Chernobyl (no spoilers)

[PineGroveBully]

I never started a thread after last week's episode as we were all so deep in baseball tourney talk. But last week's episode was about as disturbing as anything non news related that I have ever chosen to watch. The makeup team and all is magnificent because the bodies of those working in the plant at zero hour had me squeamish and turning away.

I really do hate to see the series concluding next week. This has been a pseudo look behind the curtain at how things like emergencies and govt failures are handled in countries where the press is about as free as caviar and there is little reguard for the value of human life.

HBO really does miniseries like this as well as they can be done. Reminds me of say, The John Adams from 10-12 years ago. If you're a history buff and haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. I watched it several times then bought a copy to give to my high school baseball coach/history teacher. Paul Giamanti was born to play John Adams.

 

[AlSwearengen]

You should look up the story about the Japanese guy that worked at a nuke facility who got radiated in some type of a fallout several years ago. The Japanese did what Japanese do and did everything they could to keep him alive against his and his family’s wishes, all in the name of research. If I remember correctly, it finally came to an end because they couldn’t keep his body’s fluids from leaking through the skin that they had grafted onto him. The story and pictures are straight out of a horror show.

 

[tired]

Hisashi Ouchi. Yea those pics are pretty brutal

 

[Xenomorph]

"Don't kill our Zhulka.."

Look up that story if you want a little gut wrenching realism.

Obviously the the human lives matter more but I can't imagine being on one of those kill squads.

 

[MaroonOldCrow]

I thought this was rather enlightening (no spoilers in the thread, but links out to his review of each episode): https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1132029943297265664

 

[Shamoan]

I feel nauseous after watching each episode. I feel like I’ve been exposed to radiation. Kind of a weird feeling. That crew does a great job setting all that up.

 

[Hankp22]

Awesome TV

The constant white noise / drone sounds in the show are the so awesome.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

This miniseries in a nutshell explains so much of what we see from present day Russian dash cam videos

 

[PineGroveBully]

I thought their use of the Geiger counter as background music at one time was brilliant. That kind of illuminated the fact no matter what you do, this stuff is here and isn't leaving.

 

[Hankp22]

Yep

I thought their use of the Geiger counter as background music at one time was brilliant. That kind of illuminated the fact no matter what you do, this stuff is here and isn't leaving.

Good observation. Those sounds represent the idea that radiation is always around you. The production on it is so well done.

Big fan of the white noise/drones too. It's very eerie. The show is full of "dont want to look but can't look away" scenes.