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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forumsanyone watching Chernobyl on HBO?
I've watched the first episode and it's quite good. The opening quote is this:
What is the cost of lies, Legasov asks the audience before his suicide in Chernobyls opening moments. Its not that well mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that, if we hear enough lies, we no longer recognize the truth at all. What can we do then? What else is left but to abandon even the hope of truth and to content ourselves instead with stories.
There is also a podcast that goes into some detail about the making of the series:
The official podcast of the miniseries Chernobyl, from HBO and Sky. Join host Peter Sagal (NPRs Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!) and series creator, writer and executive producer Craig Mazin after each episode as they discuss the true stories that shaped the scenes, themes and characters.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Tough to watch, but the tragedy and human drama pull you in.
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)people in nearby countries. I knew a young woman, a naval officer, working in electronics in Norway iirc. She died of three rare forms of cancer, as did some others in her outfit. These cases had to be more than a coincidence.
Not sure I can make it through more episodes.
It is suspenseful, gripping.
hlthe2b
(102,378 posts)sort of overwhelmed--knowing what happened and what IS happening. I'm going to try to stick with it, though and appreciate the link to the podcasts. Hearing about it may be easier for me.
hlthe2b
(102,378 posts)Especially the one following episode 3.
The Chernobyl Podcast (available where you get your podcasts, of course)
IcyPeas
(21,910 posts)Paladin
(28,276 posts)Very well done. My favorite character so far: that badass coal miner, and his comment to the officials about the flimsy facemasks: "If these actually worked, you'd be wearing them."
It's powerful. The line from the KGB agent about why do you think if you ask the right question, you will get the truth?
We're there.