This might not be the best spot for this comment so I'll apologize in advance...
But, for me, the one of the most frustrating stories of apocalypse and the human reaction to it has to be Nevil Shute's "On the Beach". The depiction that the entire population of Australia (with apparently weeks to prepare) would choose suicide instead of di…
This might not be the best spot for this comment so I'll apologize in advance...
But, for me, the one of the most frustrating stories of apocalypse and the human reaction to it has to be Nevil Shute's "On the Beach". The depiction that the entire population of Australia (with apparently weeks to prepare) would choose suicide instead of digging in and trying to make a go of surviving until the radiation decays back to tolerable levels strikes me as heartbreaking but faintly silly (in that I don't see how you would get the entire population to buy into exiting Jonestown style).
Most amusing to me: in the Showtime adaptation of the mid-aughts of "On the Beach", the SFX people working on the production of the show evidently provided boxes complete with official looking labels. I found myself wondering what the labels could've said: "Using this product WILL kill you." "Keep away from children unless...y'know." "Take with food to avoid stomach upset". "Call a doctor if life persists." ?
This might not be the best spot for this comment so I'll apologize in advance...
But, for me, the one of the most frustrating stories of apocalypse and the human reaction to it has to be Nevil Shute's "On the Beach". The depiction that the entire population of Australia (with apparently weeks to prepare) would choose suicide instead of digging in and trying to make a go of surviving until the radiation decays back to tolerable levels strikes me as heartbreaking but faintly silly (in that I don't see how you would get the entire population to buy into exiting Jonestown style).
Most amusing to me: in the Showtime adaptation of the mid-aughts of "On the Beach", the SFX people working on the production of the show evidently provided boxes complete with official looking labels. I found myself wondering what the labels could've said: "Using this product WILL kill you." "Keep away from children unless...y'know." "Take with food to avoid stomach upset". "Call a doctor if life persists." ?