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* ScienceMarchesOn: The original book came out in 1957. Understanding of things like fallout, atmospheric effects, and so on have advanced since then. The concept of a radioactive cyclone slowly enveloping the Earth and moving south was more persuasive in 1957, not to mention that nuclear winter wasn't even proposed when the original book was written. Hypothetically speaking, even if all the bombs in a nuclear war were dropped in the north, the deadliest particles would be too heavy to be transported by air, and the fallout (radioactive particles) would be distributed unevenly based on factors like wind, precipitation and so on. Radiation would not therefore form the steadily advancing 'blanket' depicted in the novel: there would be serious hotspots and but also some relatively unaffected areas even in the north. Studies on nuclear winter suggest however that the short-term impacts of a nuclear war could be far ''more'' dramatic than depicted, if perhaps not as terminal, with dust clouds from burning cities blotting out the sun and causing the global temperature to plummet.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The US flag on the submarine has forty-nine stars - showing that the film was made in the one year the flag only had that number. Additionally, the submarine is a Royal Navy model; those were used in Australia until 1967 when the Australian Royal Navy commissioned its own.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: It should come as no suprise whatsoever that Shute was concerned about the dangers of Nuclear War. This is a good message, however, and the novel was a recognition that Nuclear weapons were a game changer in terms of the threat they posed to the world at large. Some commentators however have argued that Shute's message was too strong, and that by perpetuating the idea that nobody ''could'' survive a nuclear war, stories like ''On the Beach'' might cause harm by implicitly suggesting that countermeasures like fallout shelters and ''Film/DuckAndCover'' are pointless.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: It should come as no suprise surprise whatsoever that Shute was concerned about the dangers of Nuclear War.War. You don't get any less subtle in telling exactly what an all-out nuclear war might mean for humanity. This is a good message, however, and the novel was a recognition that Nuclear weapons were a game changer in terms of the threat they posed to the world at large. Some commentators however have argued that Shute's message was too strong, and that by perpetuating the idea that nobody ''could'' survive a nuclear war, stories like ''On the Beach'' might cause harm by implicitly suggesting that countermeasures like fallout shelters and ''Film/DuckAndCover'' are pointless.pointless.
-->''"Most novels of apocalypse posit at least a group of survivors and the semblance of hope. ''On the Beach'' allows nothing of the kind."''
-->''"Most novels of apocalypse posit at least a group of survivors and the semblance of hope. ''On the Beach'' allows nothing of the kind."''
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* {{Anvilicious}}: It should come as no suprise whatsoever that Shute was concerned about the dangers of Nuclear War. SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped however and the novel was a recognition that Nuclear weapons were a game changer in terms of the threat they posed to the world at large. Some commentators however have argued that Shute's message was too strong, and that by perpetuating the idea that nobody ''could'' survive a nuclear war, stories like ''On the Beach'' might cause harm by implicitly suggesting that countermeasures like fallout shelters and ''Film/DuckAndCover'' are pointless.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: It should come as no suprise whatsoever that Shute was concerned about the dangers of Nuclear War. SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped however This is a good message, however, and the novel was a recognition that Nuclear weapons were a game changer in terms of the threat they posed to the world at large. Some commentators however have argued that Shute's message was too strong, and that by perpetuating the idea that nobody ''could'' survive a nuclear war, stories like ''On the Beach'' might cause harm by implicitly suggesting that countermeasures like fallout shelters and ''Film/DuckAndCover'' are pointless.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The real USS ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Scorpion_(SSN-589) Scorpion]]'' was lost with all hands under mysterious circumstances while investigating suspicious Soviet naval activity near the Azores in 1968. Though officially declared an accident, there exist some hints of possible hostile action. In 1995, US Navy Captain Peter Huchthausen mentioned ''Scorpion'' to Russian Admiral Viktor Dygalo while researching a book about a separate incident. Dygalo cryptically suggested a connection with the loss of the Soviet submarine ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-129_(1960) K-129]]'' and said the United States and Russia had an agreement to keep the truth of both incidents buried.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The original book came out in 1957. Understanding of things like fallout, atmospheric effects, and so on have advanced since then. The concept of a radioactive cyclone slowly enveloping the Earth and moving south was more persuasive in 1957, not to mention that nuclear winter wasn't even proposed when the original book was written. Hypotehtically speaking, even if all the bombs in a nuclear war were dropped in the north, the deadliest particles would be too heavy to be transported by air, and the fallout (radioactive particles) would be distributed unevenly based on factors like wind, precipitation and so on. Radiation would not therefore form the steadily advancing 'blanket' depicted in the novel: there would be serious hotspots and but also some relatively unaffected areas even in the north. Studies on nuclear winter suggest however that the short-term impacts of a nuclear war could be far ''more'' dramatic than depicted, if perhaps not as terminal, with dust clouds from burning cities blotting out the sun and causing the global temperature to plummet.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The 2000 film. The Ferrari's explosion is not convincing, at ''all''. Some of the greenscreening is pretty obvious, too.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The 2000 film. The Ferrari's explosion is not convincing, at ''all''. Some of the greenscreening is pretty obvious, too.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The original book came out in 1957. Understanding of things like fallout, atmospheric effects, and so on have advanced since then. The concept of a radioactive cyclone slowly enveloping the Earth and moving south was more persuasive in 1957, not to mention that nuclear winter wasn't even proposed when the original book was written. Hypotehtically Hypothetically speaking, even if all the bombs in a nuclear war were dropped in the north, the deadliest particles would be too heavy to be transported by air, and the fallout (radioactive particles) would be distributed unevenly based on factors like wind, precipitation and so on. Radiation would not therefore form the steadily advancing 'blanket' depicted in the novel: there would be serious hotspots and but also some relatively unaffected areas even in the north. Studies on nuclear winter suggest however that the short-term impacts of a nuclear war could be far ''more'' dramatic than depicted, if perhaps not as terminal, with dust clouds from burning cities blotting out the sun and causing the global temperature to plummet.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The 2000 film. The Ferrari's explosion is not convincing, at ''all''. Some of the greenscreening is pretty obvious,too.too.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The 2000 film. The Ferrari's explosion is not convincing, at ''all''. Some of the greenscreening is pretty obvious,
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* {{Anvilicious}}: It should come as no suprise whatsoever that Shute was concerned about the dangers of Nuclear War. SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped however and the novel was a recognition that Nuclear weapons were a game changer in terms of the threat they posed to the world at large. Some commentators however have argued that Shute's message was too strong, and that by perpetuating the idea that nobody ''could'' survive a nuclear war, stories like ''On the Beach'' might cause harm by implicitly suggesting that countermeasures like fallout shelters and ''Film/DuckAndCover'' are pointless.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The original book came out in 1957. Understanding of things like fallout, atmospheric effects, and so on have advanced since then. The concept of a radioactive cyclone slowly enveloping the Earth and moving south was more persuasive in 1957. Not to mention that nuclear winter wasn't even proposed when the original book was written.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The original book came out in 1957. Understanding of things like fallout, atmospheric effects, and so on have advanced since then. The concept of a radioactive cyclone slowly enveloping the Earth and moving south was more persuasive in 1957. Not 1957, not to mention that nuclear winter wasn't even proposed when the original book was written.written. Hypotehtically speaking, even if all the bombs in a nuclear war were dropped in the north, the deadliest particles would be too heavy to be transported by air, and the fallout (radioactive particles) would be distributed unevenly based on factors like wind, precipitation and so on. Radiation would not therefore form the steadily advancing 'blanket' depicted in the novel: there would be serious hotspots and but also some relatively unaffected areas even in the north. Studies on nuclear winter suggest however that the short-term impacts of a nuclear war could be far ''more'' dramatic than depicted, if perhaps not as terminal, with dust clouds from burning cities blotting out the sun and causing the global temperature to plummet.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Which characters are quietly accepting of their fate, which ones truly do have hope of survival, and which are simply in shock and haven't processed the end of the world yet?
* NightmareFuel: An unstoppable wave of radioactive fallout will reach your country in a few months. Other countries have gone silent, and this wave of silence advances further south every week. Later on, even cities to your north have started to go silent. And then the government starts issuing cyanide pills...
* ScienceMarchesOn: The original book came out in 1957. Understanding of things like fallout, atmospheric effects, and so on have advanced since then. The concept of a radioactive cyclone slowly enveloping the Earth and moving south was more persuasive in 1957. Not to mention that nuclear winter wasn't even proposed when the original book was written.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The 2000 film. The Ferrari's explosion is not convincing, at ''all''. Some of the greenscreening is pretty obvious, too.
* NightmareFuel: An unstoppable wave of radioactive fallout will reach your country in a few months. Other countries have gone silent, and this wave of silence advances further south every week. Later on, even cities to your north have started to go silent. And then the government starts issuing cyanide pills...
* ScienceMarchesOn: The original book came out in 1957. Understanding of things like fallout, atmospheric effects, and so on have advanced since then. The concept of a radioactive cyclone slowly enveloping the Earth and moving south was more persuasive in 1957. Not to mention that nuclear winter wasn't even proposed when the original book was written.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The 2000 film. The Ferrari's explosion is not convincing, at ''all''. Some of the greenscreening is pretty obvious, too.
