Chernobyl

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by bob-the-scutter » Wed May 29, 2019 6:23 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Anyway of watching this on bt or online? Dont have sky.
It's downloadable on Piratebay, 4 out of the 5 episodes. I also just finished watching Killing Eve series 2. All on Piratebay with ads removed.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by CrosspoolClarets » Wed May 29, 2019 10:14 pm

I’ve been watching this. Harrowing and brilliant. Nothing better to show people the impact of communism - only the Russians use a reactor with normal water and graphite to moderate the reaction, meaning they can use cheaper normal uranium as fuel instead of enriched uranium. Penny wise, pound foolish.

P.s. Google Maps is brilliant for clicking on things in that area and looking at the user comments, lots of jokes about it being a great day trip because you get to grow a third eye free of charge, that sort of thing.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by Steve1956 » Fri May 31, 2019 11:38 pm

ClaretDiver wrote:Just watched ep4...christ....if anyone wants another series to watch then check out The Hot Zone, the story of the Ebola virus!
Episode 4 ...Very depressing.Gripping though.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by ClaretMoffitt » Sun Jun 02, 2019 7:57 pm

Honestly one of the best things I've ever watched.

Episode 4 however has traumatised me beyond belief.

I knew nothing about the disaster before viewing this show as it happened before I was born but wow, hard to believe its a true story. Some very brave people did some truly heroic things to minimise the destruction of that event.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by Lowbankclaret » Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:08 pm

For anyone who wants to read about a British Nuclear scientist view of the program and its realty .

On Twitter @clairecorkhill , there are photos from the time and explanations on the science behind some events.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by Lowbankclaret » Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:11 pm

Hibsclaret wrote:Interesting seeing how Gorbachov is portrayed and how flippantly he deals with how 3 men are going to certain death, along with his disdain for info from the scientist. Makes you realise the pressure of dealing with a situation effecting potentially millions of lives. Not sure how our indecisive politicians would deal with something like this. Hopefully, we will never need to know.
Two of the three guys who went in to open the valves are still alive today. One still works in the nuclear industry.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by ClaretDiver » Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:31 am

Lowbankclaret wrote:Two of the three guys who went in to open the valves are still alive today. One still works in the nuclear industry.
Blooming nora, I had read that somewhere but didn't think it was true...that's amazing given what they were exposed to!

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by ClaretMoffitt » Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:48 am

Lowbankclaret wrote:Two of the three guys who went in to open the valves are still alive today. One still works in the nuclear industry.
Thought they all died weeks afterwards.

Just looked this up and appears to be true.

Great stuff.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by ClaretDiver » Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:59 am

Slightly off topic, anyone watching NOS4A2? Based on the book by Joe Hill who is Stephen Kings son! Quite weird....

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by theroyaldyche » Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:07 am

bob-the-scutter wrote:It's downloadable on Piratebay, 4 out of the 5 episodes. I also just finished watching Killing Eve series 2. All on Piratebay with ads removed.
Thats the source of most of my content

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by JohnMcGreal » Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:24 am

If you've been watching the series, the Chernobyl podcasts after each episode are well worth a listen. It's basically a discussion between the host and the creator and they go into detail of how they researched and made the show.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by ClaretDiver » Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:30 am

JohnMcGreal wrote:If you've been watching the series, the Chernobyl podcasts after each episode are well worth a listen. It's basically a discussion between the host and the creator and they go into detail of how they researched and made the show.
Thanks for this!

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by ClaretDiver » Tue Jun 04, 2019 7:07 am

Just watched the final episode.....brilliant writing!

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by Pimlico_Claret » Tue Jun 04, 2019 7:53 pm

ClaretDiver wrote:Just watched the final episode.....brilliant writing!
Just watched it too, much more frightening than the worst horror movie I've seen.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by CaptainKirk » Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:28 pm

Had to log in just to add my recommendation for this programme.
That last episode was gripping stuff and I had to keep reminding myself that this all actually happened and not long ago and not far away.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by Billy Balfour » Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:40 am

An excellent interview here with screenwriter/director Craig Mazin.

https://bit.ly/2JYoXvk

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by claptrappers_union » Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:42 am

After a few concerns from the first episode, I finished the series last night and on a whole it was brilliant.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by Wile E Coyote » Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:42 am

NottsClaret wrote:Same in the area around Fukushima. Nature seems to prefer a big pit of smouldering radiation to actually having mankind live amongst it. Although of course we made that too.
the japanese incident wasnt that bad really, bit of panic set in and the levels of radioactivity were minimal.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by JohnMac » Wed Jun 05, 2019 1:30 pm

I remember Chernobyl but was in Belize at the start of a 6 month tour when it happened.

My wife and family were in Colchester and briefed about precautionary measures that may needed to have been taken.

Terrifying yet compelling account of the disaster and the potential it had in the following days to change the world forever.

Excellent series which I have recorded for posterity.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by bob-the-scutter » Thu Jun 13, 2019 5:54 pm

There's lots of real footage on YouTube that show the TV series is very very realistic. It took 600'000 people to clean the site up including 3'828 cadets who worked on the 3 roofs in shifts of 90 seconds.

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Re: Chernobyl

Post by boatshed bill » Thu Jun 13, 2019 6:32 pm

It's received glowing reviews.

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