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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
Tue May 28, 2019, 11:00 AM May 2019

Chernobyl is such incredibly terrific television. But it will give you PTSD. Not even joking.

The most recent episode was psychologically devastating, as were the ones leading up to it.

What an absolutely amazing, and yet horrible (in the classic sense) piece of work this is.

One of the best, and also most uncomfortable, pieces in television drama history.

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Chernobyl is such incredibly terrific television. But it will give you PTSD. Not even joking. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti May 2019 OP
I knew what was coming last night (with destruction of the pets and other animals) but.... hlthe2b May 2019 #1
At least the shots were done in an off-camera way to slightly minimalize the horror. Tommy_Carcetti May 2019 #2
Where can I find this show? The Blue Flower May 2019 #3
It's on HBO on Mondays at 9 pm. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2019 #4
It got me in Episodes 1 and 2 - IndyOp May 2019 #5
We came THIS close montanacowboy May 2019 #6
Oh bullshit...TMI was 42 yrs. ago... Callmecrazy Jun 2019 #10
I had an acquaintance... MicaelS Jun 2019 #12
Anyone see the final episode Monday Night? I'm listening to the follow-up podcast now... hlthe2b Jun 2019 #7
The final episode was first-rate, like the rest of the series. (nt) Paladin Jun 2019 #8
Really. elleng Jun 2019 #9
Part 4 is about to replay on the East Coast. Callmecrazy Jun 2019 #11

hlthe2b

(101,729 posts)
1. I knew what was coming last night (with destruction of the pets and other animals) but....
Tue May 28, 2019, 11:05 AM
May 2019

it was devastating without being gratuitous. I sat there holding my own doggy girl so tightly.

As our own government is systematically dismantling the health and safety protections we've relied on for much of a century, displaced trained, knowledgable scientists with political hacks, and wantonly ignored all the coming risks of climate change, don't think something similar could not happen here.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
2. At least the shots were done in an off-camera way to slightly minimalize the horror.
Tue May 28, 2019, 11:10 AM
May 2019

So it didn't go overboardin that respect. But the humanity aspect....the kid basically being enlisted to go to war with house pets. Damn.

And yes, this is an extremely relevant series for something that ostensibly occurred in 1986. From the very first lines about the death of truth.

IndyOp

(15,501 posts)
5. It got me in Episodes 1 and 2 -
Tue May 28, 2019, 12:47 PM
May 2019

up to 60 million dead were predicted in the midst of the crisis - many Hiroshima's per day, etc.

In Episode 3 - the pregnant woman holding her husband's hand up to her belly, faces melting off, the fact that the workers at the plant followed all procedures correctly and the core still exploded.

This is essential viewing, IMHO.

montanacowboy

(6,052 posts)
6. We came THIS close
Tue May 28, 2019, 01:48 PM
May 2019

to this happening here

Remember 3 Mile Island

and now with all the incompetency of the idiots running the country it could happen again

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
10. Oh bullshit...TMI was 42 yrs. ago...
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 07:55 PM
Jun 2019

And the accident was contained because we are smart enough to PLAN for accidents which is why we build containment buildings around our reactors. An accident like Chernobyl would never happen here. All nuclear reactors in this country are run by members of the IBEW, of which I am a brother. There could never be some political appointment to run a reactor. The union wouldn't stand for it.

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
12. I had an acquaintance...
Wed Jun 5, 2019, 03:32 PM
Jun 2019

Back then who was rapidly anti-nuke. When he said "I wish it had really melted down." I had to restrain myself from punching him cut.

I told him he was an unrepentant asshole, he replied "I do not care". That was the end of our relationship.

hlthe2b

(101,729 posts)
7. Anyone see the final episode Monday Night? I'm listening to the follow-up podcast now...
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 07:21 PM
Jun 2019

I'm glad they tried to address what happened to some of the major figures and give a bit better estimates on how many died, when, and how. I think Gorbachev had it about right--Chernobyl was the beginning of the end of USSR. Sadly, under Putin, it is clear nothing has been learned in terms of secrecy, lies, cover-ups, and threats.

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