Is it sad... am I insane?
I watch this around Christmas every year? Is it also weird that I enjoy depressing Nuclear War movies like this?
shareIt depends on the reasons why you watch/like them.
If it's because it's thrilling and exiting, great.
Why are you watching the movies/liking this subject?
Nuclear war and surviving it interests me.
shareYou're not alone mate. We're just obsessed. Oh well. I do find it ironic, that watching Threads now a days, is rather funny. Odd, but true. I don't know what to say, it just is. Like the refuge the Becketts build in their kitchen. WTF? They had better chances of surviving if they just stood outside.
"I'm a vehemently anti-nuclear, paranoid mess, harbouring a strange obsession with radioactive sheep."
Then you have to check out the book 'One Second After' and it's sequel, 'One Year Later.' Two of the most realistic books I've read on the subject of exactly what you are into. This series deals with the effects of an EMP.
shareYou and Ite will be pleased to know my copy of "One Second After" and "Children of the Dust"arrived in the mail today. Can't wait to start them. Both thanks to the Threads board.
shareBe sure to tell me what you think of Children of the Dust.
shareBlitzed through it. Not bad at all, and a cut above every other teen lit on the market today.
Part one was the highlight for me. Simple but effective, could've easily taken place in the threads verse. The attack was chilling and the family's struggle for survival was harrowing.
The first half of part two started to stretch credibility a little bit. But who knows if it's possible for small pockets of a population to survive in a vault for a few decades. Nonetheless there were some interesting, but mixed themes about authoritarianism and survival. The second half where we meet the surface survivors was great and very few punches were pulled. The communism vs authoritarianism theme starts to really take off.
Unfortunately part three turns a bit scifi and the themes in part two don't really get resolved, atleast satisfactorily. I was expecting the surviving factions to have turned on one another. That the survivors have evolved and created a perfect utilitarian society felt a bit like cheating to me.
It would've been cool to see how Kate and the other surface survivors coped for the first two decades.
Glad you liked it! I read it in almost one day lol.
shareGreat! Let me know what you think of One Second After. If you like it, which I'm pretty sure you will, there's a sequel, One Year Later. I've just picked that up myself and have yet to read it. Enjoy!
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