Caporegime
- Joined
- 30 Jul 2013
- Posts
- 29,642
Always make sure your jeans are zipped up in Ukraine.
Otherwise Chernobyl fall out.
Otherwise Chernobyl fall out.
Chernobyl miniseries - coming to Sky and HBO in May 2019
- Thread starter Participant
- Start date
Soldato
- Joined
- 21 Oct 2011
- Posts
- 22,383
- Location
- ST4
So is this worth a looksee then?
Soldato
- Joined
- 8 Dec 2002
- Posts
- 20,788
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Why not watch it and then pass judgement ?
I thought it was really good, will certainly be watching the entire series.
Fair comment. I'm normally disappointed by inaccuracies and over dramatised moments
he knows the outcome, therefore how can any of it possibly be interesting? Heh
I watched that new Ted Bundy film yesterday, wish I hadn’t bothered as I realised I already knew the ending ffs!111
Soldato
- Joined
- 23 Jan 2007
- Posts
- 4,071
- Location
- Glasgow
thought it was great, grim viewing though
It's been getting very positive reviews from critics, so clearly there's more to it than that.
Not sure how much is dramatised / characters created / merged for story reasons.... but if as described in the series, i had no idea just how appalling the disaster was to those in the local area and how bad the people on the ground were left to suffer with little to no safety equipment / regard for life. And I remember at the time the warnings re the cloud of nuclear fallout that travelled the world multiple times / ruined the Welsh Lamb market.
Its off the scale grim, doesnt pull any punches and quite moving as a result. Well worth a watch, even if you only give the first episode a go to see... as thats all we've seen so far.
Soldato
- Joined
- 22 Sep 2008
- Posts
- 10,120
- Location
- Burscough
Pretty much this. Morbid is not a strong enough term. It is very, very good though.
Only thing that might have been over-done was how quickly radiation damages the body. I think it's slower than portrayed but could be wrong. The complete lack of anything useful and the denial that the accident was as bad as it was is entirely true.
The scenes inside the plant were very realistic. I have been inside reactor 2 a few times and some rooms and corridors were spot on to me. I was actually wondering if they'd film in one of the other reactor houses.
Pripyat portrayal isn't quite accurate but arguably how can it be? It's close enough to be totally believable to me and I'll be on my 6th visit to the zone in October.
It may suffer what many things with a cult following often do. It may become "cool" to complain and nit pick every inaccuracy. For me, I thought it was excellent and highly recommended (as is an actual visit should you get the opportunity)
Thought it was decent enough wasn't any less terrifying knowing the basics of what actually happened. only slight niggle was the English speaking parts but it was either that or speaking Russian with subs all way through or speaking English with faux Russian accents I guess , will still watch the next four for sure 
Off to a flying start and i loved it.
i am going to have to do some googling to answer questions about this,i now have many.
i am going to have to do some googling to answer questions about this,i now have many.
Soldato
- Joined
- 11 Sep 2013
- Posts
- 12,491
NVM
Last edited:
There is docu-drama online which has Ade Edumdson as the chief safety investigator (same character is Skasgard) which is very good.
There is also "Inseparable" I think it's called which is a Russian/Ukrainian telling of the same story with subs.
A wiki of the accounts as told by one of the immediate survivors seems to tie pretty much to the events as portrayed in the episode (and from what I've been told by a guy who was on the night shift at the time)
There is also "Inseparable" I think it's called which is a Russian/Ukrainian telling of the same story with subs.
A wiki of the accounts as told by one of the immediate survivors seems to tie pretty much to the events as portrayed in the episode (and from what I've been told by a guy who was on the night shift at the time)
Lol I've read and watched a lot about it. The only untold part is the made up bits in this program. I'll give it a go though peeps, you all seem very positiveHow do you know, since this is 'the untold story', according to the trailer...?