Chernobyl

[Kapitan]

Chernobyl a place we are likely all familiar with and most of us know the consequences of what happened that day in April 1986.

HBO in partnership with sky have launched a mini series based on the events of the disaster, which to this day remains the worst nuclear accident in history (followed very closely by Fukushima)

So far i am only on episode 2 of 5 but my first impressions are very good they really have done well in the special effects and detail regarding the events so far, i do have some niggling questions which il write down later once i have watched all 5 episodes but for now this is certainly one interesting show.

The location for the filming is a place i have actually been to as well the Ignalina nuclear plant in Lithuania, so both areas are surprisingly familiar to me.

As you guys are aware i have been to Chernobyl myself back in 2017 (i cant find the original post i made ) but here are the pictures i took of my trip into the dead zone. (and yes i want to go back)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313...57679461271885

[Eichhörnchen]

Great post that was too, Kapitan...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...63&postcount=1

[Platapus]

We studied that in my Lit class.


Chernobyl Kinsmen by William Shakespeare.

[Jimbuna]

You'll enjoy the series Blair, I certainly did but I'll refrain from adding any spoilers which will become obvioualy apparent as you progress through the series.

[STEED]

Not gone down well in Russia.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/07/russi...er-us-9864778/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48559289

[Rhodes]

The series is wonderful!

Already saw it all and it is (for me) very well made. Some episodes are quite a punch in the stomach and when it ends, one just want to see next one.



A funny picture that I saw about the this series was that it was HBO atonement for and to the fans of GOT.

[Commander Wallace]

This really is a great series in an eerie kind of way. I remember seeing a documentary of the dome that was produced to cover the destroyed reactor.





Great pictures and writing Blair, as usual.

[Bilge_Rat]

yes, great show, good writing, acting, production. Currently the no. 1 show of all time on IMDB.

Hard to watch, but impossible to look away. I have already watched it twice and am watching it a third time with my GF. There are so many details, you have to watch it multiple times to catch all of them.

As to how the Russians feel about it, you can google many articles that focus on the niggling little mistake, but I like this article from a Russian ex-pat that says the show really nails what it was like to be a Russian in 1986:

I am always wary of watching Western-made TV and film dramas set in Russia with my Russian husband, but I need not have worried: Harris, Skarsgård, and Watson deliver masterfully nuanced performances that show that, they too have done their homework. “Chernobyl's” production team, led by designer Luke Hall, has faithfully recreated both Chernobyl and Pripyat with astonishing accuracy on 158 sets and on location in Ignalina in Lithuania. Every tiny detail, from the white stenciled letters on the heavy metal plant doors, to Legasov's ill-fitting glasses, and the rickety dish drainer in Lyudmilla Ignatenko's Pripyat kitchen are absolutely true to the period, as are the costumes designed by Odile Dicks-Mireaux, who commented, "I hate polyester, but actually, polyester reigns in this show…” A team of Lithuanian designers researched Russian patterns for work and medical uniforms, and the civilian clothes come from Belarus Film Studios. It is certainly in no small measure thanks to the entire “Chernobyl” team that my Russian husband — and tens of thousands of his compatriots — are currently raving about “Chernobyl.”

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/...ernobyl-a65639

[Eichhörnchen]

Is this likely to come out on DVD?

[u crank]

Excellent series. Very well done. Grim story, depressing really but it captures the moment so well. Highly recomended.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

None of you saw this show. You are mistaken.

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

None of you saw this show. You are mistaken.

Ah Kamarade, in Soviet Russia, show watches you!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by u crank

Excellent series. Very well done. Grim story, depressing really but it captures the moment so well. Highly recomended.

Just don't go picking up any pieces of debris

[mapuc]

According to the Danish news here, the series have gone political in Russia.

The Russian have made some kind of counter-attack

(if I heard correct) they said Russian authorities claimed an agent from the west was behind it.

Markus

[Dowly]

Anatoly Dyatlov's interview:



This channel's got a lot of footage filmed at Chernobyl during various times of the clean up:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd5...ZtIeQ/featured