Apparently, in Hollywood there was attempt to make movie based on Chernobyl tragedy in late 80s, script was written by Ales Adamovich (he also wrote script for movie "Come and See" about WWII) and should be directed by Stanley Kramer:
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HBO's Chernobyl |OT| Do you taste something metallic?
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It was interesting to hear on the podcast that they had scaled back some of the graphic scenes, including one scene not filmed at all. Was also interested to hear that the KGB prison was a real one, with more info on some of their methods of interrogation not depicted in the show.
The accompany podcast for this show is a must listen, as they go into a lot of details, including explaining why there are differences from history (such as consolidating multiple characters in real life to a single invented person).
I listen to it via the pocketcasts app, but here's a soundcloud link as well:
https://soundcloud.com/thechernobylpodcast
There is a really great bit in the podcast where they mention how NOT showing you something extremely graphic/horrific is actually worse than showing it (they are specifically talking about not showing the guy whose face has melted off). I never really thought about it that way but its so on point. The movies that I found most unsettling (Se7en, Blair Witch etc) never really showed the worst parts of the carnage, they just let your brain fill in the blanks. That can do something that just random gore/blood can never do.
Anyway, this is a really smart, thoughtfully made show. And the acting is phenomenal. Been recommending it to everyone.
Excellent interview with Higginbotham about Midnight in Chernobyl to help pass the time until the next episode.
Bonus interview with Jared Harris. They get a tiny bit into stuff coming up probably in episode 5 around 12:50 - 14:30 if you want to avoid as well as some general spoilers in other stuff he has been in are sprinkled throughout.
Bonus interview with Jared Harris. They get a tiny bit into stuff coming up probably in episode 5 around 12:50 - 14:30 if you want to avoid as well as some general spoilers in other stuff he has been in are sprinkled throughout.
I get that not showing stuff is powerful but for the sake of the show they should have shown it. You're on HBO, and it would fit with the tone of the show.
He is incredible.
They explain why they didn't show it in the podcast, I agree it would have been too much.
In addition to the podcast explanation, I also think the hospital interview with Akimov was a dramatic turning point: it's when professor Khomyuk realises...
that there might be a systemic failure rather than simple operator error
The line between honest portrayal of suffering and exploitative gore is razor thin. I also agree they made the right choice of what was enough. I could see the argument for restraining even a little further. The producer's comment about lingering too much was dead on. Less is more.
And it's not like what we did see, wasn't horrific anyway. Not showing Akimov's face spoke volumes. I thought it was a very effective choice.
One of the more memorable things from Midnight In Chernobyl is the description of how the grass beneath the helicopters kept dying from all the radiation.
Best show I've watched in a long time, the last episode has really stuck with me. Very haunting.
The injury of those people in the third episode... phew.
The makeup is really top notch and I'm glad they show some restraint.
The firefighter's wife is doing all the things that she shouldn't. If it's a fictional story, I would have thought it's a bad writing but since it's actually the truth, I really feel for her and her situation. I can't imagine how can she endure watching her loved one perished like that in front of her.
The makeup is really top notch and I'm glad they show some restraint.
The firefighter's wife is doing all the things that she shouldn't. If it's a fictional story, I would have thought it's a bad writing but since it's actually the truth, I really feel for her and her situation. I can't imagine how can she endure watching her loved one perished like that in front of her.
I liked the twist about the couple from the hotel bar. It makes that discussion all the more poignant.
Absolutely. I mean when we see the firefighter for the last time he looks straight up monstrous in how much his body has already decomposed and rotted away. Knowing that was not even how bad it can get is something to let the mind consider instead of going for gore porn. if someone has to see it they can look up Hisashi Ouchi. What the Japanese did with him was beyond barbaric. Someone should have had the moral courage to end that mans suffering as he wanted.
Big time warning though. Do not search for Hisashi Ouchi if you are not prepared for something straight out of horror hell.
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The girlfriend is really wanting to watch this, but given the reviews of the victim's makeup and prosthetics here, I'm not sure it'll be for her!
Was this incident occurred during the height of the cold war ? Do you guys think that after the incident and the whole world knows about it with the fact that these radiation leaks caused the land around it to be inhabiable for more than 20,000 years help to reduce the tension of a nuclear war between the USSR and the United States at the time?
The Cold War officially ended in 1991 with the fall of the Soviet Union when Ukraine voted for independence. I don't know my history well enough to confidently A to B to C, Chernobyl to the end of the Cold War but I think it is fair to argue Chernobyl was still incredibly fresh in the Ukrainian people's mind when they went to vote.
I wasn't fully paying attention then; what was the twist?
They were members of the KGB keeping tabs on Legasov. Had he not lied about the situation to them when they asked at the bar things would have gone very differently for him.
To my knowledge this is likely a fictitious exchange but is representative of several scientists we are aware of needing to skirt the KGB and being put on trial.
They appeared to be random members of the public concerned about their safety ('anything we should be worried about?') and Legasov smiles and lies to them, making him complicit in the government cover-up. When we later learn they are actually KGB minders, this conversation can now be read as the state checking Legasov's commitment to the official lie and the party.
Oh wow. I didnt even think about that. Their question "Is everything ok?" is so much more sinister with the KGB context. That is some top notch writing.
So, apparently Chernobyl is now the highest rated TV show ever on IMDB:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7366338/
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7366338/
I'm literally telling everyone I know about this show. When someone asks "what's good on HBO now (after GoT)", I'm just like CHERNOBYL CHERNOBYL CHERNOBYL CHERNOBYL CHERNOBYL
Chernobyl has made me forgot about my disappointment with GoT, it is absolutely harrowing but so well done.
God damn thats impressive and revolting, they could at least warned the people, and I get it they wanted to save major cities
I've just got round to watching this. It is okay but I really do not like the direction.
The poor direction is affecting the acting too (which may also be a script problem).
But it is okay
The poor direction is affecting the acting too (which may also be a script problem).
But it is okay
Jared Harris and stellan skarsgard are awesome actors. This show is so good. Can't praise it enough.
This is a tangent but this led me to finally watch The Terror, it's also got Jared Harris and the guy who plays the firefighter they focus on. Not at the same level as this, but it was pretty good I think.
Co-worker pushed me to watch this with her today.
Man this is good.
Also, Maester Aemon is a boss.
Man this is good.
Also, Maester Aemon is a boss.
what are you talking about, the direction is top notch