Jack Yerbody Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 The effects of high exposure to radiation are not necessarily immediately obvious, and can take some time to manifest themselves. Also, it depends on the stage of foetal development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinajones Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 Originally posted by Jack Yerbody The effects of high exposure to radiation are not necessarily immediately obvious, and can take some time to manifest themselves. Also, it depends on the stage of foetal development. yes, but its a film therefore my expectation is for information to be condensed a bit more. even the dead baby at the end wasn't manky, just dead. after all that exposure to the fallout you'd think there would be some evidence of it in the film... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Yerbody Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 You wouldn't get birth defects like hearts outside the chest cavity or the like until much later. But your point is a fair one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Dave Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 Were the kids mentally disabled, or was it that their language skills had deteriorated? And out of curiosity, does anyone know of any sites that would give any more info on the effects of nuclear war? I found the subject really interesting, in a macarbe sort of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinajones Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 Originally posted by Funky Dave Were the kids mentally disabled, or was it that their language skills had deteriorated? And out of curiosity, does anyone know of any sites that would give any more info on the effects of nuclear war? I found the subject really interesting, in a macarbe sort of way. the kids seemed quite normal considering they lived in a pile of rubble and ate rats and had no books, they managed to watch 'words and pictures' on telly tho! as for 'sites' theres Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan and somewhere in Vietnam too. basically there are two types of radiation initual and residual. initial being the actual blast and the latter is radiation that comes later from radionuclides which are radioactive isotopes that are generated by the explosion and induced in soil, building materials, people/animals, etc, by neutron bombardment unleashed by said blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 a site in Vietnam? Did I miss something major in the Vietnam war? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinajones Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Originally posted by spook1210 a site in Vietnam? Did I miss something major in the Vietnam war? sorry i'm getting confused with chemical/biological warfare. napalm and that. but my point is that stuff has effects for ages after the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 HI all. . newbie to this forum, but not forums in general. My housemate managed to get hold of a copy of a film called Threads, and wondered if many other sheffielders have seen it. Its basically a film about how society is based on threads and what would happen if these threads were broke by a 200 megatonne nuclear bomb... Made around the 80s, Its pretty horrific, and graphic for its age. Before i saw it, someone said that its a film you'll only watch once. . after seeing it, i dont wanna watch it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasonic Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I've got it too, first half is ace, second is crap. It's fun spotting places you remember from 1981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Originally posted by munky HI all. . newbie to this forum, but not forums in general. My housemate managed to get hold of a copy of a film called Threads, and wondered if many other sheffielders have seen it. Its basically a film about how society is based on threads and what would happen if these threads were broke by a 200 megatonne nuclear bomb... Made around the 80s, Its pretty horrific, and graphic for its age. Before i saw it, someone said that its a film you'll only watch once. . after seeing it, i dont wanna watch it again. http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=476&highlight=threads Use search forum and its been done a few times:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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