CHERNOBYL EPISODE 3 REACTION - OPEN WIDE, O EARTH - THIS EPISODE DESTROYED US - 1x3
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- Chernobyl episode 3 destroyed us! We hope you enjoy our reaction to this miniseries so far. Episode 3 titled Open Wide, O Earth is most definitely one of the hardest things we've watched in a while. But so worth it at the same time. This episode of CHERNOBYL 1X3 REACTION is a must-watch for anyone interested in the history of Chernobyl and the disaster that it caused. Craig Mazin and his team do an incredible job of telling the story of Chernobyl in a way that is both informative and suspenseful. Be sure to share your thoughts down below!
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Poor Akimov lost his face completeley. Thats why they don't show him when Khomyuk interviews him. In real life, he lost much of his skin on his face. Even his skull was exposed some places.
This was absolutely heart wrenching. It was so hard to watch the state that they were in. Really put into perspectives the horrors that went down. An amazing job at recreating that from everyone involved.
His wife had to be present in the room, because she was the only one who could understand what he was saying, as his injuries made it difficult for others to know what he was saying
The real Akimov used morse codes during the interview, since he couldn't use his mouth to talk.
That was something I didn't need said out loud.
I know this is months old, but his facial injuries were much worse than that. His eye sockets, nose and upper jaw had collapsed into his sinus cavity, truly horrific injury.
The miners weren't crazy. They voluntarily came to dig a tunnel, they were immediately told how difficult and dangerous it was. But they worked day and night. Real heroes.
You are so right. They knew the risk and decided to try to save their community.
“These men work in the dark. They see everything.” is such an incredible line. Writing like that is just another level, particularly in context like this.
When you first started watching, I mentioned that this show actually watered down some of the more horrific aspects of the reality. This episode and the next are examples. Most people come apart when they see the men's bodies and you hear about what they go through. The show walked a delicate line of trying to hit home with the horrors but they actually watered down the state in which these people were in because it would be too horrific to show. That is what breaks my heart more. I appreciate the tact and respect they afforded those people.... Even if it still was so difficult to watch.
I cant imagine how much they suffered if this was the watered down version. As you saw we both got emotional just thinking about it. These people didn't ask for any of this. They were just trying to do their jobs. Difficult to watch and beyond heart wrenching. But at the same time such an amazing show. The writing and acting in this is top notch. Thank you for watching with us!
Yes, their skin comame right off and getting flayed is obviously going to be excrutiatingly painfull. When this happened they were wrapped up in bandages and attached to a wire rig that kept them in the least painfull position possible. They looked like mummies suspended with fishing line and it's a rather bizzare and unnatural sight, however, in terms of visible injuries the show actually showed you more than you would have seen in real life unless you were around during a changing of the bandages.
I'm not a guy normally watches reaction videos, I was searching the Legasov's nuclear reaction explanation scene in the last episode, but 'reactions' got mixed up and I saw your videos, wondered in and I felt you sincerely. So I wanted to share this: My mother was 1month pregnant with me when the accident happened. In the following months, scientists said radiation effected Turkey as well as most of the Europe, but mostly the East Blacksea region of Turkey, where all of our tea raises and comes from. And Turks are really, really obsessed with tea, we drink like 10-15 cups every day. No joke. So, this news started a little bit of panic, but nobody talked about getting cancer or anything, everyone talked about what we'll do if we can't drink tea? Then, a minister of something goes on TV, live broadcast, drinks tea in front of the cameras, and says 'Look, it's OK, nothing is happening to me.' Yeah that really happened. That's the max. scientfic knowlage of a politician. Mother didn't belived the officials of course, and a colleague of her who's a chemist teacher says to her; you can drink the tea at your home you've already bought before, but don't buy a new one from the market and never drink outside at some place till the end of the pregnancy.
So, I think I dodged the bullet so far, but almost every family has at least one cancer-related death in Blacksea region, including mine, where my roots come from. What I did not know is; that the entire Europe dodged the bullet from Soviet officials trying to cover up their mess. I had no idea this could've been much, much worse then already it is.
So really, forever greatful for all those who suffered and sacrificed, Legasov first, and anyone who choses truth and science over anything. And many thanks to producers, actors and writers of this amazing and heartbreaking show, and also you two young beautiful people for geniunely feeling it.
Wow! First of all thank you so much for sharing a little bit of your backstory. It means the world to us that you took the time to write something so insightful. And yeah! It sounds like thankfully you got lucky in some way shape or form. All those that helped with this horrible situation will forever be heroes. They deserve nothing less than to receive that recognition and for us to never forget the consequences and sacrifices. Thank you again for commenting! We love reading you guys ❤️
Regarding the torches in reality they did fail, they then navigated to the valves in darkness, because they knew the pipe network so well. However, since showing darkness wouldn't be that good, they did some research into what Soviet hand powered torches were available at that time and recreated them. There's an excellent HBO podcast series that accompanies these episodes and there's a bonus sixth podcast when they discuss the reactions to the mini-series. Of course only listen to podcasts after you have watched episodes, since the podcasts contain spoilers, they are well worth a listen since they discuss what creative choices they made and how they wanted to stick to reality as much as possible.
Wow that's incredible!! Thank you so much for sharing that with us, we did not know! The bravery and competence of those men cannot be understated! We will be sure to check out your recommendations and we will be sure to check them out!
@@OfficialMediaKnights I concur! That podcast was great and it made me read "Voices from Chernobyl" which is a large inspiration for the series.
Personally I’m glad you said that because that’s a case when euthanasia is completely justified, and it shouldn’t be controversial. The patient is experiencing too much pain and is dying anyway. ALS is another example.
Exactly!! People should have the right to pass the way they wish, and with dignity. Nobody should have to suffer needlessly, yet somehow it's considered controversial...
The three men in the beginning didn't even get radiation sickness--which I can only attribute to a genuine miracle. Somebody Up There liked them.
The water protected them. Even if it was mildly contaminated the water still acted as a radiation absorbant and they were submerged in it.
They weren't "submerged" in it, they were wading through it at knee-high level. They were walking underneath a reactor that was in the process of melting down, and their Geiger counters were going berserk.
@@jeffreysommer3292 in the show yes, in reality it was more like chest/ neck level from what I remember. Ans even if the dosimeters were going mad it was still non lethal
as far as i know only one of them survived and still lives today, the other two dies in a couple of years
@@PoisonRemedy89 No, Baranov died in 2005. The two others are still alive today.
The minister of coal was also a coal miner so his reaction of getting the coal dust on him was more a homecoming for him.
I have watched this show more times than i can count over and over again. So going on this journey once again with you guys is great.
So happy to share this incredible experience with you! Thank you so much for watching 😀
I've seen pics of affected areas by severe radiation in other incidents and I cannot imagine how painful it must've been to have been exposed to so much radiation on the entire body! I watched the series, I've watched countless reactions to it, and I never cease to be sad for all those people that had to be exposed to such an invisible danger, either by accident like most civilians or on purpose like all the workers that helped to contain this mess. I can't wait to see the rest of the episodes, thanks so much for reacting to this!
I know... We've been digging a little deeper into the history and what these people have gone through, and it is unimaginable and gutting... Nobody should ever have to endure this type of agony. And to think that the divers, miners, soldiers, scientists had to willingly expose themselves to radiation like this just to prevent a worse catastrophe is absolutely horrible.
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We now know that while the human body itself doesn't stay radiated (it goes through like a bullet, destroying and killing the living tissue), the clothing is what stays radiated. Great reaction as usual!
You're right, that was Barry Keoghan. You'll see more of him in the next episode.
RIGHT! I was pretty sure at first but wasn't able to fact-check in the moment. It was also great to see a quick glimpse of Ralph Ineson as General Tarakanov. What a stellar cast in this show!
I just know we were all watching that with sad faces and tissues, I've seen this series before but still find it so emotional, it's hard to fathom this is true, if we watch it and see how bad it is on the show I imagine how bloody horrific this was in real life. Great reaction guys, you always provide your own quality viewing along with what we're watching 💯💙❤️
I know, we should have brought tissues honestly! We'd gotten some warnings from the comments that it'd be hard to watch but the way this tore our hearts apart was just... ufff. The loss, the trauma these people have gone through is just.. heartbreaking and we were at a loss for words...
Thank you so much for your support, it truly means the world to us when we read such kind words 😊😊💜
They spared you the worst. I'll tell you, but only if you ask me.
well.. now we are curious!
I love when you don't know if there's a intro, it's at the end, or just randomly halfway in the video
Raw and real--that conversation about showing her Moscow is historical, it actually happened.
No... are you serious?? When we tell you that line broke us... The physical and emotional pain they have gone through is unspeakable...
@@OfficialMediaKnights A Russian writer interviewed everyone she could find and wrote Voices from Chernobyl. If you're capable of depression, don't read it.
Those three guys who went in to open the sluice gate actually survived after hospitalization. Alexei Ananenko and Valeri Bespalov are still alive, as far as I know, but Boris Baranov died in 2006, of a heart attack.
This is so wrong but I was absolutely dying at 13:45 when you said "Oh my god they're black." I was in another tab when you said it and that out of context was unexpectedly hilarious.
Hahaha uh yeah it's definitely one of those moments you need context for 😂😂😂
SO a lot of this episode concerning Vasilly and Ludmilla is played up for dramatic effect and Legosov doesn't do a super great job of explaining what happens(IMO at least), and this isn't to say I don't like the show, I love it but some facts that might be interesting to know that I learned as a result of watching this series and going down the CZcams rabbit hole.
1. Once the contaminated clothing was removed and his body was washed off, Vassily was decontaminated. He wouldn't pose a threat to Ludmilla or her unborn baby and any adverse effects she might suffer would likely be to her exposure while she was still in Pryprit after the accident.
2. The state of the bodies shown with Toptinov and Vassily were greatly exaggerated as far as their appearance is concerned, it does however give a better idea of what's happening to the firefighters and plant workers. The actual photos of the victims who were exposed to extremely high levels are still pretty haunting but they weren't clear rotting corpses. Their skin turned a deep leathery brown and then eventually black where the tissue had pretty much started to decompose.
3. What Legosov doesn't explain is that when you are exposed to high does of radiation and suffer Acute Radiation Sickness/Syndrome(ARS for short) your cells are bombarded to the point that the dna in your cells is shredded. After initial exposure you'll start to feel better however without DNA to replicate the cells can't replace themselves as they would normally and replace the old dead cells that we naturally go through. When exposed to the levels of radiation that they were exposed to all you have left is the cells your body already had made at the time of exposure. This is what caused the body as Legosov said, decompose. There's a few really great videos about another accident in japan that caused a plantworker named Hisachi Ouchi who is recorded to have suffered the worst dose of radiation in history. The story of what he went through is haunting but really puts what happens when nuclear energy is not properly handled and corners are cut.
Thank you so much for clarifying these things and sharing all this information, we deeply appreciate you taking the time and making the effort!
I'd actually heard of Hisashi Ouchi - he'd been exposed to 17(!!) Sieverts and just to put into context, for humans the safest exposure within a year is 100 milisieverts... The pain that he was made to go through is unspeakable...
What's so upsetting is that people try to cut corners and not do the hard work to keep everybody safe, and it's the workers who pay the price... Utterly devastating...
True washing would remove normal contamination, But these fire fighters breathed in radioactive materials from the burning core, All that smoke & dust., Just like you breath in airborne water in a sauna steam room, That means they were still a dangerous potential source of contamination. Also given enough exposure to high enough radioactive flux, Even non radioactive material will become radioactive itself, Such as the shielding around a reactor, Which is why even a fusion reactor would still produce some radioactive waste.. Your right to a degree about the risks and true danger, But those fire fighters ect were far from safe to others..
@@Markus117d most of what they would have breathed in would be alpha and beta emitters which would continue to effect them internally but not so much anybody externally. If the managed to inhale something that was emitting gamma rays they could pose a risk to others.
Keep in mind, this is 1986. No internet, no 24hr news, the only updates the rest of Europe got were from the breakfast/lunch/evening/late-night news on 1 of the 3 or so tv channels or one of the few radio stations - & that was only what was estimated to be going on. Absolutely none of us knew how close we came.
Having been to the Exclusion Zone (Pripyat) and the Chernobyl Power Plant itself in 2019, a lot of this is hauntingly accurate. What was surprising though is people still lived in Chernobyl City when I was there, and still worked in the Power Plant, though the Power Plant wasn't used as a nuclear reactor anymore, but rather as a power routing station.
Idk how things are now tho due to Russia invading, which is exceptionally sad as that entire region has suffered enough.
Wow no way!! That's crazy... Those people are resilient, holy crap. Hopefully they don't have to undergo anymore trauma..
Russia's invasion for the most part didn't hinder the workers ability to maintain the plant, despite the RU Army's braindead attempts to hinder the Chornobyl staff.
Speaking of braindead Russians, many of them genuinely didn't know the significance of the Exclusion Zone or even where they were, so naturally they did fatally stupid things like take radioactive souveniers back, dug trenches in the highly irradiated Red Forest and storing ammo in the plant itself.
"She's such a strong, amazing woman!"
(Character did not exist in real life and just represented all the randoms assisting with the matter.)
Female character* there you go 😂
something interesting about this is that there are some medical innaccuracies, but they are deliberate. A person exposed to the radiation of Chernobyl was not radioactive themselves once they'd been washed and had their clothes changed, but that's what was thought and believed from the knowledge they had at the time. It does show that people truly were messing with things they didn't understand, which makes it all the more terrifying. Not that knowing that a person with radiation poisoning is not radioactive themselves makes it any less scary, mind you, but it really puts you in the mind of the people living through it, the sheer panic of seeing someone decompose in front of you and, based on the more limited knowledge of the time, thinking they could hurt you just by touching you.
I like how you pointed this out! The unknown is truly frightening in these scenarios. Like you said they were meddling with things they did not understand and the world paid the price.
Great review as always guys :) , is my fave episode of the series x
Thanks so much for the kind comment. Honestly, I get that, this episode was a masterpiece... just tore our hearts apart, man...
My concern is what the upheavel that is currently happening in Kieve and surrounding areas is doing to the contaminated areas .
I'm terrified to think of what this could do to Kiev, and everybody around them... It's like us humans never learn our lesson...
It might be a while before we truly find out what effect this will have. Since I don't know, I want to imagine that a lot of the most dangerous stuff is mainly buried underground in the surrounding areas, probably in concrete like the bodies but nothing says we might not unearth something that was meant to lie there for all eternity.
@@David_C_83 I was stunned to read that Russian soldiers were getting sick from camping in the Red Forrest. They still don't understand.
@@leathewolf the idiots were DIGGING in the red forest. I mean…duh? Why? Why would commanders have them do that? It doesn’t making sense.
To this day, Russians still do not know the whole (if any) story of Chernobyl. They were not taught, and news at that time did not cover it. Even the commanders who ordered the digging of the trenches in the hot zone of the Red Forest when the war started did not know. And this series was banned from being shown in Russia; only those with VPN internet (of which there are few) had access to this knowledge and series, if they even knew of it's existence. Gorbechov, who was the official portrayed in all those meetings where they sought his approval for plans, acknowledged that Chernobyl was probably, in part, the reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union in '91.
I have to say you guys are my favorite reactors by far. You both so intelligent, love how you pick up on details, nuances, cinematography, dialogue, commentary, references and you break it down in such a vigilant way with everything you see and all the jokes in between. I hope nothing but continued success for you both on your channel and personal lives.
With that being said can i make a small movie title request. Can you both react to Airplane! (1980) its a slapstick parody comedy. It one of my favorites and it a classic. If so hope you both enjoy it. that if you havnt watched it of course lol.
"We've suffered together."
I freaking love this show, but yeah, I see what you mean. Subscribed.
you're so good at recognizing people's faces!
The cause of the explosion was the "end effect". Specialists tried to stop the reactor by plunging graphite rods into the core. This was supposed to slow down the reaction, but due to the "end effect" (immersion of the rods leads to a short-term burst of activity), which the Chernobyl personnel did not know about at that time, an accident occurred.
14:49 gave me that lil giggle i needed while balling my eyes out the first time i watched this.
The fact that this was the Hbo version of what radiation does to someone is about the scariest sh- ever
For him literally falling apart and not being able to eat or get pain meds because the actual parts weren't intact.
Glukhov is such a straight to the point kind of guy knows just enough about the severity and just gets to it no hesitation along with all his men. Absolute units
Nice reaction guys
Thank you so much!! We're so glad you enjoyed it 😊
I'm in too good a mood to watch this with you now. It would be a buzz kill.
Haha All good dude! We definitely needed some time off after watching this. Also we took your advice of taking something to wind down in the next episode
If you’re reading this, essentially what happened is the control rods tunnels to go into the reactor warped and the control rods couldn’t get down except the graphite tips and graphite increases radioactivity
That's basically correct. The control rods are supposed to control the reaction. The more of the rod that goes into the core, the more it kills the reaction. However, the tips are made of a substance that ramps up the reaction. As all the rods were dropped at once, they reaction spiked power output far beyond the design specifications, and it blew out. This initial explosion locked the control rods in place, with only the tips in the core, and the reaction continued out of control until the massive explosion hit a few seconds later.
it freaks me out how little people know about radiation, man
1:32 the only part of them that is radioactive is any contaminated clothes and their thyroid.
It was a common misconception at the time that they were dangerous or contagious, but they need particles in them giving off radiation in order to be radioactive.
Actually, the fire fighters were not radioactive. Ludmilla also did not touch her husband. But she was in the town during those few days before the evacuation, and her own radiation poisoning came from that. Yes, she was pregnant. But going to the hospital in Moscow did not aggravate her situation. This is the kind of minor inaccuracy the series is riddled with--the kind that ultimately doesn't matter. The heart of what happened--the mistakes, the reactions, the courage and despair, the hard work and courage, the lies and suffering, ALL of that was true.
BTW, brace yourselves. This one was hard. The NEXT episode is the worst. IMHO. Brilliantly done, but actively hurts to watch...hurts most, I should say.
3 and 4 were definitely a hard watch. I'm glad that in the grand scheme of things they remained respectful towards the victims and only altered minor things. I believe this show is pretty raw in it's portrayal and there is a fine line between showing what happened and dramatizing it for the sake of entertainment. I loved how the worst moments and the ones that were hard to watch were shown in a matter of fact manner and not in an overly sad and dramatic way. An amazing show that really impressed me in a lot of aspects. I cant wait to see what the ending has in store for us.
Another excellent reaction.
Thank you so much for the support, it means the world!
It's an undignified burial. The encasing of the bodies was to prevent radioactive materials seeping into the soil as the bodies decomposed.
Ignatenko's feet were so swollen that his shoes no longer fit. That's why she's holding them at his funeral.
i was lowkey tearing up then he said “oh my god they’re black” at 13:45 😂😭
Hahaha It just came out like that 😅
Hahaha, same!
16:20 in the show they are talking about graphite tips but actually the control rods are 50% made of graphite and 50% made of Boron. The graphite is used as a moderator which slows the neutrons down which incereases the chance to hit another atom and therefore increases reaction. The borom absorbs the neutron. The control rods, when fully pulled out to get maximum reaction have water over and under the graphite. Water is also an absorber. After they pushed AZ5 (shut down) the rods were lowered BUT because of that the water underneath the graphite was displaced and graphite took its place. Therefore it increased the reaction at the lower end of the reactor and it went critical. The borom didn´t even made it into the reactor before it exploded. Btw the cringe is not needed. People are not radio active and therefore it not a problem for the baby that he touched her.
Did you notice the phrase "I promised I will show you Moscow"? Welcome to USSR, where visiting the capital city is a big deal and a noticeable event in your life.
Absolutely heartbreaking! Even in his deathbed he was just happy to be there because it was Moscow. Such raw reality.
I love the miners.
They were easily the highlight of this show. Loved them!!!
Something the makers of the show changed for entertainment purposes in this episode is the way the coal minister and coal miners interacted. The Deputy Minister of Mining met with the miners, and basically gave them 24 hours to be ready to go to Chernobyl...there was no humorous coal dust on the suit moment. The meeting between the Minster and miners is covered in the History vs Hollywood article I recommended...as is the fact that the miners did not work in the nude.💯✌
P.S. The coffins were not encased in lead, as I understand it that metal was nickel...and they were most worried about preventing the bodies from being touched by water...but the sources in English are limited.
Thanks for the clarification! Honestly I'd assumed that the interaction didn't exactly go down that way, but I do think it did a wonderful job in reinforcing the characterization of the miners...
yeah, the minister of coal was a rough dude, a former miner himself
it's the one thing that pulls me out of the show, together with Lyudmila's story considering that she has had an entire podcast talking about her experiences in Chernobyl, and it was played up a lot for drama (and tbf, also played down a bit, cus they didn't want to show too much gore)
still a fantastic show though
3:34 - I think this is the only reaction I've seen that seems to understand how utterly bat shit *BONKERS* such a requirement is. Russia itself is already a pathetic *THREE PERCENT* smaller than the surface area of fucking *PLUTO.* The idea that the situation could've been so catastrophic that the scientists were like "no, no, no, *every* country in the USSR. We need _EVERY_ country's supply of a resource if we want to stop this" is stunning.
15:57 - It wasn't featured in the reaction but the guy saying "we did everything right" kills me every time. Lying there dying as your body is *literally* falling apart, no idea why the reactor exploded, soon to be dead without ever learning the truth, ...and nothing but those words attempting to assure himself that he didn't make a mistake and somehow cause all the death and destruction. Because, being a nuclear engineer that knows full well the damage that catastrophe would've wrought and without having any idea why it would've happened, the little doubts creeping in whispering "...what if it was something _you_ did?..." wouldn't been utterly *TORTUROUS.*
" I told you i would show you Moscow didn't I" 😓
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One key creative license they took was the notion of the firefighters still being radioactive in the Moscow hospital. They would have been stripped and showered by then and would not have been any danger to others to touch.
And as far as the effects shown later, the bodies covered in decay, I have seen both statements praising them for their accuracy as well as others dismissing them as exaggerations. There are so few photos from that event, it is difficult to figure out where the truth lies. Either way, those men died horrible deaths.
21:39 It is a regular army draft twice a year to rotate an active troops and make a reserve, but at the time they combined it with an option to get to cleanup crews in Chernibyl instead. Time was shorter than usual period in the military and after being there they were dismissed right before they would theoretically get dangerous amounts of radiation. Combine that with still ongoing at the time war in Afghanistan - and you get why there were volunteers.
I understand the wife. If my brother, niece or nephew (specifically) were dying, alone, I would just accept the consequences and stay as close as possible. What's the point of living to 90, if I could never forgive myself for letting my loved one die and suffer abandoned.
The power plant still powered like a third of Europe for thirty years after this happened as well.
Ok, I subbed! :)
I read the real life Lyudmila’s first hand account of Chernobyl. The reason she’s holding Vasily’s shoes at his funeral is because his feet had swollen too much for them to fit on his body.
as a 13 year old i gotta say something . in eastern europe we got a few sayings . first do it becase it has to be done as motivation and most of us prefer to die quick but fast that slow but painful
bribery is also common to this day and its a part of normal life its not even well hidden as even i am aware of it
50˚ C (like in the tunnel the miners were mining) is 122˚ F
We both grew up with Celsius, so it actually made more sense to us immediately than if they'd said Fahrenheit. But imagine... that heat... with the masks, underground and that kind of physical exertion... we just have no words 😔
Nobody should have to go through ARS. The only decent out is to administer morphine while you still have blood vessels.
50 Celsius is 122 Fahrenheit. The heat alone would kill me before the radiation did.
The show was so accurate
Subscribed, awesome channel. Saw your NASA shirt and was wondering if you'd do a reaction to Wrath of Khan?
Thank you so much for the sub and support! We're actually huge Trekkies so we would love to!!
@@OfficialMediaKnights that's awesome, looking forward to it!
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Thank you so much!! Greetings back to you 😊
'All of the liquid Nitrogen in the Soviet Union'... sheesh... I'll get right onto that then eh?
Recommendation for you to react: Silent Night (2012), this movie is underrated, but and good.
Thanks for the recommendation, we will be sure to add it to our list to react to as soon as we can!
There is a picture online of the real firefighter laying in the bed wearing the black glasses
That is so eerie. It's crazy how we are watching this as a show right now...Have to keep reminding ourselves how real this situation was and how insane the measures to prevent any further damage were. Some true heroes those that sacrificed themselves for the people.
FACT: The Minister of Coal Industry Mikhail Shchadov (an Engineer) worked as a mine manager for years, who spent years digging coal. He was much loved by the mining trade unions. He never forced anyone on to the trucks, any trucks. In fact they were flown into Chernobyl on helicopters which remain parked in that God Forsaken city. Some miners went voluntarily after consulting with their families. Other mines sent volunteers too. Shachadov stayed in Chernobyl along with the work force which had volunteered, when he wasn't even required to. I wonder why HBO opted to vilify a man who is considered a Hero even in present day Russia & much of the former USSR.
Another Fact: Coal miners & Petroleum industry work force in the USSR were more paid than their counterparts in West German (another major coal producing country) and enjoyed the kind of lifestyle mining industry folks on North America could only dream about (free housing, free healthcare, free community centers, free education, subsidized air travel & free annual foreign vacations).
Expecting a Yankee show to depict a Soviet Union as an actual functioning nation with competant leaders? Preposterous!
had to agree with her when she said yea
2 of men who closed those valves are still alive however the third man died in 2005.
The three divers actually survived and two are still living
0:55 You don't know Eastern Europe 😅 Everything was done that way.
13:45 "Oh my god they're Black"
13:45 sounded kinda wrong xd
HAHAHAHAHAH I mean.... Yeah. Can't argue that 😂
Who plays the chief miner. I ask because as a Scot he sounds suspiciously Scottish 😃
You are right actually!! It's Alex Ferns and he is Scottish!
@@OfficialMediaKnights IIRC, Alex Ferns' uncle died of cancer in Scotland a few years after the Chernobyl disaster, right about the time irradiated rain was falling down over Northern Europe. He felt that his uncle died because of this, which is why he really put it out for this role. For him, the Chernobyl disaster was personal.
Excellent reactions, and I'm pleased to see fairly new reactors dipping into these shows. Looking forward to your future vids. Subbing.
this is a heads up for the next episode, it will be rougher
Thanks for the warning 😔 The following episodes will bebjust as upsetting, we can only imagine...
Please react to Russian movie about the Chechnya war. It's called "Чистилище" be aware it's 1.5 hours of the gruesome war seen ever made in the world. If you fave week stomach don't watch it. Producer was part of media that was there and he saw everything with his own ayes. It's showing how war really looks like.
no full reaction available ?
Full reactions will be available soon! More on that shortly 😉
@@OfficialMediaKnights awesome, thanks, I prefer the uncut version coz I want to re-watch the series again
The worst part is, the people who died in the aftermath of Chernobyl? Not the worst cases of ARS to occur (ARS meaning Acute Radiation Syndrome, aka the proper term for radiation sickness). That dubious honour is generally agreed to belong to Hisashi Ouchi, one of the victims of the Tokaimura criticality accident in 1999. By that point medical science had a better understanding of ARS and how to treat it, so Ouichi was given round the clock expert medical care... which didn't do him any favours. He was on life support ten days after he was exposed, but it took him 83 days to die. He basically just melted into soup; he had to be wrapped in plastic to keep him somewhat held together.
Though the other contender for 'worst case of ARS' is Robert Peabody, who was killed by the Wood River Junction criticality accident of 1964. It's unknown how much radiation he recieved, but it was probably the highest dose in history, considering that he died of ARS only 49 hours after his exposure.
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You say this one was the hardest to watch? ;-) So wait for the next one...
I was 6 at the time this happened, in Czechoslovakia that time, behind the Iron Curtain, and we were normally playing outside and doing standard things. Noone told us that something dangerous happened. I am quite mad when they say here, that in Germany (about 300-500km more to the West) they did not let the children play outside, and we were celebrating the Labor day here... :-(
I'm so sorry to hear that... that must have been devastating, and so frightening to experience... It's so saddening to see how some governments didn't take the dangers of this seriously enough...
Mmmm i think this Is the worst way yo fail a safe test
This is definitely one of the worst safety test in history…
@@OfficialMediaKnights not very safe
I don't think it's controversial at all, if I'm ever that sick, please put a b**let through my head :D Jesus. Great reaction, I'm subscribing!
Yeaaah, definitely feel you on that! Thank you for showing some love! ❤️
watch Alice in borderland that show is fuking awesome.
Oh my god hes black! 13:42
The quote that if said without context will definitely raise an eyebrow 😂
Will you please react to The Lady of Heaven movie Trailer? ❤️
NEVER
Go away bot.
Thanks for the recommendation, we'll do our best to get to it asap!
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этот сериал антисоветское говно. Снято хорошо, но идея сериала шлак и говнина. СССР это лучшее, что случалось с Россией и миром
мы ценим, что вы нашли время, чтобы оставить комментарий! нам жаль слышать, что вам это не понравилось.
ussr was a damn prison with mad men in power, the same goes for russia. shithole made of shithole born from a shithole. зустрінься з асфальтом вася ти бля
Этот сериал лучшее, что снимали о СССР!