Looking for something to watch. Has anyone watched the 2019 Chernobyl miniseries? Never seen it. Is it worthwhile?
OT: Chernobyl Miniseries
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Yes, it's worth watching. Interesting to see how the whole disaster developed but very depressing story.
It's really well done, you won't be disappointed.
Widely respected as one of the best constructed TV series of all time. It’s definitely not a pick-you-up, but it’s well worth a watch.
96% and 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The first part was excellent and then the second was good and the ending not as much - like a lot of TV these days
But its worth a watch
The deserted town of Pripyat is ghostly and made a great setting for a PC game called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. It was developed by Ukrainian company with a feel for the area and events.
I grew up next to a nuke so the accident didn't surprise me since the employees made me more nervous than terrorists
The first part was excellent and then the second was good and the ending not as much - like a lot of TV these days
But its worth a watch
The deserted town of Pripyat is ghostly and made a great setting for a PC game called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. It was developed by Ukrainian company with a feel for the area and events.
I grew up next to a nuke so the accident didn't surprise me since the employees made me more nervous than terrorists
One of the greatest miniseries of all-time. Not joking. A true masterpiece.
One of the best things I’ve ever watched, and I’m extremely picky when it comes to historical non-fiction.
I’ve also toured Pripyat in real life back in 2016, one of the more surreal places on the planet. Even more surreal there was actual fighting in Pripyat/Chernobyl a few years ago. The Russians even had around 1000 soldiers get acute radiation sickness from entrenching in the red forest.
I’ve also toured Pripyat in real life back in 2016, one of the more surreal places on the planet. Even more surreal there was actual fighting in Pripyat/Chernobyl a few years ago. The Russians even had around 1000 soldiers get acute radiation sickness from entrenching in the red forest.
Highly recommend. Remember giggling at how corrupt and terrible the Soviet system was compared to ours. 6 months later Covid came and I couldn’t stop seeing the parallels. Also I heard the bridge is not true or at least not like portrayed.
One of the best series I have ever seen, must watch. Did not know how bad it was for the world until watching this series.
Echoing what others have written - one of the best TV shows ever. The show gave me insight to the mindset of average Soviet citizens thrust into an existential crisis. Even more powerful because the events that unfold really happened.
Also paints an important portrait of the rigidity and secretness of Soviet leadership.
Going to rewatch sooner now because of this thread.
Also paints an important portrait of the rigidity and secretness of Soviet leadership.
Going to rewatch sooner now because of this thread.
I live near one now- and as dumb as it sounds, with all the tornado warnings the other night, my mind was more worried about one of them hitting the plant. But in almost any terrorist attack on something like a Nuclear plant, there is going to be an inside person or people.
Physically the plants are usually pretty stout. Things like Fukushima and Chernobyl happen because of human screw-ups. Fukushima was a black swan event (earthquake + tsunami) but the eventual failure of the plant's systems was ultimately attributed to "regulatory capture" ( "regulators charged with promoting the public interest defer to the wishes and advance the agenda of the industry or sector they ostensibly regulate.") and slovenly safety. Three sperate investigations made that determination.
Things like Fukushima are part of why the people running the plants concerned me more than terrorists (but Al Qaeda had considered hitting the local nuke). Local plant had guards busted for sleeping and doing cocaine on the job - they were tomatoes.
An engineer from the plant strangled his wife and daughter and then killed himself with a carving knife (he failed to cut his wrists and stabbed his groin instead). Dude was like a demon. He had been placed on leave because he was sketchy at work. Co-workers were worried about him going off at work. Be aware these workers are tested psychologically when hired. I thought a plant near a substantial population and environmental resource should be run by military but murderer was Annapolis grad. Lots of Navy people work at the these places.
Al Qaeda guy was arrested working at NJ plant
I think Tony Gilroy used this miniseries as inspiration for how he wrote the Imperial characters in Andor. The constant need to avoid being held accountable and finding scapegoats. This explained all the lies and secrets of the Soviet system. It was one big game of CYA.
Fukushima would have been fine if the backup generators were on the roof instead of ground level.
That's true and the fact they weren't - despite warnings from experts - is part of the faulty safety situation that made plant unsafe from construction on.
"Synolakis and Kâno report that the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which ran the plant, first reduced the height of the coastal cliffs where the plant was built, underestimated potential tsunami heights, relied on its own internal faulty data and incomplete modeling and ignored warnings from Japanese scientists that larger tsunamis were possible."
Our local plant was built to hold-up with a 4.5 quake since it was built right on Ramapo fault. Last year's NJ quake on Ramapo was 4.8
Watched it. Outstanding. Disturbing and scary but outstanding.
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