The Day After Movie

[Atari 5200 Guy]

I have an upcoming post on the 2600 Missile Command where I mention this movie.  I am sharing the YouTube video of the full movie here for reference.  

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yif-5cKg1Yo

 

 

[Atari 5200 Guy]

Nope.  Can't say I've heard of those.  I'll have to check them out sometime.

[The Professor]

The Day After was a much talked about TV event when it was released. This was in the days when television networks still had a "Movie of the Week" and promoted critically-acclaimed miniseries like Roots and The Thorn Birds.

 

The Day After was directed by Nicholas Meyer who directed Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, and is involved in the upcoming limited series Star Trek: Discovery. The Day After was also referenced in an episode of The Americans which aired this season and served as the episode title.

[Atari 5200 Guy]

One game that I do have that somewhat puzzles me is Silent Service by Microprose.  It is astounding how much information they gathered to make the game.  The manual is more like reading a book than instructions to play the game.  But it is very deep in detail which is something to appreciate.

 

A C64 game needed weapon release codes?  Real ones???  That's creepy.

[StormSurge]

I remember vividly when this first aired. I didn't watch it the first time but I remember the controversy & being a little freaked out by the commercials. I finally caught it on a re-air in 1989 & it was pretty scary. I watched it on DVD a couple years ago & yup, still scary (even with the dated special effects).