Let's have an informal poll. What do you think is the best film concerning nuclear war (or immediate threat thereof)?
Since practically every film on the subject starts with a misunderstanding or a mistake being made; which film do you think has the most plausible method of a nuclear mistake occurring?
For me the first one's a toss up, there are several I like.
Question 2. The Day After. A series of unrelated events puts two nuclear club powers on a collision course.
For question 1, without any doubt at all it's Threads.
For question 2, I'd go with Fail Safe. I know it's not plausible in the sense that it accurately reflects the way nuclear deterrence was handled in the cold war, but the premise of a system set up to work one way producing all sorts of unanticipated adverse consequences leading to disaster is one I find eminently plausible. If you study the way real accidents happen, it's very often a result of the fact that the people who design systems expect people to behave one way, only to have unanticipated circumstances make them act in ways that, whilst logical to the people on the spot, the designers never anticipated.
For me - Fail-Safe - just the "high pitched whine" after it happens ... awesome film
shareThe Bedford Incident.
Hostile Waters.
The Hunt for Red October.
All feature submarines, nuclear weapons and a major misunderstanding.
But Threads is awesome, a bit bleak.
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