Off Topic NETFLIX and Box Set series Thread.

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Quill said:
It's absolutely ****ing brutal.

That most recent episode... ****ing hell. I think I'll take a bullet straight away if that **** is going to happen me.
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I see you're a fan of radiation sickness. Perhaps you'd like this story about three Georgian lumberjacks who found some 'personal heaters' lying in the woods.

"At around 18:00, they found two containers — metallic, cylindrical objects — lying on a forest path. Around them, the snow had curiously thawed within a radius of approximately 1 m, and the wet soil was steaming..."

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Quill said:
It's absolutely ****ing brutal.

That most recent episode... ****ing hell. I think I'll take a bullet straight away if that **** is going to happen me.
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I was thinking, we seem to have more cases of people dying from cancer than ever before. Could it really be scientifically discounted as being one of the long term after effects?
 
look_back_in_amber said:
I was thinking, we seem to have more cases of people dying from cancer than ever before. Could it really be scientifically discounted as being one of the long term after effects?
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Primarily, we have increased cancer rates because we live longer*. All cancers are simply a mistake in the DNA code when your cells are being replicated. Various factors can increase the chances this mistake is made (eg. inhaling cigarette smoke, consuming burnt food, exposure to radiation). The longer you live, the higher the chance of this error. In fact, all mammals will die of cancer unless they die of natural causes before they contract it. The 'error' is inevitable.

Luckily for us, the fallout from Chernobyl has mostly drifted in the opposite direction but there have been studies that suggest millions of people have been affected. Although we could still be subjected to the wonderful idea of testing nuclear weapons in the 1950's, which has changed the chemical makeup of our air forever.

*Not just because of this, there are all kinds of pollutants that humans will look back on in a few hundred years and wonder why we ever used them.
 
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Des Head said:
Primarily, we have increased cancer rates because we live longer*. All cancers are simply a mistake in the DNA code when your cells are being replicated. Various factors can increase the chances this mistake is made (eg. inhaling cigarette smoke, consuming burnt food, exposure to radiation). The longer you live, the higher the chance of this error. In fact, all mammals will die of cancer unless they die of natural causes before they contract it. The 'error' is inevitable.

Luckily for us, the fallout from Chernobyl has mostly drifted in the opposite direction but there have been studies that suggest millions of people have been affected. Although we could still be subjected to the wonderful idea of testing nuclear weapons in the 1950's, which has changed the chemical makeup of our air forever.

*Not just because of this, there are all kinds of pollutants that humans will look back on in a few hundred years and wonder why we ever used them.
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No one likes a smart arse.




























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Just watched episode 4. Christ on a bike, the misery just doesn't stop...

I know it's not even finished yet, but I think Chernobyl might be the best thing HBO has made. Even more than Band of Brothers, which is my favourite ever show.
 
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Quill said:
Just watched episode 4. Christ on a bike, the misery just doesn't stop...

I know it's not even finished yet, but I think Chernobyl might be the best thing HBO has made. Even more than Band of Brothers, which is my favourite ever show.
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Got to agree Quill, it seems to get more grim with each episode.
I feel apologetic for liking it.
 
Chernobyl. Give it all of the awards. BCC would have a fit at me saying this, but it truly is the best thing on telly in years.



Dyatlov is the most detestable prick I think I've seen in a TV show. The fact that that man really existed and made those choices and stood by those choices to the end makes me glad he is dead and died a failure.
 
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Quill said:
Chernobyl. Give it all of the awards. BCC would have a fit at me saying this, but it truly is the best thing on telly in years.



Dyatlov is the most detestable prick I think I've seen in a TV show. The fact that that man really existed and made those choices and stood by those choices to the end makes me glad he is dead and died a failure.
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Agree with all this mate, very powerful.

There are 1149 user reviews on IMDB and the rating is 9.7 and deservedly so.
 
Des Head said:
Primarily, we have increased cancer rates because we live longer*. All cancers are simply a mistake in the DNA code when your cells are being replicated. Various factors can increase the chances this mistake is made (eg. inhaling cigarette smoke, consuming burnt food, exposure to radiation). The longer you live, the higher the chance of this error. In fact, all mammals will die of cancer unless they die of natural causes before they contract it. The 'error' is inevitable.

Luckily for us, the fallout from Chernobyl has mostly drifted in the opposite direction but there have been studies that suggest millions of people have been affected. Although we could still be subjected to the wonderful idea of testing nuclear weapons in the 1950's, which has changed the chemical makeup of our air forever.

*Not just because of this, there are all kinds of pollutants that humans will look back on in a few hundred years and wonder why we ever used them.
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Not getting into a debate but that isn’t correct.
 
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Also, if anyone hasn't listened to it, HBO did a companion podcast with the writer of the show, Craig Mazin, for each episode. It is a fantastic extra piece of the series that adds a lot to the show. They include discussions of where the show tried to be as true as possible to historical events versus the scenes and characters that were consolidated or invented as part of artistic license.

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Also, the book Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich is an incredible book which the series is mainly based from, it has interviews from more than 500 eyewitnesses, including firefighters, liquidators (members of the cleanup team), politicians, physicians, physicists, and ordinary citizens over a period of 10 years, as well as relating the psychological and personal tragedy of the Chernobyl accident, and it explores the experiences of individuals and how the disaster affected their lives.

It's one of the most haunting things I have ever read.
 
Quill said:
Anyone been watching Chernobyl on HBO/Sky Atlantic?

Holy ****, even though I know the ending, I've not watched something that nerve wracking and tense in a while.

I'm now also horribly afraid of acute radiation sickness. I hope I never have to suffer that fate.
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Need to watch it. Also riviera 2. First series had a lot of promise but lost its way a bit. Interested to see if they build on it.
 
Chernobyl was excellent, the first time I've seen the full story, very well done.
Didn't we have displaced Chernobyl children over in the Hull area for a time after it happened?
 
Chernobyl was excellent, the first time I've seen the full story, very well done.
Didn't we have displaced Chernobyl children over in the Hull area for a time after it happened?
 
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