The book is set up by year. After a brief introduction, each year from 1980 through 1990 gets a full chapter; with the qualifying films from each year listed. Every film gets a detailed synopsis along with some insightful background information. Bogue’s witty banter and astonishing facts act like the Bonus Features from a Criterion Collection Blu-ray. I can honestly say, I’ve never learned such interesting things about movies I’d never even heard of. I was also shocked to read that The Day After garnered ABC-TV 100 million viewers during its single airing. If ABC earned those kinds of numbers today, they’d quickly get to work on its sequel The Day After the Day After while planning the trilogy’s wrap-up – A Few Days After That.
I hope you’ll pick up a copy of this book and see how cool it is for yourself. While the subject matter may seem dated, it has become oddly relevant again in today’s world. It’s an engaging book that brings awareness to movies in desperate need of a spotlight. And on that note, I’m gonna go and try hunting down some of those right now…
Terror from Beyond the Dave 
Ya, according to Washington. hen the then leader of Russia saw that TV mini-series. It woke them up. To start talks with then president Regan. It was supposedly help end the then Cold War even. I was a marine in most of the 1980’s. I went to NBC school in Japan. That’s Nuclear Biological, Chemical Warefare school. Back then they had chemicals that could melt your gas mask and germs that could penetrate gas mask filiters. That would melt your lungs and cause a soldier/marine to choke on their own blood. Real nasty stuff. Just pray nothing even by accident ever happens on earth any where to anyone in any country etc.
I’m worried about all those Nazi chemicals that sunk in the lakes in Europe and possibly in our oceans. Along with sunken nuclear/atomic subs. From Russia and the US and probably China too. Sitting on sides of under water mountain cliff shelves. Or super deep down on or near underwater fault lines/volcanos. We better hope their all possibly safely recovered one day soon. Or we do have friendly aliens come to our aid. Like Klaatu & GORT or ROM Spaceknight.
Great comments. The book discusses President Reagan’s reaction to the film as well and that it affected him deeply. I share your concerns regarding the world today.
This will be new territory for me to read, I look forward to it. It has been a long time since I thought about the 80s era concerns about nuclear war and global destruction.
I remember watching this on TV and all over the news the next few nights. That was nice the director reached out to you.
Thanks for the comments, Jason.
Just to clarify, the author, Mike Bogue, reached out to me.