KillerWolf
03-14-2009, 02:40 PM
for real though. dont just pull something like Star Wars outta your ass. really think about it. and explain your answer, please. it should be something at least twenty years old, shouldnt it? i would also think the original should have been either not good, or not successful. this is just my logic - but pick anything you want. having said that, i nominate:
The Day After - Jason Robards, Steve Gutenberg, John Lithgow - 1983
contravercial ABC made-for-TV movie, which depicted the lead up to and aftermath of a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
what's bad about it: most of the acting. this was a made for tv movie, and it shows. after-school special level of acting and dialogue.
the music score is attrocious: think Waltons/Little House on the Prarie fusion.
in some ways, the movie was very unrealistic. well only in one way that really stands out - being the number and location of survivors. okay, the movie is set in and around Kansas City, Mo and Lawrence, Kansas. the significance being that the movie is set in areas that are in and around Whitman Air Force Base, one of five Minute Man missile fields (missile silos spread all over the middle of Missouri). so very few, if any of those people would have survived. we're talking blast damage to most of the area. so they might want to diversify their settings.
what's good about it: the lead up to the conflict was very realistic, and very true to the nature of the cold war at the time in question.
in todays world where we are in fear of terrorism and threats to our security by small nations, this would bring some perspective on where we are now vs. then.
it is set in the 80's, which seems like the new 60's as far as time peices go.
if done properly, i think it could be a powerful film and not just a contravercial - but rather crappy tv movie.
The Day After - Jason Robards, Steve Gutenberg, John Lithgow - 1983
contravercial ABC made-for-TV movie, which depicted the lead up to and aftermath of a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
what's bad about it: most of the acting. this was a made for tv movie, and it shows. after-school special level of acting and dialogue.
the music score is attrocious: think Waltons/Little House on the Prarie fusion.
in some ways, the movie was very unrealistic. well only in one way that really stands out - being the number and location of survivors. okay, the movie is set in and around Kansas City, Mo and Lawrence, Kansas. the significance being that the movie is set in areas that are in and around Whitman Air Force Base, one of five Minute Man missile fields (missile silos spread all over the middle of Missouri). so very few, if any of those people would have survived. we're talking blast damage to most of the area. so they might want to diversify their settings.
what's good about it: the lead up to the conflict was very realistic, and very true to the nature of the cold war at the time in question.
in todays world where we are in fear of terrorism and threats to our security by small nations, this would bring some perspective on where we are now vs. then.
it is set in the 80's, which seems like the new 60's as far as time peices go.
if done properly, i think it could be a powerful film and not just a contravercial - but rather crappy tv movie.