md00071 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 It's 27 years since the BBC first showed "Threads", so I think this can count as part of Sheffield's cultural history. I watched this film as a worried 12-year old, and to this day I still remember how I felt seeing such an incredibly terrifying film set in such a familiar place. I watched it recently on Youtube, and it stills sends the odd shiver hearing references to things like Mosborough fire station. How was everybody else affected by it? The fact that the nuclear war in it starts in Iran is even more thought provoking... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2023790698427111488# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 The first time I saw it I thought "That's my brother and his mate Geoff outside the City Hall" - and it was! In the army in the late 80s they used it as a training film. I had to watch it at Catterick before spending 48 hours in an NBC environment - Ugh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0742Sheff Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I remember a few girls crying their eyes out when we watched it at school. I thought it was great. There's nothing better than bending down for a drink of water and seeing someone's face burnt onto the concrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audra Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I was 12 when i first saw it and it had a lasting impression of doom on my sense of persuit of happiness and provoked an interest in politics All in all wish I had never seen it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Womersle Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I saw it the first time it was screened on TV. I remember thinking if that's what it is like after a nuclear attack, I hope the bomb drops straight on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I saw it the first time it was screened on TV. I remember thinking if that's what it is like after a nuclear attack, I hope the bomb drops straight on me. The government tried to block it for being a bit to close to the truth ,which is why it should be repeated every few years . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyDazzler Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 The government tried to block it for being a bit to close to the truth ,which is why it should be repeated every few years . Well I can't find any proof of an attempted government block anywhere on line, you sure about that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Well I can't find any proof of an attempted government block anywhere on line, you sure about that?? It was well reported at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyDazzler Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 It was well reported at the time. Yeah possibly but that just smacks of promotional hype to me, all controversial film makers do it "The film they tried to ban!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nubile Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I was 14 and used to watching horror films by then, but threads was on a different level, very scary seeing your home town go up in smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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