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Anyone else have a problem with the A-bomb bit?

posted 14 years ago by fabrice4211
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I know that this is seen through the eyes of a child, and that there is a radio report in the background mentioning the horror of the bomb, but Jim not acknowledging that report in any way, especially when he's seen what one bomb can do, and the A-bomb is described in the background as being like 100,000 bombs (or however it was mentioned)... Then only describing it s being like God taking a photograph... I was just left a bit uncomfortable with that.

Thoughts?

[–] MNRebecca (769) 6 years ago

No. I found it very consistent with Jamie's character. Bright and quick but shallow. Depth requires some processing, i.e. it takes a while to get to "I learned a new word today."

[–] Franky88 (288) 5 years ago

Nah its an epic scene i loved it how it was made.

[–] liscarkat (18373) 2 years ago

My dad's U.S. Navy destroyer had been through the kamikaze attacks and had come back to Bremerton Naval Shipyard for repairs. A couple of days before they were scheduled to head back out toward Japan, news came of the atomic bombs. If it hadn't been for the bombs, my dad and a million or more additional lives might have been lost, including Japanese civilian lives. Fewer died from the bombs than would have died otherwise.

[–] thingmakersback (1370) 2 years ago

Seems totally right to me. As you say, this is through the eyes of Jim.

[–] Strazdas (2472) a year ago

You do realize that the A-bombs werent all that powerful? Brits have thrown more explosive power on Dresden than the A-bombs had.