It's HBO, Making You Miserable Again: Chernobyl (May 2019)

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[BurtReynolds]

This is some real "yell at your television" stuff.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Winning a few Golden Globes tonight

[Simple Torture]

Two Golden Globes so far. Not great, not terrible.

[contamination]

I just finished this. It was good, but I was really dissappointed after reading how much they had changed the story and how inaccurate their depiction of radiation's health effect were. Legasov's speech at the trial didn't happen, people didn't stand on the "bridge of death", the 3 divers didn't die, radiation sickness is not contagious, the helicopter crash happened few weeks later and it crashed on a crane etc.

But why care about facts when you can tell a great story?

[Simple Torture]

I just finished this. It was good, but I was really dissappointed after reading how much they had changed the story and how inaccurate their depiction of radiation's health effect were. Legasov's speech at the trial didn't happen, people didn't stand on the "bridge of death", the 3 divers didn't die, radiation sickness is not contagious, the helicopter crash happened few weeks later and it crashed on a crane etc.

But why care about facts when you can tell a great story?

"Midnight in Chernobyl" is a really great book if you want to delve into the history. There are dozens of actual people in there who didn't get turned into characters in the show, and their stories are fascinating.

[Orpheus]

Radiation is not contagious, but it certainly does radiate. Did the show imply its contagious, or did it imply that it can be spread from contaminated items, which is true? I'm genuinely asking, can't remember one way or another.

Midnight in Chernobyl is definitely a great read btw, I second that rec.

[simple schoolboy]

[contamination]

Radiation is not contagious, but it certainly does radiate. Did the show imply its contagious, or did it imply that it can be spread from contaminated items, which is true? I'm genuinely asking, can't remember one way or another.

Midnight in Chernobyl is definitely a great read btw, I second that rec.

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[Rangi Guy]

Started watching this last night. So far so good - I love the upbeat vibe it gives me

[E.H. Ruddock]

Started watching this last night. So far so good - I love the upbeat vibe it gives me

Wait until you get to the episode with all the cute dogs. It's really uplifting

[Rangi Guy]

Started watching this last night. So far so good - I love the upbeat vibe it gives me

Wait until you get to the episode with all the cute dogs. It's really uplifting

I love puppies! Our dog tends to watch the TV intently when there's other dogs on there - she's gonna love it!

[B]

Jesus, I've never felt so miserable.

[psychobain]

Lol

[B]

Oh God, the dogs. Why must I suffer through this?

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[E.H. Ruddock]

HBO has a documentary out now called Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes. Video footage of the cleanup immediately after. Very haunting to see some of those guys cleaning that shit from the rig knowing they’ll probably die.

[doug rr]

chernobyl your rights

[E.H. Ruddock]

What have you become, Doug