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@ the Media Knights. The black “humour” of the whole situation is that Chernobyl is not done killing Russians. During the recent invasion of Ukraine by Putin’s Russia, one of the earliest areas occupied by the Russian Army (before they were later forced to retreat from the North) was the Chernobyl Nuclear facilities. The Russian army’s orders to the Russian soldiers occupying Chernobyl was to dig in (ie. to dig deep combat trenches - think WW-1 trenches) and remain for prolonged periods (ie. days to weeks) in the trenches they dug in the immediate area on the Chernobyl reactor complex ground. Given that the method used in the Chernobyl disaster to “remediate” the area around the reactor was to bury the highly contaminated top soil under the under lying soil, this trench digging by the Russian soldiers would have unearthed this strongly radioactive top soil and exposed them to a high radiation dose. Essentially, these Russian soldiers are likely dead-men walking.
Thanks for a great reaction to this series. These are the first videos I've seen from your channel, but I really enjoyed it, so you just gained a new subscriber. Looking forward to binging the rest of your content now 😂 (Especially your Arcane videos!!)
One of my favorite lines in any tv series or movie is "Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid." So powerful! Even so, my favorite aspect of the series is how Legasov and Boris started as adversaries and became great friends. The scene where they tell each other the level of respect they each have for the other brought tears to my eyes. I was slightly disappointed to not see your reaction to either, but this episode is so packed I know you can't keep it all in.
Thanks for the comment and yes!! When we first heard that line we were honestly floored, so incredibly well written. The camaraderie between Legasov and Boris was also so beautifully written, it really amplified how good the show already was! Sorry we had to cut out a few things, again, but we're looking into ways to offer you full-viewership with no edits such as these, so stay tuned to hear more on that!
I also liked the friendship that formed between Legasov and Boris. Both represented very well how scientific knowledge and political knowledge complemented each other to solve problems that were happening.
There's a very similar scene in another series with Jared Harris, called The Terror, it's much longer, and is set in basically a field of rocks, it's entirely carried by two amazing actors and while the series itself is perhaps not a masterpiece, that scene itself is one of the greatest things I've watched.
It's crazy that this single episode of a TV show, for all the creative liberties it took, gives a more accurate account of the accident than most straight documentaries about it do.
It is. I've watched the series four times, and now I'm watching others experience it. I can't get enough. It's a perfect tv series in every way. The actors, the filming, the score, the second by second breakdown. It's flawless.
What a phenomenal show this is. Interesting fact, it's filmed mostly in my Country, Lithuania, Ignalina power plant (mentioned few times in the series) cause it is Identical to Chernobyl, and we still have those Soviet living blocks and many Russian cars. Sad part is, my Uncle was one of the guys on the roof. He served in Ukraine at that time, died 25 years later at age 55 from Cancer.
RIP the actor playing the arrogant bully manager at the plant, who died of cancer a few months after the series aired. What a terrific final main role he had, here.
Absolutely magnificent! We HAD curiosity by that point to sit through an episode of scientific exposition. And they made it interesting. I watched an analysis not long after watching the show. And they explained how Craig Mazin focusing on the people of Chernobyl and the victims instead of the incident of reactor #4 is what made us care for what went down im there in the first place during episode 5. Because we had all of these people in mind now. And they gave Chernobyl a face. Absolutely brilliant writing!
I work in Nuclear, used to be a Senior Operator at a CANDU. The "Everything that went wrong" we nickname the "Swiss Cheese model". IE, every safety barrier you put in has holes in it. You put more barriers in so that those holes don't line up. If those barriers get removed (IE rules not followed, equipment failures, etc.) then you risk the holes lining up and the risk increases, making the consequence more likely. Thankfully, the global nuclear community responded to this event. The new safe confinement is an amazing story of collaboration on the international community. It was a contributor for organizations that unite the entire international nuclear community that now have all of the companies communicate with each other and learn from each other. INPO (international nuclear power operators) WANO (World Association of Nuclear Operations), COG (CANDU Owners Group) are just some examples of this. this documentary series was phenomenal. Information sharing is the greatest thing that can happen.
You guys have been probably my favorite for Chernobyl. Good commentary, good emotional resonance. The show really nailed the absolute horror and tragedy, as well as the heroism of those who worked to solve it. If you guys haven't ever seen The Expanse that might be a good series to check out at some point! Cool science, political intrigue, battles, great character stories and some pretty beautiful imagery and aesthetics! Looking forward to seeing you guys watch whatever series is next!
Oh my goodness, thank you so much for such an amazing comment! It truly means the world to us that you enjoyed our reaction! And absolutely agreed, this show struck a wonderfully nuanced balance between the anguish and terror people faced, and their unwavering bravery in response to it. Just incredible. We never heard of that show, but it looks really interesting, we'll do our best to do a reaction on that as soon as we can! Thank you so much for the recommendation!!
@@OfficialMediaKnights The Expanse is amazing. Best sci-fi show of all time IMO. It's based on a series of nine novels that were written by two authors working together and both were producers for the entire run of the show as well.
Oh no way?? That's good to hear actually, it's always nice to hear when the original writers are part of adaptations, I find that it makes the adaptation stick closer to the core themes of the source material!
@@OfficialMediaKnights Agree completely! It makes it so much better when the original authors are involved on the rare occasions that actually happens. Unfortunately they were only able to adapt the first six books (so far), but they left it so they can finish it if someone picks it up. It gets called GoT in space sometimes because both authors have ties to George RR Martin. Ty Franck worked as his personal assistant for several years and Daniel Abraham collaborated with him on some projects. Ty originally wanted to make it into an RPG but no game developers were interested so him and his friends turned it into a tabletop game, then eventually he joined up with Daniel Abraham and they wrote the books. Fortunately they didn't pull a GoT on the last couple seasons. The show is good from start to finish.
@@OfficialMediaKnights In the previous episode, they also used kilos to describe the graphite chunks on the roof. Which means that each of those chunks weighed upwards of 80-100 pounds. Those "90 seconds on the Roof" really drove home how harrowing that experience was. Moving 100+ pounds of rock, while encased in another 50-100 pounds of lead-lined gear, plus the shovel. On top of that, the heat must have been unbearable, the need for speed while trying to keep one's footing in all that rubble. Even after all that, there was the constant screaming of the Gieger counter, reminding those men just how dangerous this roof was. They were literally hearing their lives ticking away. Horrifying...
@@sethraelthebard5459Russians are truly made of special stuff. They might not be perfect but they are hell lot braver when it comes to get the job done.
You didn't include it in your reaction but my favourite scene from the whole show is in this episode when Legasov and Scherbina have their last conversation together and Valery says, “For God’s sake Boris, you were the one who mattered most!” th-cam.com/video/BsWzoQw7vUE/w-d-xo.html
12:40 - when Legasov enters the room with tiles, he looks what's behind the door. It was a common practice to shot from that position to the back of the head... 15:30 - water was actually shielding them from the radiation. Lead is best for its properties. You need a lot water compared to lead.. but since you can use it for other things as well, water radiation shielding is actually considered for deep space flights, for example to Mars. But they did not know what will happen. And had to work in total darkness, the dynamo lights were added to see at least something on screen...
the best part of this series is how they were abke to explain to regular people (not scientists) how a nuclear reactor works. A great ending to an amazing series!
The presentation cards were used to explain to the cast and crew how the accident happened. They then decided to make it part of the trial because of the clarity with which the accident could be explained. Even with all the text on the cards being Russian, the red and blue colors really hammer home how they pushed the reactor to destruction.
One of my favorite few moments is after the trial when they leave Legasov waiting in a room staring at the drain in the floor into which he expects his blood to shortly flow. The metronomic music counting out time. The ridiculous "mickey mouse" statue as a man reflects on the mistakes in his life. The petty torture of making the man wait for a death sentence that isn't coming. Fantastic storytelling.
I'm Hungarian, really close to Ukraine and Chernobyl. Born in 92, but my parents, grandparents told me a lot of stories and measures which were made that time. My father worked as a truck driver, a lot of Hungarian truck drivers were sent to Ukraine and Chernobyl that time (luckily my father didn't go there). Most of them died after 2 or 3 years, because of cancer. Thank those men and women who participated somehow in the events of this tragic in a good way and helped us to live.
I think the scene I love the most in this episode is Valery's conversation with Boris outside "I'm an inconsequencial man Valera..." Valery: "...you were the one who mattered most"
This show is the best example of screenplay and how to do it. First episode we see the raw reaction from the people involved, everything is chaos and nobody knows what's going on, even the camerawork is supporting that with the slow movement. In this episode we see everything unfolding in a documentary-like way and even see external views. Great work on that.
Yes!!! Absolutely agreed - it was a great example of how to build tension and also show a glimpse of the stakes, whilst continuously raising them. It was handled with care and diligence, which is vital when it's about a real-life event!
If you check out the photos of the trial, you can see how the represented it to perfection. This show was amazing and I was so happy when they won lots of awards because their work was outstanding.
They really paid attention to detail when designing the set. To bring some of the iconic photos to life. But more importantly make sure the message was never forgotten. This is an outstanding show and we are so happy we listened to you guys!
It was such an entertaining way of explaining things and also wrapping up this incredible miniseries. Like you said, they were able to explain everything in very simple terms and used it as a story telling device. Freakin' brilliant!
Good reactions to what I consider the best episode of the best limited series I’ve ever seen. My only issue is that you should have included at least part of the dialogue between Boris and Legasov during a break in the trial - their evolving respect for each other was a critical part of the story.
I know! Looking back on this I regret not including it. Sometimes the "copyright paranoia" gets the best of us. Thank you for watching and for your support!
If it makes you feel better, Legasov's doing was recognised later in 90s when Soviet Union collapsed and a lot of documents were declassified. He was given a Hero of Russia medal (highest medal of all). Also, his and Boris graves were drowning in flowers for weeks after the show was released. It was crazy
You know, it may be silly, and some may say that it was too little, too late, but it does make me feel better. The truth will out, and I'm glad it did. It's also so heartwarming to hear that so many people left flowers on their graves...may they both rest in peace and power
@@OfficialMediaKnights Boris also became the biggest soviet crisis manager (for few years he had left) and couple of years later there was a giant devastating earthquake in Armenia. Boris was in charge of rescue and cleanup operations and did an amazing job, especially considering how weak and sick he was at the moment.
I listened to a French podcast about Vladimir Poutine and his life. It explained a bit how the KGB worked and how people over there thought. It's crazy how this show does a good job at showing how secret services (KGB) poisoned *people's* life in ex-"Soviet Union".
I was really impressed with your reactions to this series! You balanced good authentic reactions with thoughtful commentary. Your editing was great too. Consider me subscribed! I look forward to seeing more from you!
Wow, what a comment!! You just made our day with this, thank you so so much, and welcome to our channel, we're so glad to have you with us! If you have any recommendations, feel free to comment them, we are building a list and try to get to everyone's whenever we can!
@@OfficialMediaKnights Number one on my wish-list would have to be Tora Tora Tora, which is about the attack on Pearl Harbor. It's really unique, because half of it is shot from the Japanese point of view by a Japanese director, and half from the American side by an American director, with the storylines converging at Pearl Harbor. It's an older movie, but it has great special effects for the time it was made, and is exceptionally historically accurate. I think it would fit quite well with your style of reaction. Plus, no one else has done a reaction on it as far as I can tell, so you would be the first! Some other good movies off the top of my head are Silence of the Lambs, The Butler, O Brother Where Art Thou, Lawrence of Arabia, and Apocalypse Now. For TV series, Breaking Bad always is great for reaction videos.
My husband studied at the US Navy Nuclear school where they study the Chernobyl disaster entirely. Its really difficult to watch anything Navy, Submarine or Nuclear with him because he points out everything wrong. This show was different. It was the most accurate Nuclear show hes ever seen. Its true to all the reports, studies, interviews and documents collected by the symposium seen in this episode. The testimony shown is word for word exactly as it is in recordings. So much so, my husband was able to say exactly what characters were going to say before they said it. Hes a hard sell and this show earned his respect.
My brother is a former Navy nuke who works at a nuclear power plant today. We've talked about this series, and while he did say there were inaccuracies, he almost admitted this is by far the best show about how nuclear reactors work that he's seen.
@@Michael-dy2lb yes my husband said the same. That while there are inaccuracies, it is as close as it gets. The ending episode of the trial is exactly word for word as was on the tapes he left behind.
Addendum: In 2022, Russian forces invading Ukraine captured the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Ukrainian park rangers tried to warn them of the danger but were forced away by Russian Military Police and FSB agents. The Ukrainians did NOT counterattack, and instead watched and waited. The Russian conscripts were ordered to fortify their positions, and so dug foxholes, shelters, and trenches in the area known as "the Red Forest" because in 1986 the trees had turned red from radiation poisoning. Their fortifications went all the way through the top layer into the contaminated soil that had been buried. It rained. The Russian conscripts lived in the trenches filled with radioactive rainwater and mud for a week until they started getting sick. An entire battalion (400+ men) was evacuated to Moscow Hospital #6 (remember that name?) and Russian forces pulled out of the Exclusion Zone. On Putin's orders, all information on the fate of the evacuated soldiers has been suppressed, which probably means that things did not go well.
Having lived through it, seeing this series when it came out got me right back at that time. I was 6 years old and one day my parents and teachers told us to stop playing outside, especially when it was raining. I remember seeing in the news scientists being deployed to every part of the country (Greece) with geiger counters to assess if the plants and therefore the grazing animals have been contaminated. it took more than a year for the measures to be lifted and even then we were very reluctant to play outside and avoided as hell to be outside in the rain. P.S. I would propose to you to see the 79's movie The China Syndrome wich came out to the cinemas 12 days before the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. The accident happened exactly as it was shown in the film. You could say the film was prophetic.
Honestly, at the final slide of the official Soviet death total of merely 31, I nearly burst into tears. The utter disregard for the sanctity of human life is unreal to me...
It's honestly crazy that that is the 'official' number when it's so far from the truth... So devastating, all that loss, only for it to go unacknowledged this way
Well the disregard goes even higher than that. In current UA/RU war, the russians were digging trenches around Chernobyl, the soil the liquidators so hardly put under itself. Some soldiers got radiation poisoning, but the battalion commander told that it is not possible, because on same positions the red army dug trenches during second world war (resp. Great Patriotic war, since russians counts only what happened starting on 1941...).Even the heroes are forgotten and the sacrifices are in vain, since we know more about them than the russian folks.
Only the count of 31 is only the people who died because of the explosion. It don't takes in consideration the dead by radiation and all. It's a bit of dishonesty here of the show....
@@Comissar_Carolus No the official number by the Soviet Government is 31, THEY were the ones not accounting the deaths of those who died too radiation poisoning, it was all about appearances for them, think about, USSR was humiliated by foreign news crews showing the devastation of Chernobyl, what better way to save your image then to say that it took only 31 people to contain the situation?
While there are quite a few inaccuracies in the show, most of them were understandable in a dramatic context and not too consequential. But a couple were a bit much. The unfounded bridge story, and painting Dyatlov as a complete villain while making Akimov somewhat of a heroic foil to him. Reading the records and accounts of people who were there, Dyatlov was not the psychopath they painted him as here, and Akimov was probably the most culpable of the operators.
I was there in 2011, before the new containment structure had been completed. You could get reasonably close to reactor #4 (the drop point is where the sculpture of the hands holding the reactor is situated). Beautiful weather, very strange juxtaposition. You always watched the dosimeter they gave you during the tour.
Wow!! That's incredible, I can't imagine what that must feel like... almost haunting, I imagine, considering all the things that have come to pass there, plus watching the dosimeter...
This episode is my favorite from the series and I love that scene between Legasov and Shcherbina in the garden during the trial. That's really show how much they grew and how strong their relationship became. This is one of the best series I have every seen, especially what based on true story. But my favorite one is Band of Brothers, nothing can beat that one.
The Soviet Union collapsed only five years after Chernobyl. Just like the show states, the disaster at Chernobyl was largely responsible for the fall. Not just because of the massive loss of resources and manpower, but because Gorbachev knew that to continue with the "gun to the head" mentality of the Soviet, the forced coercion to the will of the state, collapse was inevitable. The public opinion of the Soviet state, both in Russia and overseas, had been shattered by the explosion. No one trusted a government that had revealed it not only was unable to protect the people, but that the same state DID NOT CARE. The people were drones to the oligarchs, and any who chose to stand against the bureaucracy was ridiculed, silenced, and sometimes outright killed. This same mentality is now being quietly echoed in the West. The people have had enough.
When the 4th episode ended, I was like there won't be anything interesting in the 5th one. But since day, I've watched the 5th ep at least 12-15 times and it's goosebumps everytime.
I remember when Chernobyl went down but I didn't know 95% of the story until I saw this Very well done series, what can you say. And excellent reaction videos. Great edits on these episodes, by the way!
3:20-That was the truth. Dyatlov said “Is it too much to ask that you know what you’re doing” to which the responded “yes its too much to ask that we know we’re doing” meaning they didnt know what they were doing.
Thank you for your entertaining presentation! I did find you al through this reaction to Chernobyl. Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did. Great work as always guys! ^_^
Ananenko, Baranov and Bespalov, the three divers, are the only reason that people can live in Europe today. Think of that. They alone are the only reason that you, me and everyone else can breath the air of Europe today. The only reason we can eat the food of Europe today. The only reason human life can exsist in Europe today. These three men are the greatest heroes of all mankind that ever lived. And the world doesn't care about it.
Just ran across your channel since I'm on a bit of a Chernobyl binge at the moment. Anyway good reviews, good analysis so I'm going to try some more of your reviews.
One of my favourite series on TV, I was 16 years old and in the 6th form at school when this horrific 'accident' occurred, it was such a terrifying time for us youngsters in the U.K. not to mention the worry of the mainland Europeans. A great reaction guys, love your honesty and to see your emotions come through, 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
"You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: *Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me."* - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Soviet Dissident, Writer, and Gulag survivor.
As horrific and terrible this was and so emotional, the way they executed this show was flawless and is by far one of my favourite shows despite everything it represents
this show speaks as much of soviet union in the 80s as of the west today. Also there are hundreds of reactors in the world. Each of them have radiation inside as thousends of hiroshimas, which need to be contained for thousends of years. Yet they will ladt tens before becoming wrecks. They also needvto be managed and repaired and working the whole time.. crazy.
I still don't understand how Dyatlov were able to live that long after all the radiation he got and all those years he worked at the camp. Dude was a human roach, for sure.
Probably the most frustrating part that after all he did to help the situation sheer hubris and arrogance effectively buried him, But at least this put such a strain on the soviet union that it dissolved. The quintessential "if it can go wrong it will go wrong" Short series like this informing of actual events even if altered to be more digestible are important, I barely had much of a comprehension of this disaster but it's good to know of utterly catastrophic events like this.
Fun fact: Bryukachov, the guy with short black curly hair and the company who built the plant have never worked with nuclear power plants before constructing Chernobyl
You are so sweet, grateful, kind, funny and emphathetic. I already subscribed ever since I saw your Arcane reactions but if I could subscribe a hundred times again - I would. Lots of love to you both from germany!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
when i watched the first episode i immediately knew i was gonna be special to my heart, and at the end of ep 5 i realized it had become my favorite series of all time.
I don't make TH-cam videos, but to me, as an artist, this show left such a big impression that even now, 5 years later I am still keeping my hand painted big drawing of abandoned Pripyat on my wall.
Afterword: Dyatlov really was like that, according to his surviving colleagues. Not all the time, but enough. He insisted to his dying day that he was out of the room. Lyudmilla--Wanted to put it all behind her and refused to be a consultant. But the show made her a celeb and she had to move out of Kyiv. Brukhanov-Virtually unemployable. Became a paper pusher at the Ukranian Ministry of Trade Fomin - Released early for mental instability. Released from his job at Kalinin for the same reason. Legasov--Wasn't actually at the trial, but the results were the same. Most of his colleagues shunned him. He was voted down for directorship of the Kurchatov, which broke him. Khomyuk-There wasn't a redacted document. What actually happened was that the designers were aware of the problem, but, command economy, had to complete on a fixed budget and schedule. So they documented the problem and wrote instructions for operators. But the matter were so sensitive that none of this made it to Prypat.
Thank you for sharing some interesting facts of the aftermath. It’s crazy that the flaw was know even by the designers and how that never made it to the people that should’ve known this crucial piece of information.
The description during the trial in this episode of the chain of events that led to Chernobyl is the best part of an exceptional series. It exposes once and for all how the corrupt Soviet system caused and attempted to cover up one of the worst man-made disasters in human history. This was actually the least gut-wrenching episode of the five, but it provided such an excellent sense of closure to a series that is otherwise difficult to watch.
And people criticize Germany for their plan to shut down all their nuclear reactors by the end of 2022 (now extended to April 2023 due to the war in the Ukraine) and going full renewable energy and fossil fuels, which was supplied by Russia for decades without any problem (Germany and many other european countries even received oil and gas from the Soviet Union, starting in the 60s). It was just when Putin and his cronies started the war against the Ukraine this energy supply became a political issue.
Well, it is political, since Germany under Merkel got themselves defendend on russia energy, and pushed other european countries to do the same. pootin's regime had too much leverage on them, and that's one of the reason pootin actually started the war.
@@PUARockstar Bullshit, the Merkel government didn't push any other country to do the same. European countries have made contracts with Russia for oil and gas on their own decades for Merkel, Germany included.
I've been to the city of Pripyat and outside of Reactor 4, absolutely fascinating place. This is the best mini series ever, in my opinion. So dark and helpless at times, true heroes to get the situation resolved whilst the Soviet Union tried to underplay it.
It's nice watching this show with smart people. It's genius is in its subtlety, how it shows you things instead of beating the audience over the head with forced exposition. I appreciate that you guys were able to pick up on that
Thank you so much for the massive compliment! This miniseries wears such a masterpiece in storytelling. Fantastic dialogue, incredible subtle emotional scenes and a great punchline at the end ❤️
15:30 Fun fact; water is neutral and stable in ALL nuclear reactions. Water itself can not be radioactive. H2O can only be +/- 1 electron. The dirt and minerals in water can be radioactive. If you stand in the reactor room of a MODERN power-plant, 50 feet of fresh water is all that separate you from glowing rods.
I hope all this time later you get this comment. The stories of Chernobyl & Pripyat continue. In I believe 2022 Kyle Hill, an amazing nuclear physicist, went and toured the area with Soviet officials to see what conditions are now. He documented this trip (just shortly before the attack on Ukraine) in a video series on his TH-cam channel. If you have not seen it yet it is a must see after watching "Chernobyl". I think you two will appreciate it immensely. th-cam.com/video/3qEC-qDG0Bo/w-d-xo.html
Ito did a bunch of reading on Chernobyl fascinating and scary I've read some first hand accounts of the Japanese during Hiroshma , also fascinating and scary
The "Internationale Friedensfahrt" (Course de la paix), at that time the largest amateur bicycle race in the world, usually led through East Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia. In 1986 it began in Kyiv, 100 kilometers from Pripyat, 10 days after the accident. Most western teams withdrew their registrations. The teams from the communist countries like East Germany with the winner Olaf Ludwig were forced to participate. I remember that fresh vegetables and salad were suddenly available in East German grocery shops. Before that it wasn't a matter of course. This was usually shipped to the West for hard money. Now they didn't take it anymore. And we didn't want to buy it either.
When I think of Chernobyl, I remain stunned at how off-the-scales catastrophic it was, and if not for beyond-heroic responses from countless ordinary people, how much much MUCH worse it could've been. There is an old B&W film called "On the beach" made during the height of the cold war when everyone was haunted by apocalyptic nightmares (just watch nearly any old Twilight Zone). It was based on a book about the end of the world. While in the book, a far off nuclear war was the cause, a botched response to a Chernobyl type situation would fit just as well. The ecosystem had been poisoned & people across the globe were just waiting for the radioactive wind to blow in their direction. One by one, communications with distant nations cease, as presumably, there is no one left on the other end of the line. It's a slow, ominous build. There's little if any action in the film. But it makes up for it in dread. Watching Chernobyl reminded me of On The Beach, and how fragile and extraordinary the everyday things we take for granted truly are. Thanks for watching & sharing this.
Thanks for the reaction, it's nice to watch you and your reactions to the movies. Yeah, I don't even know whether to laugh or be angry at the authors of this series for what nonsense they filmed. Idiocy is driven by idiocy and idiocy. It feels like the screenwriters were writing about themselves, not about the people of that time. If you are really interested in finding out how this tragedy happened, what people, the state did, and how they behaved, at least look at the chronicle. There are plenty of camera recordings on the Internet. If the task of the creators of this product was to shit on the people who eliminated the accident, saved people, then they know how to shit. If there were a series about Three Mile Island, I'm sure it would be all heroes, the best people and the best state that cares and saves not only people, but also cats and dogs and even hamsters. I am not an English speaker, so I apologize if I speak badly or incorrectly.
funny thing is that in romania cernavoda we have the same model but with 1 corection by having the boron tips ( not graphite ) so az-5 can't be a detonator but we almost had a explosion in unit 4 so yea its still not 100% safe
Wow...They should really aim to maybe make them a little safer. I don't think getting rid of them without a solution in mind is feasible but at least make them safer for the people nearby.
The one diver that died, has died of a heart attack, or something like that if my memory is correct, and that was around 2017 (i'd have to look it up).
Thanks for the nuanced and thoughtful reactions to this magnificent show :) The excellence of this series is what got me to try out The Last of Us (the involvement of Craig Mazin, which I took as a sign of high quality content).
so 3 nuclair powerplants within 20km from chernoble, and with the thermal explosion threat they said within a 30km radius its a 100% destruction, i gues they didnt factor that in ad that moment.
I advise you to watch the documentary made for 20 years since the accident. Its called battle for Chernobyl you can find it on youtube, it is the movie in real life.
Now wasn't that the perfect show? Superb performances and beautifully shot. "The truth doesn't care about our needs or wants, it doesn't care about our governments, our ideologies, our religions. It will lie in wait for all time. And this, at last, is the gift of Chernobyl. Where I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask: What is the cost of lies?" The perfect quote, still sadly relevant in todays Covid filled world. :( You did some great reactions fo this and It's much appreciated. :)
That last monologue was brilliant. Some amazing writing in this show. That last line is really the punchline to the entire show. And wrapped it up nicely. Thank you so much for watching our reactions to the show. It means the world to us 😃 we hope to see you in future reactions!
Watch a film called "The China Syndrome" its loosely based so I've been told around your three mile island incident, it is a cracking film, and one of my favourites, it shows I think along with chernobyl how there is so much we don't know even though we have experts! Give me a wind turbine any day lol, love your reactions x
One of the things I thought people should know is that only one of the three divers are left today as of 2023. One died before the show, and another died during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
My main take away from this show is that there is more good in humanity than bad. This show just highlights the best and the worst we have to offer as a species. Russia still does the same stuff too. They had a nuclear powered ballistic missile explode a few years back and denied it. There was also a radioactive cloud drifting over Europe in 2015/2016 and it had clearly come from the east but Russia denied this also. Russia's history with nuclear energy is tragic to say the least. Go learn about the problems with Lake Karachay and the Polygon. When you steal only enough of the information to create a nuclear reaction, you ignore the safety aspects (Russia stole nuclear secrets from the USA initially). Chernobyl was just a symptom of an uncaring state and the same problems persist today. The power of Russia comes from the perception of it's power - like Gorbachev said in the show. Thanks for reviewed this show. So good and so important to remember.
The director of it also made the video game adaptation of The Last of Us which will be released in January, can't wait to watch it! Thanks for your reaction guys, was a pleasure to follow you through this show.
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Thank you for watching this wonderful, informative show. One of, if not the best series I've ever seen. Your reaction was fantastic!
Thank you for watching this with us! Can’t wait to see what Craig Mazin is gonna do with The Last of Us after watching this masterpiece 😃
@ the Media Knights. The black “humour” of the whole situation is that Chernobyl is not done killing Russians. During the recent invasion of Ukraine by Putin’s Russia, one of the earliest areas occupied by the Russian Army (before they were later forced to retreat from the North) was the Chernobyl Nuclear facilities. The Russian army’s orders to the Russian soldiers occupying Chernobyl was to dig in (ie. to dig deep combat trenches - think WW-1 trenches) and remain for prolonged periods (ie. days to weeks) in the trenches they dug in the immediate area on the Chernobyl reactor complex ground. Given that the method used in the Chernobyl disaster to “remediate” the area around the reactor was to bury the highly contaminated top soil under the under lying soil, this trench digging by the Russian soldiers would have unearthed this strongly radioactive top soil and exposed them to a high radiation dose. Essentially, these Russian soldiers are likely dead-men walking.
Thanks for a great reaction to this series. These are the first videos I've seen from your channel, but I really enjoyed it, so you just gained a new subscriber. Looking forward to binging the rest of your content now 😂 (Especially your Arcane videos!!)
Whoaaa thank you so much for your kind words, it truly means the world to have you here with us! Hope you enjoy the rest!
One of my favorite lines in any tv series or movie is "Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid." So powerful! Even so, my favorite aspect of the series is how Legasov and Boris started as adversaries and became great friends. The scene where they tell each other the level of respect they each have for the other brought tears to my eyes. I was slightly disappointed to not see your reaction to either, but this episode is so packed I know you can't keep it all in.
Thanks for the comment and yes!! When we first heard that line we were honestly floored, so incredibly well written. The camaraderie between Legasov and Boris was also so beautifully written, it really amplified how good the show already was!
Sorry we had to cut out a few things, again, but we're looking into ways to offer you full-viewership with no edits such as these, so stay tuned to hear more on that!
Their friendship is one of my favorites shown onscreen
I also liked the friendship that formed between Legasov and Boris. Both represented very well how scientific knowledge and political knowledge complemented each other to solve problems that were happening.
Sad part is that Russia today is exactly the same. Lies from the government to the people. Hasnt changed a bit.
There's a very similar scene in another series with Jared Harris, called The Terror, it's much longer, and is set in basically a field of rocks, it's entirely carried by two amazing actors and while the series itself is perhaps not a masterpiece, that scene itself is one of the greatest things I've watched.
This episode is fantastic. Still one of the best hours of television I’ve watched.
It was a phenomenal ending to an incredible show. Truly agree with you on that, one of the best shows we've seen thus far!
It's crazy that this single episode of a TV show, for all the creative liberties it took, gives a more accurate account of the accident than most straight documentaries about it do.
It is. I've watched the series four times, and now I'm watching others experience it. I can't get enough. It's a perfect tv series in every way. The actors, the filming, the score, the second by second breakdown. It's flawless.
What a phenomenal show this is. Interesting fact, it's filmed mostly in my Country, Lithuania, Ignalina power plant (mentioned few times in the series) cause it is Identical to Chernobyl, and we still have those Soviet living blocks and many Russian cars.
Sad part is, my Uncle was one of the guys on the roof. He served in Ukraine at that time, died 25 years later at age 55 from Cancer.
RIP to your uncle, he saved a lot of lives.
Wow! Truly a hero. This show made us appreciate even more the sacrifice all these people made.
Your Uncle was a hero. I will not forget him 🙏
God bless you and your uncle's soul. I promise I will pray for him.
RIP the actor playing the arrogant bully manager at the plant, who died of cancer a few months after the series aired. What a terrific final main role he had, here.
The way this series was structured with the explanation and flashbacks coming in episode 5 when we already know what happens is genius.
Absolutely magnificent! We HAD curiosity by that point to sit through an episode of scientific exposition. And they made it interesting. I watched an analysis not long after watching the show. And they explained how Craig Mazin focusing on the people of Chernobyl and the victims instead of the incident of reactor #4 is what made us care for what went down im there in the first place during episode 5. Because we had all of these people in mind now. And they gave Chernobyl a face. Absolutely brilliant writing!
I work in Nuclear, used to be a Senior Operator at a CANDU. The "Everything that went wrong" we nickname the "Swiss Cheese model". IE, every safety barrier you put in has holes in it. You put more barriers in so that those holes don't line up. If those barriers get removed (IE rules not followed, equipment failures, etc.) then you risk the holes lining up and the risk increases, making the consequence more likely.
Thankfully, the global nuclear community responded to this event. The new safe confinement is an amazing story of collaboration on the international community. It was a contributor for organizations that unite the entire international nuclear community that now have all of the companies communicate with each other and learn from each other. INPO (international nuclear power operators) WANO (World Association of Nuclear Operations), COG (CANDU Owners Group) are just some examples of this.
this documentary series was phenomenal. Information sharing is the greatest thing that can happen.
You guys have been probably my favorite for Chernobyl. Good commentary, good emotional resonance. The show really nailed the absolute horror and tragedy, as well as the heroism of those who worked to solve it. If you guys haven't ever seen The Expanse that might be a good series to check out at some point! Cool science, political intrigue, battles, great character stories and some pretty beautiful imagery and aesthetics! Looking forward to seeing you guys watch whatever series is next!
Oh my goodness, thank you so much for such an amazing comment! It truly means the world to us that you enjoyed our reaction! And absolutely agreed, this show struck a wonderfully nuanced balance between the anguish and terror people faced, and their unwavering bravery in response to it. Just incredible.
We never heard of that show, but it looks really interesting, we'll do our best to do a reaction on that as soon as we can! Thank you so much for the recommendation!!
@@OfficialMediaKnights The Expanse is amazing. Best sci-fi show of all time IMO. It's based on a series of nine novels that were written by two authors working together and both were producers for the entire run of the show as well.
Oh no way?? That's good to hear actually, it's always nice to hear when the original writers are part of adaptations, I find that it makes the adaptation stick closer to the core themes of the source material!
@@OfficialMediaKnights Agree completely! It makes it so much better when the original authors are involved on the rare occasions that actually happens. Unfortunately they were only able to adapt the first six books (so far), but they left it so they can finish it if someone picks it up.
It gets called GoT in space sometimes because both authors have ties to George RR Martin. Ty Franck worked as his personal assistant for several years and Daniel Abraham collaborated with him on some projects. Ty originally wanted to make it into an RPG but no game developers were interested so him and his friends turned it into a tabletop game, then eventually he joined up with Daniel Abraham and they wrote the books. Fortunately they didn't pull a GoT on the last couple seasons. The show is good from start to finish.
For my fellow Americans, the fuel rods weighing 350kg translates to roughly 772lbs. Great reaction!
Thank you for putting this out actually, we are so used to using kg's due to where we grew up! Appreciate the support! 😀😀
@@OfficialMediaKnights In the previous episode, they also used kilos to describe the graphite chunks on the roof. Which means that each of those chunks weighed upwards of 80-100 pounds. Those "90 seconds on the Roof" really drove home how harrowing that experience was. Moving 100+ pounds of rock, while encased in another 50-100 pounds of lead-lined gear, plus the shovel. On top of that, the heat must have been unbearable, the need for speed while trying to keep one's footing in all that rubble. Even after all that, there was the constant screaming of the Gieger counter, reminding those men just how dangerous this roof was. They were literally hearing their lives ticking away. Horrifying...
@@sethraelthebard5459Russians are truly made of special stuff. They might not be perfect but they are hell lot braver when it comes to get the job done.
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@@OfficialMediaKnights I noticed when you didn't blink at "it's 50 degrees in the tunnel" you probably came from a day to day metric background haha.
You didn't include it in your reaction but my favourite scene from the whole show is in this episode when Legasov and Scherbina have their last conversation together and Valery says, “For God’s sake Boris, you were the one who mattered most!”
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12:40 - when Legasov enters the room with tiles, he looks what's behind the door. It was a common practice to shot from that position to the back of the head...
15:30 - water was actually shielding them from the radiation. Lead is best for its properties. You need a lot water compared to lead.. but since you can use it for other things as well, water radiation shielding is actually considered for deep space flights, for example to Mars. But they did not know what will happen. And had to work in total darkness, the dynamo lights were added to see at least something on screen...
the best part of this series is how they were abke to explain to regular people (not scientists) how a nuclear reactor works. A great ending to an amazing series!
The presentation cards were used to explain to the cast and crew how the accident happened. They then decided to make it part of the trial because of the clarity with which the accident could be explained.
Even with all the text on the cards being Russian, the red and blue colors really hammer home how they pushed the reactor to destruction.
One of my favorite few moments is after the trial when they leave Legasov waiting in a room staring at the drain in the floor into which he expects his blood to shortly flow. The metronomic music counting out time. The ridiculous "mickey mouse" statue as a man reflects on the mistakes in his life. The petty torture of making the man wait for a death sentence that isn't coming. Fantastic storytelling.
The first time I watched it I though they might gas him. Then I remember it's an off room of a kitchen.
I'm Hungarian, really close to Ukraine and Chernobyl. Born in 92, but my parents, grandparents told me a lot of stories and measures which were made that time. My father worked as a truck driver, a lot of Hungarian truck drivers were sent to Ukraine and Chernobyl that time (luckily my father didn't go there). Most of them died after 2 or 3 years, because of cancer.
Thank those men and women who participated somehow in the events of this tragic in a good way and helped us to live.
I think the scene I love the most in this episode is Valery's conversation with Boris outside "I'm an inconsequencial man Valera..." Valery: "...you were the one who mattered most"
This show is the best example of screenplay and how to do it. First episode we see the raw reaction from the people involved, everything is chaos and nobody knows what's going on, even the camerawork is supporting that with the slow movement. In this episode we see everything unfolding in a documentary-like way and even see external views. Great work on that.
Yes!!! Absolutely agreed - it was a great example of how to build tension and also show a glimpse of the stakes, whilst continuously raising them. It was handled with care and diligence, which is vital when it's about a real-life event!
If you check out the photos of the trial, you can see how the represented it to perfection. This show was amazing and I was so happy when they won lots of awards because their work was outstanding.
They really paid attention to detail when designing the set. To bring some of the iconic photos to life. But more importantly make sure the message was never forgotten. This is an outstanding show and we are so happy we listened to you guys!
Probably the best single episode of TV I have ever seen.
And to make nuclear physicists of us all that we understood? Bravo.
It was such an entertaining way of explaining things and also wrapping up this incredible miniseries. Like you said, they were able to explain everything in very simple terms and used it as a story telling device. Freakin' brilliant!
Good reactions to what I consider the best episode of the best limited series I’ve ever seen. My only issue is that you should have included at least part of the dialogue between Boris and Legasov during a break in the trial - their evolving respect for each other was a critical part of the story.
I know! Looking back on this I regret not including it. Sometimes the "copyright paranoia" gets the best of us. Thank you for watching and for your support!
If it makes you feel better, Legasov's doing was recognised later in 90s when Soviet Union collapsed and a lot of documents were declassified. He was given a Hero of Russia medal (highest medal of all). Also, his and Boris graves were drowning in flowers for weeks after the show was released. It was crazy
You know, it may be silly, and some may say that it was too little, too late, but it does make me feel better. The truth will out, and I'm glad it did. It's also so heartwarming to hear that so many people left flowers on their graves...may they both rest in peace and power
By the way, divers awarded Heroes of Ukraine again (partially because president Zelenskiy watched the show and loved it)
@@OfficialMediaKnights Boris also became the biggest soviet crisis manager (for few years he had left) and couple of years later there was a giant devastating earthquake in Armenia. Boris was in charge of rescue and cleanup operations and did an amazing job, especially considering how weak and sick he was at the moment.
I listened to a French podcast about Vladimir Poutine and his life. It explained a bit how the KGB worked and how people over there thought. It's crazy how this show does a good job at showing how secret services (KGB) poisoned *people's* life in ex-"Soviet Union".
Yeah...sounds kinda creepy. To have KGB following you as an intimidation tactic....yeah that's a no from me!
I was really impressed with your reactions to this series! You balanced good authentic reactions with thoughtful commentary. Your editing was great too. Consider me subscribed! I look forward to seeing more from you!
Wow, what a comment!! You just made our day with this, thank you so so much, and welcome to our channel, we're so glad to have you with us!
If you have any recommendations, feel free to comment them, we are building a list and try to get to everyone's whenever we can!
@@OfficialMediaKnights Number one on my wish-list would have to be Tora Tora Tora, which is about the attack on Pearl Harbor. It's really unique, because half of it is shot from the Japanese point of view by a Japanese director, and half from the American side by an American director, with the storylines converging at Pearl Harbor. It's an older movie, but it has great special effects for the time it was made, and is exceptionally historically accurate. I think it would fit quite well with your style of reaction. Plus, no one else has done a reaction on it as far as I can tell, so you would be the first!
Some other good movies off the top of my head are Silence of the Lambs, The Butler, O Brother Where Art Thou, Lawrence of Arabia, and Apocalypse Now. For TV series, Breaking Bad always is great for reaction videos.
My husband studied at the US Navy Nuclear school where they study the Chernobyl disaster entirely. Its really difficult to watch anything Navy, Submarine or Nuclear with him because he points out everything wrong. This show was different. It was the most accurate Nuclear show hes ever seen. Its true to all the reports, studies, interviews and documents collected by the symposium seen in this episode. The testimony shown is word for word exactly as it is in recordings. So much so, my husband was able to say exactly what characters were going to say before they said it. Hes a hard sell and this show earned his respect.
My brother is a former Navy nuke who works at a nuclear power plant today. We've talked about this series, and while he did say there were inaccuracies, he almost admitted this is by far the best show about how nuclear reactors work that he's seen.
@@Michael-dy2lb yes my husband said the same. That while there are inaccuracies, it is as close as it gets. The ending episode of the trial is exactly word for word as was on the tapes he left behind.
Addendum:
In 2022, Russian forces invading Ukraine captured the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Ukrainian park rangers tried to warn them of the danger but were forced away by Russian Military Police and FSB agents. The Ukrainians did NOT counterattack, and instead watched and waited. The Russian conscripts were ordered to fortify their positions, and so dug foxholes, shelters, and trenches in the area known as "the Red Forest" because in 1986 the trees had turned red from radiation poisoning. Their fortifications went all the way through the top layer into the contaminated soil that had been buried. It rained. The Russian conscripts lived in the trenches filled with radioactive rainwater and mud for a week until they started getting sick. An entire battalion (400+ men) was evacuated to Moscow Hospital #6 (remember that name?) and Russian forces pulled out of the Exclusion Zone. On Putin's orders, all information on the fate of the evacuated soldiers has been suppressed, which probably means that things did not go well.
Having lived through it, seeing this series when it came out got me right back at that time. I was 6 years old and one day my parents and teachers told us to stop playing outside, especially when it was raining. I remember seeing in the news scientists being deployed to every part of the country (Greece) with geiger counters to assess if the plants and therefore the grazing animals have been contaminated. it took more than a year for the measures to be lifted and even then we were very reluctant to play outside and avoided as hell to be outside in the rain. P.S. I would propose to you to see the 79's movie The China Syndrome wich came out to the cinemas 12 days before the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. The accident happened exactly as it was shown in the film. You could say the film was prophetic.
Honestly, at the final slide of the official Soviet death total of merely 31, I nearly burst into tears. The utter disregard for the sanctity of human life is unreal to me...
It's honestly crazy that that is the 'official' number when it's so far from the truth... So devastating, all that loss, only for it to go unacknowledged this way
Well the disregard goes even higher than that. In current UA/RU war, the russians were digging trenches around Chernobyl, the soil the liquidators so hardly put under itself. Some soldiers got radiation poisoning, but the battalion commander told that it is not possible, because on same positions the red army dug trenches during second world war (resp. Great Patriotic war, since russians counts only what happened starting on 1941...).Even the heroes are forgotten and the sacrifices are in vain, since we know more about them than the russian folks.
Only the count of 31 is only the people who died because of the explosion. It don't takes in consideration the dead by radiation and all. It's a bit of dishonesty here of the show....
Communism is pure evil. Lest we forget the innocent souls and Heros that sacrificed for their people ❤
@@Comissar_Carolus No the official number by the Soviet Government is 31, THEY were the ones not accounting the deaths of those who died too radiation poisoning, it was all about appearances for them, think about, USSR was humiliated by foreign news crews showing the devastation of Chernobyl, what better way to save your image then to say that it took only 31 people to contain the situation?
I visited Pripyat several years ago, such a sobering eerie experience.
I can only imagine! It must have felt so haunting and surreal...
How Easy is it to visit for a foreigner ?
@lucianaromulus1408 Well right now it's probably not the best idea.
@@lucianaromulus1408 right now no tours are happening because of martial law in Ukraine due to the russian invasion
@@masterman1502 well I meant in general, not now of course lol
While there are quite a few inaccuracies in the show, most of them were understandable in a dramatic context and not too consequential. But a couple were a bit much. The unfounded bridge story, and painting Dyatlov as a complete villain while making Akimov somewhat of a heroic foil to him. Reading the records and accounts of people who were there, Dyatlov was not the psychopath they painted him as here, and Akimov was probably the most culpable of the operators.
Someone had to be the voice of the insanity of the situation. It works. I still think it's my favorite tv show ever.
I was there in 2011, before the new containment structure had been completed. You could get reasonably close to reactor #4 (the drop point is where the sculpture of the hands holding the reactor is situated). Beautiful weather, very strange juxtaposition. You always watched the dosimeter they gave you during the tour.
Wow!! That's incredible, I can't imagine what that must feel like... almost haunting, I imagine, considering all the things that have come to pass there, plus watching the dosimeter...
This episode is my favorite from the series and I love that scene between Legasov and Shcherbina in the garden during the trial. That's really show how much they grew and how strong their relationship became. This is one of the best series I have every seen, especially what based on true story. But my favorite one is Band of Brothers, nothing can beat that one.
It truly was a fantastic ending to an already incredible show, so nuanced and smart... Thanks so much for your comment, we appreciate the support!
The Soviet Union collapsed only five years after Chernobyl. Just like the show states, the disaster at Chernobyl was largely responsible for the fall. Not just because of the massive loss of resources and manpower, but because Gorbachev knew that to continue with the "gun to the head" mentality of the Soviet, the forced coercion to the will of the state, collapse was inevitable. The public opinion of the Soviet state, both in Russia and overseas, had been shattered by the explosion. No one trusted a government that had revealed it not only was unable to protect the people, but that the same state DID NOT CARE. The people were drones to the oligarchs, and any who chose to stand against the bureaucracy was ridiculed, silenced, and sometimes outright killed. This same mentality is now being quietly echoed in the West. The people have had enough.
This was a really great series of reactions! You both really did this series justice.
Ahhh man…thank you!! Hearing you guys enjoyed our content makes us happy and it gives us motivation to keep going ❤️ thank you
When the 4th episode ended, I was like there won't be anything interesting in the 5th one. But since day, I've watched the 5th ep at least 12-15 times and it's goosebumps everytime.
That last line... 'What is the cost of lies'... Do you still remember what line the first episode started with? ;)
I remember when Chernobyl went down but I didn't know 95% of the story until I saw this Very well done series, what can you say. And excellent reaction videos. Great edits on these episodes, by the way!
I Still remember me finding out about this TV show and saying " ill try and watch this" at 11pm .... I couldnt stop the show I slept around 5/6am xD
Such a thrilling experience! You know a show is GOOD when you literally cant stop binging it haha
5:00-This whole speech is my favorite part of the series!
3:20-That was the truth. Dyatlov said “Is it too much to ask that you know what you’re doing” to which the responded “yes its too much to ask that we know we’re doing” meaning they didnt know what they were doing.
I like that the last episode is telling what happened before episode 1 and if you rewatch it again it give you different perspective.
Seeing the metal blocks which acted as the lid of the reactor hopping up & down like Piano keys was truly frightening.
I've been a tv and movie fanatic for 40 years, in my opinion this is the best tv series every made. Everything about it is perfect.
Thank you for your entertaining presentation! I did find you al through this reaction to Chernobyl. Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did. Great work as always guys! ^_^
Thank you so much for watching this incredible show with us! It means the world ❤️
Really enjoyed watching the show again especially with you two, great reactions! Thank you
Thanks so much for the wonderful comment, we're so glad you enjoyed it!
thank you very much for your reaction! It was very interesting and dramatic to watch this series again with you.
Ananenko, Baranov and Bespalov, the three divers, are the only reason that people can live in Europe today. Think of that. They alone are the only reason that you, me and everyone else can breath the air of Europe today. The only reason we can eat the food of Europe today. The only reason human life can exsist in Europe today.
These three men are the greatest heroes of all mankind that ever lived. And the world doesn't care about it.
Just ran across your channel since I'm on a bit of a Chernobyl binge at the moment. Anyway good reviews, good analysis so I'm going to try some more of your reviews.
One of my favourite series on TV, I was 16 years old and in the 6th form at school when this horrific 'accident' occurred, it was such a terrifying time for us youngsters in the U.K. not to mention the worry of the mainland Europeans. A great reaction guys, love your honesty and to see your emotions come through, 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
This was, in my opinion, the finest and most intelligently vetted reaction on the Chernobyl miniseries. My compliments.
Cost of truth is paid by you,
cost of lies is paid by the ones who trusted it .
"You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: *Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me."* - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Soviet Dissident, Writer, and Gulag survivor.
I really loved the court room visual of how the reactor became out of balance.
I was child when this happened in the UK. Radiation was detected in the UK , I remember we were terrified
As horrific and terrible this was and so emotional, the way they executed this show was flawless and is by far one of my favourite shows despite everything it represents
this show speaks as much of soviet union in the 80s as of the west today. Also there are hundreds of reactors in the world. Each of them have radiation inside as thousends of hiroshimas, which need to be contained for thousends of years. Yet they will ladt tens before becoming wrecks. They also needvto be managed and repaired and working the whole time.. crazy.
bro you missed the point, that specific reactor design was a hiroshima as you say
As a nuclear engineer, who works at the NPP, it very amazing that you making a video about this topic❤
I still don't understand how Dyatlov were able to live that long after all the radiation he got and all those years he worked at the camp.
Dude was a human roach, for sure.
Probably the most frustrating part that after all he did to help the situation sheer hubris and arrogance effectively buried him,
But at least this put such a strain on the soviet union that it dissolved. The quintessential "if it can go wrong it will go wrong"
Short series like this informing of actual events even if altered to be more digestible are important, I barely had much of a comprehension of this disaster but it's good to know of utterly catastrophic events like this.
Fun fact: Bryukachov, the guy with short black curly hair and the company who built the plant have never worked with nuclear power plants before constructing Chernobyl
Fun fact : After his too low punishment. Fomin worked at a nuclear power plant, again.
@@Some_Guy6 YES! I still have no clue why that happened
You are so sweet, grateful, kind, funny and emphathetic. I already subscribed ever since I saw your Arcane reactions but if I could subscribe a hundred times again - I would. Lots of love to you both from germany!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This show is amazing because every single actor is on point, it's informative and educational. And scary as hell too.
“What is the cost of lies “
One of the most powerful statements
Valery legasovs trail is so detailed, i could se it every day
when i watched the first episode i immediately knew i was gonna be special to my heart, and at the end of ep 5 i realized it had become my favorite series of all time.
This finale episode is a masterpiece in storytelling.
Bravo! Great show! Great reactions!!!
I don't make TH-cam videos, but to me, as an artist, this show left such a big impression that even now, 5 years later I am still keeping my hand painted big drawing of abandoned Pripyat on my wall.
This series is just amazingly done. When i watch it i kind of feel the pressure on my chest like i its actually happening now.
Afterword: Dyatlov really was like that, according to his surviving colleagues. Not all the time, but enough. He insisted to his dying day that he was out of the room.
Lyudmilla--Wanted to put it all behind her and refused to be a consultant. But the show made her a celeb and she had to move out of Kyiv.
Brukhanov-Virtually unemployable. Became a paper pusher at the Ukranian Ministry of Trade
Fomin - Released early for mental instability. Released from his job at Kalinin for the same reason.
Legasov--Wasn't actually at the trial, but the results were the same. Most of his colleagues shunned him. He was voted down for directorship of the Kurchatov, which broke him.
Khomyuk-There wasn't a redacted document. What actually happened was that the designers were aware of the problem, but, command economy, had to complete on a fixed budget and schedule. So they documented the problem and wrote instructions for operators. But the matter were so sensitive that none of this made it to Prypat.
Thank you for sharing some interesting facts of the aftermath. It’s crazy that the flaw was know even by the designers and how that never made it to the people that should’ve known this crucial piece of information.
Dyatlov is just 1 of many examples of why you should NOT give a Karen any power.
The description during the trial in this episode of the chain of events that led to Chernobyl is the best part of an exceptional series. It exposes once and for all how the corrupt Soviet system caused and attempted to cover up one of the worst man-made disasters in human history. This was actually the least gut-wrenching episode of the five, but it provided such an excellent sense of closure to a series that is otherwise difficult to watch.
And people criticize Germany for their plan to shut down all their nuclear reactors by the end of 2022 (now extended to April 2023 due to the war in the Ukraine) and going full renewable energy and fossil fuels, which was supplied by Russia for decades without any problem (Germany and many other european countries even received oil and gas from the Soviet Union, starting in the 60s). It was just when Putin and his cronies started the war against the Ukraine this energy supply became a political issue.
Well, it is political, since Germany under Merkel got themselves defendend on russia energy, and pushed other european countries to do the same. pootin's regime had too much leverage on them, and that's one of the reason pootin actually started the war.
@@PUARockstar Bullshit, the Merkel government didn't push any other country to do the same. European countries have made contracts with Russia for oil and gas on their own decades for Merkel, Germany included.
I've been to the city of Pripyat and outside of Reactor 4, absolutely fascinating place. This is the best mini series ever, in my opinion. So dark and helpless at times, true heroes to get the situation resolved whilst the Soviet Union tried to underplay it.
Fact: the reactor site will not become habitable again for at least 20,000 years, according to a 2016 report.
It's nice watching this show with smart people. It's genius is in its subtlety, how it shows you things instead of beating the audience over the head with forced exposition. I appreciate that you guys were able to pick up on that
Thank you so much for the massive compliment! This miniseries wears such a masterpiece in storytelling. Fantastic dialogue, incredible subtle emotional scenes and a great punchline at the end ❤️
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Fun fact; water is neutral and stable in ALL nuclear reactions. Water itself can not be radioactive. H2O can only be +/- 1 electron. The dirt and minerals in water can be radioactive.
If you stand in the reactor room of a MODERN power-plant, 50 feet of fresh water is all that separate you from glowing rods.
Of the approximately 150,000 hours of TV I've watched... This was my favourite hour.
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Same to you! Sending all the love and wishing you a great start of your year 😃
The supposed casualties at that bridge in the beginning never happened. Apparently it was rumored and eventually became a sort of urban legend.
Absolutely incredible show
Thanks guys good reaction 😎!
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I hope all this time later you get this comment. The stories of Chernobyl & Pripyat continue. In I believe 2022 Kyle Hill, an amazing nuclear physicist, went and toured the area with Soviet officials to see what conditions are now. He documented this trip (just shortly before the attack on Ukraine) in a video series on his TH-cam channel. If you have not seen it yet it is a must see after watching "Chernobyl". I think you two will appreciate it immensely.
th-cam.com/video/3qEC-qDG0Bo/w-d-xo.html
My, Mum was pregnant on Apr. 1986 when this took place.
Even living in West-Berlin, she coudn‘t go outside for some time when it was raining.
Ito did a bunch of reading on Chernobyl fascinating and scary I've read some first hand accounts of the Japanese during Hiroshma , also fascinating and scary
The "Internationale Friedensfahrt" (Course de la paix), at that time the largest amateur bicycle race in the world, usually led through East Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia. In 1986 it began in Kyiv, 100 kilometers from Pripyat, 10 days after the accident. Most western teams withdrew their registrations. The teams from the communist countries like East Germany with the winner Olaf Ludwig were forced to participate. I remember that fresh vegetables and salad were suddenly available in East German grocery shops. Before that it wasn't a matter of course. This was usually shipped to the West for hard money. Now they didn't take it anymore. And we didn't want to buy it either.
When I think of Chernobyl, I remain stunned at how off-the-scales catastrophic it was, and if not for beyond-heroic responses from countless ordinary people, how much much MUCH worse it could've been. There is an old B&W film called "On the beach" made during the height of the cold war when everyone was haunted by apocalyptic nightmares (just watch nearly any old Twilight Zone).
It was based on a book about the end of the world. While in the book, a far off nuclear war was the cause, a botched response to a Chernobyl type situation would fit just as well. The ecosystem had been poisoned & people across the globe were just waiting for the radioactive wind to blow in their direction. One by one, communications with distant nations cease, as presumably, there is no one left on the other end of the line. It's a slow, ominous build. There's little if any action in the film. But it makes up for it in dread. Watching Chernobyl reminded me of On The Beach, and how fragile and extraordinary the everyday things we take for granted truly are.
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Yeah, I don't even know whether to laugh or be angry at the authors of this series for what nonsense they filmed. Idiocy is driven by idiocy and idiocy.
It feels like the screenwriters were writing about themselves, not about the people of that time.
If you are really interested in finding out how this tragedy happened, what people, the state did, and how they behaved, at least look at the chronicle. There are plenty of camera recordings on the Internet.
If the task of the creators of this product was to shit on the people who eliminated the accident, saved people, then they know how to shit. If there were a series about Three Mile Island, I'm sure it would be all heroes, the best people and the best state that cares and saves not only people, but also cats and dogs and even hamsters.
I am not an English speaker, so I apologize if I speak badly or incorrectly.
funny thing is that in romania cernavoda we have the same model but with 1 corection by having the boron tips ( not graphite ) so az-5 can't be a detonator but we almost had a explosion in unit 4 so yea its still not 100% safe
Wow...They should really aim to maybe make them a little safer. I don't think getting rid of them without a solution in mind is feasible but at least make them safer for the people nearby.
@@OfficialMediaKnights in eastern europe we say better to be better then no improvement so its ok for now
The one diver that died, has died of a heart attack, or something like that if my memory is correct, and that was around 2017 (i'd have to look it up).
Thanks for the nuanced and thoughtful reactions to this magnificent show :) The excellence of this series is what got me to try out The Last of Us (the involvement of Craig Mazin, which I took as a sign of high quality content).
so 3 nuclair powerplants within 20km from chernoble, and with the thermal explosion threat they said within a 30km radius its a 100% destruction, i gues they didnt factor that in ad that moment.
found Jared Harris in resident evil 2 apocalypse, Paul WS Anderson really didn't know how to direct him. he could of been a killer in resident evil.
I advise you to watch the documentary made for 20 years since the accident. Its called battle for Chernobyl you can find it on youtube, it is the movie in real life.
Now wasn't that the perfect show? Superb performances and beautifully shot.
"The truth doesn't care about our needs or wants, it doesn't care about our governments, our ideologies, our religions. It will lie in wait for all time. And this, at last, is the gift of Chernobyl. Where I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask: What is the cost of lies?"
The perfect quote, still sadly relevant in todays Covid filled world. :( You did some great reactions fo this and It's much appreciated. :)
That last monologue was brilliant. Some amazing writing in this show. That last line is really the punchline to the entire show. And wrapped it up nicely. Thank you so much for watching our reactions to the show. It means the world to us 😃 we hope to see you in future reactions!
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The cost of lies is still to be received, from this industry and others because lies about it are still out there to protect the industry.
Watch a film called "The China Syndrome" its loosely based so I've been told around your three mile island incident, it is a cracking film, and one of my favourites, it shows I think along with chernobyl how there is so much we don't know even though we have experts! Give me a wind turbine any day lol, love your reactions x
Has anyone ever told you that you sound just like Elizabeth Holmes the CEO of Theranos?! 😂 Love you guys' reactions
LOLLLLL oh my god, at least I can say I don't intentionally lower my voice, but I do like a good black turtleneck 😂
One of the things I thought people should know is that only one of the three divers are left today as of 2023. One died before the show, and another died during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
My main take away from this show is that there is more good in humanity than bad. This show just highlights the best and the worst we have to offer as a species. Russia still does the same stuff too. They had a nuclear powered ballistic missile explode a few years back and denied it. There was also a radioactive cloud drifting over Europe in 2015/2016 and it had clearly come from the east but Russia denied this also. Russia's history with nuclear energy is tragic to say the least. Go learn about the problems with Lake Karachay and the Polygon. When you steal only enough of the information to create a nuclear reaction, you ignore the safety aspects (Russia stole nuclear secrets from the USA initially). Chernobyl was just a symptom of an uncaring state and the same problems persist today. The power of Russia comes from the perception of it's power - like Gorbachev said in the show.
Thanks for reviewed this show. So good and so important to remember.
The cost of truth: A few hundred, maybe thousands of lives.
The cost of lies: At least a few thousand generations of millions to billions of lives.
3300 was the last reading, but it most likely went 10+ times higher.
The director of it also made the video game adaptation of The Last of Us which will be released in January, can't wait to watch it!
Thanks for your reaction guys, was a pleasure to follow you through this show.
RIGHT?! We are HUGE The Last of Us fans, and now that we've watched this, we are even more pumped to know that Craig Mazin is involved in TLOU! It's gonna be so good!
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