Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Tapeworm Video Dist
• VHS Release Date: May 30, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305298874
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #679,361 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Y2K Millennium Meltdown: The Silent Bomb takes a different approach to the year 2000 crisis. Instead of looking at it from a technical, preparedness point of view, it takes the view that this is the "beginning of the coming dark age." Using a drama to illustrate the strike of midnight for the coming century--the TV fills with static, the phone goes dead, the lights black out--the video introduces the concept of the Y2K bug. First, the problem itself is examined, and from there we look at "the silver bullet," the mythical cure-all solution to the millennium bug. Expounded upon are the seemingly inevitable (by this video's reckoning) failure of power, banking, transportation, the government, the military, and agriculture (surprised by this one? Hybrid seeds need to be purchased, which won't be possible because of the other problems, which will cause food shortages). The solutions offered (buy a supply of dehydrated foods to last a year or more) are extreme and the words offered aren't comforting; one expert declares that this is "much like being on the deck of the Titanic ... and we're headed straight for an iceberg and it's not going to be pretty." The video takes a fairly straightforward albeit panicky approach, until the final section entitled "Spiritual." Here the video takes a surprising and sharp turn to the extreme right, as it relates the coming problems to biblical prophecy, quoting from the Bible and predicting great suffering for Christians before the Rapture. The quality of this video is decidedly low budget and the tone alarmist to an extreme. But the offbeat tone and the sheer earnestness of the speakers make this an amusing watch for those who want to join in the cult of Y2K. --Jenny Brown

From the back cover

Will you survive the Y2K computer crash?
The world has reached a point in time where our technological advances may have surpassed our ability to handle them. What was once a luxury has now become a necessity.

Einstein said he feared a society where technology surpassed humanity. The computer industry has grown to heights that would rival George Orwell's 1984. What was once science fiction has become a science nightmare.

It has the greatest minds in the world racing against a deadline that can't be stopped. What many are calling the coming "dark age."

Millennium Meltdown: The Silent Bomb. A complete video guide. Can you survive without a telephone? Electricity? Easily accessible grocery store? Bank? Gas? Water? Hard questions need hard answers.... Learn from the experts.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A one-sided view of Y2K., May 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Y2K Millennium Meltdown: The Silent Bomb [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video uses old information and alarmist predictions about Y2K. Tries to tie Y2K into Biblical prophecy. Worst case scenarios are presented after which we are told "not to panic." Definitely not for children and I would not recommend it to anyone unless they are also familiar with the most recent progress which has been made on Y2K. Reviewed by an evangelical Christian.

4.0 out of 5 stars This Video Is Clear, Concise, And Accurate!, April 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Y2K Millennium Meltdown: The Silent Bomb [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As a Christian and a computer technician I found this video to be excellent. The moderator clearly explained the Y2k issue in language that all could understand. He also tied events into the scriptures in a very articulate manner. This video is for the novice as well as the advanced. But even more important - the Christian!