I want to express my gratitude (from Russia) for not using Russian accents. It is really immersive when actors are not acting accents.

@roybm3124

5 жыл бұрын

Raymond Saint It would be best when they speak the foreign language but that is maybe difficult finding the right actors. I always hate war movies with Germans that speak english with german accent.

@VijayKumar-dn4pz

5 жыл бұрын

@My Thoughts You are probably the kind of fucking asshole that caused Chernobyl in the first place. Ruminate on that you fucking piece of shit.

@Icecoldhard

5 жыл бұрын

@My Thoughts Accents, language, voice, music, sounds have a lot to do with a film.

@R3fLeCt3D

5 жыл бұрын

@My Thoughts hahahahaha he got u good u Muppet

@bin3776

5 жыл бұрын

My Thoughts Yeah, because voicing your opinion is idiotic right?

As a viewer from Poland I'm very thankful to all of the team for making the show so visually acurate. Honestly, this was the first western production about USSR that did not seem...comically western. It was believable, I think you won many Central and Eastern European viewers with this decision. Great job!

@sobolanul96

5 жыл бұрын

Usually the western productions mock the USSR or Russia and the whole of eastern europe. This series tries to be as close as possible to the reality of the times.

@78kokka

5 жыл бұрын

Agree. It shows things as they were back then, but it's extremely respectful.

@norbertmarkowicz1728

5 жыл бұрын

Ten serial po polsku puszczają w Polsce?

@martamaszkiewicz341

5 жыл бұрын

@@norbertmarkowicz1728 Można obejrzeć na HBO GO. Jak najbardziej po polsku.

@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but HBO wont let me watch this here in Russia

Sincere gratitude from Ukraine for amazing love and attention up to smallest details. All up to cassette tapes, cat eating from soviet plate (indeed there were no special pets food bowls) and hundreds more.

@kasiaprada

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nql3yKqKoLynnbQ.html

@trekgoddes

5 жыл бұрын

I love that I know that detail now.

@tatyanah7167

5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree. I'm so impressed by how much thought were put in there, I recognized many items, cars, buses from that time. I was in 3rd grade when that happened. Outstanding job on miniseries! And yeah, thank you for not bringing up the accent, they spoke to each other without accent and so English speakers should hear dialogs without any accent to just get the content.

@kasiaprada

5 жыл бұрын

the producers roots are from Ukraine ;)

@DasVERMiT

5 жыл бұрын

Even down to the pens they use!

The overwhelming sense of dread I felt watching this was insane. I don't think I've ever felt anything close to it from any other film/tv show ever before.

@joshriddick9291

5 жыл бұрын

That heightened sense of dread must come from the fact it's based on real life events. Fiction couldn't come close to how it makes the viewer feel emotionally. I mean, how gutted were you for Sitnikov at the end of the episode?

@ellamedley7558

5 жыл бұрын

Same a pit in my stomach the whole way through the ad breaks were welcomed relief from it.

@nestoratienza9909

5 жыл бұрын

But you're Caligula? Aren't you used to these things?

@A.HoneyBear277

5 жыл бұрын

Omg me tooo!!!

@charisma-hornum-fries

5 жыл бұрын

I remember that dread in 86 vividly. The show did really well in recreating that feeling again. We were horrified all over.

I'm from Belarus and my city isn't far away from Chernobyl. As for me I perfectly remember those days. The weather was nice and all the children were playing in the streets. It was getting dark suddenly and blowing up strong wind. It was impossible to stay outside because of wind and everyone went home. Nobody knew the truth, we had a big holiday on the first May and people were walking in the park. Only after this holiday we were told the truth. Almost all the children were being taken to other cities during summer vacation. I remember that we got the biggest help from countries all over the world. Children from my city started spending their vacation in different countries since that time. Many years have passed since that time but the situation related to safety of our lives leaves a lot to be desired.

“A lot of people walking around without a thyroid because of Chernobyl” Made me shiver

"do you taste metal?" by metal you mean emmy trophies??

@evandertj

5 жыл бұрын

@Ari big little lies will compete as a drama series this year, as oppose to its first season when it won as a miniseries

@innas9546

5 жыл бұрын

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@The_Sock_

5 жыл бұрын

fun fact, if you can taste metal in a situation like this, then you're basically fucked. You have maybe 10 agonizingly painful days to live.

@randomdude7384

5 жыл бұрын

@Ari the last season of GoT has been a huge failure so far

@csn6234

5 жыл бұрын

@@The_Sock_ I wouldn't call it fun.

I'm an ex US Navy Nuclear Plant Operator and was on stationed on a submarine in 1986. Reports/lessons learned on Chernobyl were required reading. My wife grew up in Soviet Russia, St Petersburg, and was a young adult in 1986. She remembers the accident and the Soviet propaganda well. We were watching episode 1 last night from two very different perspectives. My nuclear engineering perspective and her Soviet era perspective. We were both enamored by the attention to detail of the accident and technical aspects thereof and of the environment, acting and general feel of Soviet era Ukraine. During the hospital scene with the two pregnant women I thought my wife was going to spew the wine she was drinking from her reaction. She pointed and said that is so authentic! Reminded her of when she had her son a couple years after this event. We are both enthralled with this miniseries and can't wait till episode 2. Well done!!!

@zachtac

5 жыл бұрын

Thats crazy, glad you can get something from the mini series take care!

@mamadeereacts

5 жыл бұрын

Vern Shurtz WOW! That scene was horrible, as a nurse, I’m looking at those women laboring on stretchers, looked like no sheet underneath, compared to how spoiled we are here in America, birthing suits, etc...

@zachmontoya6969

5 жыл бұрын

Did you learn of the Chernobyl disaster as soon as it happened?

@VernShurtz

5 жыл бұрын

@@zachmontoya6969 There were initial reports that were broadcast to the fleet while it was occurring. Sort of like news bulletins. Once reports on the cause of the accidents and actions taken were known they are put into a special report along with other lessons learned and sent to ships with Nuclear Propulsion plants. We would read about various incidents in the Nuclear "Realm" regardless of military or civilian or of country of origin. In the Nuclear industry they are really keen about operators knowing as much as possible including causes of incidents and actions take. The US Navy has the safest Nuclear Power program with over 80 Nuclear Powered ships operating around the world at any given time and has never had a serious nuclear incident. Not too bad for High School graduates. Granted the Navy's Nuclear Power school is akin to a 4 year degree in Nuclear Engineering crammed into a single year. Compare that to the Russians/Soviets who have had over a dozen Nuclear related accidents with dozens killed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_navy

@wstanton72

5 жыл бұрын

ex Nuke as well ( 1979-1985)...aircraft carriers... good post Vern

I feel irradiated watching it, makes my skin crawl. The sounds, the flakes of ash, the particles, the geiger counters, the music, and the way people are acting like theres this constant ominous fear in everyone's eyes, it psychologically gets to you as the viewer. Very well done.

@thatsawrap5235

5 жыл бұрын

I felt psychosomatic symptoms too while watching this!

@thinman25

5 жыл бұрын

I haven't been this fearful of little gusts of wind since The Happening. Which is to say, this is the first time I've been fearful of little gusts of wind.

@satarhasrat7275

5 жыл бұрын

Hi guys! where is the link? I can't find it in you tube how can I watch and download the series? plz suggest me any links of it

@PrograError

5 жыл бұрын

@@satarhasrat7275 you will only get lies here. someone get him out of here.

@sahilshintre4123

2 жыл бұрын

Happening with me too

The non-use of accents was PRECISELY the right choice. We don’t need a miniseries telling us these people were Ukrainian, Russian, etc...the whole world knows that. What matters is the people. I remember watching “the battle for Chernobyl” years ago and thinking “these people are goddamned heroes...why do we not know about them?” That’s why I was so happy to see this come along. The public perception of “Chernobyl happened, commies made it go away, no one lives there now” is so off base. I’m glad this series is doing the human cost and personal sacrifice justice. The history books need to acknowledge this...

@NatashaEstrada

5 жыл бұрын

We weren't taught that they were heroes because we were taught that as a whole that the regime was run by idiots who let it happen. As we can see now, it's very similar to many countries where you have idiot leaders but the average citizen is fundamentally good. I found the coal miners to be very relatable.

@cinegraphics

5 жыл бұрын

But the series was made PRECISELY for political reasons, to show how the poor Ukrainian people were the victims of the evil Soviet reactor. Now... should we draw a parallel and make a movie about Fukushima, showing how the poor Japanese people were FOR THE THIRD TIME nuked by an evil American nuclear device.

@jamesrichardvankliff9262

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah agreeing with all you said, been watching documentorys about those guys who went up on the roof in the thousands.Iif the sovjets should have celebrated the bravery of men, like US does to the soldiers on D-Day, this should be theirs. On the language thing, yep clear english is perfect. Russian would be nice for authentic reasons, but as said, casting would be a total other story then and don´t force non-russian speakers to learn fluent sounding russian in a haste.

@Justanotherconsumer

5 жыл бұрын

It’s important as a reminder that this is a story - not a history. It may be carefully researched and as accurate as they could make it, but it will still contain errors, including ones that may be grossly incorrect. The moral of the story - that truth does not obey political convenience, that is the message. Too perfect, and people will not understand that this is a narrative, not a transcript.

I'm in the UK and it was a massive story at the time in part due to radiation levels rising with the contamination that drifted across so much of Europe. The fire crews and others who tried to prevent the contamination were 100% heroes as people will see in the next part of the series.

This miniseries already has me hooked. Having an easily accessible podcast like this for an after show ear snack is such a great idea.

@wezross

5 жыл бұрын

Right? I just found this and think its awesome. The show itself is magnificent! Well, the 1st episode at least. Hooked!

@richardgrace4500

5 жыл бұрын

I was planning on checking it out because this conversation was intriguing up until around 32:00 mark when the idiot called the Soviet union a communism which it wasnt

@wezross

5 жыл бұрын

@@richardgrace4500 THe soviet union was not Communist?

@richardgrace4500

5 жыл бұрын

@@wezross NOPE... what do you the the anagram USSR stood for? And all you have to do is Google "Soviet union" and. It will tell you that it was a "socialist state"... stalin absolutely hated communism as did Hitler and Mussolini and Castro and many more who people commonly mistakenly list as communists

@wezross

5 жыл бұрын

@@richardgrace4500 Yes I know what it stood for, but just because they labeled themselves socialist doesn't make it socialist. From wikipedia - "The country was a one-party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR)." "Socialist State governed by the communist party". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union

Congrats from Poland, this show is masterpiece. I don't remember Chernobyl disaster myself but my parents were thrilled seing this. Here in Poland people were forced to drink Lugola liquid to protect from radiation after disaster. The sacrifice soviet people to stopped this disaster were incredible. These soldiers, firemans, miners, scientist, engineers were heroes. We must never forget about this. Whoever is blamed THEIR sacrifice is undeniable.

@oguztokur3673

5 жыл бұрын

In turkey state gave free contaminated hazelnuts to the kids in school.because they couldnt export it. I dont know what to say

@Tamaki742

5 жыл бұрын

@@oguztokur3673 Read from somewhere that they did similar thing with celery in East Germany when the radioactive cloud drifted there and started raining down. They sent it to schools.

I cant watch "Chernobyl" series without tears in my eyes...Thank you HBO, for the best visualisation of this tragedy and great storytelling. Much love from Ukraine

@theexile6605

5 жыл бұрын

Chernobyl is another Outrageous case of White Male Privilege!! They have always had it so ridiculously easy...

@Ryan-zv3os

5 жыл бұрын

@@theexile6605 You make no sense, even if you are trolling.

@albilevizm

5 жыл бұрын

i cried through all episodes!

@theexile6605

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ryan-zv3os I hope you can recognize sarcasm when you see it, genius! My point is obviously that the men who had to cope with the disaster had no "White Male Privilege" whatsoever! And if you disagree, you're a fool!

@theexile6605

5 жыл бұрын

@@funtourhawk What's your beef? You must be guilty of "toxic masculinity!" Ha.

The soundtrack is made of actual sounds a nuclear power plant makes. I was wondering why does the soundtrack creeps under the skin. Mind Blown

@LetsTakeWalk

5 жыл бұрын

What? Damn.

@Amos-Timmy-Burton

5 жыл бұрын

Those sounds are out of this world...the music gives me goosebumps.

@pollyjasmine

3 жыл бұрын

poirot 😍

@iljavija

3 жыл бұрын

@@pollyjasmine At your service☺️

This really brings home how horrifying this situation really was

@Ivan-wp1ne1

5 жыл бұрын

this is a show, it is not documental

@andytaylor5476

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ivan-wp1ne1 Did you listen to this video? It focused entirely on what is factual as well as written accounts of what happened. Most of is true, it happened. It isn't a documentarytrue, it's a dramatization and the creators wanted to be authentic as much as they could.

@Ivan-wp1ne1

5 жыл бұрын

​@@andytaylor5476 they positioned this as "true untold story"

@Ivan-wp1ne1

5 жыл бұрын

@@andytaylor5476 the scene with miners is total bullshit. cmon, it was not 1937

@timo4258

5 жыл бұрын

Ironically documentaries themselves are not as truthful as people may think and also rely on drama factor.

A relative of mine was one of the emergency workers who were there trying to fight the consequences. He died from acute radiation syndrome 4 years later after the disaster. Now I want to say that I'm extremely grateful to HBO for this mini-series - for all the immense work that has been done to make this show and for the respectful attitude towards the people who sacrificed their lives. People need to know about this tragedy, its horror and its victims! And about the culpable reaction of Soviet government. We must remember and learn our lessons well. I cried while watching. With sincere respect and gratitude from Russia.

@SteveSmith-fh6br

5 жыл бұрын

The moral of the story, never trust a government, especially a socialist one.

@alanfoster6589

5 жыл бұрын

@@SteveSmith-fh6br Well, that lets out Denmark and Sweden.

I felt like I was getting irradiated just watching. Such a strange sensation - the sound design was superlative.

@johncurran6031

5 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of how sound was used in The Conversation as a character in its own right. Brilliant in both films. Both are creepy and filled with dangerous suggestions.

@belperite

5 жыл бұрын

I watched the entire series through good quality headphones. The way they represented the invisible radiation through sound was brilliant.

@yoruneko34

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/lIirk4-np5i5ZKQ.html

@neilwilson5785

5 жыл бұрын

I loved the music and sound. Well, 'loved' is the wrong word, but you all get it.

@bjatzo

5 жыл бұрын

SAME

"do we stock iodine?" "why would we?" oh, i don't know... BECAUSE YOU ARE A HOSPITAL 10 MILES AWAY FROM A NUCLEAR REACTOR?!

@professorrinse8028

5 жыл бұрын

Every hospital stocks iodine, stable iodine in the form of potassium iodide (KI) was a different matter in Soviet Union as everyone, including reactor management and technicians were made to think their nuclear reactors were flawless and perfectly safe. Ironically, this series is filmed at Ignalina power station, which suffered a similar incident in 1982 iirc, a power surge caused by graphite tipped boron rods. If they had circulated this information, that graphite tipped boroncan cause a power surge, Chernobyl could've been avoided entirely. Cold war secrecy was responsible for most of this horrific 'accident'.

@CuoreSportivo

5 жыл бұрын

it's only 3 km.

@Houseballey

5 жыл бұрын

@@CuoreSportivo 3km, 10 miles... same difference... you know what i meant

@CuoreSportivo

5 жыл бұрын

@@Houseballey yeah i know, my bad.

@ShutterSnapped

5 жыл бұрын

Those officials are the Titanic guy going "Bah, this ship can't sink!" but x100.

the show is just amazing so far. that moment in the 1st episode when the two technicians looked into the core... that was crazy terrifying.

@MajorKeys714

5 жыл бұрын

That they would actually get close to a burning core and look into it shows 1 of 2 things. They lacked knowledge or were more afraid of the political repercussions. Dead by day's end.

@user-lk1zs3my7w

5 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Branch, it’s USSR bro. They thought that this accident like walking on the water. Impossible.

I hope the people behind this show see this comments section. It's solid proof that they have knocked this one out of the park.

@basedgodstrugglin

5 жыл бұрын

That’s because all the people who don’t like the show have been taken to the infirmary, they’re clearly delusional

@Freemarkets1236

5 жыл бұрын

I hope so and I hope HBO sees these reviews.

@kell_checks_in

5 жыл бұрын

You really approve of the asshole producers using this podcast to try to sell their messed up politics? Are you really that weak? That much of a sheep?

@opalizard

2 жыл бұрын

@@kell_checks_in 🤣😂🤣😂😂😂

If we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all! Well said!

@chandrastar5939

5 жыл бұрын

Yh idk. Bullshit is bullshit.

@James-ip5gz

5 жыл бұрын

And flat earthers are the result

@marianmarkovic5881

5 жыл бұрын

Well modern times are many times worse,... Soviets lies was easier to see trouth

@andytaylor5476

5 жыл бұрын

@@Groovy_Bruce Our American government is SO good at telling the truth. Especially with Trump.

@andytaylor5476

5 жыл бұрын

@@Groovy_Bruce Do I need to tell you that many things he says are lies? Notice I started by say our American government meaning there are people in power are lying just as in Russia and probably most other governments. That I cited trump was my right to speak. Yeah, call me ignorant if that hejps you defend him. The majority of people do not back him.

This show has scared me to my CORE.....

@kelly2fly

5 жыл бұрын

I was blown away!

@TimberWolf2025

5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@PhilipLiu

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@SandWolf_

5 жыл бұрын

BUT THE CORE IS GONE, Dyatlov!

@mrjavk2634

5 жыл бұрын

i suggest put more water in your core

Thanks to the crew from Russia. I was fascinated by the accuracy of how citizens, living and infrastructure was shown in the miniseries. It is amazing. Now I listen to this podcast and I understand what a team of professionals made the show. I don't even speak about the plot, actors and all other staff - it is 10 of 10, but really when me and wife were watching first two episodes every 5 minutes we were wondering like oh my gosh how they made it, it is like our apartment, oh my gosh the girl has the same make up like that time, exactly. I hope the director of costumes will get Emmy for this titanic part of the job.

@albaPhenom

5 жыл бұрын

I've been really curious and interested in the reception this show has received in Russia, The Ukraine and Belarus, particularly those who were old enough to remember 1986. Has it been positively received or criticised?

@alexrogov7186

5 жыл бұрын

@@albaPhenom I've seen mixed reviews. They say that, unlike what the series showed, the plant personnel were professionals and did everything that was humanly possible. Unlike the series, there was no panic among the staff - people were doing their job. As for the head of the shift sending people to death under the barrel of the gun - there were no accounts of that.

@beomkyu0730

5 жыл бұрын

@@alexrogov7186 I kinda beg for difference, because I agree they were expert employees, but employees were killed due to Dyatlov's idiotic reaction in the early hours of disaster. Read Svetlana Alekseyevich's Voices of Chernobyl. It will give you lots of insight. But respect to the workers EXCEPT Dyatlov. There was a design flaw in RBMK, but without his recklessness the accident wouldn't have happened.

@alexrogov7186

5 жыл бұрын

@@beomkyu0730 Alekseyevich has never been an expert on the topic. Neither are we, and we'll never be able to get into Dyatlovs skin that day. It is funny though how putting the blame on Dyatlov goes in line with the official Soviet narrative :-) By the way, according to INSTAG-7 report, the maintenance staff was not informed that RBMKs had issues while running on low power. So how could Dyatlov know? I don't imply Dyatlov was innocent (he put at least part of the blame on himself during the trial), but a technological disaster of such scale is usually triggered by multiple factors.

@SotonyaAcckaya

5 жыл бұрын

@@beomkyu0730 search 1986.04.26 P.S. on youtube, it is a series of documental videos commented by real liquidators. It gives fair insight on what was really happening there. Gunpoint thing is idiotic, since people was cooperating and to certain degree afraid of government that you just do not need some additional threat.

Thank you for not including the Russian accents. It would be really weird. Why should anyone think about it? When Milos Forman filmed his “Amadeus”, he didn’t make his Mozart or Saliery sound like Germans or Italians. He just made the film. The best thing that a foreign show runner can do it to make the whole movie look like a dubbed one.

@MostlyPennyCat

5 жыл бұрын

The fact that they used the correct regional accents for the different groups of people as well it's fantastic, you can tell local party, high party, working class, middle class, it's great

@farben_

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a cope, it they used russian accents people would praise the show and no one would be talking about this to begin with.

“The story that we all knew, but didn’t know.” Craig Mazin My husband and I just finished watching episode one. Words don’t convey. I’m listening to the podcast now. I really appreciate this kind of expansion of behind the story. Thank you. Set DVR to record all of the series.

@TimberWolf2025

5 жыл бұрын

My daughter read the book, "Midnight in Chernobyl" and said the episode was exactly as the book.

@neuralmute

5 жыл бұрын

@@TimberWolf2025 I'd recommend the book "Voices From Chernobyl" as well, by Nobel Prize winning journalist Svetlana Alexievich. She interviewed people who had lived around the plant, people who returned to the exclusion zone, surviving "liquidators", the wives of some who didn't survive, and compiled an amazing document of how this disaster affected the people caught up in it. It's amazing, gutting, and unbearably human.

The first episode is riveting. I went to the Soviet Union four years after this happened. The art direction on this series is absolutely spot on. It looks exactly like the Soviet Union I remember. It's so well made. I can't wait for the rest of the series.

@Thumbsupurbum

5 жыл бұрын

I keep having to remind myself everything happened in the mid 80s. Everything looks decades older than that to me. I'm more used to the bright flashy colors that's more representative of the American 80s.

@Julietjeske

5 жыл бұрын

@@Thumbsupurbum Yeah I know it's weird because I thought the same thing when I was over there. I went in 1990 and everything looked old fashioned compared to the US. Their fashion was at least a decade behind. Blue jeans were coveted and hard to get. Everything was old, dull and looked worn. The flats in the HBO series are spot on perfect. They were all poured cement low rise walk ups with exposed plumbing and tacky wallpaper. They lived in very humble apartments.

@Julietjeske

5 жыл бұрын

@@Thumbsupurbum I think the film makers did a great job of capturing the look and feel of the Soviet Union in 1986. Another thing is people would wear the same clothes for a few days. They had far fewer outfits than the average American. They would just rotate the same 3-4 looks for each season. It's not like use with brand new outfits every single day. They just couldn't afford to do that and they didn't have the space. It's sort of why in the US Russians tend to go all out. Their apartments are really heavily decorated and they are very flashy with their clothing. The Russian homes in Sheepshead's Bay look like mini castles. Once they get some money they go completely over the top. There's nothing subtle about Russians anyway. They are an intense people. They've been through a lot of suffering and they live life to the fullest.

@mildabonapart

5 жыл бұрын

Juliet Jeske knowing the city scenes were filmed in lithuania(which was one of the countries taken by ussr) i would guess the location scouters just found a flat that is originaly in the kind of condition. Have in mind it was filmed in vilnius - the capital of the country. To this day i see posts where people are giving up away furniture from that time. And i remember when i was little and we were visiting grandma, her flat was looking exactly the same as in the series

@exlibrisas

5 жыл бұрын

@@Julietjeske It was filmed in my country and those apartment buildings are still here. Being renovated, yet still here.

I was born in Bulgaria two years before the Chernobyl disaster. As I was watching this incredible mini-series, I repeatedly thought: "all those heroes sacrificed everything, and I've got them to thank for growing up healthy and (mostly) radiation-free." At the time, Bulgaria was a Communist country, a Soviet satellite and as brutally disinformed as the whole of the USSR was. I am deeply grateful to you, Mr. Mazin, for showing the world the quiet heroism involved in containing the Chernobyl disaster, as well as exposing so eloquently and intelligently the institutional rot, the widespread culture of fear and disregard for truth in the USSR. "Chernobyl" moved me very, very deeply. Thank you.

@truevulgarian

5 жыл бұрын

Those 3 men who went underground believing they'd probably be dead within a week are near the top of this list.

The people who down-voted this podcast are in shock. Get them out of here.

@andyb1653

5 жыл бұрын

Those dislikes are from Bolsheviks, "party men" and ex-KGB agents, I'm guessing.

@traviselliott6329

5 жыл бұрын

*their delusional send them to the infirmary*

@psam421

5 жыл бұрын

Berlin Ocelot I can still enjoy art without minding the addition of politics to it... it’s sad that he needs to “come out” as woke right away mentioning the election of 2016.

@ScaryManiac

5 жыл бұрын

They're in denial.

@blastproces

5 жыл бұрын

Must be the feed water I’ve seen worse

It impressed me, how accurate they portrayed the little details of soviet life - clothing, everyday item, and yes, the feeding of the cat.

The explosion scene was brilliant. Just awesome how it was shown. Unexpected in a distant. suddenly flash of light.

@therandomytchannel4318

4 жыл бұрын

That was shot at the ignalina power plant including the control caps jumping up and down, 😁

The most horrifying moment in episode one was when people went out to watch the fire with there children which I think anyone would do just chilling ...

@KevinFrette

5 жыл бұрын

And all that people died

@LadyVenomWay

5 жыл бұрын

The bridge of death, so so sad

@juliemc8460

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the Death Bridge it’s called now. Crazy fallout kids playing in like snow.

Last year, Ukraine declassified the KGB archives. Including information about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The station was built with many serious violations of the technical regulations from the very beginning. I am not sure that the translation of these numerous documents into English already exists. But I am Ukrainian, I know Russian, and I read them as much as I could. There are reports of KGB agents that even the foundation, piles and columns were built with terrible violations. Moreover, one of the KGB agents directly wrote in the report that these violations could lead to a serious accident. It was 8 years before the disaster. But in Moscow, no one paid attention to these violations. No one gives a single f*ck until it exploded.

@kirilbellic3602

5 жыл бұрын

Do you have a link?

@bellbookcandle3051

5 жыл бұрын

I'd be interested in a link as well, although guess it's not likely the info would be in English.

@UtamagUta

5 жыл бұрын

That;s a reason why we, lithuanians, are so very much against the new Belarus' nuclear plant on the border

@arecestravi

5 жыл бұрын

​@@UtamagUta we are not happy too

@arecestravi

5 жыл бұрын

sorry to all, cant find it in english. Looks lite It can be in UNESCO Memory of the World project but cant see anything on their site. Have olny scans in russian here avr. org. ua / index . php / ROZDILY_ RES?idUpCat=867 Delete all empty spaces, hope it works.

they even got the mustaches right. damn

@DocC993

5 жыл бұрын

You can look up photos of the real people, the plant workers and some of the politicians, and a lot of the actors look just like them!

@Nairuulagch

5 жыл бұрын

If they did not match the real people accuracies the HBO was supposed to send their hitmen to the profuction company.

@sounavailable

5 жыл бұрын

The actors were matched incredibly well with their real counterparts, as far as google photos show, it's eerie

@Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms

5 жыл бұрын

Well, thank god they got SOMETHING right.

@sounavailable

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms They've got a lot of stuff right. It's a dramatization, and it's better than most of the documentaries on the subject. There are some faults of scientific accuracy, but at least they motivated you to become an armchair internet nuclear expert so you can snub your nose at the mainstream plebs.

My favorite detail is the static sound when the camera gets close to heavy radiation

I watched all four episodes in a single day.. Thank you for this masterpiece and much love from Kiev!

@samreagan6292

5 жыл бұрын

one more coming out monday?

@Callisto000

5 жыл бұрын

Sam Reagan yeah, last one! I showed my grandma the first episode today, she said she got a very big headache from it, from reliving that tension and all the lies, the hurt, the pain.. She told me I shouldn’t watch such things before bed (little does she know I binge watched the four episodes until 3am 😅😅)

@bethanymiddleton3532

5 жыл бұрын

Same!!! I can't wait for the next one!

@MajorKeys714

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you are still there!

My heart goes out to the firefighters and soldiers who gave their lives instead of running away. If the core had melted down the entirety of western Europe from Finland to southern Spain would have been rendered uninhabitable. Those people had a choice, run and die or stay and die but save millions of people. We will never know the true cost of this disaster. The "Official" death toll was 32. Other estimates range upwards of 200,000.

@Lucky-sh1dm

5 жыл бұрын

The firefighters deserve the upmost respect absolutely, but I recommend you research about the 3 divers who had to gear up in scuba equipment and actually dive down into the reactor and drain the huge pool of cooling water so the radioactive material didn’t cause a second steam explosion which would have in turn blown up the entire facility... and the fallout from that second explosion would have wiped out the whole of Europe and possibly even Asia/Africa... those men’s names deserved to be etched in stone in every city square on earth

@lkrnpk

5 жыл бұрын

@@Lucky-sh1dm But would it really? I mean no doubt we would have a lot of radiation related health issues and shorter life spans, but ''wiped out Europe'' seems far fetched, since well... Pripyat people didn't die en masse. I understand that there's a need not to downplay the effects of radiation but those statements about uninhabitable Europe etc. seem weird.

@Lucky-sh1dm

5 жыл бұрын

lkrnpk so if the radioactive material connected w the water it would level 200 square km of Ukraine, all of Eastern Europe would be completely wiped. I see what your saying and I am probably over exaggerating but depending on which way the wind was blowing it would have done insurmountable damage to all of Europe. The explosion would erupt the other 3 reactors as well so just imagine literally 4 Chernobyl disasters just spewing radiation pretty much forever because if the 2nd explosion did occur no one would even be able to get close w/o passing out dead after a few seconds

@AppleUploader

5 жыл бұрын

lkrnpk He’s probably right though. Imagine 4 RBMK reactors completely exploding and having no way to contain it. At the least, a sarcophagus was built around the destroyed unit to contain the spread of radiation, but imagine the entire plant exploding. Not sure about you but I can’t think of a worse scenario

@davideportinari7649

5 жыл бұрын

@@Lucky-sh1dm That scenario is very farfetched, the divers saved the groundwaters for sure but the possible explosion of the other reactors was fiction friendly

How many people saw the commercial for chernobyl before game of thrones and watched it, loved it, and came here for more information

@dabulls1g

5 жыл бұрын

i was shopping for bananas at the local supermarket and decided to look up chernobyl after thinking about the dose of radiation we get from simply eating them

@andrewgusak123ua

5 жыл бұрын

As an Ukrainian, I was kinda interested what it's gonna look like. First part didn't disappoint me.

@kasiaprada

5 жыл бұрын

@@andrewgusak123ua kzread.info/dash/bejne/nql3yKqKoLynnbQ.html

@zied6456

5 жыл бұрын

I watched the premiere without watching the trailer, it was a mistake. I wasn't ready for this.

@ssotkow

5 жыл бұрын

Only 5 episodes. Not enough to patch the wound of GOT final season debacle.

I know that many post-USSR people appreciated the love that the series show to the culture. We are used to have the western movies turn everything into a popcorn show. But this was very well made, some very good work on the sensitive material as it is!

Watching this episode, it's hard to explain the mix of feelings, because the events are so _unreal,_ I almost didn't know _how_ to react to it. Confusion, alarm, mounting horror, until finally it's just too overwhelming and you watch in numb helplessness as things unfold. The way it moved from a false calm of the far away explosion, to the tortured tension of the control room, and magnifying chaos until the two workers actually reach the core and look into... what? What is something that is death to look at? We've only got mythology for reference -- Medusa, basilisk, and whatever it was that these humans had made. It looked and felt so dangerous that I felt nauseous, as if the radiation could penetrate even my screen. If something so horrible can exist, then what _isn't_ possible?

@xanmontes8715

10 ай бұрын

You have said it so much better than most... I never thought that the Great Old Ones of Lovecraft would be humans and that the eldritch horrors would be our creations.

I watched with my Chinese friends. And they felt effectively disturbed but also familiar by the lies, the bureaucracy, to the hierarchy issues that were shown in the show. First, many of them never heard about Chernobyl, and second, they never made a connection between the Chernobyl event and the collapse of USSR.

@iMORTIsieteVOi

5 жыл бұрын

this is really interesting thx for sharing

@seho8722

4 жыл бұрын

No, sir. It is HBO who LIES!!!

This show is the epitome of "show don't tell". Everything from the wind, to the ash, is telegraphing how fast and far the radiation spreads.

My godfather worked at the station and the only reason he didn't get even bigger dose of radiation is because he worked during day shift. He stills suffers the consequences of the explosion. Thanks from Ukraine.

@TheVilniete

5 жыл бұрын

My father passed away in his 69 years... He worked at cleaning works in Chernobyl. In 2 years his health was down to 0. His last words was "I am waiting to die"...

It’s crazy how this mini series can be compared to the COVID 19 pandemic

@daliagrigonyte6872

4 ай бұрын

that was my thought too, i watched it before covid, then covid happened, after covid "ended" i revisited the miniseries on chernobyl and couldnt believe the similarities. u the first comment i came across that draws that comparison and i am astounded more people dont comment more on that

Thanks from Russia. thanks for the incredible screen version. it all really looks like the USSR.This is a terrible tragedy and thanks to those who did not allow even greater tragedy. My dad's aunt from Kiev died of cancer a few years after Chernobyl. This is a personal story for me. When I was in school, I read the book "Chernobyl Prayer" by Svetlana Alexievich and I remembered all that horror.

Aw nice shoutout to good ole master luwin. Donald sumpter is a stellar actor for sure

@samlulo

5 жыл бұрын

Love ur videos :3

As a Lithuanian I was surprised this series was filmed in Lithuania as I could hardly tell that anything was from there. As a historian I'm glad you tried your best to make it as accurate as possible and even using tapes and other primary material this is amazing! I also agree the decision to keep off the Russian accents as it would have been weird and the actors pulled of their characters fully without the need of accent. Great Job!

I was watching the episode in my living room with my mum and sister while they were on their phones, not really paying attention to it. They immediately gauged interest after the blast sound at the beginning. Incredible first episode.

I think this series deserved two seasons. There is so much to cover, even before the accident, how people got to work there, the first incident of the RBMK reactor that was covered up (in a way being responsible of what happened at Chernobyl). How corners were cut when building the plant in order to cut costs and speed up the process. There is A LOT of information out there, there are also eyewitness reports of at least one firemen looking into the core and while being rushed to the hospital his eyes had apparently changed color. As a person living in eastern EU i didn't find any of this far fetched and having researched the subject myself i can say i'm glad that so far you have recreated the events as accurately as possible. I think that should honor the people who gave their lives so that most of Europe isn't an inhabitable radioactive mess. Also, by being accurate i hope viewers will learn something from this, truth is something that is becoming more and more scarce everywhere you look in the world, and that needs to change. Hope the heroes of Chernobyl will not be forgotten and we won't end up making the same mistakes again (even tho Fukushima kind of proves we did). Thank you to all who took part in making this, you did a wonderful job so far.

@lizzyinatizzy6188

5 жыл бұрын

emdea, thank you for bringing up Fukushima. No one seems to understand the seriousness of the effects of using nuclear power. There is no way to "clean up" or to store the waste anywhere safely on this planet. The cover-up of Fukushima is beyond words. Now, in 2019, there is still talk of building more of these Earth killing "power plants." What a sad thing Earth and all her wonderful species will be killed by humans. Peace, Lizzy

@mrjdgibbs

5 жыл бұрын

@@lizzyinatizzy6188 The only difference between nuclear power, as you describe it, and Fossil fuels is that while nuclear power is only dangerous is something goes catastrophically wrong, fossil fuel plants are deadly all the time.

@FrenzyProject37

5 жыл бұрын

@@lizzyinatizzy6188 Oh yeah, instead let's build a ton of coal power plants like germany, to produce the required power, what a great idea!

@HieronymousLex

4 жыл бұрын

Lizzy inA Tizzy well Fukushima was built on a coast and also along a fault line. And Chernobyl was built by communists. So yeah just don’t do reckless shit like that, treat nuclear with utmost respect, and it could work. But we have to be so much more careful

@mitskistan3393

4 жыл бұрын

...fukushima happened because of an earthquake AND a tsunami... and unlike chernobyl, its not the reactor that exploded, its the containment building...

When those two engineers looked directly down into the core I was completely in shock! I couldn’t believe they were willing to commit a slow suicide by doing that. This series is amazing!!

@ffffuchs

5 жыл бұрын

Nitpicking but in reality its unlikely they were actually right over the exposed core. The reactor hall is HUGE and standing at the walls they likely "only" managed to peer into the edge of the pit, regardless getting exposed to deadly dose in a minute.

@juliemc8460

4 жыл бұрын

That scene stuck with me too. The way that core looked was so horrific

I'm from Ukraine. My country was the epicenter... I watched the first episode yesterday and it made me burst into tears... It was the time of my grandparents, my mom... I can't imagine how the government could hide information about this catastrophe from people! I'm very happy that Soviet Union is gone. Unfortunately, we have a lot of older generation people who even want that time to come back. It can be clearly seen through elections :( By the way, we still have a lot of "chornobyltsi" in the country - they are that citizens from Prypiat, firemen and other stuff and they're still suffering. I wonder do you see any physical or other effects of this tragedy in your country?

@VS3d0v

5 жыл бұрын

Alohomora086 UA with all due respect, Belarus had suffered equally.

@wargame635

5 жыл бұрын

открою тебе тайну сейчас в украине еще больше нищеты и воровства всем чинушам насрать на людей , в ссср была сильная пропаганда которая позволила леквидировать последствия...а сейчас эту пропаганду пытаются восстановить 5 лет петька и его команда воровала и наживалась и дальше хотят продолжать и это факт !.. совет смотри на вещи шире и поймешь в чем суть пропаганды и кому она выгодна.

@eduarddv00

5 жыл бұрын

all things considered, at least the bright side of all the secrecy is that the government were able to mitigate the disaster pretty effectively. I mean im not saying secrecy is good or anything, but im saying that through secrecy, all elements of the cleanup effort can work cohesively and decisively, even though in the end it all came at a very very heavy price. at least, thanks in part to this secrecy, ukrainian and byelorussian children can now play in the parks without getting exposed to lethal doses of radiation.

@innas9546

5 жыл бұрын

@@wargame635 😂 поради з-за порєбріка?)

@wargame635

5 жыл бұрын

@@innas9546 отсутствие мозга твой диагноз , с идиотами дискутировать бесполезно ...

My wife is a CRO at Three Mile Island and when she watched this episode with me she said "the dialogue is verbatim what is in the Chernobyl report we all read"

I was captivated the entire first episode. I am a Registered Radiologic Technologist, and I was taught the effects of all types of radiation and its effects on the body. I was APALLED that there were no radiation protection suits, no geiger counters and no dosimeters available. No safety protocols in place in case of an accident, etc. etc. I was like shaking my head in disbelief as the level of contamination grew and grew due to blatant ignorance. So sad, so many innocent people died.

Watched episode 1-3 twice already and I started 2 days ago. This show is breathtaking

@starlord5930

5 жыл бұрын

Go watch four lol

Being older and having lived through the Cold War, this film is absolutely terrifying. Shocking, disturbing and necessary to be seen. Thanks for making.

I was literally shaking with anger and crying during the first episode. It was both terrifying and mesmerising. I was born after the USSR collapsed, but the interiors and the fashions were still very nostalgic to my childhood in the former republics.

This series was SO so excellent, I watched it 5 more times after the initial airing. It really got to me like no other drama. The last time I felt this way was when I saw "Titanic". The Chernobyl series made Titanic seem like a cartoon. I am going to watch this again and again. It was perfection in every way. Film-makers will be using this as a standard from now on. It made me feel like I was there. It made me think. And thank you for not using Russian accents.

@Freemarkets1236

5 жыл бұрын

mamaboo cee I completely agree. This is a new pinnacle in film.

the horror movie description is very accurate, everything from the sound, the light, the acting, the framing, everything combined to fill me with dread at every second. when the two workers force their way past the shielded door into where the reactor hall used to be, and peer over the edge into the unnatural, flaming yellow pit of the open core, i almost couldn't look. it's an almost eldritch horror, of seeing something you shouldn't, feeling that being in it's presence is unfathomably dangerous for reasons we don't fully understand.

This series is incredible. I was 15 when this accident happened, and although we lived in the Northeastern United States, I remember our teachers telling us horror stories about radiation sickness; we were so terrified we were going to suffer from that over here (we were kids, remember). But that scarred me for life. I am overjoyed to see such a wonderful show that is paying such close attention to detail and is expressing the terrors these people went through...and that it also has the look and feel of a multi-leveled horror film, as well it should. This was real life horror. Thank you Mr. Mazin, and thank you HBO, for demystifying so much of this for me after three decades, and for reminding me that life and how we live it is a precious thing, and that it can all be taken away in an instant.

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

I had turned 15 that April, a Freshman in high school, and it was pretty far away and I don't remember talking about it in science class (or any class). I too remember the Challenger disaster, which had a more profound effect, making me lose interest in pursuing astronomy in classes.

My friend said this and it is very true: ''Be glad that this occurred under the Soviet Union communist regime, for money was not in any of the equations to find a solution to the problem. Whatever it takes, it will be done.'' ''Had this happened in today times, half the world would have been dead before the investors and businessmen got together to discuss potential profits and costs on the matter.''

I was at Chernobyl (for a 2nd time) April 16-18. This time I visited the plant and went into Control Rooms 1, 2 and 3. 3 is identical to Control Room 4. Watching this is eerie and I'm really grateful for the podcast and the explanations they provide. Well done.

@aliengranpa

5 жыл бұрын

I've looked at the entire site on Google earth and was amazed to see people walking around with no protection whatsoever.. aren't they about 10,000 years early for that?

@BSoDexe

5 жыл бұрын

@@aliengranpa it's safe to walk there. Mostly.

@talesofthekitty

5 жыл бұрын

@@aliengranpa You don't spend much time (or stay) in Pripyat. There are a lot of regulations about where you can and can't go and what you can do while you're there.

I just love the subtitles at 39:52 "They knew Lennon. They had seen him."

I have only seen the trailer so far but hearing the public announcement " vnimaniye vnimaniye", scared me to death... I actually want that as my new ringtone

The first episode was riveting. I've always been intrigued by this human made disaster and tragedy. From the first preview HBO slipped in front of me, I couldn't wait to see this mini-series. I was very excited to see Jared Harris and Emily Watson playing central characters, then boom Stellan Skarsgard! Stellan Skarsgard is always a win! As someone, who has seen many documentaries and read articles and stories about the incident. I look forward to continuing the series and watching how you've blended history and story telling.

@exogenesus6841

5 жыл бұрын

Same! I’ve been waiting for something like this for years when I first learned and researched Chernobyl. After I saw the trailer and promo for this show I was soooo excited and after watching the first episode I loved it!

I paid attention to the disaster and learned so much about it after the disaster. HBO did an incredible job in bringing the horror to light. It is enlightening and amazes me the amount of coverup to preserve the utopia.

I just realized the time Chernobyl happened is 12345. What a damn universal coincidence.

@adolfodef

5 жыл бұрын

Also, it was the fourth time they were trying the "safety test"... 4 is death.

@inaranger

4 жыл бұрын

@@adolfodef why is 4 death?

@grant5603

4 жыл бұрын

You're reading into it too much

@dudestir127

4 жыл бұрын

At first I thought that was some creative licensing from HBO until I did more research and confirmed it as an interesting coincidence.

@TheAirBear2000

4 жыл бұрын

"That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!"

I remember Chernobyl as well as the Challenger explosion. My science teacher made a point to stress that Chernobyl would have a larger effect on us as a whole than the Space Shuttle disaster. Btw, she was a finalist behind Christa McAuliffe to go up on Challenger. To this day I remember that lecture vividly because it frightened me so much.

@keleidoscope

5 жыл бұрын

I remember Challenger being on the news. I don't remember Chernobyl. I was only 6 though!

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

I was 15 like the guy who made it, but we didn't talk about it in school. I was really angry about Challenger and it made me not want to take astronomy classes.

The first episode made me terrified and pissed off all at the same time. The people in charge seemed to be so incompetent and that's just the first episode. I bet also however they didnt want to believe how bad it could be or was. I'm so ready for the next episode

Such a tragedy everyone facing the unknown with misinformation...and ultimately the after effects will never be fully realized

This is so powerful, dramatic, realistic and scary that I can't even pick appropriate words. My heart almost broke ribs! Also, the antourage and atmosphere, it's like a time machine. After I finished watching I re-watched whole episode again. Biggest thanks for depicting soviet system as it was - lying and hypocrite, it didn't care one bit for it's people. From Ukraine, bravo to showrunners, cast and all involved!

I don't sleep well since episode 1. This show touched me and disturbed me like nothing before. I have dreams now about radiation and nuclear damage and I spent most of my days research nuclear power plants and atom bombs. Thanks HBO and good job!

@aygunamirali8827

5 жыл бұрын

same here:(

@princesskanu

3 жыл бұрын

Same!!!

Thank you for this masterpiece. I was nearly crying by the end of the 2nd episode.

this podcast is clearly a ploy to make me want to pay for the full show and it's 100% working

I’m honestly blown away by the quality of and attention put into this minisseries. Nothing but praise for HBO and you, Craig.

I'm from Ukraine. And I want to say Thank you for your Great job!

A phenomenal piece of television, haunting, terrifying. As someone who has been to Belarus, to the exclusion zone, working with charities helping people on the ground, having read dozens of reports over the years, it is a crucial piece of television.

as the one who grew up in the USSR, I'd like to commend creators for getting even little details in the background right.

@wrongIQ

5 жыл бұрын

true. The overall feeling is creepingly exact due to many authentic details. At the same time this overall authenticity in the background makes a lot of focus to the details that are less authentic e.g. red stars on firefighters helmets realy scratched my eyes.

@usun_current5786

5 жыл бұрын

@@wrongIQ well there were firefighters helmets with red stars, but seems well before 1986, for instance: bloha.news/images/predmety/IMG_7749.jpg

@wrongIQ

5 жыл бұрын

​@@usun_current5786 I have no doubt that there were red-starred helmets somwhere sometime in the USSR. But at the time and place of the depicted disaster it looks to me lil bit nonsense. I even thought that maybe there's something wrong with me, then checked - nope sensum-club.pro/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Snimok-ekrana-2018-03-21-v-16.10.42-850x604.png

"50.000 people used to live here... Now, it's a ghost town."

@andreaescalante3396

5 жыл бұрын

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. ❤

This mini series is amazing. I binged on the whole thing. I started out to just watch ep 1 then just couldn’t stop watching it. Congratulations to all involved. The cast were amazing. So committed to the project. Intelligent viewing, not taking audiences for idiots. No dumbing down. Fantastic. Thanks.

Definitely looking forward to more of this show and podcast.

Remember those names - the first firefighters who arrived at the scene of the explosion and started combating the fire: lieutenant Vladimir Pravik - died May 11, 1986 lieutenant Victor Kibenok - died May 11, 1986 Leonid Telyatnikov - lived longest among these firemen, which is a miracle in itself. Died in 2005 of Chernobyl-related cancer. Vasiliy Ignatenko - died May 13, 1986. In 2006 posthumously awarded the title Hero of Ukraine. Nikolay Vaschuk - was instrumental in preventing fire from reaching reactor number 3. Died with the rest of his crew on the same day. Hero of Ukraine. Nikolay Titenok - died May 16, 1986. Hero of Ukraine Vladimir Tishchura - was the first firefighter victim of the atomic fire because received ungodly amount of radiation of 800 roentgens. Leonid Shavrey - miraculous recovery in the facility in Kyiv. Had bone marrow partially replaced which help the organism and DNA to fight off radiation exposure and sickness. Ivan Shavrey - the younger brother of Leonid. Also survived by miraculous treatment in Kyiv. Again, partial replacement of bone marrow. Petro Shavrey - the oldest brother. Also survived. There should be a book about this family of heroes or maybe a separate HBO movie. Alexander Lelechenko - electrician technician of Chernobyl NPP. Was responsible for preventing an additional hydrоgen explosion. Received lethal dose of radiation and died on May 7, 1986. Hero of Ukraine. The first wave of firefighters consisted of 28 men in total. @

I was really drawn into the first episode, leave a lot more to be wanted. Really great work, cant wait for the rest of this series.

I have been haunted by this story for decades. I was living in Okinawa Japan when it happened. I had two small children and we were so scared. We had limited news and only knew there was a some huge radioactive cloud. We were not sure which way it was headed. Growing up as a child of the cold world and then serving in the USMC, we were very knowledgable of the impact of radiation and the horrors that would ensue. This is a really great series and does a great job of explaining the human side of the characters. I have watched every single video/interview I could find about Chernobyl and it follows the tragedy very well.

@beastmasterbg

5 жыл бұрын

but japan is so far away

@Lagunainkspot

5 жыл бұрын

@@beastmasterbg It was 35 years ago. We didnt have access to information then. We didn't know which way the wind would blow the radioactive cloud. There were all kinds of rumors that it could come over us. Today we would have instantanious access to understand the risks. I just remember the fear I had with two really small children living in another country.

@GrumpyKay

5 жыл бұрын

@@Lagunainkspot I was REALLY little when this happened, but I also kind of recall my parents watching the news and seeing reports about the cloud and which direction it was changing and going all the time. I'm on the east coast of the US too. So I can understand that fear of not knowing. I felt it again after Fukushima. Unsure of just how bad the outcome was going to be from that, and how much of the ocean water was going to be contaminated. Even though we have much better information now then back in 1986, I can understand how scary it is not knowing.

Episode 1 was phenomenal! I can't wait to see the next episodes!

as a Russian I'd like to say thank you for that show. State officials whose only desire is to put responsibility on common people's shoulders, stupid and completely unnecessary propaganda, mistakes amd errors. But still brave men, brave politicians and scientists that try to solve this hell - I mean it's good to watch the show, that is so authentic and carefull to details. And shows soviets not only as angry and mercantile idiots (there were a lot of such men unfortunately), but also as selfless and decent men. Second episode was still cool. I hope it will keep such a high level.

HBO makes up for the horrible game of thrones season!

@Terkzorr

5 жыл бұрын

That show really went downhill fast when they ran out of books.

@riverawynter

5 жыл бұрын

🙄

@sleek462

5 жыл бұрын

Lets be fair that wasnt HBOs fault. HBO offered Dumb&Dumber 10 seasons 10 episodes per and well Dumb&Dumber refused.

@Thingsarechanging

5 жыл бұрын

PrasannaJ Paul seriously

@SubparSkill

5 жыл бұрын

I think i am the only person who actually thought it was okay, God what is wrong with me !

That constant low humming sound that slowly but surely seeped through the underbelly of every scene was so anxiety producing. It dragged you into their world whether you wish to go or not. Fabulous docudrama.

In The Death of Stalin film all the actors just used their native accents. It makes sense cause the Soviet Union was huge and had plenty of different accents just like the US. It was a dark comedy though, fricken Steve Buscemi plays Krushchev

@alexp8785

5 жыл бұрын

That movie was ass propaganda

@Gamealishis

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexp8785 The movie was a comedy, not meant to be taken seriously

@alexp8785

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gamealishis comedy cannot be propaganda

@Gamealishis

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexp8785 That's my point. The movie was not propaganda, it was a comedy playing on American stereotypes

@alexp8785

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gamealishis Lol no it wasn't, the director literally said "it’s a fiction inspired by the truth of what it must have felt like at the time. My aim is for the audience to feel the sort of low-level anxiety that people must have when they just went about their daily lives at the time." Literally just propaganda. Yes, comedy can be propaganda.

I have been on my edge throughout the first episode, thank you for having the podcast, i wanted to hear more to get involve and digest it

I've always had a fascination about Chernobyl. I've watched real footage and watched documentary after documentary, but the dialogue, the emotion and the visuals of this show brought me past my point of view and put me in every person's shoes who were showcased in this program, real or fictional. I don't know how they felt actually being there, but I have a much greater appreciation for the helplessness, anger and fear than I've ever had before. @HBO, THANK YOU. You deserve EVERY SINGLE AWARD this mini-series is eligible for. PERIOD. It's not just an entertainment program. It's a lesson and it's an experience. I appreciate that I got to have this experience.

I'm most grateful for the artistry of the show and the detail in this podcast

I’ve just watched the final episode. I cannot thank the cast and crew enough for this visually stunning yet psychologically terrifying mini-series. I hope you are rewarded at the awards ceremonies. The handling of such a subject while trying not to trivialise it or over-dramatise requires a sensitivity rarely seen in TV dramas. A truly haunting series, lifted at the end.

Absolutely brilliant show! Blood chilling and realistic. I think this series should be shown in schools or anywhere where a large audience of older teens and young adults could see it. The lesson of Chernobyl is vital and should not be forgotten.

I love how accurate this miniseries is to the real life events which happened in April 1986 I was literally cringing the entire episode because how the events which transpired where handled. The Soviets completely lied about everything to make it seem like everything was ok which was of course a LIE. Anyway if the rest of the series is as accurate as the first episode everyone’s in for a ride cause the events that unfolded after the explosion are just insane. I won’t say anything else. Also the uniforms and equipment being used in this show is soooooooo accurate, it’s amazing!

@TimberWolf2025

5 жыл бұрын

Where you there? Please tell...

@columbus8myhw

5 жыл бұрын

"If it's true, I'm dead already. I can't accept that. So it must be false."

@garbagebanditdayz819

5 жыл бұрын

TimberWolf no, I just do too much research. Lol

@scallie6462

5 жыл бұрын

@My Thoughts cringe doesnt mean awkward you dumbass. When you see someone fall and snap their femur of watch a surgeons scalpel slice through flesh thats cringe. Thr post was in a completely appropriate context and you complain about him using it lol. Asking someone if theyre 11 lol.. Are you 16?

@Dutchman-2002

5 жыл бұрын

@My Thoughts lmao you got put in place

It's so nice that even this very podcast can be seen as a masterpiece on its own

Thank you for making this mini-series & for this podcast... It's obvious the Craig Mavin gets the significance of what happened at Chernobyl. I remember watching the news reports about it as an 8 year old, but it was only after watching "the Battle for Chernobyl" just two weeks before Fukushima melted down did I begin to understand the scope of it. You capture the utter horror they must have felt. The smothering pervasive fear.

An incredible, horrifying and absolutely timely and important story. Thank you so much for this incredible series!

"This is our moment to shine." Or glow.

@Rajastega

5 жыл бұрын

With enough roentgens we will.

@ryansun4944

5 жыл бұрын

Maester Luwin totally nailed it.

@samanthabrown8467

5 жыл бұрын

Sandra Hammond and glow with many medical issues due to Chernobyl

@amandadelongchamp3599

5 жыл бұрын

Japan is still probably glowing very brightly right now, they just aren't talking about it much

the accents are so great i can't stop rewatching. The voices are so pretty. All of these people fit so perfectly, i adore every single role in the film and that's amazing

I’ve never been so entranced and so disturbed by two episodes of television. An incredible achievement for everyone involved. Fascinating!