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From: clyde@ut-ngp.UUCP (Clyde W. Hoover)
Newsgroups: net.tv.da
Subject: TDA
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Date: Tue, 22-Nov-83 18:12:55 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 22 18:12:55 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 25-Nov-83 04:56:47 EST
Organization: Comp. Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin
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I too was dissapointed in "The Day After".  This ground has been
covered better and with less American sitcom psuedo-drama.

In particular, "The War Game", produced for the BBC by (name forgotten)
but not shown because of its grimness, does this theme one better. Hell,
even "On the Beach" left a much darker pall than "The Day After".

There was also a real annoying techincal error - that the EMP effect would
knock out automobile ignitions.  Most auto ignition systems (except
for the newer 'computerized' versions) have nothing
more electronically complicated than a capacitor, and from what I have
read about EMP, nothing that simple would get fried.

"The Day After" retrod already well-sodden ground and didn't contribute
anything new.  The media hype was just so much finanicially-inspired
hot air.  Surely this could have been done more effectively.
-- 
Clyde W. Hoover @ Univ. of Texas Computation Center
Austin, Texas 
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