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2017 · TV series · 1 season

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The internet is the world's largest confessional - from online communities and message boards to chat rooms and web forums (think Reddit), the internet is a communal vault for our biggest secrets and most traumatizing moments. Inspired by real threads, this anthology series brings the most outrageous stories to life.

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  1. Mixedsh34rJun 13, 2023

    There are several doomsday movies that predate The Road, were better at the time, and hold up far better today, IMO. Children of Men (2005) would be my top suggestion. The rare movie I've gone back and watched multiple times. You know why it's good? Because the central premise didn't come true (humanity is infertile), but we live in that dystopia now anyway. It's like Black Mirror but for the police state. It didn't go into hyperbole like The Road or The Day After Tomorrow. It was a realistic, slow-motion apocalypse. Going out with a whimper instead of a bang.

    However, Children of Men is admittedly not as bleak as The Road, so not a fair comparison. If you really want a film that produces bottomless despair in the viewer, I recommend Threads (1984) instead. It was produced by the BBC on a shoestring budget, and yet it's still a better film. I can't say I recommend it, but if you do watch it, the ending is on par with Requiem for a Dream for being memorable and filled with doom and horror.

    The Road just wasn't very good IMO. No Country for Old Men, on the other hand? Same writer, different genre, but excellent.

  2. PositivedalyJan 6, 2017

    I have tried many times to get in touch with this effort without success. How can I help?

    There is an interesting movie called "Threads", a BBC drama by Barry Hines. Be sure to watch it.

  3. NegativeetermAug 2, 2013

    Your description reminds me of Threads ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads ), which is set is nearby Sheffield. At the time (1984) the centre of much industry.

    The film itself is terribly bleak, I'm glad to have not consciously lived through always worrying of nuclear war.

  4. PositivepetercooperAug 2, 2013

    I'm young enough to be on the tail end of it, but I remember seeing When The Wind Blows as a kid in the late 80s and being aware of what could happen. Curiously, the whole movie is now on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9aHT-IlkHo (it's animated)

    For anyone with a morbid curiosity over nuclear war, THREADS is worth a watch too. I didn't learn about it until very recently but supposedly it was on prime time British TV in 1984 and scared the bejeezus out of everyone in its rendition of what might happen to the UK in the case of nuclear war. It's also on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MCbTvoNrAg