Chernobyl
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- Gnash0
I've yet to watch the show but this twitter thread has made me move it to the top of my watch-list.
Although I'm sure that pr2 has more direct and personal experience that easily dismisses this comrade's perspective
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" I have just finished watching Episode 1 of Chernobyl on @HBO. My perspective is that of someone born and raised in the Soviet Union who has vivid memories of 1986, the catastrophe itself and how it was handled by the Soviet politicians and the state media..."
- 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
- teh1
We will have to wait 30 years for a story about Japan's?
- drgs0
- 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
- 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
- ernexbcn8
- https://independenta…pr2
- PR guy is such a frustrated guy...tank02
- Bennn3
can't wait for the next episode! really good quality cinema
- pr2-6
Since so many of you love to waste away your brains on HBO's fictitious interpretation of reality, let me steer your to a great book about the Chernobyl disaster. Reading it you won't be giving into simplistic Hollywood interpretations; instead of banality of most obvious feelings, you will be exploring thoughtful and great literature and as a side benefit, won't be looked down on by guys like me for willingly letting mass culture steering your understanding of reality. Winner!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/produc…- Hey, I've not travelled by rail since Rob Lowe's Atomic Train.see_thru
- how about your fictitious interpretations on socialism? do we look down on you?hotroddy
- hot, go ahead try from you "mounting" of 3 pages thick mountain.pr2
- And here I thought I was too full of myself.
Thanks pr2!deadsperm - Looks like a good book thoughsarahfailin
- Read this a few months back. https://www.chemistr… the HBO series doesn't seem that far off to meJerseyRaindog
- 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
- Nairn-1
Ok, so what does this teach us about 5G?
- shapesalad-1
Better than your sensationalised drama show, reality:
- 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
- tank023
That music
- Ramanisky22
This exchange O_O
Shcherbina: “What does the Radiation do to them precisely?”
Legasov: “Ionizing radiation tears the cellular structure apart. The skin blisters, turns red, then black. This is followed by a latency period. The immediate effects subside & the patient appears to be recovering...Healthy even. But they aren’t. This usually only lasts a day or 2...”
Shcherbina: “Continue.”
Legasov: “Then the cellular damage begins to manifest. The bone marrow dies, the immune system fails, the organs & soft tissue begin to decompose.
The arteries & veins spill open like sieves, to the point where you can’t even administer morphine for the pain, which is...unimaginable. And then 3 days to 3 weeks, you are dead. That is what will happen to those boys.”
- 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
- zaq0
As someone who lived in the area affected by Chernobyl I am afraid to watch it.
- I think the area is much bigger. 4 women in our street got Thyroid cancer, including my mother. Its a typical radiactive pollution cancer. We'll see over ->tank02
- 30 years if there was spike of stats. I live in Belgium by the way. My theory is Germany, Belgium and Holland where also affected by the nucleair windstank02
- Milan0
A Hollywood show about a disaster in the USSR, brought to you by the guy who made Hangover 2. Must be very accurate, objective and unbiased...gtfo
- it's entertainment, not a history lesson ffsmonospaced
- but if you're dismissing its accuracy based on nothing more than who and where this is made, then you're not being fairmonospaced
- Milan, tell us how it really happened comradeernexbcn