Chernobyl

[Benny Profane]

https://www.boredpanda.com/chernobyl...on-actors-hbo/

[gnarbro365]

Just finished the series and I will say it was very well made and quite enjoyable. Although, I still don't know how I feel about the whole thing being done in English. While I'm glad I didn't have to read the whole thing, it just seemed slightly inauthentic to have Boris, Anatoly, and Viktor yelling at eachother in British accents while reading and writing in a cryllic Russain alphabet. I've been on a Narcos kick recently, and the Spanish makes the show seem all the more real.

[jackattack]

Just finished the series and I will say it was very well made and quite enjoyable. Although, I still don't know how I feel about the whole thing being done in English. While I'm glad I didn't have to read the whole thing, it just seemed slightly inauthentic to have Boris, Anatoly, and Viktor yelling at eachother in British accents while reading and writing in a cryllic Russain alphabet. I've been on a Narcos kick recently, and the Spanish makes the show seem all the more real.

The podcast addresses this decision. If you notice, all of the actors speak in their native accents, not necessarily “British.”

[Benny Profane]

Yeah, he really was trying to avoid a Boris and Natasha thing.

[PNWbrit]

Russian state TV has made it's own Chernobyl drama,

but unlike the HBO series, which has transfixed viewers around the world, this version will claim that a CIA spy was present for the worst nuclear accident in history.

#spookfriendly

[ACH]

Russian state TV has made it's own Chernobyl drama,

but unlike the HBO series, which has transfixed viewers around the world, this version will claim that a CIA spy was present for the worst nuclear accident in history.

#spookfriendly

[facepalm]

[m9577c]

Brilliant TV series and no surprise that, even now, the Russians still won't accept the full truth.....

[summit]

very very Russian of them

[SB]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SF0Pq0O4Wl0

[AK47bp]

What in the hell is that?


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[summit]

Last episode really was well done. HBO I consider this a good apology for got

[Benny Profane]

First five to ten minutes of episode 5 was brilliant. The angry man carrying a black breifcase.

Bravo to HBO. Dont fuck up that service, AT&T, but supposedly they're doing it as I type. They've already fired some long term execs at HBO.

[SB]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q-rGSkhJ_54

[bobz]

Well, Berkeley's Livermore lab has a pretty sizable reactor and is one of the primary research labs in the country for all things nuclear, founded back in the early 50's. Left / tree-hugger doesn't necessarily mean anti-science. Ironically, one of their primary goals in the beginning was weapon-specific, hoping to compete with Los Alamos.

And the Berkeley campus used to have a 1Mw reactor in/under Etcheverry Hall; they decommissioned it in 1987, a few years after a supposedly minor incident.

[Benny Profane]

Wow, Number One with a bullet.

mentalfloss.com/article/584492/chernobyl-passes-game-of-thrones-breaking-bad-top-rated-show-imdb

[Benny Profane]

Maybe this

http://mentalfloss.com/article/58449...ated-show-imdb

[Garth Bimble]

Just finished the series and I will say it was very well made and quite enjoyable. Although, I still don't know how I feel about the whole thing being done in English. While I'm glad I didn't have to read the whole thing, it just seemed slightly inauthentic to have Boris, Anatoly, and Viktor yelling at eachother in British accents while reading and writing in a cryllic Russain alphabet. I've been on a Narcos kick recently, and the Spanish makes the show seem all the more real.

I guess when you consider the alternatives, English speaking actors using fake Russian accents (remember Sean Connery & Tim Curry in "Hunt For Red October"?) or Russian actors speaking Russian with subs (also annoying) this probably makes more sense. About a year ago Netflix did a movie called "The Death of Stalin". It also had an all English speaking cast that IIRC spoke in their native accents. Steve Buscemi played Nikita Kruschev. Was a little weird but the subject matter was a bit lighter than Chernobyl so it worked.

I also thought that while the series did a good job of pointing out the stupidity of the Soviet government, it made sure to separate them from the Soviet people, many of whom gave up a hell of a lot to keep this thing from deteriorating into an apocalyptic event.

[jackattack]

Wow, Number One with a bullet.

mentalfloss.com/article/584492/chernobyl-passes-game-of-thrones-breaking-bad-top-rated-show-imdb

Maybe this

http://mentalfloss.com/article/58449...ated-show-imdb

Hopefully this will send a message to programming directors that Americans are ready for the miniseries concept and not continue-at-all-costs 10 season epics.

[Diamond Joe]

Just ordered Voices from Chernobyl, I’m obsessed!

Did you get it? I got it from the library, probably about halfway through. Whats your take on it? I think its ok, its just a collection of interviews from all kinds of different people who were impacted by the disaster. Not really a page turner IMO

[buttahflake]

Did you get it? I got it from the library, probably about halfway through. Whats your take on it? I think its ok, its just a collection of interviews from all kinds of different people who were impacted by the disaster. Not really a page turner IMO

Agreed, it’s depressing and poetic, very Russian. Every story blends together and seems to run on. I like it, but it’s not as good as I was hoping. It does give you a real feel for the collective nature of socialism. Remarkably brave and stubborn mindset they had.
Way different than how we grew up.

[stalefish3169]

Glad I just found out about this show a few days ago. Watched it all in one weekend. Mind blown.

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[Benny Profane]

After HBO program, a surge of tourists flock to Chernobyl nuclear disaster site


https://www.providencejournal.com/ne...emplate=ampart

[stalefish3169]

Podcast is great. Thanks for the recommendation.

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[Diamond Joe]

Every story blends together and seems to run on. I like it, but it’s not as good as I was hoping.

Exactly how I feel about it.

[pappag]

Does this show get any good? Having a hard time with British-sound accents playing former USSR guys.