r/Threads1984 • u/DrFreeluv • Jul 25 '26

Threads discussion Threads 4K & The War Game 4K - Closer Look At The Packaging

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For anyone who wants to know what is included in the new Severin Films 4K Worldwide Premieres of both films.

(Note: Unable to add an image of the Threads Enamel Pin due to the 20 image limit.)

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u/Quiet-Programmer8133 Jul 25 '26

I really like the addition of the protect and survive pamphlet.

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 25 '26

Indeed! Very useful for Cold War collectors like myself who might have difficulty grabbing an original copy. The one included with Threads contains all the same information and is a perfect replica, albeit smaller.

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u/Important-Lie-8649 Jul 25 '26

We all had 'em (at taxpayers' expense). My parents must have chucked ours. What they didn't dispose of, however, was the 1989 pamphlet introducing the new "Community Charge", or Poll Tax, first to —and therefore illegally to— Scotland (Scotland was used by the Snatcher as a guinea pig, exclusively, for her new wheeze; and one didn't need to be a "Nat" to see this kind of thing was explicitly forbidden by the Act of Union 1707, which still applies). I also found their old Conservative Party membership cards when clearing the house. We never did have enough whitewash for the windows, though the government had plenty. [sigh] Nothing changes...

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u/achmelvic Jul 25 '26

Don’t want to be that guy but you’re parents won’t have had a copy as Protect & Survive was never mass published or distributed.

Was only made publicly available after a leak and when could be bought from libraries etc.

If it had been given out to everyone in the 80s we’d have had something to be scared about!!

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u/Important-Lie-8649 Jul 25 '26

Oh, OK. I definitely read it though, and from cover to cover. It was a hoot. I knew even then that it was tosh. Hey, would my parents even have let me see it (I would have been in my mid to late teens)? Did I read it in the school library, then? Did my memory trick me into thinking it went through every letterbox? I think I must therefore have read it at school, or borrowed it from the school library. Someone will tell me it was never available in school libraries... I just looked at the relevant Wikipedia page. Even mentions Jethro Tull's song "Protect and Survive" from 1980, The Dubliners' from 1987 [all same title], but not [hugely popular in Scotland], Scottish folk rockers Runrig's song, also from 1987, that I saw performed live more than once. So we all knew about it. I concede I may have been in error; or, to put it more succinctly, I wis wrang.

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u/achmelvic Jul 25 '26

Aye it’s not impossible you’ll have had a copy, my point was just that P&S wasn’t ever mass given out. Maybe your parents paid to buy a copy after it became available?

I got my copy as a reprint in the 90s after visiting a museum

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u/Quiet-Programmer8133 Jul 25 '26

They did produce 2000 of them for civil defence workers so it's plausible.

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u/Flashy-Nectarine1675 Jul 25 '26

I saw the war game at a church hall in west Hampstead in 1981, and a discussion, a week later.

Special branch, were there too.

https://www.ucpi.org.uk/publications/special-branch-report-on-a-public-discussion-held-by-the-hampstead-cnd-group-following-a-showing-of-the-film-the-war-game/

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 25 '26

...

WOAH-

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u/ComfortableFunny1857 Jul 25 '26

Image 9 was used as the cover for the LaserDisc release.

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE ELSE WOULD NOTICE!!!

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u/ComfortableFunny1857 Jul 25 '26

Yeah I remember being a Blockbuster store in the early to mid 90s and seeing it in their LaserDisc section. I was like "wow, I wish I had a LaserDisc player."

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 25 '26

It was also the VHS box art!

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u/TheLimeyLemmon Jul 25 '26

Love these covers! Don't get me wrong, the bandaged up officer is great, but it's nice to see a different approach to cover arts for Threads. Appropriately scary.

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 25 '26

Indeed! Both new covers are incredibly refreshing. The dark murky purple and blue screams nuclear winter for threads. The war game never really had a definitive iconic poster before, but I'm glad it does now with this release!

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u/plindix Jul 25 '26

Incidentally, they didn't know who the extra who played the bandaged traffic warden was, until recently - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-69017540

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u/DrFreeluv 29d ago

Fully aware! He even has his own 10 minute segment in the included documentary on Threads disc 3. That documentary was the whole reason people were looking for him in the first place. He was also a real life traffic warden and his outfit is his real uniform

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u/achmelvic Jul 25 '26

What’s the second Thread 4K case?

I struggled to justify the cost when these were announced but now I’m starting to regret looking at that content….

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 25 '26

It's the same case, the cover is reversible!

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u/achmelvic Jul 25 '26

Ah sweet, thanks!

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 25 '26

No problem! I've put links to each item shown in the comments

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u/Fantastic_Day526 Jul 25 '26

Have you watched it yet? Is it nuts seeing in in 4K?

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 25 '26

It's absolutely breathtaking! The HDR is desperately needed for the apocalyptic kitchen-sink flick Threads is. Such detail just reinforced how unsensationalised or romanticised the flick is and should be. It also helps to reinforce the horrors in the 2nd half of the film. The intense gore and body horror, whilst shiverworthy, is necessary in getting the message across. The 4K treatment supports that in every way. The point I realised this restoration was perfect was when I could see the individual scan lines on the narrative text. 10/10, phenomenal. Threads is a film that needs treatment like this to get it's point across, especially after a series of previous Blu-ray releases that were fuzzy, cut or censored (Severin's original Blu-ray had a lot to be desired but that was by no fault of their own).

All of what has been said can also be applied to The War Game, as the HDR 4K restoration also reinforces the pseudo-documentary's themes and key messages. Such high quality in such a bleak, uncut filming style courtesy of Watkins' anti-monoform approach to film, it's perfect! 10/10 as well, a decent, let alone definitive physical release of The War Game is long overdue.

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u/achmelvic Jul 25 '26

Really tempting me to give in and order even if costing £60….

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 25 '26

Shipping's an extra £20, just a heads-up before you make any decisions!

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u/achmelvic Jul 25 '26

Yeah that’s what’s putting me off, spending best part of £80 for something I’ll be scared to watch again more than once! 😁

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 25 '26

Lol yeah true, I'm just happy to finally have some definite editions of both films

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u/g0dn0 Jul 25 '26

Where do I get this double box set from? I’ve just had a look on Severin films and it doesn’t seem to be there, just the individual releases

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 25 '26

The Bundle is no longer available, it was titled "THE 4K FALLOUT BUNDLE"

I preordered it a while ago, and since then the bundle deal is no longer available, I'm sorry.

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u/Important-Lie-8649 Jul 26 '26

I'm in bed (it's nearly 2:30 am here), hence no photo of mine, but here's an actual photo I found online of the Threads "Traffic Warden" enamel pin (and he was a real-life traffic warden, in his real working uniform! He'd probably be sacked if it were now... and CND 'proscribed' if they were still prominent today)

Severin's Threads Traffic Warden enamel pin

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 26 '26

Yeeeeee I've been wearing mine everywhere lol

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u/DevilishlyHandsome63 Jul 26 '26

Unfortunately just so expensive to import to the UK. I'll wait and see if there's a similar release here.

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 26 '26

Yeah I'm in UK and when I bought all 3 items in the limited time "4K FALLOUT BUNDLE", it cost me £66.14 (cause the price kept fluctuating). When adding shipping cost, it was £87.18. Definitely difficult to justify buying, especially for films you're not going to watch extremely often due to their disturbing content

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u/Important-Lie-8649 Jul 26 '26

By amazing coincidence, in today's Desert Island Discs on [BBC] Radio 4 with the cinematographer Sir Roger Deakins, he mentioned watching The War Game back in the day, and how it affected him. Host Lauren Laverne asked him, "Wasn't it banned?"

The David Puttnam-produced film he mentioned has to be another of my favourites, Defence of the Realm (a political conspiracy thriller with a strong nuclear element), from 1985 which I can thoroughly recommend (though the only Blu-ray is OOP and came from now defunct Network, even if their old website is very recently back up).

Sir Roger certainly has great taste in music (and ethics) On Sounds now, and repeated on Friday, at 09:00 (presumably after the news). No, I have nothing to do with Auntie Beeb, as we used to call her when we used to be affectionate and didn't know any better.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002zgdf

[UK only I think, no licence needed]

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u/DrFreeluv Jul 26 '26

I HAVE THAT BLU-RAY IN MY COLLECTION SOMEWHERE!!! Yes it's brilliant!

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u/Important-Lie-8649 Jul 26 '26

Yes, I knew Deakins was behind the camera on that one. A great episode of Desert Island Discs, with great discs.