Chernobyl
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- Bennn4
Plutonium is "the most toxic substance known to mankind"
- grafician8
https://twitter.com/SlavaMalamud…
This guy on twitter posts reviews about how authentic this show really is so far...
- Nice findmaquito
- Read that earlier today .. very cool.Ramanisky2
- and what better way to post it than in 280 character long chunks on Twitterdrgs
- @drgs he reviews it scene-by-scene, tweet-by-tweet. Just so you guys know, most of what he says applies to most East-European countries under communismgrafician
- really interesting, thanksFax_Benson
- and there were people here so quick to write it off as biased and inaccurate without even seeing a single second of itmonospaced
- drgs0
- Jesus. People are fucking idiots.cannonball1978
- karla is a racistPonyBoy
- She wanted a 'Hamilton Chernobyl'. Wich doesn't make any sense at all. Ah well...tank02
- Also, there were no elephantsGnash
- I heard the next movie about the moon will have Will Smith as black Neil Armstrong.mg33
- love it as long as they do a bioepic on Michael Jordan starring Margaret Cho_niko
- I'd like see a Michael Jackson movie where he starts off as a ginger girl but through the movie he transitions into the Rock.PhanLo
- *Russian accent*
In Russia there are no snowflakes.sarahfailin - lol @mg33 & PhanLomaquito
- except IRL they wouldn't have spoken in Ukranian accentsmonospaced
- Is she aware its a real story?Bennn
- Seems fair... can't wait to see a white actor play Robert Mugabe in a feature length biopic...shapesalad
- She has a point... I think we need more black Nazis in WWII films in future films. My gut says Denzel would find the role of Hitler quite challenging.PonyBoy
- Taika Waititi is playing Hitler in an upcoming movie, though it's only an imaginary friend version of him.PhanLo
- ya random people on internet are funny.pango
- ernexbcn8
- https://independenta…pr2
- PR guy is such a frustrated guy...tank02
- Ramanisky24
- hells yea. Excellent work. So gruesome.dopepope
- Watching on my train ride homemg33
- mg33 you’ve been warnedRamanisky2
- This! I was shouting at my TV. I couldn't believe when she put his blistery purple hand on her belly. HOLY FUCKsarahfailin
- Holy fuck indeed, that episode was heavy duty. The ignorance of the people higher up the chain and the cover up is where a lot of the real horror is.PhanLo
- UUUUUGH, is this viewable anywhere other than HBOGo or whatever??elahon
- also that woman's hair. 80's + Russia = ¿sarahfailin
- Ramanisky25
- The bureaucratic allegiance to state hierarchy (if I'm saying that the right way) was as gripping as the tragedy itself.mg33
- And I'm interested to know if some of the politicians opinions were based more in Russian superiority (ex: impossible that a Russian reactor could explode)mg33
- Or if they were just preemptively in denial to cover their own asses as things went higher up the chain of command.mg33
- The 2nd episode started to me make me feel physically sick. It's great.PhanLo
- Makes me sick and nervous. Love it!adrok
- PhanLo3
Grim viewing. Crazy they filmed so much.
I wondered if the make up was a bit overkill, but it seems it wasn't.- Wow. Vom.maquito
- 4:50 is nightmare materialernexbcn
- Moar!drgs
- Is the unibrow a radiation side effect?milfhunter
- drgs5
- lol at instant red radiated faceRamanisky2
- comrade! don't you have to look down at it to work?teh
- colin_s0
this is wonderful but everyone speaking in traditional english is strange. like, would doing russian accents be considered condescending or something? and obviously they wouldn't perform in american english, so traditional is just how it was decided for US viewership to both accept as foreign but still understand?
that's the one thing that distracts me - especially when the radio broadcast, or whatever, is obviously from the USSR but lacks subtitles ... everything else has been quite wonderful.
- it's not strange considering who's making the show and who the audience ismonospaced
- I just think that such a notable story wouldn't get the same traction for viewers if it used subtitles.mg33
- I do find the whole "english" accent as "foreign" funny though. That is used a lot in shows.monospaced
- READING SUCKS! :Dmg33
- It was the right decision. A whole series with subtitles make no sense.Bennn
- right but why not english with a russian accent?colin_s
- ^ I would blame Jennifer Lawrence for that one... if done poorly (red sparrow) it's probably even more distractingbogue
- Russia adopts american shows by dubbing them to their language, so you can watch it in Russian laterdrgs
- Personally I think there's nothing more annoying than when actors talk english with a russian / german accent in movies. Fuck that.haga
- sted6
- PonyBoy2
wow... this show is really 'that' good?
As ‘Game Of Thrones’ Ends, HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Quietly Becomes IMDB’s Highest Rated Show In History
- only one way to really find outernexbcn
- ha... just started ep 2... ep 1 def. got my attentionPonyBoy
- nostalgia+ nobody actually knew in the other half of europe what happened and this:
https://twitter.com/…sted - 52,000 people liked it.robthelad
- PonyBoy3
- Yeah. That episode had some funny lines and little set pieces. I like the sarcastic animosity between Legasov and Boris.Fax_Benson
- and the mine crew bossFax_Benson
- Miner boss was tops. It was funny, but like everything in that show it's tinged with sadness.PhanLo
- and with some of the heaviest moments so far it was almost a relief to see dozens of naked minersGardener
- mg335
Fell asleep watching the last episode on the couch last night, but woke up in the flashback part of the story showing the explosion. Scared the living hell out of me - subwoofer was rumbling and as I had been asleep it was pretty intense to wake up to that.
- colin_s-4
https://www.newyorker.com/news/o…
I find it quite distressing that everyone is lauding this show, especially its 'accuracy' - when Emily Mortimer's character was a complete invention. there's a scary trend in American entertainment to want to "learn history" through fictitious stories, actualized for screen drama... we wonder why we have a reality TV show president, well. It makes for great TV.
- Emily Watson, excuse mecolin_s
- it's a single person, ffs ... it's impossible to have a ton of character development if you're going for 100% real people and interactions onlymonospaced
- it's lauded because it's a good show, and happens to be incredibly accurate to history big picturemonospaced
- incredibly accurateshoes
- strange example to get distressed about. It's really good and seems to be well researched and intelligently made.Fax_Benson
- also seems lots of people have actually been intrigued enough to find out the facts, and test how authentic the show really is.Fax_Benson
- Chances are that this fictitious character had experiences that were very likely to have had occurred.monospaced
- lol - Mortimer
To Fax's point, it spurred me to learn as much as I could outside of the show.Vandal7 - DIdn't they explain that her character was an amalgamation of lots of people. There were over 100 dedicated boffins and they can't show them all,Morning_star
- yes, her character was meant to represent the group of scientists/experts that were involved in dealing with the crisis, what's wrong with that?ernexbcn
- People like historic re-creation. Peaky Blinders, Westworld, etc. It’s not about “learning history”, but enjoying efforts to re-create nicer moments thanmaquito
- ...the actual shitty present we live in.maquito
- And besides, the art and cinematography are splendid. Really nice to watch. I enjoyed every single second of it.maquito
- teh0
Should have been subtitled. Do they all have English accents?
- Ramanisky21
- They would go in groups of 2 to 3 men for only up to 90 seconds at a time.Ramanisky2
- yep, its crazyBennn
- Such a crazy system.PhanLo
- monospaced0
Is it pure grim or is there a sliver of hope or happiness? I don't know if I can handle a show that's just pure depression and despair.
- The protagonists are the whistleblowers trying to tell the government that this is a highly dangerous situation. The hope is that ppl take them srslysarahfailin
- But it's so rooted in the state hierarchy and obedience within it. The denial and immediate discounting of serious shit is pretty wild.mg33
- Interesting. I might have to watch this one alone. For me, HBO can practically do no wrong. :)monospaced
- I am about 45min in and it is really good. The level of denial is incredible. Wish I had the HBO app on my phone since work is so slow.lemmy_k
- kingsteven1
- adds nothing to the story, but his story could be something interesting on its own.tank02
- There were quite a few African Americans who moved to the Soviet Union, seeking escape from racism, I think it was ok for a while before they got Gulag'ed...PhanLo
- ...as the the authorities thought he was a spy.PhanLo
- ...'they were spies' sorry.PhanLo