Television Adolescence makers to reboot nuclear drama Threads (1984)

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Warp Films, the maker of worldwide hit TV show Adolescence, is to develop a series based on 1980s nuclear war film Threads, it has confirmed.

The Sheffield-based firm plans to turn the 1984 movie, which tracks the aftermath of an attack on the city, into a TV series.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dp8197y3eo

The film is still utterly terrifying to watch. This could be an excellent series.

By the way, you can terrify yourself here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p02kgkkg/threads.
 
Frosty said:
Warp Films, the maker of worldwide hit TV show Adolescence, is to develop a series based on 1980s nuclear war film Threads, it has confirmed.

The Sheffield-based firm plans to turn the 1984 movie, which tracks the aftermath of an attack on the city, into a TV series.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dp8197y3eo

The film is still utterly terrifying to watch. This could be an excellent series.

By the way, you can terrify yourself here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p02kgkkg/threads.
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Oh God.
 
Please no. That movie is classic and does not deserve a remake.
 
Ahmer Baig said:
Please no. That movie is classic and does not deserve a remake.
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But it has also been buried and typically gets found out about by those who seek - you don’t typically know anything about the original otherwise.

A remake can scare the shit out of a new generation and generate widespread panic all over again, and with it going viral, could easily be a global smash in a way the original never will.
 
I watched it last year and it's so fecking bleak. I feel like the world doesn't need the added anxiety.
 
Frosty said:
Warp Films, the maker of worldwide hit TV show Adolescence, is to develop a series based on 1980s nuclear war film Threads, it has confirmed.

The Sheffield-based firm plans to turn the 1984 movie, which tracks the aftermath of an attack on the city, into a TV series.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dp8197y3eo

The film is still utterly terrifying to watch. This could be an excellent series.

By the way, you can terrify yourself here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p02kgkkg/threads.
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I remember watching it when it came out. Has it aged well?
 
Fortitude said:
But it has also been buried and typically gets found out about by those who seek - you don’t typically know anything about the original otherwise.

A remake can scare the shit out of a new generation and generate widespread panic all over again, and with it going viral, could easily be a global smash in a way the original never will.
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You do raise a good point as I believe outside UK not many people know about the movie. Threads and The Day After were one of the best nuclear drama movies.
 
Fortitude said:
But it has also been buried and typically gets found out about by those who seek - you don’t typically know anything about the original otherwise.

A remake can scare the shit out of a new generation and generate widespread panic all over again, and with it going viral, could easily be a global smash in a way the original never will.
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Or if you're a Boards of Canada fan and want to know why the film has influenced their music so much.

Scarred, I am.

I told a work colleague about it after I'd watched. He wanted to check it out too.

Came in the next day and the first thing he said was "WHY DID YOU TELL ME ABOUT THIS".
 
Just had to look up an old nuclear apocalypse series that I still half remember, must have watched it as a teenager. I think it was the last train on ITV. That semi real dystopian stuff sticks with you.
 
Ahmer Baig said:
You do raise a good point as I believe outside UK not many people know about the movie. Threads and The Day After were one of the best nuclear drama movies.
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unchanged_lineup said:
Or if you're a Boards of Canada fan and want to know why the film has influenced their music so much.

Scarred, I am.

I told a work colleague about it after I'd watched. He wanted to check it out too.

Came in the next day and the first thing he said was "WHY DID YOU TELL ME ABOUT THIS".
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:lol: Was far too young and effectively peer pressured into watching it. By far the most scarring piece of media I've ever laid eyes upon.

Also the only piece of media I have seen send the heebie-jeebies up sensible, grown adults.
 
Oh yeah that was grim. I still regret watching it. Not sure it needs any sort of remake though, except maybe if its set in current time/ events.
 
To those who say it's scary/grim. In what way is it scary and grim? Is it a horror type film?
 
RexHamilton said:
To those who say it's scary/grim. In what way is it scary and grim? Is it a horror type film?
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It’s not a horror in the classic sense of the word. Just a really bleak representation on what nuclear war would do to a UK city. It’s party film part informational content. The imagery is unsettling and the anguish and despair of the characters is brutal and very affecting. Back then the spectre of this happening was much larger than it is currently, so for those who saw it when it was released it was essentially a very matter of fact representation of their worst fears realised.
 
Fortitude said:
:lol: Was far too young and effectively peer pressured into watching it. By far the most scarring piece of media I've ever laid eyes upon.

Also the only piece of media I have seen send the heebie-jeebies up sensible, grown adults.
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It's the blunt hopelessness that does it for me. I think the brutal grimness makes it far more effective than The Day After. The living envy the dead.
 
Wibble said:
I should watch it again but I'm rarely in the mood for something so depressing. Much though I like me a post-apocalyptic films.
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I still watch clips of it on YouTube from time to time because I want to be reminded of how amazing it is. Not sure I ever want to watch the whole thing again though.
 
Fortitude said:
But it has also been buried and typically gets found out about by those who seek - you don’t typically know anything about the original otherwise.

A remake can scare the shit out of a new generation and generate widespread panic all over again, and with it going viral, could easily be a global smash in a way the original never will.
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Didn't stuff like that lead to the Reagan/Gorbachev pact (non-proliferation iirc -- or that specific agreement to lower each side's number of warheads which has been ripped up by idiots since). Not by itself but as part of a broader movement.
 
unchanged_lineup said:
It's the blunt hopelessness that does it for me. I think the brutal grimness makes it far more effective than The Day After. The living envy the dead.
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They wanted to do the same with TDA but the TV station on which it would air told them to dial it down . Still a good movie.
 
unchanged_lineup said:
It's the blunt hopelessness that does it for me. I think the brutal grimness makes it far more effective than The Day After. The living envy the dead.
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I think that came out at a time when propaganda that you could hide under desks or be in shallow bunkers was trying to quell fears about the utter devastation of nuclear war. It put all of that nonsense to bed in one fell swoop and terrified a generation, or most people who watch it even now.

If they go in as brutally as the original did in the remake, it will be equally damaging, if not worse, I think. Plenty more who are way too young will get access as a start, and then it assuredly going viral will compound that with many an adult who aren't ready for something like that, ending up traumatising themselves.

It serves as a stark and impressionable reminder of what nuclear war/attack would entail and on one hand, it's very useful as an educational tool, but on the other, if you want to unsettle swathes of people and leave an indelible mark, this is the material to do it with. Hard to say whether it's a good or bad decision, imo.
neverdie said:
Didn't stuff like that lead to the Reagan/Gorbachev pact (non-proliferation iirc -- or that specific agreement to lower each side's number of warheads which has been ripped up by idiots since). Not by itself but as part of a broader movement.
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I've not heard of that myself, tbh. But you wouldn't be surprised if something as powerful as this would lead to some kind of discussion amongst the masses that reaches those higher up, at least as a talking point.
 
Fortitude said:
I think that came out at a time when propaganda that you could hide under desks or be in shallow bunkers was trying to quell fears about the utter devastation of nuclear war. It put all of that nonsense to bed in one fell swoop and terrified a generation, or most people who watch it even now.
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When the Wind Blows is another good one to watch to see this side of it. The folks who thought it would be just a different kind of war and they'd surely win etc. When in reality, there is no winning, just unrelenting hell for any survivors.
 
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