CHERNOBYL 1X1 REACTION -

[@ariochiv]

According to Gorbachev, the disaster at Chernobyl was one of the key events that brought down the Soviet Union. That's because a totalitarian system like that can only operate if it is perfect; the moment they have to admit that something went wrong, people start to question everything, and central control is lost. That's why all the officials are in denial that anything is wrong, because the alternative is they lose their jobs, their lives, or the whole system. And not to downplay the heroism of those who were being sent into deadly situations, but they really didn't have a choice... they couldn't simply refuse and quit.

[@Lt.Dan_23]

That’s a really good conclusion of it all

[@schaddenkorp6977]

There’s actually an old documentary where Gorbachev was being interviewed (might be the one you have referenced from) about Chernobyl and he was asked what was the most difficult part about it for him and he said, I’m paraphrasing here, “Knowing that they were lying to me and that they knew I knew they were lying, yet having to go along with it all, pretending we all weren’t aware of this ridiculousness we were all participating in, and then lie back to them which they also knew was a lie.”

[@bruh949]

No that’s Gorbachev covering his #ss for the fact that introducing capitalism failed and destroyed the State Socialism there, in turn making the USSR corrupt despite his “Glastnost and Perestroika” clearly just being a cover for globalist (therefore corporate fascist) sabotage which in turn destroyed the USSR. The USSR should have won the Cold War, the USA and it’s disgusting wokeness and moral-less atheistic society run by the elite, pushing its ideology and warcrimes on the rest of the world via NATO+EU. Not to forget their nonexistent freedumb 😂.

[@formatique_arschloch]

Gorba was a good man.

[@MrAjpurdue]

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[@memnarch129]

The "metal taste" is some of the byproduct of Nuclear Fission. When the fuel breaks into seperate elements one of them is Cessium, which is a gas with a metallic taste.

[@shophaune2298]

it's also due to high levels of ionising radiation effectively creating a slight electrical imbalance in your mouth - much like when you physically put a piece of metal in there. What you taste isn't the metal itself, but your brain having no idea how to interpret your tastebuds suddenly being part of an electrical circuit. That "error message" is what we associate with tasting metal, because that's the most common thing we can put in our mouths to create it.

[@kleriker38]

The firefighters tasted iodine, radioactive iodine.

[@juansanchezvilla-lobosrami5404]

A lightning strike tastes the same. Produces ozone which has a metal taste.

[@icanintospace]

I don't think so. Fission products wouldn't do that. It's more likely the radiation itself, destroying the tastebuds, nerves and salivary glands. It causes dysgeusia. The same thing happens during radio and chemotherapy, even with no fission products. The fact that it is happening to everyone at the same time within seconds tells you just how intensely and quickly the radiation is destroying their body at the molecular level

[@pomrowik_bagienny1089]

Sasha Yuvchenko ( man that was holding reactor door ) actually survived, went through hospitalization, but his health was badly damaged and he lived until 2008 🙏🙏

[@babetteafiokbol6848]

Yes, I heard an interview with him. His wife and baby son survived too in the city.

[@tawogtrailers]

That radioactive graphite that was grabbed by the firefighter was basically like sticking your hand into a microwave for 10 minutes. It cooks and destroys your cells from the inside out

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Yeah….that sounds extremely painful. Radiation is super scary when you think of it. This invisible threat that has so much destructive power.

[@rosieinwonderland8132]

I feel like it's worse.

[@ravenzyblack]

The graphite itself was not radioactive until after the explosion. Also, holding it was a death sentence, but the skin wouldn’t have reacted as quickly as it did. They did that for the TV show. The truth is even worse. It was days before people actually started showing horrific symptoms, they died slow painful deaths as their body shutdown organ by organ.

[@tawogtrailers]

@@ravenzyblack What you said about the graphite doesn't make sense. Yes, it is radioactive while inside the reactor as well. Its job is to absorb/moderate the reaction occurring inside the reactor. It doesn't magically become radioactive after an explosion. Also in the series they do show that it look several days for several patients to start showing the horrible effects of radiation exposure/poisoning. The burning hand is also possible as well with regards to an intense radiation burn. If a sunburn, which is a type of radiation burn can show up within an hour or 2, its definitely possible near direct exposure of intense gamma radiation to cause a tissue burn like what was depicted.

[@pedrinrj7251]

@@ravenzyblack The skin didn't react to the gamma radiation, but probably to beta radiation, witch damages the skin. It would have penetrated the glove, and at the insane amount as that graphite was emitting, it could very much have show sings right away.

[@APixieNinja]

it breaks my heart to know that Valery Legasov didn't live long enough to know just how much of a difference those tapes made. we know everything that happened and why only because of him. RIP Sir

[@Nobli82]

After watching the show just recently, I started my research on his life and every detail I found was more heartbreaking than the previous. I really wish to visit his grave one day, but I live nowhere near Moscow. After the show, his (and Boris Shcherbina's, as well) grave were flooded with flowers for months by tourists from all over the world.

[@MisterRawgers]

@@Nobli82he deserves it, may he rest in peace

[@babetteafiokbol6848]

His suicide made the interesting around the truth. He had to do it. This case was one of last nail in the coffin of Sovjetunion.

[@Sawyer1982OAC]

I'm reading one of the books the producers used as a source for this series (The Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexijevich). The people living near (mostly workers on the nuclear plant itself and their families) didn´t have a clue about the dangers of radiation, nor that the reactor could pose any danger at all. The read is as chilling as the show...

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thanks so much for sharing the name of the book, as we've been delving further into the facts of what happened that night, it's becoming more and more heartbreaking and frightening what truly happened, and how people have been affected by this...

[@tamarakuklinski4240]

That book is heart breaking. The "state" used those ppl to clean up that mess and thought of them as useful idiots. but it was the soviet union ugh

[@annafirnen4815]

I'm from Poland and my parents were teens back when it all happened and even here they told me kids had to take in a mandatory table spoon of lugola liquid at schools. They were distributing it to everyone. It is not tasty at all but so necessary. But the effects are still felt today, the amount of people sick with cancer in the area definitely grew over the years.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you so much for your comment and sharing such a difficult part of your life with us. We are truly sorry that you, and all those millions of people have had to live with the continued fear of repercussions of this event. It's truly devastating to see how the recklessness of a few, fueled by greed and ignorance, has caused so much pain and destruction for countless people... All we can hope to do at this point is learn, and not repeat the mistakes of the ones who came before us.

[@bee12117]

Doktor który to rekomendował wypowiedział się lata później, że było to kompletnie zbędne. Serial jest dobry ale połowa to s-f. Tak jak scena 14:00. Nic takiego nie miało miejsca.

[@bee12117]

@@OfficialMediaKnights Very good polish documentary about Chernobyl with english subs. Yes, people died but most damaging were propaganda and lies. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3ipm5ilrZh8qdk

[@bee12117]

@@jacklarkson4505 What that has to do with anything what I said?

[@annafirnen4815]

@@jacklarkson4505 good question, I was surprised about it too so I read a bit and basically for some reason the government reacted quickly the moment they got radiation reads, without informing other countries about it (obvious reason). Some street washing took place, distributing lugola liquid, order to not open windows etc. But then the overlords in Soviet Union heard about it and basically, told them to stop and forced people to march in parades outside for Labor Day on 1st of May.

[@G1NZOU]

They really nailed the visuals, costuming and locations really match 80's Soviet era, and personally I love the fact they chose lots of English speakers with mostly British accents to portray various social classes, rather than trying to attempt a Ukrainian and Russian accent while speaking English.

[@valdito_2123]

I loved that,specially the houses inside,looks exactly the same

[@LadyCrest]

yeah for real, i cringe every time someone tries to speak russian\ukrainian words when the movie is in english or when the person speaks english only

[@chiragkhuranack]

Believe me, the remaining 4 episodes are no less terrifying than the first. There's more to see. Can't wait for your further reactions. KEEP ROCKING!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Oh I can only imagine... It's definitely tough to watch, but certainly necessary, so we may not repeat the mistakes of the past. But we'll see how that goes, you know how us humans are. Thank you for the comment and support, it truly means so much to us!

[@stevenclarke5606]

Episode 4 is absolutely heartbreaking, you may want to give it a miss

[@maggiebarbour4831]

This was one of the most accurate and well researched accounts of this disaster and in some ways, they watered down some of the worst things to watch because the truth was even more horrific. The production and direction of this show deserved every accolade that it was given. Can't wait to watch the rest with you

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

It was definitely a hard watch and to know they had to water down some parts of the storytelling makes this even more bone chillin. Can’t wait to experience the rest. Thank you for watching with us 😃

[@tankmaster1018]

Yeah even for HBO, there's some things they draw the line on. I can think of 2 examples of this from the show. So the part where they are hunting down and shooting dogs is mostly accurate, but they left out the fact that this was usually done by rounding up and throwing all the dogs into a pit, then filling it with concrete while the dogs were still alive. I think a scene like that would be enough to have most people turn off the television at that point. The other one I noticed was that they never showed the face of that Chernobyl worker who kept saying "we did everything right" but instead had another character state that "his face was completely missing." Guessing that they shot the scene with accurate radiation makeup first, but figured the audience would be so disturbed that they toned it back a little, and didn't show the worst parts of dying from radiation exposure.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Wow, imagine something being a little too much for HBO…that’s everything I need to know

[@schaddenkorp6977]

@@OfficialMediaKnights The firefighter with the pregnant wife was also in even worse condition than what was depicted here as well. Though they did mention in the show the fact that the radiation degrades the tissue of your body so much that your blood vessels are so weak they can’t even administer morphine for the pain which, to quote the show, “is excruciating” and it is. Those men died in agony.

[@trevorbirkbeck4011]

​@schaddenkorp6977 at some point you have to wonder why they weren't offered the bullet. At least for the fire fighters. I can see keeping the reactor personal alive for questioning along as possible. Also sorry for the year old comment

[@johnjones_1501]

You have to love the internet, "all our fans thought it would be really fun to see us emotionally destroyed and in absolutely pain from watching this show." I can't wait to watch all these reactions.

[@MyHeartsBeat]

I love the cinematography of this show. Just the scene with the wife in the kitchen and you see the explosion and she doesn't realize until the shockwave hits.

[@mokefish8126]

Oh man, so stoked you're reacting to this! You two have become my favorite reactors, you're both so good at analysis and not missing anything.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Wow! Thank you so much for that huge compliment. You guys are awesome and we truly appreciate the support. This show is fantastic. You guys really nailed the recommendation 😄

[@swokatsamsiyu3590]

First; your reactions to this phenomenal series are some of the best and honest I've seen. Keep up the good work! All the "911" calls you hear, the evening news broadcast you'll see, newspaper headlines etc, are all real. How I know? I was 15 when the accident happened and the images of the Soviet news lady with her red turtleneck against the blue background are etched into my memory. Fun fact; the "music" you hear throughout the series is made from the sounds that a real RBMK plant makes. The composer went to Chernobyl's sister plant Ignalina NPP, and walked around for hours with her sound crew, recording the various sounds of an RBMK. So, in a way, the real reactor itself is very much present in the series.

[@AJ1987LV]

as some had said, this is what radiation sounds like - as for soundtrack. Ignalina plant is actually almost next to my country border (I'm from Latvia, Ignalina is in Lithuania). I'm glad this plant is fully shut down now.

[@blizzardofodds4220]

Love your reaction and the detail that both of you pay attention to. This is the best mini series that I have ever seen. It will be interesting to see your takes and reactions on the upcoming episodes. I totally agree with you on the fact that this is more like watching a raw documentary than a drama per se. That speaks to how well this was thought out and put together.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you for watching! It means the world to us. Absolutely mind blown by this show. Great cinematography, acting and overall atmosphere. They did outstanding. The rest of the episodes are all coming soon! We’re gonna post them back to back

[@orimoreau3138]

19:04 "This is our moment to shine" oh boy is it ever

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Gah yeah, that play on words was a rough one huh 😔 those poor men.

[@Raskullbx]

14:04 'Ring-around-the-rosie, A pocket full of posies. Ashes! Ashes!, We all fall down!' Very clever nuance with the kids dancing in the ashes.

[@m-arky66]

That original nursery rhyme was about the plague (black death) in England. Adapted to suit all around the world.

[@eirikrdberg1161]

When this happened in 86 I went out in the rain here in Norway with my friend. He said: we might be getting radiation on us now. That was the first time I heard about this accident. He was right. Live in Norway and a lot of the radiation rained down on us. One year later I got bone cancer and lost a leg. Probably nothing to do with chernobyl, but who knows…

[@pickleboy6059]

Honestly most likely was.

[@marieee6211]

Hi. My mom was really young when the accident happened. She was born in 77. She still remembers when she walked to the school to drink this syrup that was horrid. She still can taste it.

[@joshuacoldwater]

Craig Mazin is a true artist, I am so glad he was chosen to work on this project. I am happy to watch along with you both.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you for your kind words and support, it means so much to us!

[@sagan1976]

Cherenkov radiation happens when charged particles (such as electrons) travel faster than the speed of light in that medium. For example, if electrons travel in water faster than the speed of light in water, Cherenkov radiation is seen as a blue glow in the water. This doesn't violate the limit of the speed of light because this limit is defined in a vacuum.

[@ChequeTwice]

The guy who carried his friend and opened the door was Yuvchenko. He survived! But had ailments in his life and passed away in 2008.

[@rosieinwonderland8132]

It was so infuriating seeing all the people that tried to undermine the problem and learning how they cut corners.

[@amelieelizabethbotha6853]

I just cant imagine the terror those people went through

[@Dovahkiin914]

25:39 Actually, the water most likely saved them from the radiation(maybe they died, but it could've been worse). Water is very good at blocking radiation, which is part of why the 3 divers that went into the building survived, because there was so much water the radiation they were exposed to was less than expected. This is also why concrete works well, because although it lacks the density that is normally required to block radiation, it is filled with crystal water.

[@dirdib69]

There's something just terrifying about seeing the reactor core. It's like seeing into Hell - you're already dead.

[@JBjopa8]

I am so happy that I found your channel!! You two are amazing and this show is something else. Cannot wait to watch your reaction

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you so much for your wonderful comment, it means the world to us to have you here!

[@AbusiveUncleJoe]

the ominous "music" was mixed using ambient sounds from similar nuclear power stations.

[@giocommentary]

9:27 you are very correct! as your cells and blood veins dissolve, you will ''taste'' the Iron within your own blood. i've had the experience on a scan, like licking a metal pole.

[@bluebaconjake405]

Yall are really attentive and well informed! Instant sub. Keep up the good work!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you for showing some love! It means a lot to us ❤️

[@NatashaSalgado]

Definitely a hard to watch show because you just wish it didn't happen but sadly it did and many people died because of this disaster. I can't wait for you to continue this journey and watch you react to the following episodes.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Oh absolutely - it's watching them head toward disaster and knowing full well there is nothing we can do to stop it. It's a different kind of horror when you know this really happened, and impacted real people irrevocably... We are excited to watch the rest and can't wait to share it with you all! Thank you for the comment and support, it means the world!

[@matt_canon]

16:06 I've seen this series multiple times, not including reactions, and even just this part is heartbreaking, knowing what's going to happen to the fire brigade and plant workers. Nobody deserves this happening to them, except maybe Dyatlov...but even he didn't know about the A-Z5 fatal flaw.

[@MySerpentine]

Dyatlov had already been through some shit, it was the second time he'd gotten serious radiation poisoning. He probably HAD seen worse.

[@valdito_2123]

Nahh he deserved it,one of the reasons of the disaster was bc of him,he even was in some other accidents who nobody knows,probably it was bc his poor leadership skills

[@teej143]

You get a sub from me! I love that both you appreciate the creative nuances of the piece without overtalking your point.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you so much for the sub and support!! It truly means the world to us! 😊😊😊

[@esraeloh8681]

Plutonium apparently has a sweet taste, apparently it's 1 of the ways some people would tell when it was in the air. If I can find that video with that man talking about it I'll link it, he was 1 of the photographers who got to go inside the reactor to document it's sate in the 90's

[@interviolet6675]

I remember doing research for chernobyl as part of a middle school project I think, I'd long forgotten most things about it but what I won't forget is that generations on generations that radiation isn't going anywhere. Like the decay could outlast humanity. That's insane to get a crashcourse of "you can live as long as possible have children and so on and so an and no one will be able to get anywhere near there." at like 13 or 14. Shoutout to the ballsiest generation of people who literally gave their health and lives to save the world.

[@yugenjames4078]

9:23 the reason why they fell the metal taste it's because the ionizing radiations are destroying and damaging cells in the oral cavity. It's called dysgeusia (the disorded, not the cause) and happen a lot with people that are doing Chemotherapy

[@acosmiccrisis3741]

Dude I just finished watching your prisoners reaction and now your watching my favorite show

[@MKev_Gaming]

Fun Fact: #1 The Sounds in the Series are created by ultra low noise recordings taken in chernobyl by the production team. There is a good behind the scenes on youtube about it. #2 Back in the day nobody was informed about radioactivity and its effects in the soviet union. Only the experts knew. Thats why some folks act like they dont realize what happens in front of them.

[@AJ1987LV]

In Ignalina, not in Chernobyl. They were recorded in Ignalina power plant in Visaginas, Lithuania, bc it's identical RBMK reactor like Chernobyl one, and they also filmed the reactor interior and exterior scenes there (a district in Vilnius was used as Pripyat).

[@blaskoxx4954]

I love how people know a lot - about this story before they watch the show - it was just so great!

[@brandoncampanaro7571]

That bridge where they were watching is called "the bridge of death" im fairly sure

[@metalboy8934]

You are right, Ive been in Pripyat... Its seriously so surreal after watching the series and playing the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games... Gave me pure goosebumps.

[@NickThorbjørnsen2207]

I didnt know you guys did a Chernobyl reaction! There goes the rest of my week.

[@Kathrynharrop90]

I really like your reactions, you're very observant and seem keen to learn what's going on

[@U1Mequals]

14:00 The bridge is known as the "Bridge of Death". Why? Well since the explosion civilians went to a bridge near the reactor. Later that day, everyone got heavy radiation and died less than 3 weeks. Keep watching the series, it get crazier.

[@AJ1987LV]

That's actually only an urban legend. Maybe during the day someone went there, like next day, but not in night, like it's shown in series.

[@Fotoschiki]

This show does an incredible job at giving the general public an idea of what radiation actually is and how it affects the body without explaining the science behind it. I work at a particle accelerator research center since I was 18 and I remember how difficult it was to grasp what radiation actually is. They explained it in detail a lot of times so we get the right sense of danger to be able to work with confidence while staying safe. 1. Simplified it's just energy. It mostly manifests as heat that burns you like touching a hot surface. Your body can handle short contact or low intensity, but too much and too long will burn you. 2. The additional part is ofcause the damage done to your cells and your DNA which manifests as cancer, because unlike a hot surface touching your hand it also destroys you from the inside on a molecular level. 3. High intensity radiation has a contagous element. High radiation activates other materials which also start radiating, spreading the problem. Radioactive dust travels through the air and creates a fallout to make it everybodies problem. Luckily with particle accelerators I usually only have to worry about the first, sometimes the third effect.

[@TheeChaste]

I will forever remember my first exposure to the chernobyl disaster "Fifty thousand people used to live in this city. Now it's a ghost town... I've never seen anything like it."....

[@barr790]

I loved this programme, it's very well made and I loved the cast. Great reaction guys as usual! My faves.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you so much for the love! It means a lot to us when you guys are this supportive. So far we are loving the show! Very well crafted and such good performances

[@barr790]

@@OfficialMediaKnights I'm looking forward to your next episode, I was going to rewatch this at some point but I'll watch it here with you guys, I enjoy the comments and chat 😀 Some of the details that none of us knew though, the true gravity of Chernobyl is shocking! Those poor people. 😱

[@meghanworkman6449]

I was 12 when this happened, and didn't really understand how catastrophic it was until I watched this. Absolutely horrifying.

[@TTM9691]

Just discovered your channel, starting with this one. GREAT reaction video to this show, outstanding. You guys are intelligent, have a great eye, totally cool people, really happy to subscribe to this channel right.....NOW! (there I did it!) My immediate desire is to see you guys react to every great movie and TV show ever made! That's the highest honor I can accord to a reaction channel!!! lol. Did you guys see "Severance" yet? That's a mindblowing show, only 9 episodes, dying for season 2 to start. And let's see, something from the 90s. BOOGIE NIGHTS! Oh man, you guys would KILL on BOOGIE NIGHTS (1998). EVERYONE is in that movie, that is a dazzling party of a movie. Could you guys put that one on your list? And lastly.....something classic, because great art has no expiration date. Ok: Singin' In The Rain! Most entertaining movie ever made, there is no way you will not have the best time watching "Singin' In The Rain". So there you go: a current TV thing, a late 90s blast and a half......and a classic that is the very essence of everything great about cinema itself! THANKS! See you on the next episode!

[@TheReDeeMeR1988]

3.6 *_not great, not terrible_* And that's how a new meme was born.

[@vitaliishumilov7806]

As someone born in Russia 6 years later, I can confirm from participants words, there was A LOT of misinformation from soviet government regarding this accident. And cancer death toll was counting all the way to early 2000s. In 2010s Putin removed almost all of the benefits for Chernobyl liquidators as a pert of his history rewriting propaganda compaign. Those events were "putting Russia in an unfavorable light" and didn't match with "perfect country agenda". In today's Russian history textbooks you will find only a couple of sentences about this tragedy. I'm really thankful to HBO for keeping this valuable part of Russian history.

[@methodhardie9193]

Never knew about Putin taking away benefits of the liquidators…how disgusting, the people involved in the cleanup of Chernobyl put themselves in great risk to save Europe - and further afield. They should be treated extremely well for their sacrifice.

[@gdlmao]

9:29 that's exactly what it is. Severe ionizing radiation causes a breakdown in the cell walls of tissue in the body, causing the iron-rich hemoglobin in the blood being released in minute amounts throughout the body, including the mouth and tongue.

[@nuts4414]

The show starts at the suicide of Legasov, which made it impossible for the disaster to be ignored, and it did the same for you Brilliant stuff

[@dangi79]

I was I child when Chernobyl exploded. It was my birthday and I was 7. You cannot imagine the fear during that days. I’m from Italy and we didn’t go to school for days.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Oh my god, I'm so sorry to hear what you've gone through. Chernobyl has impacted too many people across Europe, and the globe... I truly can't imagine the terror, but I can imagine that that's not something that someone forgets easily...

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

09:36 Actually radiation does not taste like metal. There are some specific circumstances that would create that effect, and those were not present there that night. But it makes for a powerful piece of drama and makes hardly any difference in terms of the story. LIkewise many of these symptoms emerged in hours instead of minutes, like the vomiting and bleeding tissues. IMHO this may be the greatest television miniseries yet made. A few of the folks working in Reactor did survive. The one who hold open that lead door, but didn't enter, for one. He got extremely sick, and the half of his body exposed swelled enormously--but he is still alive. Dyatlov survived for a very long time, and this was his second such exposure! He lost his wife and child in a different accident elsewhere and become extremely sick. No idea how he lived as long as he did. 12:40 That is essentially it, about the iodine pills. 13:46 There's a good reason to use low-range decimeters inside the power plant. It shows tiny shifts in radiation levels, which is more usually needed. 16:06 There were no hazmat suits anywhere nearby. In fact, this show has them wear far better fire fighting equipment than they really had. Most simply showed up in their regular clothes.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you for all of these awesome facts man! We appreciate it. Learned a lot watching this show thanks to you guys 😃

[@bowi1332]

The old guy who intervened in the bunker is probably from KGB. 😬 I watched episode 1 earlier tonight and I decided to watch your reaction before going to bed. :P

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

It wouldn't surprise us if that was the case! Thank you so much for watching with us. Means the world to us. This show was such an amazing experience and we learned so much about this disaster but more importantly we learned a lot about the people of Prypyat and how much sacrifice went into the cleanup process. We hope you enjoyed our reaction!

[@zerodadutch6285]

I'm a chernobyl disaster enthusiast and they did a wonderful job with the show. It gets across the horror and mishandling of the entire dosaster. The only thing they left out was why the testing ended up being as unfortunately explosive as it was, they touched on it though. The soviet government of that time period was all about saving face and keeping the status quo.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

Typical of Communist regimes, though tbf we arent much better in the West lol

[@royfugate]

There were some scenes from part 3 that really happened that they filmed but had to cut from the final edit for being to gruesome, including one where they are trying to change one guys bandages and the skin and muscle fell off his arm, and another guy that his face ended up looking like a real life skeletor. so yes radiation exposure is that bad.

[@andrewferrauiolo4618]

Reminds me of how things were handled on 9/11 and the following weeks and months. Everyone was told that the air was safe to breathe when it clearly wasn't.

[@DRVitto-yx5ww]

They are going to talk about this being the bridge of death. I’ve done extensive research to find information on this and I think it stemmed from a local guy who was notorious for riding his motorcycle wild and crashed on the bridge in a very brutal manor. This was documented even though at the time pryiat was concerned a closed city.

[@pedroguerrero3862]

As horrible as the Chernobyl disaster, it could have been prevented. Even before the factory was running, there were several problem were the design of the reactor, the Soviet Union hired British scientist to look over the blueprint of Chernobyl, all of them said that the reactor had several flaws but they were all ignored. Also the rector that was use was the same exact one that cause another radiative disaster a couple years before the building of Chernobyl.

[@anoelsilliw5256]

The fact that how fast the visual injuries occurred is the part of this show that is the most exaggerated is the most unsettling thing🥴

[@markkettlewell7441]

I was a student in London when this all happened. We saw the radioactive cloud hit our city 😮

[@offgrid4360]

I'm back 😀 Its been too long. I've been waiting for you guys to do a reaction this. One of the darkest , most depressing series, I've ever seen . Heads up it's a true horror movie . It messed with my head for weeks.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Heyyy welcome back!!! Good to see you commenting again! So far this show's fantastic, but also hard to watch, because it is coming from a real event, and seeing the devastation was just heartbreaking...

[@Panzerkampfwagen_VIII-y9k]

if you dont know what happened to viktor he was standing near a pump when it happened splashing his face with boiling water and steam Edit: and that taste of metal is when your exposed to high amounts of radiation and it is currently destroying your cells and when that guy had red on his face thats radiation destroying your cells and melting your skin like a sunburn Edit 2: the firefighters had gas masks but it made them hot and uncomfortable so they took them off.

[@claretheworm]

So when that firefighter held the graphite with his gloved hand, yes there is radiation emitted for sure, and it will cause symptoms of radiation syndrome. The severe thermal wounds on his hand however is actually caused by the extreme heat energy that the graphite is giving off. It just burned through the gloves @_@.

[@gregpeacock5497]

I know this has been out for a while and I'm just now watching your reactions to this fantastic series. I don't know if you will see this, but I wanted to comment about how so many reactors to this series keep saying to the characters to just say "no" or walk away. You have to understand, this took place in the Soviet Union. Workers were ONLY told enough to do their jobs. Any refusal to do what you were told to do could end up in prison time or getting shot. ANYTHING that contradicted the image of a perfect society was made a state secret and kept from the public.

[@jasonchao343]

Where is the link in the Patreon?

[@tawogtrailers]

6:07 yes, those were actual emergency radio calls

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Such amazing attention to detail! It really kept the show authentic

[@DreamFearless]

The Chernobyl disaster has fascinated and chilled me since I first learned about it in school. It’s an endless black box of horror and heroism, but I’ll never forget the fear of realizing the crisis isn’t over. The core has been buried, encased, sealed, enclosed, and entombed; which is all we can do. Enough radioactive material to kill hundreds of millions of people is still right there, and it’ll outlast anything we build around it.

[@mortensrensen1048]

When can we expect next episode? 🤞😀 really looking forward to see you reaction to the rest of the show

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you! That means the world to both of us. We should have it ready this week. We will be posting a few episodes back to back 😃

[@hunnyjar8937]

Iirc, them tasting metal is them tasting their own blood, but the cells kinda exploded? Ripped apart? The iron in their blood was released

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

That sounds terrifying!

[@jeffreywebb4029]

You guys do a great job with these reviews. Anybody else feel like you were looking straight into Hell when they were looking into the burning core? Terrifying! They did such a good job with it.

[@lainwakura]

one of the best cosmic horror shows ever.

[@Nu_faci_tu_dastea_cu_mine]

water actualy dilutes radiation but the water might become irradiated in the proccess

[@calumknight9178]

The firefighters were not trained for highly radioactive enviroments. Its likely they didnt fully understand radiation either, an example of how bad it was, only one nurse recieved training she was the one that raised the alarm about the dangers of handling the firefighters clothes. Not even the doctors knew.

[@DariaBilowus]

If it weren't for Sweden registering the fallout, you wonder how much longer would Russia have kept this quiet from the rest of the World.

[@Nu_faci_tu_dastea_cu_mine]

its late but i have a thing to say . Some firefighters remained on the ground and actualy survived to tell the tale

[@Nu_faci_tu_dastea_cu_mine]

one lived atleast till the 2000's

[@SK-nw4ig]

It is still recommended to keep iodine pills at home just in case - at least here in Finland, the apocalypse prepper country :D I know a guy who is known as "the most radiating man of Finland". He was outside in the rain when the cloud was over Finland. He lives, they measure his radiotion for time to time.

[@vercoda9997]

Shortly after this disaster, despite winds usually blowing in the opposite direction, low levels of radiation started being detected in Irish sheep, and similarly in nearby Scotland - radiation from Chernobyl travelled for thousands of miles. Not knowing what to do, the Republic's government organised sending out iodine tablets to every house in the country - that is, just *one* single tablet, once, when every single resident in every property would, if iodine tablets were needed, need to consume several tablets every day, each - not just one tablet for one person, once. To this day, children in nearby neighbouring Belarus and other impoverished places close to the disaster zone continue to be born with severe, life-limiting - and often terminal - illnesses, and also have intellectual disabilities, at rates far, far higher than the norm; the Republic of Ireland normally - bar the disruption caused by the pandemic - welcomes a few thousand such children every summer, to stay with host families all across the country, as even a couple of weeks of a loving holiday and intense care can potentially add years to the children's lives. Perhaps the greatest tragedy of Chernobyl is that, even today, thuggish Putin and his collaborators continue to suppress various truths about the tragedy, just like the Soviets of old did.

[@C42ST3N]

@10:15 because he touched the graphite part he got a huge load of beta radiation which caused the beta burn. There is alpha, beta and gamma radiation. Alpha radiation can be shielded even by dead skin or a thin piece of paper, beta radiation can be shielded by thin pieces of metal or just a decent amount of air and gamma radiation is the most problematic as it goes through nearly everything. Gamma radiation will also damage your dna which will in a long term cause cancer or damage the dna so that the cells can´t reproduce and you will basically rot. Beta radiation will react quicker and caused huge damage in a very short time which we can see in this shot.

[@hinahanta]

I remember when this happened!

[@avrilmedia]

Great video guys

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you so so much!!! Means the world to us!

[@tamarakuklinski4240]

Read Voices from Chernobyl its actual accounts from ppl who lived thru it. The first story is about Lyudmilla Ignatenko and her husband one of the first fire fighters to respond and what a horrible death she watched him go thru. I was crying reading it. so sad how much she loved him and to this day still does.

[@samuelhaverghast2442]

actually, water is a nullifier with nuclear reactors, its not as effective as Graphite, but there is a pool that has I think spent fuel rods or is a fuel rod cooling pool, that you can swim in and its describe like being in a warm bath, and its very safe, of course you go through the cleansing process to be safe but from what I understand, its pretty safe

[@williammcallister3566]

Please put in the part in ep4 with the speech about everyone's first time and how it impacts you I think that was the most important part in the show thank you for the reaction you got a new sub even if you dont I would also urge you to watch the real interviews with diatlov as they made him the villain to have a more gripping show but he spent the last of his life defending the names of everyone in that reactor control room

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Definitely will do, before we watch the last episode we will do some more research on the character of the people depicted in the show and whether or not it is accurate. Thank you for the suggestion. We’ve been delayed on Chernobyl because a few things came out last month but we will continue to upload this week 😃

[@williammcallister3566]

@@OfficialMediaKnights Thanks a ton I was trying to be as vague as possible to not spoil it but keep it up

[@dariab.7591]

How did you download the whole episode? Is there a way to download to device?

[@LittleWeeWees]

One of the first photographers who was on the scene stated that he could taste metal in his mouth nearly 20 years later.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Wow…that is insane man…the amount of radiation that he must’ve been exposed to is insane 😳

[@LittleWeeWees]

@@OfficialMediaKnights kzbin.info/www/bejne/iX7LgZRpZt55kKM&ab_channel=KiLDiGdotcom

[@Headloser]

I believe the firemen didn't know the danger they were in and information about radiation poison was kept from them.

[@wordpainting3]

Please do Queen's Gambit after this. It's only one season long so not too long and it's incredible.

[@mglmouser]

Iodine salts are used to saturate the thyroid gland, preventing it from absorbing any more radioactive particles. That gland is the first thing that radiation attacks and since the gland is responsible for regulating all of the body’s chemicals, it’s primordial that it gets protected. But it doesn’t protect the rest of the body. As particles decay, electrons are knocked off the atoms and this releases a lot of energy, like gamma rays. These are responsible for knocking more electrons in nearby atoms. Like those of the fireman’s hand when he touched the graphite core fragments. This basically disrupts your own cells, DNA etc. So, you basically start decomposing from the inside out, as the radioactive particles you invest/absorb/inhale continue to make damage for as long as they’re inside you. It’s a nasty way to go. As you’ll see in the last episode.

[@douglasfrazier2856]

How did you guys react when the three operators looked down into the burning core itself? I was horrified

[@salto1994]

RIP Paul Ritter who played Dyatlov

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

What a loss of a talent, may he rest in peace!

[@babetteafiokbol6848]

Fan Fact: Dyatlov (the real person) survived before Chernobyl a radiation accident on a military submarine.

[@fritzkaraldo8452]

Reallity is even more scary than what they show/tell us. Chernobly had 4 running Reactors and "only" 1 exploded. The rest had to be monitored, you just can't plug them out and go home. The last Reactor was shut down in December 2000! Until this day it was a functioning power plant with employees doing their daily work. The cleanup within the demaged Reactor building is scheduled for 2065!

[@markkettlewell7441]

All the people who observed the reactor from the railway bridge died. The fallout killed them all.😮

[@aussiejed1]

13:54 The "Bridge of Death".

[@GrouchyOldBear7]

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you so much for watching! We are glad you enjoyed! 😀

[@strielok6358]

The metallic taste may be due to the presence of Cesium (137Cs isotope) in the air, which is a nuclear fusion product. Cesium is a metal, so its presence in the air can cause a metallic taste. Alternatively, the radiation could have been so high that it damaged the taste buds, or possibly the "insular cortex" that is responsible for the perception of taste. Although brain damage is unlikely as the "insular lobe" is also responsible for compassion, empathy, perception, motor control, self-awareness, cognitive functioning, interpersonal experience, and awareness of homeostatic emotions such as hunger, pain and fatigue. If the "insula" was damaged, there would be disturbances in the mentioned abilities.

[@Jgriffy]

Why is this reaction not on the Patreon?

[@wastelandlegocheem]

Radiation sickness is the worst way to die. Gamma rays cut right through the body and the other radiations only make it worse. The scariest thing to me, is the rapid clicking of a geiger counter.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

That sounds absolutely horrifying! And yeah the geiger counter even being added as part of the soundtrack made everything super eerie!

[@wastelandlegocheem]

@@OfficialMediaKnights yeah so the initial victims of chernobyl like the workers who died faster than anyone and that guy that bled profusely in the plant were hit by the gamma rays. Not sure which kinda radiation left people radioactive, but they likely all felt like hell

[@aigorsrogi66nfj75]

i remember this days, i live in Poland