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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:46:17 AM EDT

Freebie for those with Amazon Prime:

The Blackout

I didn't expect much when I dropped this on my watch list (Prime movies generally bring to mind those big bins of $5 DVD's at Walmart...), but this one wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. Actually seemed to give a pretty fair representation of what the first few days following an unexplained national blackout would be like. It's nothing I'd pack up the family and head off the the theater to see, but if you have Prime, this one's worth a peek.

Posted: 6/22/2016 6:00:38 AM EDT

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National Geographic had a show about a terrorist attack on the power grid, it was pretty real IMO. Will have to look into Blackout

Posted: 6/22/2016 8:46:43 AM EDT

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And .gov came in and saved the day at the end.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:40:28 AM EDT

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Yep, I remember that one. Looks like it's available on YouTube:

American Blackout

Posted: 6/22/2016 1:57:41 PM EDT

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Just watched The Blackout, and re-watching American Blackout. The former was better than the latter, IMHO.

Both are full of typical stereotypes. I hate that the prepper is always shown as overly dramatic (by and large, most preppers I know do are able to do it successfully because they are methodical and not prone to melodrama) and own many guns, but make poor decisions on choice and/or aren't particularly skilled.

That said, both are - at the very least - useful in pointing out some of the likely realities in a SHTF (power outage, at least) situation. And they are consumable by the general public.

Posted: 6/22/2016 10:16:58 PM EDT

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Yeah I give it a thumbs up. The prepper was overly dramatic for sure, but I thought most of the other characters were good. Lot of nice outdoor scenes. Production was very well done for an unknown movie.

Posted: 6/22/2016 10:42:11 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/23/2016 3:50:41 AM EDT

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For the real-life perspective, watched this one (another Prime offering) last night:

American Experience: Blackout

Documentary on the '77 blackout in the northeast. Didn't take long for all hell to break loose.

Posted: 6/23/2016 6:37:20 AM EDT

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National Geographic had a show about a terrorist attack on the power grid, it was pretty real IMO. Will have to look into Blackout

And .gov came in and saved the day at the end.

I need to re-watch it, I don't recall the government saving the day, just the power came back. Agree they made the prepper look wonky, but he was the most prepared, showing the libtard giving away opsec was interesting.

Will have to check out the other videos.

We have a genny, and we also have outdoor dusk to dawn and motion lights. We ended up putting switches on all of them to not give away power at night. Though we would kill the genny at night anyway. We got to test our lights out/blackout last winter when we lost power fir 5 days.

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Posted: 6/23/2016 10:39:51 AM EDT

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For the real-life perspective, watched this one (another Prime offering) last night:

American Experience: Blackout

Documentary on the '77 blackout in the northeast. Didn't take long for all hell to break loose.

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Sad that things haven't changed much if at all since then. I would say it has even gotten worse. In todays society, the looting would happen the first night.

Posted: 6/23/2016 11:56:50 AM EDT

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Freebie for those with Amazon Prime:

The Blackout

I didn't expect much when I dropped this on my watch list (Prime movies generally bring to mind those big bins of $5 DVD's at Walmart...), but this one wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. Actually seemed to give a pretty fair representation of what the first few days following an unexplained national blackout would be like. It's nothing I'd pack up the family and head off the the theater to see, but if you have Prime, this one's worth a peek.

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Thanks. That was entertaining. Well done for a low budget movie.

Posted: 6/23/2016 12:02:20 PM EDT

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For the real-life perspective, watched this one (another Prime offering) last night:

American Experience: Blackout

Documentary on the '77 blackout in the northeast. Didn't take long for all hell to break loose.

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Oh so basically the whole of the modern US (and rest of the world, to be fair)?
Entitled?
Criminally inclined?
Spoiled?
Irresponsible for their own actions?

Funny how some of the retards justified it and how everyone relied on the government...oh and blamed the ones that WORKED for their money!

Makes me sick.

Thanks for posting it though. It was very enlightening!

Posted: 6/23/2016 4:35:12 PM EDT

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Thanks. That was entertaining. Well done for a low budget movie.

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Freebie for those with Amazon Prime:

The Blackout

I didn't expect much when I dropped this on my watch list (Prime movies generally bring to mind those big bins of $5 DVD's at Walmart...), but this one wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. Actually seemed to give a pretty fair representation of what the first few days following an unexplained national blackout would be like. It's nothing I'd pack up the family and head off the the theater to see, but if you have Prime, this one's worth a peek.

Thanks. That was entertaining. Well done for a low budget movie.

It was done very well and mentioned the horde of city folks fleeing the cities.

Posted: 6/23/2016 5:19:01 PM EDT

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I enjoyed that one but I'm a big Shue fan too.

Posted: 6/23/2016 5:21:38 PM EDT

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Yep, I remember that one. Looks like it's available on YouTube:

American Blackout

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National Geographic had a show about a terrorist attack on the power grid, it was pretty real IMO. Will have to look into Blackout

Yep, I remember that one. Looks like it's available on YouTube:

American Blackout

I started that one but got bored and turned it off. It seemed like just a bunch of disjointed film clips.

Did they tie everything together eventually?

Posted: 6/23/2016 6:48:54 PM EDT

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Thanks, will watch.

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:02:48 PM EDT

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Just finished watching it. It was ok. The part that stuck with me most though was the choice of weapons that the survivalist guy used to defend his house. A double barrel bird gun and a pump shotgun? Is that the best they could come up with? I guess in the NY, MA area where the film took place this might be the only option.

Posted: 8/8/2016 3:47:56 PM EDT

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I red boxes that movie. I too thought it was pretty good. I would buy it.

Posted: 8/8/2016 5:01:37 PM EDT

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I started that one but got bored and turned it off. It seemed like just a bunch of disjointed film clips.

Did they tie everything together eventually?

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National Geographic had a show about a terrorist attack on the power grid, it was pretty real IMO. Will have to look into Blackout

Yep, I remember that one. Looks like it's available on YouTube:

American Blackout

I started that one but got bored and turned it off. It seemed like just a bunch of disjointed film clips.

Did they tie everything together eventually?

Not really, but they all have a conclusion at the end.

It is the same event, but different situations. They bounce around a bit, but each one (as in each group of people's experiences) could have been made into its own mini-movie.

Its a good movie, IMHO. The biggest thing missing is there is never a single weapon discharge, which is un-realistic (although firearms are used to threaten many times)

Posted: 8/9/2016 1:47:41 AM EDT

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I just watched it.

It was .... Meh...

A lot of derp, some Ok stuff, some pretty retarded points.

Overall, just OK.

Posted: 8/9/2016 4:21:27 AM EDT

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I just picked and started reading One Year After, the sequel to One Second After. Great books about the ultimate blackout. Good reads and I highly recommend them.

Posted: 8/9/2016 9:03:27 AM EDT

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I just started it a little bit ago. The survivalist guy started up his generator in a room on the side of the house. Made me cring.

Posted: 8/9/2016 11:10:24 AM EDT

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This movie reminded me of how screwed you would be if you were facing a group of attackers alone.

Posted: 8/22/2016 12:38:06 AM EDT

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Watched it. Thanks for posting it.

Posted: 8/26/2016 7:06:49 AM EDT

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I suffered through this last night. I'd give it a C-.
Production actually wasn't that bad and there were some nice shots, but plot and lines were cheesy as hell.

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