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| 2 | * AwardSnub: It received four UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, but it wasn't nominated for Best Picture or Director. |
| 3 | * HarsherInHindsight: |
| 4 | ** As mentioned on the main page, the film's plot rather eerily foreshadowed the Three Mile Island incident. There's even a line saying a China Syndrome incident could contaminate "an area the size of Pennsylvania". That's the state where Three Mile Island is located. |
| 5 | ** Jack's speech to Kimberly that "We've got a quality control that's only equaled by NASA" becomes painful to hear after the Challenger and Columbia disasters were both found to be due to poor quality control and corporate/bureaucratic greed; the very heart of the problem in this film. |
| 6 | * InferredHolocaust: One possible interpretation of the ending. When the television feed suddenly cuts out and goes to the SMPTE color bars, [[BlackScreenOfDeath then nothing]], then the credits with no backing music. Given that the main characters are still on the grounds of the power plant, it could be easily construed as [[spoiler:the pump finally failing completely, a total loss of coolant and core meltdown (or, worse, [[GoingCritical going prompt critical]]) and the titular China Syndrome occurring, or at least destroying the nearby area in a steam explosion ala. Chernobyl]]. |
| 7 | * ValuesDissonance: Kimberly wants to do hard news stories, but is specifically told by her boss that she's too beautiful and ''"we didn't hire you for your brains."'' Try saying that to a subordinate today. We dare you. |
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