Damn right you're angry! And that's why you're a good reactor for this series! That shot where you can see that they're yelling at him, after he's already looked into the core....that always kills me. Brilliant. No dialog, nothing....we're far away just looking in at this poor guy getting chewed out by these bastards. That is a chilling moment.
@@wrenbirdreactions So you have watched them all? So you get the Soviet mentality which actually has been the goal of Putin all along. Stalin is great! You have to watch Citizen X. Yeah it is an American production about Russia's worst serial murderer. It is an old film, mid 1990s Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydnow. It shows just how ingrained the soviet system was during the time of Chernobyl. This bloke was able to rape and murder probably more than 52 women and children, simply because the hierarchy says: "That is not possible!" and hindered the police at every turn.
Nuclear energy is still the greatest energy we have. If humanity is ever going to become a type II civilization, it will necessitate nuclear fission and fusion technology. Yet I worked for CSB(U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board) for several years, so I also know how incompetent and irresponsible humans can be.
No, it’s not. It’s not clean or safe or anything even if it’s productive… there’s much better ways. And yes, humans as a whole are the worst. There’s a growing portion of good people with functioning hearts and brains but too many still aren’t so no.
I watched this show when it first came. An excellent representation of history. Fun fact: Look up the dogs of Chernobyl. These are now semi wild and shows just how quickly evolution/adaptation can happen.
I think the 4th episode had me in the most tears at the end when the culling happened. I just watched a video on YT about the Chernobyl dogs. It's amazing, life finds a way.
@@wrenbirdreactions I was a student from what was then Rhodesia (heavily sanctioned by the world, France and Japan helped us a bit, the only cars to buy were Citroen or Nissan assembled in situ) 1969-73 in Wien. I was just 17 years old, with just a couple of years of learning German in school, completely on my own. Austria will always have a place in my heart. It was my second home from whence my eyes opened to the world. I was able to make haphazard trips to quite a few other countries in Europe, sometimes even just hitchhiking with a couple of friends! The dumb things teenagers do!
Love your reactions. I dont think this video got a launch, didnt get a notification for it and i would have definitely ear marked to watch. Great series, very important and glad you are sharing your watch with us.
Hey girl, this was a crazy watch. I was around 9/10 years old when this happened. I don't remember a lot from that time, but i definitely knew what happened. So scary! I'm here for this
We understand that you dont like watching people suffer, but we like watching you suffer xD It's a rough ride, but well worth it! P.s. Loving the new look, your hair looks amazing! I think i last did the watch along with Thrones with you! :D
Everyone in the first episode with a name is a real person. Concerning the denial: You had to pretend that the Soviet Union was a worker's paradise where nothing ever went wrong. If you raised an issue, it was alll your fault. Perception trumped reality. They set out to build a tractor factory. Work fell behind, but no one would take the hit, so the paperwork moved along on schedule. Finally the fire marshall showed up to inspect and found a cement slab. That's the level of fear. Dyatlov was lying through his teeth when he said the glow was the Cherenkov effect--that happens when the core is under water.
Sitnikov: "The meter burnt out the second it was turned on." Bryukhanov: "Typical. Moscow sends us sh*t equipment and then wonders why things go wrong." Not sure why I find this funny, but it seems like Bryukhanov has a point, otherwise.
Nice reactions. Yes you right to be angry. The mentality of the Soviet Union was to cover up any major accident, just like their doing here. People had to do what they were told to, or you would be sent to prison or shot.. Its historically accurate but of course filmakers license here. Radiation sickness does affect you but not so fast. Episode 2 and 3 get progressively worse.
It’s an important one to know about as it’s still affecting the world to an extent… the half life of radium is about 1600 years so it won’t start getting less radioactive until about the year 3500…
To be honest, my main reason I didn't want to watch it was because I thought I was going to see something gory and I DON'T do gore. I think I had that misconception that radiation was going to make 'monsters'. Yeah, I'm stupid haha! I'm happy I watched it and it wasn't anything like I thought it was going to be. As for the shows I watch, I do take suggestions from subscribers. Chernobyl and Better Call Saul were suggested to me a while ago. I also choose what I want personally.
@@wrenbirdreactions thank you for your reply 😻 If you are up for a suggestion, I would highly recommend Bojack Horseman. It's a show that deserves more RU-vid videos and analysis. On the surface it appears to be an adult animated comedy show, but it's so much more than that. Anyway it's just a thought
It's important to remember that the Soviet Union was a totalitarian regime. Citizens' lives are less important than State security & its projection of strength on the world stage. Hence the hyper focus on controlling the spread of information out from Prypiat. The only acknowledged truth is what the State decrees is the Truth, such as that it's impossible for Soviet nuclear reactors to have accidents! Only reactors in decadent capitalist countries are so flawed. Fortunately for the affected citizens, airborne radiation doesn't pay any attention to lines on a map, & travels where the air currents take it. And the air currents took it north, to where Scandinavians(?) detected it! When Soviet officials realized that their citizens were learning about the accident from foreign news broadcasts, the cat was out of the bag.
The State want you to know what they think you should know, nothing more. People were informed of what happened only 36 hours after the disaster. That was the reality of the Soviet Union...
