Chernobyl (HBO MINI SERIES)

[Kobe]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7366338/

Anyone else seen this? Saw 3 episodes of the 5 last night, and wow I couldn't stop watching.

Really well done, A+++ Really happy they filmed it in English instead..

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED...

Was speaking to my dad and I guess in 1986 they were told to drink some sort of fluids in Poland since the big cloud from the explosion was coming towards Poland. Pretty crazy

Edit: Just checked only 738KM to Krakow from Chernobyl I thought it was over 1,000KM

[JordanLotoski]

Great show, I was hooked after the first 30 minutes

[lilmira]

We'll use bio-robots:eek:

[88CRX]

Really well done series.

Any good documentaries out there with more current updates?

[D'z Nutz]

KRyn recommended the accompanying podcast from HBO in the other thread. Definitely check it out. They're equally as fascinating and expands on details they couldn't fit into the show.

[OTown]

I've always been fascinated by that disaster. I've got it on my to-watch list.

[94CoRd]

Just have one more episode left to watch. It's been a great show. I would have been okay if they spoke Ukrainian and Russian, and did subtitles - kind of how Narco's is done. I feel it would have added to the authenticity.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Watched the first episode of this, seems pretty well done. Crazy how the manager guy or whatever he was kept telling his employees they were delusional, reported to his bosses that the radiation level was 3.6 (when that was the device maximum) and knowingly sent more and more people to their death. I assume all this is pretty close to the truth.

[D'z Nutz]

Watched the first episode of this, seems pretty well done. Crazy how the manager guy or whatever he was kept telling his employees they were delusional, reported to his bosses that the radiation level was 3.6 (when that was the device maximum) and knowingly sent more and more people to their death. I assume all this is pretty close to the truth.

Episode 5 explains their reasoning too. You guys really gotta check out the podcast. Like 90% of the stuff they show has some level of truth to it. The creator/writer even mentions one of the three head guys of the plant, Fomin, had no formal chemical/nuclear background. He essentially got his degree through a mail order process as he climbed the ranks.

[schocker]

Episode 5 was awesome.

[sabad66]

Really good show, would recommend to anyone.

[01RedDX]

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[lilmira]

This gallery is one of the best archives of the complete Chernobyl story in photos: https://imgur.com/a/TwY6q

Good stuff, thanks. There is a video of the helicopter crash. It's still hard to believe what went on at the time.

[16hypen3sp]

How can I watch this without Crave? I don't think I'm sub'd to HBO on my normal home service either...

This series is right up my alley. I've done quite a bit of research into Chernobyl and the disaster. Very interested in watching this. Heard from many people that it's awesome.

[Kobe]

How can I watch this without Crave? I don't think I'm sub'd to HBO on my normal home service either...

This series is right up my alley. I've done quite a bit of research into Chernobyl and the disaster. Very interested in watching this. Heard from many people that it's awesome.

I really do hate using other sources but if you make a post in Ask leo I'm sure people will be able to help you out.

Netflix/Amazon prime don't have it :(

Podcasts can be found here though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUeHPCYtWYQ

I haven't listened to them yet, so not sure if it will be a spoiler or if you should watch the show first.

[you&me]

I really do hate using other sources but if you make a post in Ask leo I'm sure people will be able to help you out.

Netflix/Amazon prime don't have it :(

Podcasts can be found here though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUeHPCYtWYQ

I haven't listened to them yet, so not sure if it will be a spoiler or if you should watch the show first.

I haven't watched more than a few minutes of Chernobyl yet (it's in the queue), but from what I've read about the podcasts, they include a bunch of details that couldn't be fit into the series and put a nice bow on things, so probably best for after watching...

[gpomp]

Each podcast talks about one specific episode. So after you watch Episode 1, you should listen to the first podcast and so on.

[Shlade]

where can one watch it who doesn't have cable?

[Gman.45]

Best series this year IMO. If Skarsgård deserves accolades then Jared Harris deserves them x2 IMO. Harris has been such a prolific actor too, and been in so many great productions as of late. This, The Expanse, The Crown, etc. Stellan has been a favorite actor of mine all the way back to The Hunt for Red October as well. Voices from Chernobyl is a great book on the subject, some of the HBO production is based on this. If anyone has a source for Valery Legasov's writings/recordings, I'd love to read them too. A true hero of not just his country (USSR), but the entire world IMO.

01RedDx, I didn't realize you were from Moldova, I stayed in Odessa back in 2008 which isn't far, it was my second trip into Ukraine and Russia, flew the Mig29 there that year, when there with a guy I worked with in Jordan who was Russian but was part Ukrainian and knew the area, language, and people well. Love it there. Must have been spooky as hell during the reactor incident. You should read the review from "The New Yorker", trying to poke large holes in this show - I'll take reviews and info from guys like you who lived there and lived it over some overpaid hack anytime.

There isn't enough superlatives to describe this series, HBO has really outdone themselves. The Deadwood TV film was good, this is great.

[asp integra]

Amazing series, a very faithful account of the actual events, right down to most actors resembling the actual people involved and the way they captured that time period. I was a little kid in Moldova at the time, 700 km to the south and I distinctly remember adults telling kids to run inside every time it rained and seeing strange black residue on cars after a rain shower. Not sure if the winds actually went toward Moldova at any time, may just have been the general paranoia at the time. But just seeing this excellent reenactment of the event, the setting, the vehicles, even the way people looked, definitely brought me back to that time period. I really hope Stellan Skarsgard gets an Emmy for this.

This gallery is one of the best archives of the complete Chernobyl story in photos: https://imgur.com/a/TwY6q

That is quite the set of photos. Interesting to see more about what actually happened. I'm going to have to start this show on the weekend.

[Team_Mclaren]

watched the first three eps last night. Very well done but i definitely would prefer it in Russian with Sub instead of Eng.

[Kobe]

watched the first three eps last night. Very well done but i definitely would prefer it in Russian with Sub instead of Eng.



I think if we had to find russian actors it wouldn't of been done as well (No offence to russians) but they selections they got to choose from wouldn't of been as large.

[D'z Nutz]

I think if we had to find russian actors it wouldn't of been done as well (No offence to russians) but they selections they got to choose from wouldn't of been as large.

Not just that, but a lot of people just hate reading subtitles in general. At least with English speaking actors, it would reach a wider audience.

[blairtruck]

watched Episode 1 last night listening to episode one podcast today.

[Mitsu3000gt]

watched the first three eps last night. Very well done but i definitely would prefer it in Russian with Sub instead of Eng.

American audiences (the primary audience) generally hate subtitles, or anything not American haha. It was not even an option from what I understand.

[01RedDX]

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[Mitsu3000gt]

1986 was also the Challenger disaster if I recall - a pretty big year for world news in general.

[Buster]

The podcast discusses the language/accent choices at length, and they clearly made the right decision.

[Team_Mclaren]

Not just that, but a lot of people just hate reading subtitles in general. At least with English speaking actors, it would reach a wider audience.

I'm used to watching jap/chinese anime/shows with subs. so reading subs wouldnt bother me.

[16hypen3sp]

Myself and my gf just finished watching the whole thing. Thank god for binge watching. I don't know how people could wait a week to watch the next episode.

This shit was crazy awesome. Really, really well done. Dyatlov was a total wacko. I enjoyed the format of the last episode which went back to the night of the accident to explain everything during the trial.

Crazy what went on during the whole thing. Well done dramatization of a major moment in human history.

[bjstare]

Myself and my gf just finished watching the whole thing. Thank god for binge watching. I don't know how people could wait a week to watch the next episode.

This shit was crazy awesome. Really, really well done. Dyatlov was a total wacko. I enjoyed the format of the last episode which went back to the night of the accident to explain everything during the trial.

Crazy what went on during the whole thing. Well done dramatization of a major moment in human history.

That was a well done show. Very enjoyable.

Was Dyatlov really that bad, or was it exaggerated for the show? I haven't listened to the podcast or done any research; I assume some of you have.

[Buster]

Yes he was that bad

[taemo]

we binged watched it over the weekend and what a great show.

I watched some brief YT videos explain the technical details but this helped explain the human decisions and errors made that caused the tragic event

[16hypen3sp]

I've been a shift worker for a long time but I was struck by them doing shift change at 12 o'clock. I assume they were working 12hr shifts.

Is there any benefit to shift change occurring at noon and midnight? I've always done shift change at 6am/pm.

Just seems like midnight and noon are unusual times.

[firebane]

I've been a shift worker for a long time but I was struck by them doing shift change at 12 o'clock. I assume they were working 12hr shifts.

Is there any benefit to shift change occurring at noon and midnight? I've always done shift change at 6am/pm.

Just seems like midnight and noon are unusual times.

It would depend on business needs. I used to do 12 hour shifts and it would go from 7-7

[bjstare]

Could also be 8hr shifts. 8-4, 4-12, 12-8.

[sabad66]

So i guess Russua is going to make their own version showing how it was caused by CIA espionage :rofl:

https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/kzmpvw/russia-is-making-its-own-chernobyl-blaming-america-for-the-whole-thing

[asp integra]

Such an amazing show. I wish there were more episodes. Anything else out there in a similar vein that someone could watch?

[FraserB]

Such an amazing show. I wish there were more episodes. Anything else out there in a similar vein that someone could watch?

There have been a few 1-1.5 hour documentaries on the Kursk that have been made, definitely not as long, but interesting and a good way to kill a bit of time

[msommers]

So i guess Russua is going to make their own version showing how it was caused by CIA espionage :rofl:

https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/kzmpvw/russia-is-making-its-own-chernobyl-blaming-america-for-the-whole-thing

Oh Russia, never change.

[Kijho]

Is the show in Russian with English subtitles? Or is there a full English version?

Any suggestions on where I can find a way to watch the show in decent quality? I don't have cable, so I use Netflix and I also have Shaw FreeRange TV (I use from my parents cable) so I can cast from my PC -> Chromecast on my TV Some shows, but still can't find the series. Found a few torrents but they're all in full Russian - no subtitles lol.

[firebane]

Is the show in Russian with English subtitles? Or is there a full English version?

Any suggestions on where I can find a way to watch the show in decent quality? I don't have cable, so I use Netflix and I also have Shaw FreeRange TV (I use from my parents cable) so I can cast from my PC -> Chromecast on my TV Some shows, but still can't find the series. Found a few torrents but they're all in full Russian - no subtitles lol.

Show is 100% in English with the occasional Russian subtitle.

[FroggerDude]

Is the show in Russian with English subtitles? Or is there a full English version?

Any suggestions on where I can find a way to watch the show in decent quality? I don't have cable, so I use Netflix and I also have Shaw FreeRange TV (I use from my parents cable) so I can cast from my PC -> Chromecast on my TV Some shows, but still can't find the series. Found a few torrents but they're all in full Russian - no subtitles lol.

It's available on FreeRange.

Edit: opps, only if your parents are subscribed to Crave/HBO etc through Shaw.

[taemo]

It's available on FreeRange.

I think it depends on your Shaw cable subscription.

From my parents account with only basic channels, we couldn't watch it but we could with my sisters with premium channels enabled.

[Kijho]

Damn yup confirmed it's not on free-range with the basic channels :(

[D'z Nutz]

This is why I hate social media.

https://www.boredpanda.com/instagram-influencers-ghost-town-chernobyl-pripyat/

[taemo]

This is why I hate social media.

https://www.boredpanda.com/instagram-influencers-ghost-town-chernobyl-pripyat/

lol at the responses
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/instagram-influencers-ghost-town-chernobyl-pripyat-5d01024c388d3__700.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/instagram-influencers-ghost-town-chernobyl-pripyat-5d01024ed065d__700.jpg
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/instagram-influencers-ghost-town-chernobyl-pripyat-5d0102502b01b__700.jpg

[kertejud2]

Regarding the language, my wife also said "why don't they speak Russian or English with a Russian accent, it would be more authentic."

Just get her to watch 'The Hunt for Red October' and that should answer that.

[sexualbanana]

Good stuff, thanks. There is a video of the helicopter crash. It's still hard to believe what went on at the time.

I heard the video they used in the episode was the actual footage.

[Mitsu3000gt]

I heard the video they used in the episode was the actual footage.

It was not - the one in the show was done in the same quality as the rest of the episode and was slightly different.

Real:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch1WPPdCKog

Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=209n4m6rwGc

[Misterman]

Episode 5 explains their reasoning too. You guys really gotta check out the podcast. Like 90% of the stuff they show has some level of truth to it. The creator/writer even mentions one of the three head guys of the plant, Fomin, had no formal chemical/nuclear background. He essentially got his degree through a mail order process as he climbed the ranks.


Yay for Socialism! lol. What do you mean by explaining their reasoning? You just mean because the head guy thought there was a trip button? Even with that available, I still don't understand how he could keep thinking everyone was crazy, when more and more guys are coming back with severe radiation injuries? As a guy who was a control board operator, it is just insane to see the way they responded to this. They were more concerned with curbing hysteria, than they were with even finding out if there was anything to be hysteric about.

You guys tricked me, someone mentioned it being a documentary, so I never really pursued watching it. Then the wife and I had nothing to watch and it came across the screen. We both heard it was good and started watching. WOW!! So good. Gave a lot of insight into something I would've been too young to remember at 4 years old.



I've been a shift worker for a long time but I was struck by them doing shift change at 12 o'clock. I assume they were working 12hr shifts.

Is there any benefit to shift change occurring at noon and midnight? I've always done shift change at 6am/pm.

Just seems like midnight and noon are unusual times.

It's not a capitalist economy. Most likely they had 3, 8 hour shifts per day. So your shift changes would be 8am, 4pm, and midnight.




For anyone still looking where to watch this. I cannot imagine it isn't on Piratebay yet.

[bjstare]

For anyone still looking where to watch this. I cannot imagine it isn't on Piratebay yet.

It most definitely is.