Is anyone else watching Chernobyl on HBO?

[dewsgirl]

This show is more terrifying, than any horror movie I have ever seen.
I hope this is OK here. I didn't really know which forum, I almost put it in the Netflix forum, but it's not streaming. Idk.

[Fix The Stupid]

1. yes...it's great. Very dark...music is great..cast is great. n/t

[samnsara]

2. i havent watched i but i wanted to... now i will for sure. Thanks for the heads up...

[dewsgirl]

3. Your welcome, it is extremely well written/acted and

has a great companion podcast as well.

[kairos12]

4. I am watching it.

Just finished a book about it titled "Midnight in Chernobyl.

Breathtaking and scary.

[dewsgirl]

6. I literally just finished it yesterday. Where you the one

that recommended it here on DU? It was a great book. If you liked it, Radium Girls is also an excellent book.

[kairos12]

9. I think I did recommend it. I will pick up

Radium Girls. Thanks!

[dewsgirl]

11. You're welcome and thank you, It was a very good book.

I hope you enjoy Radium Girls if you read it, it is the best non fiction, non political book I have read in years and years.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. It is excellent. And absolutely horrifying.

HBO should count itself lucky, because my plan to drop it after May 19th immediately got postponed thanks to this series alone.

From the very first line of the series--"What is the cost of lies?", where it talks about not knowing the difference between truth and lies, it speaks to this day and age.

And the end of last night's episode. Yikes.

This is the second year in a row a miniseries starring Jared Harris has captivated me. Last year's "The Terror" on AMC similarly captivated me.

[dewsgirl]

7. He is a great actor, I loved him on Mad Men. That ending,

I didn't even realize until the credits rolled, I was clutching the edge of the couch so hard my knuckles were white. Spectacular show.

[Corgigal]

8. Yes,

and the timing for this show in America is terrifying. How much they need to lie to each other, must feel like the White House now.

[hlthe2b]

10. When they loaded up the buses & the dog ran after them, I thought I'd lose it. True story, that

The dogs abandoned have formed a colony over the decades. Other animals are merely opportunists that have moved in, but the dogs were the descendants of pets.

I think this aspect deserves its own thread so I will post more on it later. I remember reading a great article on it and will try to find it.