tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post5469073054151650791..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): High praise for the "Chernobyl" HBO miniseriesMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-64067552674554777392019-06-17T14:57:52.240-05:002019-06-17T14:57:52.240-05:00there is a telekon youtube playlist of archival fo...there is a telekon youtube playlist of archival footage from chornobyl made during <br /> and after the meltdown (russian with english subtitles):<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8BTpGAaXEViUgAX3ZqqZMuE1zN8YcOR9<br /> The documentary series "Chernobyl. 1986.04.26 P.S." - 27 videos<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-79475024301402008972019-06-17T04:24:13.258-05:002019-06-17T04:24:13.258-05:00That criticism is just vile know-it-all speculatio...That criticism is just vile know-it-all speculation, befitting her position as go-to-Russia-basher (I'm guessing!?) in attempt to distance herself from the sudden popularity and sympathy of the subject matter. <br /><br />Her borrowed explanation (of systematic negligence), that somehow the system is responsible, is philosophical at best. But that is the story of every disaster, with plenty of people abiding and others fighting negligence. <br /><br />Her claim that "confrontation was unthinkable" is ludicrous and impossible to prove. Also prosecutors wield more power than judges in any jurisprudence. <br /><br />The "truth" is that reactors can and do blow up, the world learned as much the following days, claiming that nobody got to the truth is not seeing the forest for the trees. <br /><br />When your torrid rhetoric runs away with you, this type of diatribe is the result. Personally I often start with the rhetoric, and then cool down once I thought of some good arguments and levelheadedness prevails.<br /><br />Her characterizations sound informed but very theoretical and conceptional, while her arguments only amount to some sweeping generalizations and speculation of what might have been.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-80769827238654803872019-06-14T12:47:04.742-05:002019-06-14T12:47:04.742-05:00The eerie score was done by Icelandic composer Hil...The eerie score was done by Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, created mostly from sounds of an actual nuclear power plant:<br />https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/movies-theatre/2019/06/07/sickening-silence-hildur-gudnadottirs-chernobyl-soundscape-brings-radioactivity-to-life/Professor Battyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802171986501104683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-30438214090648619152019-06-14T12:23:44.373-05:002019-06-14T12:23:44.373-05:00Masha Gessen has also liked "Chernobyl",...Masha Gessen has also liked "Chernobyl", but in her opinion, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/what-hbos-chernobyl-got-right-and-what-it-got-terribly-wrong" rel="nofollow">not everything</a> about it is deserving of the highest praise.hat_eaternoreply@blogger.com