Product: Special Bulletin (TV-Movie) [VHS] (1983)
Rating: 4.0
Intense and Gripping
I was 26 (27?) when I saw this. It was intense then and it still is; even with all of the "mistakes". Those who think Made-for-TV-Movies are ordinary or average needs to see this. Supposedly, there were disclaimers when it aired, but I don't remember them. The video is dated videotape quality. Seeing this brought back memories of watching "The Day After" on ABC; uncut (the current DVD is an edited version) and with very few commercials (after the inital 1/2 hour, I don't remember seeing any).Some may not remember, but there were, at least, two more shows like this one; one was of a failed Mars landing where the astronauts were killed by Martians and the other (which I remember was very engrossing) was of an alien visitation that goes wrong. I hope they will be releasing these soon; particularly the latter.UPDATE: I finally discovered the titles of the two other faux news reports mentioned above. The botched alien visitation was called "Without Warning". The Mars landing one was called: "Special Report: Journey to Mars".