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[Mish]

Finished watching this film last night. It's a very powerful old film about the effects of a nuclear war and the following nuclear winter. It left a lasting impression, I recommend for everyone to watch it.


On-screen text tells us that 210 megatons have fallen on the United Kingdom (with 3,000 megatons total falling around the world), that two-thirds of houses are in fire zones, and that immediate deaths are between 17 and 30 million. In addition, the threat from fallout means no attempt is made to fight the fires or rescue those trapped by the flames. Burning the bodies is considered a waste of what little fuel remains, as is using fuel to power bulldozers in order to dig mass graves. Thus, millions of bodies are left unburied throughout the UK, which leads to the outbreak of diseases such as cholera and typhus. Three to eight years after the war, Britain's population has fallen to medieval levels of some 4 to 11 million.

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[IndiReloaded]

Personally, I prefer 'Terminator'.

[Mish]

Personally, I prefer 'Terminator'.

Terminator has less chance happening tomorrow

[Gribble]

Ever read Hiroshima?

[Mish]

Ever read Hiroshima?

Ofcourse, but those primitive weapons weren't powerful enough to bring Japan back into medieval ages (which is what I imagine a 3000+ megatone payload might do to the world).

The movie sets the ease with which that horrendous reality can occur into perspective.



Words "The living will envy the dead" come to mind.