CHERNOBYL EP 5 | FIRST TIME WATCHING | (reaction/commentary)
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- Enjoy my reaction/commentary to Chernobyl: Episode 5 - 'Vichnaya Pamyat'. We have finally come to the end of the CHERNOBYL mini-series!!! This was such a heavy series to watch, especially being my first reaction series. Incredible show. I hope you all enjoyed following me react to all 5 episodes!
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When you look at the "official death toll" that's only part of it. How many pregnant women lost their children? How many people were born with deformities and illnesses? How many people got cancer and died even decades later? How many lost their homes and pets and belongings? How many got PTSD from what they experienced? To me, that's what was so great about this series. It put a human face to the breadth of the suffering this accident caused. One of my favorite limited series ever.
For real. I was born with a deformity for no reason and had my father living close at that time... Now I just worry that russians keep shooting the power plants...
I remember the first time I watched this series. To me this stands up with other disasters in the world such as Titanic and 9/11. It’s shocking that although these events happened years ago, it only takes one documentary to make it feel like yesterday
Well it doesn’t feel that long ago! You look at the roads and the trucks and cars and you’re like dayum this was recent!
It takes a lot of courage to stand against a totalitarian state. To say that Legasov was a brave man is an understatement.
What was really interesting: the 3 man who shut down the pumps in the radioactive water actually lived a long and happy life after that. Funny Thing about radiation: except for extreme doses our Skin is a really good shield for it. THE PROBLEM is once it's in your body (breathing, eating, open wounds), because then it can't come out again without damaging you from the inside. So because these 3 men had very good protection (and probably a guardian angel) they barely got any radiation in them at all.
Dyatlov got his job because the Soviet system approached men like that. They wanted results and didn't care how.
Dyatlov was also being pressured (threatened) from above. Which one of the many reasons his superiors were also in trouble
The official death toll only counts the ones who died because of direct impact - firemen, plant workers, etc, because the number of people who were involved in clean up process was too large, and Soviet Union often refused to acknowledge their deaths or sickness as result of being in Chernobyl.
I'm from Latvia. It happened year before my birth, but my mom had told a lot about those times. Her grandfather was electric and managed to fix up the radio to listen foreign radio stations, that's how they knew about what was happening in Chernobyl, because official soviet radio and TV did not spoke of it. About this show - aside of changing just some details, it's very accurate portrayal of Soviet system and how things were back in those days. It was filmed in our neighbor country, Lithuania - one of Vilnius parts still have soviet panel buildings and it served as Pripyat, and Ignalina power plant also is RBMK reactor, Chernobyl twin, they filmed plant scenes there.
Many people from our country also were sent to Chernobyl as liquidators, one of them was our ex president, he was in medical team, though, didn't got sent on a roof. But the fact is that many of them went up on the roof to clear graphite more than once, so it was not actually solely 90 seconds per one man. Some actually volunteered to go up there, because that way they could fill the radiation receivement quota and get permission to return home, otherwise they were sent into other places, like cleaning soil or animal control, thus being in perhaps less contaminated enviroment, but for much longer time.
That’s nuts they had to meet a certain radiation exposure volume. So sad. Thank you for this comment. Must be tough being so closely linked to it all. Cheers ☺️
@@thecocoacouch Yeah. Mom also remembers that in those first days after explosion it thankfully wasn't raining when the radiation cloud went over us toward Sweden, or else all of it would've came down on ground with rain.
And thank you for your reaction videos of Chernobyl. 😊
This is by far the best episode imo, must have seen it over a dozen times, the way they explain and walk you through everything is amazing, and the ending absolute beast. I think this episode runs for one of the best episodes in cinematography. Period.
@their biggest mistake is when they postponed the last safety test with 12 hours and left the reactor with half power for this period, they should've risen the power input of the reactor to normal until before the test and the Chernobyl disaster would've never happened... here, who knows where else though.
Yeah I loved this episode, glad I made it a full video this one episode.
I was a junior in high school when this happened. Americans were still reeling from the other high-profile engineering disaster of 1986, the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 30, 1986. Of course we knew none of this level of detail at the the time, and it would be another three years before Gorbachev presided over the dissolution of the Soviet Union (I have to say there are resonances of those bad old days in the current invasion of Ukraine, which has involved the Chernobyl exclusion zone once again). I went on to study physics (not nuclear physics per se, but quantum mechanics) at Uni, in Kentucky. Events like these helped mold my life in science, and presentations like this affect my life in the performing arts. Thanks for sticking through the the end. I'm a new subscriber, as a result. Cheers from Louisville.
Thanks for the sub man, happy to have yah on board ☺️ Yeah it’s so crazy to me how hidden so much of it was until recently. That’s awesome you study that! I can only imagine how influential a series like this would be, especially for those who are coming up now through the education system and watching it. Thanks again 🙌
12:50 If you recall the scene in the first episode where the two were looking down into the open reactor (looking like a literal hole down to hell) That's where they were looking down from. Crazy how different the room looks before and after.
Yeah that was mind blowing hey. Perfect description though 😬 hell.
Afterword: Lyudmilla wanted to leave it all behind and turned down 5 offers to come onboard as a consultant. The show made her a celeb, and she had to move out of Kiyev to keep people from showing up on her doorstep. Brykhanov found himself virtually unemployable and became a minor paper pusher in the Ukranian Ministry of Trade. While awaiting trial, Fomin broke his glasses and slashed his wrists. He was let out after 4 1/2 years for mental instability. He was fired from his job at Kalinin for the same reason.
The big deviation was that Legasov wasn't at the trial. But the results were the same. Most of his colleagues shunned him, and they voted him down for director of the Kirchatov Institute, which he'd expected to get. That broke him. There was no document with missing pages. Rather, the designers had forseen the problem but (planned economy) ran out of time and money to fix it, so they documented it and wrote instructions for the operators. The KGB deemed those so sensitive that they never made it to Pripyat.
Danggg. Thanks for the extra info! I wonder what those guys were feeling when it all we t down hey. The actors portrayed them so well.
Welcome to the final episode...well done getting through this show...it is a tough one. I really like the way the makers of the show added the notes at the end to cover some of the things they got wrong, simplified, or made more dramatic...I just wish they had done more of that, or been more honest. For example, they say that "it has been reported" that everyone on the "Bridge of Death" died...but those reports are very much NOT true....so technically, they are being truthful, bur not quite. Other things they do not admit to, I can understand...such as the fact that Legasov was not even at the trial of Dyatlov and company...but it is kind of necessary to turn him into a kind of hero figure and have him do much more than he really did so that the story can be simplified enough for most folks to keep track of. I figure by now you have read the History vs Hollywood article, so you know most of the truth...at least I hope that is the case. ✌
I read a bunch of different sections in the article (mainly the ones I was more intrigued with) but I didn’t realise just HOW much was different in the show compared to the real events. It doesn’t upset me though since I personally prefer when a story that needs to be told is brought to light through film even if it’s not entirely accurate, RATHER than not being told at all. That’s just me tho.
I think the intentions and motives of the series makers is in the 5 pod casts for all to hear. Its a dramatisation of how all the people suffered and sacrificed for all of us and them selves in the soviet political system at the time .Its never confessed to be a documentary . In its defence ,and from the comments of people concerning the above intentions ,that have claimed to have been there and lived through it , these truths seem seem to have been demonstrated pretty accurately.
@@bestistmate I do tend to agree for the most part. I am not looking for the show to have documentary levels of accuracy, my point is rather the opposite in general. I think the show is so accurate that it approaches documentary levels already...it is amazing how accurate it is...to the point where the things they got wrong really sort of stand out. I really think the show is amazing, and I only point out the things I point out because I think folks might think it is documentary level accurate...I think they got to about 70 percent of fully accurate, and that is incredible for any non documentary TY show. 💯
I remember when my mum told me about Chernobyl. She was in primary school when this happened. Kids were given tabs with iodine but practically no one was talking about this, because we were still much under Soviet Union pressure (We are form Poland). Now my mum is struggling with several diseases that doctors diagnosed as a result of the radiation she was exposed to as a child.
The thing that always makes me laugh in the scene with the KGB official is the irony. You see, that guy truly believes that by lying, murdering and torturing people he's protecting his precious Soviet Union. And he does that not because he's a patriot, but because that failed, rotten country provides him with his entire career. he'd be nobody without The Soviet Union. Nobody would need him.
But what he is in fact doing is the best way to completely crush The Soviet Union and wipe any memory of its existence from the world. The guy willing to be the worst kind of son of a bitch to protect the country is really the mortal danger to this country. And Legasov, whom he sees as an enemy, is really Soviet Union's savior.
Think about it. What if that KGB guy have got his way? What if RBMK reactors were never fixed? Another Diatlov would come around with another safety test, unaware how it turned out because all who knew were silenced. There would be another Chernobyl. And another, and another, and another and so on until The Soviet Union would collapse and turn into a radioactive wasteland. And remember, just one Chernobyl contributed vastly to Soviet Union's collapse.
And it's Legasov who prevented that from happening.
Oscar, your reaction videos are what prompted me to watch this show, and I am really glad I did. I have seen documentaries on Chernobyl before, but none of them really captured the human tragedy, sacrifice and nobility of the people involved. I have seen many outlining the abandonment of the city, of the effects on nature and the legacy of cancer and other diseases on the remaining populous, but I had no idea of the true scope of the tragedy, or what the people had to do to mitigate the damage and stop the reactor from destroying the USSR and half of Europe. It sure made me rethink nuclear power and the safety measures that are taken (or not taken), and the results of each decision along the way. I appreciated your perspective, as I think knowing how people of your generation react to such things is important. Thanks!
These reaction videos really did justice to the show! Bravo! Well done!!
If only we could have more shows like this on huge world events, can you imagine how many more corruption networks have failed us all throughout the years?
I loved re-watching Chernobyl, thank you! I hope you give yourself some time to watch something more light and uplifting lol
Cheers!
Oh man thanks!!! Believe me I’m trying to watch more fun and light hearted stuff 😂😂 this show killed me.
Good job reacting on this. It is serious and important, both from the human view and from the technology.
Thank you ☺️ learnt a thing or two watching this for sure.
@@thecocoacouch I hope we all did.
If you found this stuff interesting I’d recommend mr Bate’s vs the post office. Wasn’t quite as dark but very interesting and educational
Great reaction to the series. Always good to see a fellow Aussie too ❤🇦🇺 subscribed
Cheers man! 😁🍻
Some believe the power went beyond 300,000 MW. Suck power plus no place to get rid of it safety, no wonder it exploded.
The story of Chernobyl is one that can be, and has been, inaccurately whitewashed and sanitised by politicains and film makers thinking their audience isn't clever, or insightful enough to be able to understand it.
This particular mini-series doesn't do that. It goes out of it's way to help guide you through the experiences and feelings of different individuals so you can begin to understand the feelings of the whole group - they do this by introducing a group, then focusing on an individual within that group. It's fantastic film making.
The feelings of loss, frustration and helplessness which the viewer [should] feels ensure they empathise with the individuals, just as you did Oscar.
Yeah they really held my hand through the whole thing and it was tragic. Glad people still care about telling stories like this one.
That number 31 always gets me
I know!!! 😬😬😬
To be fair, the lowest number they claim (4000) is highly unlikely. This is extrapolated by a rapport using some shady models regarding radiation. The truth is that, while Chernobyl is an extremely major event, it still likely killed about 1000 persons. If using weird models, a maximum of 4000. 93000 is just no where near and purely fiction.
Just saw the whale reaction and I'm kinda seeing all the vids on the channel lol great reaction!
Haha thanks!! ☺️
Great show, great reaction!
Cheers!!
Chernobyl is really scary. My parents weren't actually sure it was a good idea to have children because of that. Many reindeer in northern Norway, where they were, became ill and had deformed young. Fortunately, they chose to have me anyway. (I was born in 1987) I have many allergies and MS, as the only one in my family, - I don't know if it is because of Chernobyl or not - but Denmark (where I live) has many people with autoimmune diseases today, and radiation can be the reason...
Don't understand that there are still people who want nuclear power - because if it goes wrong, it really goes wrong.
BUT don't get me wrong - I am truly grateful to be alive and given the chance to live a good life.
Yeah even the "accurate official death toll" is only direct immediate deaths it doesnt represent people who died maybe 5 years later, or those unborn children, or people who had contaminated water run-off that would also get affected, etc
Chernobyl is one of the scariest things to ever happen, the hubris of soviet union became one of the biggest scientific lessons for the rest of the world. Theres an irony in it
I was born in Finland 1991 5 years after the incident. I know that you could detect the radiation when it happened but idk how long it lingered. I was born with an extra finger and I'm honestly curious could that be a reason or if it's just a genetic thing or just random!
I don't know if you're interested in doing period pieces but if you are, would you consider doing the "Pillars of the Earth" miniseries? It's 8 one hour episodes. I've read the book and can say that there are some differences, however I think those differences made sense for the miniseries. The book is long but they had to pack it into 8 episodes so they had to take some things out. But the casting was so well done and it was just a very well made miniseries for the budget they had.
I ask only because it's a few episodes longer than Chernobyl so I thought I'd throw it out there. :)
So many unsung heroes kept it from being much much worse than it was. As hard as that is to comprehend
U got a permit for those guns 💪🏻
Haha dude 😂
O dam didn't know this show only had 5 episodes, also you do not look like a grouch.
Oh 😂😂😂heard that one before lol. And yeah I thought it was 6 when I started haha
@@thecocoacouch yah I had to say it atleast once, also is there another show that is taking this one's spot? or just movies.
Shows are a big commitment but they’re fun. I guess I’d just have to think about it hey. It’s not a yes or no thing, I’ll do a show if it intrigues me 😂
You kinda look like Tom Daley the swimmer, a bit.
Looked him up just then. I see it 😂😂
Please have the ASMR content in separate videos !!! It can cause unpleasant reactions in some people, especially if they aren't expecting it!
They’re cheap, that’s why they don’t want to fix the other reactors.