On Aug 13, 6:17 am, ravenlynne <ravenly...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> PumpkinEscobar wrote:
> > In article <090820070910255853%lurkinghor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > lurkinghorror <lurkinghor...@[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'?
>
> I have one word for everyone: "Threads". Makes the rest look like a
> tea party.
>
> --
> -Gina in Italy
>
> http://www.myspace.com/ravenlynne1975
>
> I've got the ways and means
> to New Orleans
> I'm goin' down by the river where it's warm and green
> Gonna have a drink
> And walk around
> I've got a lot to think about oh yeah...
>
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"War Games", made for the BBC in 1965 but not aired until 1985, is
almost as pessimistic as "Threads". The scene were the British police
in their traditional "Bobbie" hats are performing triage on the
wounded using pistols is particularly chilling.
Joe
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