List of 2019 Emmy winners including 'Game of Thrones', 'Fleabag' and 'Chernobyl.' Worth watching Chernobyl's Café on Prime to see what life is like there now for those working and to some extent living in the exclusion zone. Here is a disaster unprecedented … Worth watching this week, we have a TEDx Talk from Ericka Alston on recovery, acceptance, and HBO miniseries Chernobyl . Dark reminder of the day when we were instructed to get to the nearest medical center for the iodine pills. Chernobyl has been the fan favorite from the time the first episode was aired for the general public. Only a few episodes. It was released in May of 2019. Today there’s nothing but absolutely abysmal garbage on TV, especially if, like me you’re forcibly confined to freeview because you can’t get a satellite signal because of dirty great FAT obstructions in the way, and even if I could get a signal I bet the only stuff remotely worth watching would be on premium channels only which I’d have to pay extra for. Like Liked by 1 person. Netflix worth watching with all this spare time and you want to expand your knowledge. Is Chernobyl worth watching? RADIO. TOP. I'm saving the episodes up so I can watch them in one go... watching weekly instalments seems so archaic nowadays Looking forward to watching! Reading Adam Higginbotham’s Midnight In Chernobyl brought it back, not only reminding me of that stopped-wrist-watch, ... One is as worth reading as the other is worth watching, though. SwingsitlikeHogan Major Champion. June 27, 2020 at 11:40 PM I want to get to it soon! With every episode, Twitter and Reddit’s digital thoroughfares flood with digital tears and praise for the series’ painstaking adherence to historic… Megan Geuss - May 6, 2019 4:30 pm UTC The real news footage with Peter Jennings was cool, though I've never heard Chernobyl pronounced that way before. Calum Henderson finds a Netflix Christmas movie worth watching . Chernobyl (a mini-series airing on HBO right now, with the final episode coming Monday) is absolutely riveting stuff. BrianM said: Chernobyl, absolutely brilliant, definitely worth watching if you haven’t seen it. APPS. Happy reading! The devastating accident that happened, in reality, was so beautifully depicted in the reel life as well. Maybe they used pictures of Chernobyl when designing the level because they do look similar in a weird way. Jun 5, 2019 #5,429 The Human Q-Tip said: I'll just … HBO and Sky UK’s five-part dramatisation of the most catastrophic nuclear accident in human history, is currently IMDB’s highest-rated TV … 3,260 posts. 'Chernobyl,' HBO's miniseries on the 1986 nuclear disaster and the push to reveal the truth amid a cover-up, is an enthralling but uncomfortable watch. Jun 22, 2019 - Chernobyl, HBO’s gutting five-part miniseries about the 1986 nuclear disaster, has quietly grown in popularity in the aftermath of Game Of Thrones’ divisive final episode. Is justified worth watching? I liked the moments of Shcherbina quietly digesting the severity of the situation as the episode progressed. Chernobyl, a dramatization of the 1986 nuclear disaster in then-Soviet Ukraine, feels similarly apocalyptic. Is Chernobyl renewed or cancelled? Share. Jan 9, 2020 #2,859. The real-world horror of Chernobyl. ANIME. Got my partner watching it too now. More and more people today want to visit Chernobyl and the new HBO series is bound to make it an even more popular tourist destination. All mini documentaries on the most bizarre stuff, but again quite addictive and very educational. 7 Dec, 2019 5:00am . HBO tops all networks, with Amazon Prime Video second. Lazermilk. Craig Mazin will write the adaptation of the popular video game alongside its creator, Neil Druckmann Chernobyl dramatises the infamous nuclear spill in the titular town in Ukraine, April 1986, which is still considered to be one of the worst man-made disasters in history. I didn't post the headline about the IMDB ratings of Chernobyl to start a debate about ratings, ... and the miniseries series as a whole, to be worth watching. No one answered the phone. Status: Running . The next phone call was to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a full 250 miles away in Pripyat, Ukraine. I was a child living in … It’s a depiction of the events, response, and aftermath to the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl in 1986. HBO had a mini-series called Chernobyl, it's worth a watch. Joined Apr 29, 2009 Messages 6,532 Reaction score 8,061 Points 113. Chernobyl was not produced for the Covid era, however. on HBO. Chernobyl is arguably the most extreme example of this fixation, and the most flagrantly similar to our moment. Really liked how they showed so many of the real people at the end. TV. I have just got done with the last episode. I was 14 back then..... Wickedcoolname. In this edition, I share a podcast from NPR's Hidden Brain on Happiness. They got the plant command center re-created just like the original. Jan 9, 2020 #2,859. 1 Serhii Plokhy. Despite these flaws, ‘Chernobyl’ is definitely worth watching and forces you to comprehend the destructive combination of nuclear power going out of control and an authoritarian system – not only for Chernobyl-obsessed people like me, but for all present and future children of the nuclear age. Academician Legasov seven times went on a business trip to Chernobyl. Where to countdown Chernobyl air dates? I knew only the barest details of what happened; watching the series has been a history lesson in itself. BBC1 Our Girl is fantastic, and currently watching season 2 of Save me, which is really good. Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Likes: Piece and Kellfire. Top. This is such an excellent show. Chernobyl. VIP. In total, he spent four months in the area of infection instead of the required three to four weeks. For me, a big part of the reason Chernobyl resonates so much is that it hits multiple sweet spots. Loading... Chernobyl. NES Member. It's also worth mentioning that SKY are offering this series in 4K. Is it 100% historically accurate? PROFILE. Chernobyl dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident — one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history — and the sacrifices made to save Europe from unimaginable disaster. In terms of age, it has a particular appeal to anyone who remembers the mid-1980s. It's so hyped on reddit The hype is justified (pun intended). Next episode air date: Unknown. MOVIES. 2K Shares. 1 0 0. by Somebody Else's Problem » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:59 pm Tragic Magic wrote:Those pictures remind me of "All Ghillied Up" from CoD4. Well worth watching It's worth watching it. Joined Jul 24, 2012 Messages 23,158. Part 2 by Nobody: 5:58am On May 27, 2019; trueking: That's not true at all, of what good is eating something sweet which eventually leaves a sour taste in your mouth? I visited Chernobyl 2 years ago, when it was not even trendy yet, and truly enjoyed it. As always, a few more exciting things that are worth youtube vid p4!! The explosion of Reactor #4 at Chernobyl was the result of the lies, mistakes, cover-ups, ignorance and arrogance that were the hallmarks of the Soviet system. thebrowneyedbookworm. Chernobyl writer set to tackle The Last of Us TV series for HBO. Search. I seldom mention actors here, generally steering to the tech, but the direction by Johan Renck, the writing by Craig Mazin, and the lead thespians, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgard, and Emily Watson should not go unheralded. Last edited : Jun 3, 2019. Maybe they … No. 39 … Like Craig Mazin, I was 15 when Chernobyl occurred. HBO’s new Chernobyl mini-series shows how good science is undermined by secrecy Insidious Soviet-era leadership is the villain in this dark five-episode drama. The photos! Don't f**k with Cats, Explained, Broken, and Rotten. I and probably most of the world had no idea how close we came to a global catastrophe when Chernobyl exploded,hours from a thermonuclear explosion if some very brave men hadn't died horrible deaths stopping it Best thing I've seen on TV in a while, the level of incompetence and the cover up is astounding. I think you’ll enjoy it and I hope you get to it soon. Chernobyl is a 5-episodes TV drama that is about the nuclear power plant disaster. Bryukhanov and Fomin are such weasels. Chernobyl, absolutely brilliant, definitely worth watching if you haven’t seen it. 4 in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the northern part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic [fn1]. The resulting radiation led to hundreds of cancer/exposure related deaths and the irreversible destruction of an entire community. Somebody Else's Problem Member ♥ Joined in 2008 AKA: Moggy. Reddit. This is near the collapse of the Soviet Union. JOIN SIMKL. The spectacle of the disaster on the screen and following through the tough decisions that had to be made makes Chernobyl well worth watching. Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins were great in it. Rating - 100%. - #189797268 added by cptbajusz at grubby living Giraffe We have articles on Robin William and mental health. 3 minutes to read . But what makes Chernobyl a must see mini-series for me is the cultural environment that the disaster took place in. The director and the cast along with the crew did one of the fantastic jobs in the sense of depicting the reality. Reply. CHERNOBYL dramatizes the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst human-made catastrophes in history, and tells the story of the brave men and women who made incredible sacrifices to … Klaus - a 2D animated Christmas flick that's actually well worth watching. Post Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. 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