a small gas ‘n go on K-42. That made it even more real. Quick geography hint: the same gas ‘n go from which a female was kidnapped a couple of months ago.
Saw it.
My god that was 25 years ago???
When did I get old :((