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Post by Kubo Caskett on Apr 21, 2016 2:44:15 GMT
As I'm still working on Project Lizard, I'm contemplating the idea of having WWIII taking place in the late 90's rather than the early 2000's since I figure it would make WWIV more of a "surprise" in the 21st century, I'm considering how would WWIII effect pop culture.
Right off the bat, a lot of celebrities would be drafted into the ranks of their respective powers and that a lot of media would be effected, and yet they might not be so "jingoistic" as they were in WWII (especially on the NATO side) and that there might be less talk of war bonds and more of making the world safe for whatever power fights for.
So any ideas perhaps? |
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Apr 21, 2016 3:35:33 GMT
Well, the first thing that pops in my head is Schwarzenegger, Stallone, or any of those big action stars making some sort of propaganda commercial asking for people to join the army
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Post by Kubo Caskett on Apr 21, 2016 3:51:34 GMT
Well, the first thing that pops in my head is Schwarzenegger, Stallone, or any of those big action stars making some sort of propaganda commercial asking for people to join the army That can work, and I can expect a lot of thrillers about "enemy" agents trying to cause trouble in the home front for the sake of their sides cause.
Speaking of cause, I can imagine the other side (the "not so communistic Soviet" side) running with the idea that NATO are "evil capitalist fascists" and hellbent on conquering the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics/whatever for corporate colonization; que the comparisons between NATO and the Nazis.
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Post by eDGT on Apr 21, 2016 7:05:15 GMT
Well, the first thing that pops in my head is Schwarzenegger, Stallone, or any of those big action stars making some sort of propaganda commercial asking for people to join the army So basically the Expendables, right? |
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Apr 21, 2016 16:30:50 GMT
Well, the first thing that pops in my head is Schwarzenegger, Stallone, or any of those big action stars making some sort of propaganda commercial asking for people to join the army So basically the Expendables, right? Essentially, yes, except instead of them being mercenaries, they'd, of course, be part of the miltary |
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Post by Epic History on Apr 22, 2016 2:34:32 GMT
MC Ren on N.W.A originally planned on joining the Marines or Army back in the 1980s before seeing Full Metal Jacket and having his music career take off. So with that in mind, seeing several West Coast rappers in the service would be rather interesting.
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Post by punkrockbowler805 on May 15, 2016 23:11:57 GMT
Is this nuclear? Might affect whether there is a pop culture at all. I just finished a canticle for leibowitz.
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Post by Kubo Caskett on May 16, 2016 2:06:15 GMT
Is this nuclear? Might affect whether there is a pop culture at all. I just finished a canticle for leibowitz. No, because where's the fun in having both sides nuke each other to "oblivion", though I could have the nuking business play out like in Able Archer 83 but still it'd be more fun in not having nukes. Though I will say that nukes by the time WWIII comes are mostly reduced through the successful SALT treaties in the late 20th century so that there are only some in the double digits and that they are to be used as a "last resort" in wartime.
And what's with this "canticle for leibowitz"? Is it some Big Lebowski reference or something?
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Post by eDGT on May 16, 2016 20:52:10 GMT
And what's with this "canticle for leibowitz"? Is it some Big Lebowski reference or something? Oh lord no, it's one of the most popular post-apocalyptic novels ever written. Here's a link. |
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Post by punkrockbowler805 on May 17, 2016 21:21:34 GMT
Long story short: nuclear war happens in the sixties. Mobs of looters kill all scientists and leaders. Mutants happen. Catholics in Utah desert Abbey (what about the Mormons?) preserve books. New dark age happens. Later renaissance with midwestern cities like Texarkana and Denver and Laredo scheming against one another about a horde of plains nomad native Americans and reinventing electrical generators until everyone is ready to have another nuclear war. I think any world war would have at least a few nukes fly.
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Post by orvillethird on May 18, 2016 3:18:54 GMT
Long story short: nuclear war happens in the sixties. Mobs of looters kill all scientists and leaders. Mutants happen. Catholics in Utah desert Abbey (what about the Mormons?) preserve books. New dark age happens. Later renaissance with midwestern cities like Texarkana and Denver and Laredo scheming against one another about a horde of plains nomad native Americans and reinventing electrical generators until everyone is ready to have another nuclear war. I think any world war would have at least a few nukes fly. Been done. (Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz) |
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Post by Kubo Caskett on May 18, 2016 3:35:05 GMT
And what's with this "canticle for leibowitz"? Is it some Big Lebowski reference or something? Oh lord no, it's one of the most popular post-apocalyptic novels ever written. Here's a link.I never heard of that book if you ask me, this is the first time I did.
Speaking of which there probably won't be much post-apocalyptic settings in post war media once the conflict given that the war I envisioned does not go nuclear at all; though I can't say the same for WWIV, that's when crazy s--t happens but relax the world doesn't get magically destroyed or that "dere iz no furver historikol rekird uv wut happenz next" garbage.
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Post by punkrockbowler805 on May 18, 2016 3:55:29 GMT
I know its been done. I was summarizing the book.
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Post by Kubo Caskett on May 19, 2016 21:37:54 GMT
You know, I wonder how would a Third World War affect the holidays? I could imagine Halloween taking a hit since all that gory bloody stuff might be seen as in bad taste (I'm not really a fan of that stuff but that's not the point).
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