• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    Am I the only one who finds the whole thing so terrifying that they can’t bring themselves to watch a movie that shows it as realistically as possible?

    I have nightmares about nuclear war.

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      1 year ago

      Don’t watch Barefoot Gen.

      To anyone else, watch Barefoot Gen.

      The mangaka had personal experience, and it shows.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve heard about it. I’m sure it’s excellent, but I can’t.

        I used to be able to do it. I used to watch all kinds of post-nuke and nuclear war movies in the 80s and 90s. I read John Hersey’s Hiroshima more than once. But I can’t do it anymore. It’s just too scary.

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          Yeah, no point watching if you can’t absorb it in a meaningful way.

          I’m so desensitized it almost feels academic.

          Maybe I’m a coward who emotionally deflect reality, as if watching a strange object.

          At least you choose to either see reality in the eye or to deflect your gaze, perhaps a more honest approach.

          Well, we do all this reflexively anyway. So there might not be much of a point to dwell on it, sorry for getting philosophical on you.