# Anyone seen the Playhouse 90 treatment of 'Alas, Babylon'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-playhouse-90-treatment-of-alas-babylon/442734 "2008-03-25T22:30:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-playhouse-90-treatment-of-alas-babylon/442734/21 "2008-03-27T22:01:01Z")
[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] I only remember that it was scary and two details (which may not be accurate): an adult male character saying “Alas, Babylon” when he saw the flash, and a girl being (temporarily?) blinded from the flash with bandages over her eyes. [/QUOTE] The _New York Times_ review: > [@](#): > > But it is impossible to comprehend what good purpose could be served by many of the vivid moments of terror and hysteria depicted during the program. A small child runs back into her home after the explosion, screaming, “I’m blind. I’m blind.” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-playhouse-90-treatment-of-alas-babylon/442734/22 "2008-03-27T22:12:26Z")
[QUOTE=vison] There are an awful lot of people who think that way right at this very minute. I assume they think they will be spared the coming Cataclysm, but then again, maybe not. [/QUOTE] Naturally, everyone envisions _themselves_ as the last person on Earth. Post-apocalyptic fiction would never sell, otherwise. _…Hey!..What was that blinding flash!?_🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-playhouse-90-treatment-of-alas-babylon/442734.md?page=1)