In article <f9pb4p328c7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, ravenlynne
<ravenlynne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> PumpkinEscobar wrote:
> > In article <090820070910255853%lurkinghorror@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > lurkinghorror <lurkinghorror@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> Just wanted to say, that I have wondered for YEARS why there was
never
> >> a show on like Jericho.
> >>
> >> This wondering goes all the way back to the friggin' Cold War, when,
> >> lets face it, this show would have been REALLY appropriate.
> >>
> >> But no. Other than a really poorly conceived COMEDY (I think) about a
> >> bunch of people in a farmhouse that lasted (I think, again) like 2
> >> episodes, NOTHING.
> >>
> >> One of my fantasies a couple years back was an anthology show (Or
> >> series of mini-series) of classic, retro SciFi, with a Parallel
> >> Universe theme. The rationel of this theme was earlier SciFi
concerning
> >> topical events could be done more authentically as in their time
> >> period, instead of roughly modified for current themes.
> >>
> >> Which is a long way to say that I had just finished reading "Alas
> >> Babylon" which was pretty much quite like Jericho, except that it
> >> happened when we thought it was going to happen (actually right
BEFORE
> >> the Cuban Missile Crisis), and it was a small town in Florida.
> >>
> >> ...And there were no NUTS involved. ;-)
> >
> >
> > You never saw 'The Day After' in the 1980s? What about 'Amerika'?
Yes, and yes. And a couple others. There was one, was probably early to
mid 60's. A family was on vacation, when they saw the mushroom clouds.
>
> I have one word for everyone: "Threads". Makes the rest look like a
> tea party.
Never saw it, but I think I heard of it. And wasn't there a British
animated movie (or comic book) that was pretty serious?
Not that it matters, but is it too late to clarify my vague use of the
word "show." What I meant by that was a continuing SERIES. Like if
someone had added nukes to Red Dawn, then put it on TV, in a weekly
format.
That is what I meant by "never a show on like Jericho" Never a
continuing TV show.
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In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times
like
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-- Paul Harvey
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