Chernobyl
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- sarahfailin2
I think that New Yorker article colin_s posted is pretty good. It's good to keep in mind what's fact and what is fiction. I also thought at times the character Emily Watson played was unrealistic in her demeanor and maybe a little trite in being the knowing scientist willing to confront directly the systems of power. Especially so because she was a *woman* scientist in the 80s in the soviet union. It felt like that was just a play to modern, western audiences who needed a woman in this drama that's otherwise a sausage-fest.
I think what the article gets wrong is that the show really DOES indict the system more than it does the individual men. The author claims that the show just vilifies a few bad actors and misses the system, but I thought that the show did just the opposite. The central thesis seemed to be that it was the system itself which created the disaster, and the people who played roles in directly causing it were following the design of the soviet system of lies and cutting corners.
It's right though to examine historical fiction and know exactly what is history and what is fiction.
- 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
- Ramanisky20
Meanwhile in Chernobyl .... JFC.
- Welcome to the year 2019. It's all about the LIKES. The #1 drug : DopaminBennn
- sted6
- _niko1
Late to the party was avoiding this because i knew it’d be hard to watch, and I was right, brutal viewing yet I can’t pull away.
One thing that amazes me is that people so close to the plant, either the firemen or the “three” or anyone else in the thick of it immediately afterwards somehow survived.
That it wasn’t an automatic death sentence to all.
- 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
- drgs1
Radiophiles -- people who get sexually turned on by radioactivity
- shapesalad0
https://www.newscientist.com/art…
"Chernobyl radiation spike probably from Russian tanks disturbing dust
After Russian forces captured the ruined Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 24 February, sensors at the site report a spike in radiation levels"
Sounds healthy...
- 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.
- dbloc0
Radiation eating fungus in Chernobyl