T2K / Post-Apocalyptic Movies

[Raellus]

The Siege of Jadotville

Has anyone seen this film yet? I just noticed it on Netflix yesterday and thought it might be worth a couple of hours. I'd hate to waste my time, though.

https://warisboring.com/the-siege-of...b15#.su7f5d5fl

[RN7]

Originally Posted by Raellus

The Siege of Jadotville

Has anyone seen this film yet? I just noticed it on Netflix yesterday and thought it might be worth a couple of hours. I'd hate to waste my time, though.

https://warisboring.com/the-siege-of...b15#.su7f5d5fl

Yes I saw it last week on Netflix Raeullus. I am Irish and was a bit cynical about watching a film about Irish soldiers as I was expecting it to be a bit corny and full of clichés. But it was far better than I expected and is based on a true event. It starts off slow but the storyline and action gradually builds, and I would recommend it.

In the real incident in the Congo they were outnumbered 20-1 and five of them were injured. But they killed at least 300 and wounded one thousand before their ammunition ran out. Don't f**K with the Irish!

[Draq]

Well, there's the Road. And the Red spectacles. And I still need to see six string samurai

[Apache6]

Beast of no nation on netflick is a very interesting movie. It's very T2Kish. Even though it's closely modeled on real world events.

[ChalkLine]

Originally Posted by Raellus

The Siege of Jadotville

Has anyone seen this film yet? I just noticed it on Netflix yesterday and thought it might be worth a couple of hours. I'd hate to waste my time, though.

https://warisboring.com/the-siege-of...b15#.su7f5d5fl

I found it a bit cringey.
The soldier-philosopher guy gets his history muddled up and confuses Clausewitz with Rommel, insults a Frenchman for losing to the Germans (82,000 dead in seven weeks, that's a hard fight) when the Irish didn't even show up for that fight. It's got that sort of stuff all the way through it. It might have a better end but it diverges so far from what happened in Jadotville I didn't finish watching it.

[Raellus]

Apparently, the folks that produced the critically-acclaimed Netflix smash, Adolescence, are looking to reboot Threads as a TV show. I haven't seen the original but the image of the bandaged traffic warden (?) is burned into my brain and, from what I've heard here and elsewhere, it was to the UK as The Day After was to the US, if not even more harrowing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...d=BingNewsSerp

Looks like something to look forward to.

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[castlebravo92]

Originally Posted by Raellus

Apparently, the folks that produced the critically-acclaimed Netflix smash, Adolescence, are looking to reboot Threads as a TV show. I haven't seen the original but the image of the bandaged traffic warden (?) is burned into my brain and, from what I've heard here and elsewhere, it was to the UK as The Day After was to the US, if not even more harrowing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...d=BingNewsSerp

Looks like something to look forward to.

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Knowing the true life version of what the Adolescence folks based their story on, I can't wait to see how they transform Threads...