Chernobyl series on HBO

[Axlotl]

That was very good. I was expecting something a little more encompassing (is that the right word?),
but I dig that it was a minute-by-minute account of the actual event.
I'm gonna watch it again.

 

[jkno]

Putin’s Media Struggle to Deal With HBO’s Chernobyl - The Moscow Times

Opinion | Читайте русскую версию здесь. It seems every major Russian media outlet had to chime in about the “Chernobyl” TV series by HBO.

www.themoscowtimes.com

 

[jkno]

And LOL

Russia hates HBO's 'Chernobyl' so much that it's making its own series

HBO’s recently-ended Chernobyl mini-series is easily one of the best shows of the year — and so much better than Game of Thrones season 8, …

bgr.com

 

[Potroclo]

Putin’s Media Struggle to Deal With HBO’s Chernobyl - The Moscow Times

Opinion | Читайте русскую версию здесь. It seems every major Russian media outlet had to chime in about the “Chernobyl” TV series by HBO.

www.themoscowtimes.com

"Russia’s NTV channel has already announced that it is shooting its own “Chernobyl” series based on the premise that the CIA sent an agent to the Chernobyl zone to carry out acts of sabotage."
LOL
One of the things this miniseries reminded me is how not so long ago it was that the USSR fell, and how much of its state apparatus still survives today. Apparently reality does overcome fiction!

 

[Gimpdiggity]

Chernobyl Is Now the Highest-Rated TV Series of All Time on IMDB

The five-episode HBO miniseries also received a 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes

people.com

 

[DavidS]

 

[jkno]

Chernobyl DVD/Blu-ray: Chernobyl - 2019 Sky Atlantic Drama [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Jessie Buckley, Adam Nagaitis: Amazon.co.uk:

Just bought a set

 

[Apollo]

Man I still have to watch this!