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re: Funny, I saw that same movie and I didn't pick up on that at all.

SDAI-Tech1 — 2/28/2009 9:28:31 PM (archived)

I didn't realize it at first either. Only a decade or so later did I pick up on it. Which shows just how effective the propaganda was. ;-) In the TV series no one was exposed to radiation, in the films it was a radiation heydey and one phaser shot at the enterprise sent the engineering crew scrambling for cover.

Silkwood - Released 1983

Star Trek Wrath of Khan - Released 1982

The anti-nuclear bandwagon in Hollywood was already rolling.

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                              • Funny, I saw that same movie and I didn't pick up on that at all. - ER - 2/28/2009 8:33:49 PM
                                • re: Funny, I saw that same movie and I didn't pick up on that at all. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/28/2009 9:28:31 PM
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