Chernobyl
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- shapesalad0
Russian forces are flying above Chernobyl in a holding pattern while firing missiles at Kyiv. The Ukrainians are unable to attack back, in case they hit Chernobyl.
- drgs1
- Beeswax0
I remember how we got panicked in Turkey because of the clouds that came over the black sea.
Scientists said all the tea and nut crops on the black sea shores were contaminated.
The minister of Commerce went on the TV to drink tea to show people that it's all fine and a bit of radiation is actually ok.
3.5 months later after the incident they found out that the contamination is far more serious so they destroyed the crops or they told us that.
Same minister apologised years later that they were too slow to respond and some of the tea and other produce have already been distributed around the country.- I remember people were afraid of the radioactive clouds coming towards Canada! .. I was a kid and still remember itBennn
- I remember, that too, Bennn. I also remember my parents filling huge plastic containers of tap water, and deep-freezing it, just in case. Scary as a kid.Continuity
- SteveJobs0
Just finished this miniseries - all in one sitting. So good.
Anything else like this? Good documentaries/docuseries?
- I posted a few here: https://www.qbn.com/…utopian
- thanks, I'll check them out!SteveJobs
- Ramanisky20
- Welcome to the year 2019. It's all about the LIKES. The #1 drug : DopaminBennn
- 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
- shapesalad0
Worth noting Fukushima is still ongoing:
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-fu…- Was thinking the same. But I guess ppl will notice Fukushima again when they drop a TV series about itgrafician
- ernexbcn-4
What I find truly distressing is people yearning for communism and pissed because a show telling just one of the many failures that system caused. This comment isn't about anybody in this thread, just some personal observations from other social networks.
- Nobody wants Communism now do they?PhanLo
- socialism is bad because it has failed? capitalism is failing. bad!imbecile
- derpBusterBoy
- true nuclear fallout has never been triedGnash
- except for Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Bikini Islands, Mururoa,...uan
- but those were from 'capitalism' so probably they don't count ;-Puan
- @PhanLo oh trust me, there are kids longing for communism, I haven't mentioned the word socialism btwernexbcn
- people who think communism and socialism are the same thing probably shouldn't comment about either.Gnash
- i believe i meant to write communism but was subliminally influenced by the social networks at the end leading to the error, either way it was a smartass remarkimbecile
- :)Gnash
- robthelad0
It was okay.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- sarahfailin0
Tonight's episode is the LAST episode. I was not prepared for this.
- drgs0
https://www.theguardian.com/envi…
Aleksandr Kudryagin
LiquidatorWe had good jokes. Here's one: an American robot is on the roof for five minutes, and then it breaks down. The Japanese robot is on the roof for five minutes, and then breaks down.
The Russian robot is up there two hours! Then a command comes in over the loudspeaker: "Private Ivanov! In two hours, you're welcome to come down and have a cigarette break."
- teh0
Should have been subtitled. Do they all have English accents?
- BusterBoy1
Compelling viewing but every now and again, I'm jolted by the thick British accents. The coal miner confronted in Ep2 sounded like Jimmy from the local tavern in Glasgow.
- drgs5
- lol at instant red radiated faceRamanisky2
- comrade! don't you have to look down at it to work?teh