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Posted: 5/24/2020 9:43:19 AM EDT
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I was in Germany shortly afterwards. I remember the safety briefings that we shouldn't eat any fungus or mushrooms because they would have absorbed a lot of radiation.
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Posted: 5/24/2020 9:50:36 AM EDT
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Nope, I'm permanently jaded. Too many people think it's a documentary. I don't doubt that the set design, acting, and script are riveting, I just can't get past how they play fast and loose with the facts/science. Yeah, yeah, I know it's drama.
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Posted: 5/24/2020 9:55:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nope, I'm permanently jaded. Too many people think it's a documentary. I don't doubt that the set design, acting, and script are riveting, I just can't get past how they play fast and loose with the facts/science. Yeah, yeah, I know it's drama. Did you watch it? |
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Posted: 5/24/2020 10:03:47 AM EDT
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I watched it and thought it was pretty good.
My Son was a Navy ET Nuke and reactor operator on subs. I asked him about it. He told me it was done well and the science was fairly accurate. |
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Posted: 5/24/2020 10:13:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nope, I'm permanently jaded. Too many people think it's a documentary. I don't doubt that the set design, acting, and script are riveting, I just can't get past how they play fast and loose with the facts/science. Yeah, yeah, I know it's drama. What parts did you think played fast and loose with the facts/science? While there were some things a bit dramatized and compressed, it was pretty accurate to what the people involved actually did, said, and believed at the time, even if it later turned out to be wrong. |
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Posted: 5/24/2020 10:26:09 AM EDT
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I thought it was an excellent drama, but I also thought it was so-so on the facts... mostly because they felt they had to be overly dramatic with certain minor story elements, combined events to heighten dramatic tension, and how they condensed several real people into single fictional characters for simplicity's sake.
To be fair to the show however most of the stuff I thought was "fast and loose" had little to do with the actual Chernobyl disaster itself and was more the creative embellishment of the human drama elements designed to draw in the feelz-not-thinkz viewers. |
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Posted: 5/24/2020 12:14:06 PM EDT
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Quoted: Did you watch it? Nope, scientist wife and sciency college-age kids have. Quoted: What parts did you think played fast and loose with the facts/science? While there were some things a bit dramatized and compressed, it was pretty accurate to what the people involved actually did, said, and believed at the time, even if it later turned out to be wrong. Basically, some "first responders" and workers died of radiation poisoning. Other than that, the predicted long-term health impacts never materialized. While I'm sure the show was well-done (one son has watched the series like 8 times), it's basically fomenting anti-nuke propoganda. HBO's 'Chernobyl' just won 10 Emmys — here's what it gets right (and wrong) about the world's worst nuclear power plant accident 10 Times HBO's 'Chernobyl' Got the Science Wrong How HBO Got It Wrong On Chernobyl |
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Posted: 5/24/2020 3:21:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nope, scientist wife and sciency college-age kids have. Basically, some "first responders" and workers died of radiation poisoning. Other than that, the predicted long-term health impacts never materialized. While I'm sure the show was well-done (one son has watched the series like 8 times), it's basically fomenting anti-nuke propoganda. HBO's 'Chernobyl' just won 10 Emmys — here's what it gets right (and wrong) about the world's worst nuclear power plant accident 10 Times HBO's 'Chernobyl' Got the Science Wrong How HBO Got It Wrong On Chernobyl Many of the things listed are relatively minor, or things said/believed by people at the time, which turned out to be untrue with the benefit of hindsight. And yes, there some things done for drama. But, there is enough left in what was accurately portrayed that it didn’t really change anything. The whole accident was pretty anti-nuke. This mini-series didn’t make it any worse. |
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Posted: 5/24/2020 3:21:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nope, scientist wife and sciency college-age kids have. Basically, some "first responders" and workers died of radiation poisoning. Other than that, the predicted long-term health impacts never materialized. While I'm sure the show was well-done (one son has watched the series like 8 times), it's basically fomenting anti-nuke propoganda. HBO's 'Chernobyl' just won 10 Emmys — here's what it gets right (and wrong) about the world's worst nuclear power plant accident 10 Times HBO's 'Chernobyl' Got the Science Wrong How HBO Got It Wrong On Chernobyl Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Did you watch it? Nope, scientist wife and sciency college-age kids have. Quoted: What parts did you think played fast and loose with the facts/science? While there were some things a bit dramatized and compressed, it was pretty accurate to what the people involved actually did, said, and believed at the time, even if it later turned out to be wrong. Basically, some "first responders" and workers died of radiation poisoning. Other than that, the predicted long-term health impacts never materialized. While I'm sure the show was well-done (one son has watched the series like 8 times), it's basically fomenting anti-nuke propoganda. HBO's 'Chernobyl' just won 10 Emmys — here's what it gets right (and wrong) about the world's worst nuclear power plant accident 10 Times HBO's 'Chernobyl' Got the Science Wrong How HBO Got It Wrong On Chernobyl I've watched the series, and your characterization is incorrect. It's not anti nuke propaganda. It may not be perfect in every scientific detail, and they certainly took some dramatic license with the other parts of the show, but most of the the nuclear science is actually correct and quite informative. As far as the drama is concerned, the show isn't designed to show you the perspective of fifty years later, it's designed to show you what they were thinking at the time. They did a good job of this. |
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Posted: 5/24/2020 7:16:45 PM EDT
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The "Bridge of death" never happened.
QED |
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Posted: 6/10/2020 11:08:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nope, scientist wife and sciency college-age kids have. Basically, some "first responders" and workers died of radiation poisoning. Other than that, the predicted long-term health impacts never materialized. While I'm sure the show was well-done (one son has watched the series like 8 times), it's basically fomenting anti-nuke propoganda. HBO's 'Chernobyl' just won 10 Emmys here's what it gets right (and wrong) about the world's worst nuclear power plant accident 10 Times HBO's 'Chernobyl' Got the Science Wrong How HBO Got It Wrong On Chernobyl Oh well than, I'm a licensed senior reactor operator, and agree with those that say that your characterization is incorrect. |
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