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06-19-13, 08:32 PM | #211 | |
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"President Ronald Reagan watched the film several days before its screening, on November 5, 1983. He wrote in his diary that the film was "very effective and left me greatly depressed," that is a sourced quote from Wikipedia. Another show you might like is "Countdown to Looking Glass" that one is more about the events that lead up to a nuclear exchange it is pretty tense. Your state at one time had a large number of ICBM silos now most of them are in the Dakotas back then they also had many silos in the mid-west and also in the tri border area of Wyoming,Nebraska and Colorado in addition to the Dakotas.They closed most down in 1997 now we only have the ones in the Dakotas of course the Russians have far fewer ICBMs as well. Maybe some where near to you http://www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/fedfac/MinutemanII.htm. Any serious enemy of the US would still want to wipe out Whiteman AFB and Offutt AFB in Nebraska so your part of the country would still be a bad location in a nuclear exchange.Dont feel left out Florida is just as bad with King's Bay near the state line in Georgia the East Coast Boomers use that port and Mayport is a major asset to the Navy that only 60 miles from me. Last edited by Stealhead; 06-19-13 at 08:49 PM. |
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06-19-13, 08:38 PM | #212 | |
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I'll look at the other one too.
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06-19-13, 11:04 PM | #213 |
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You choose to ignore part of my post I think to still feel unsure.
Well either way Reagan's greatest progressive goal was the abolishment of nuclear weapons he and Gorbachev did try they failed at the end goal but they did end up greatly easing tensions and did agree on reduction treaties.You look that up and find it to be true in many places have an honest historical objective.That fact alone lets you know that Regan really did want to try and protect as best as possible Americans from nuclear holocaust that is why he so firmly believed in SDI because he saw that as a technology that would make a Nuclear weapon useless."The Day After" showed the effect of war on innocent people so it would strengthen his resolve to do have the best defense against such an event. The idea that Regan viewed "The Day After" and wrote down a list of things to change implies that he disliked its message and was not impressed with the film.Basically it is a neoconservative myth.Anyway the subject of Ronald Reagan and his actual deeds and policies good and bad and the neoconservative myth of his deeds is an entirely different topic of discussion an interesting one indeed though I can such a thread going on for many pages as would a topic on the myth of how great Franklin Delano Roosevelt was again ignoring facts and seeking only to place on a pedestal an idealized view. Another nuclear war movie you might check out is "Dr.Strangelove". Last edited by Stealhead; 06-19-13 at 11:16 PM. |
06-19-13, 11:07 PM | #214 |
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What's with all the depressing end of the world movies Red?
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06-19-13, 11:41 PM | #215 |
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He has all summer off and only so much time to spend I recon.Though I'd save the depressing end of the world stuff for the last week or so of summer vacation myself.
Next week maybe it will be musicals. Red you should check out classic "Twilight Zone" episodes "Time Enough at Last" is a good post apocalyptic one. |
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06-20-13, 08:28 AM | #217 | |
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06-20-13, 08:32 AM | #218 |
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06-20-13, 10:50 PM | #219 |
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Ahh, another good romantic/comedy that I found in my DVD box.
When this movie first came out, it was called "Don't Tell Her It's Me". By the time I purchased it on DVD, somehow the name was changed to The Boyfriend School.
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06-20-13, 11:05 PM | #220 |
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I think I'll watch Threads now.
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06-20-13, 11:19 PM | #221 |
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After watching several WW1 aviation documentaries over the last few days, I just finished watching an old favorite again: The Blue Max. Still one of the best flying films ever made.
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06-20-13, 11:27 PM | #222 | |
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I want to watch that now!
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06-20-13, 11:31 PM | #223 |
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After you do, read the book. Or I can just tell you the differences at that time. It's well worth the watch. The replica planes are not as good as what's being produced today, but they get the job done.
There are a small handful of WW1 flying films. Two of them are favorites of mine, two more of them are quite good if not favorites. There may be others I'm forgetting at the moment. There are a couple of truly great WW2 aviation films, and a whole lot of lesser ones that are okay for a look.
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06-20-13, 11:37 PM | #224 | |
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I know what I'm going to watch once I'm done with the nuclear war movies. As far as Threads goes so far, it's really good. Seems to be similar to Sword Point by Harold Coyle as far as the war goes....and I'm 20 minutes into this movie and I've heard Johnny B. Goode twice. Popular song in 80's England?
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06-20-13, 11:51 PM | #225 |
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A great WW2 aviation movie is "Twelve O'clock High" with Gregory Peck. It doesn't seem to get mentioned much in forums which is a pity 'cause it was made not long after the war and won 2 Oscars.
It's got a great feel for the period and has lots of authentic "in action" footage. It's in black and white but who cares, the film's the thing. |
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