CHERNOBYL 1X1 REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING

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Chernobyl (2019)
EPISODE TITLE - 1:23:45
In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line to save Europe.
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Here is my reaction to Chernobyl S1EP1♥︎
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[@IndianCalypso]

Hi guys, I’ve been receiving complaints about the style of editing for this episode. While it’s not the conventional method of a reaction, multiple edits of this episode have been copyrighted and the main reason was the audio. I have tried to work around this but it is proving to be hard. I will be more vigilant for the next set of episodes but please note that this is due to copyright.

[@nokta7373]

I figured it was like that due to copyright. You do what you need to do girl, we appreciate the effort. Thank you.

[@frufruJ]

I don't think the editing was too bad... Thank you for reacting to this series, it's probably my favourite miniseries ever. BTW I googled the Bhopal disaster, and I'm so sorry, it was so horrible! We in Europe didn't learn about it (at least in school; I was born after it happened). I don't know if this is a spoiler, so I'll put it below a lot of dots: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . it was waaaaaaaaaaaaay worse than Chernobyl. According to an article I found, about 100x worse.

[@aakarshrai4823]

Please look at other KZbin channels who have reacted to Chernobyl. You can get the idea how to edit it then. Thanks.

[@EvilHandyman]

Yikes, yeah, its pretty unwatchable to be honest, but its understandable. But a different solution must be found.

[@leathewolf]

I'd suggest checking out Steve and Nikki. They always do a great job of making the storyline come through despite the edit.

[@hjalnelson9579]

What company runs the reactor? Oh sweet summer child...this was the glorious Soviet Union

[@joehoy9242]

Although in terms of the short-changing, cheapskatery, corruption and drive to protect those at the top at all costs, it could be argued that the late-era Soviet state was behaving very much like a modern corporation here.

[@nokta7373]

It's ironic since the whole point of Communism was having no companies and no private property.

[@StayFractalesque]

I often forget how young these reactors are, but shouldn't everyone know about chernobyl? ..it almost destroyed the world.. what are they teaching in history these days?

[@hjalnelson9579]

@@StayFractalesque lack of awareness of the disaster is surprisingly common nowadays... an imporant update to the Chernobyl situation happened after the production of the miniseries with the invasion of Ukraine.. Russian troops were unaware they were digging and living in trenches inside the frikking hot zone. I remember reporting stating that 4 busses of radiation-casualties were evacuated before the Russians abandoned the area entirely. No telling how big a mess they (re)made digging open pits...

[@StayFractalesque]

@hjalnelson9579 ..my sarcasm may have been too sharp.. I dont know everything either.. I should make my phrasing and intent more obviously compassionate.. cheers

[@ForgottenHonor0]

Her: "What if it's chemicals?" Me: "Honestly, that'd probably be preferable."

[@ruairiedwards8616]

Chernobyl is one of the best miniseries ever made. Brace yourself for a lot of emotional moments

[@zh2184]

One thing to keep in mind is something said repeatedly in this episode. It may appear the plant managers were being stubborn and obtuse, but the Soviet designed RBMK reactor, because of its design, was created so that an explosion was impossible when operating. They truly believed in good faith this was never a possibility.

[@lordmortarius538]

Oh Aish, you are in for an emotional ride. I grew up in the 80's in the US and I remember we got warnings to drink bottled water and eat out of cans for a while, and our parents wouldn't let us play outside, due to the fear of how far the fallout had spread. It was a very scary time.

[@hachimaki]

it's fun that you thought that the man on the phone sounded like Bill Skarsgard since it's actually his father Stellan Skarsgard

[@amcgowan1970]

Jared Harris as Legasov. Son of Hollywood legend Richard (For this generation he was the first Dumbledore and Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator)

[@cliveklg7739]

1967 Camelot was my first introduction to him, though I saw it much, much later in the early 90s fir the first time. Some just amazing scenes with him in it.

[@Xethuron]

My first introduction to Richard Harris was the Juggernaut (1974). Excellent cast with Anthony Hopkins, Omar Sharif and Ian Holm

[@janeathome6643]

Great actor in his own right -- this, The Crown, The Terror, Mad Men.

[@kylereese4822]

A Man Called Horse an a lot of WW2 movies too...

[@Fred_L.]

Thematically staying with the Soviet Union, a great film to react to (being a dark comedy) would be The Death of Stalin (2017).

[@janeathome6643]

And you get to laugh! Unreal cast.

[@2012Ragnvald]

Unfortunately, all these USSR are purely propaganda in nature and are 90% made up. You have to be a complete moron to accept as truth what you are shown in Western TV series and movies.

[@davidholaday2817]

Great show. Excited for you to watch the rest of this!

[@ToxicDover]

This is one of the most terrifying and well done miniseries I've watched in YEARS. Can't wait to go through the rest with you!

[@2012Ragnvald]

it was shot well, I agree, but otherwise it’s a vile lie, just ordinary propaganda, albeit skillfully shot. The Soviet Union (and especially the government) is bad, Europe and America are good. Socialism is bad, capitalism is good. For some reason, everyone forgets about the accidents in Japan and at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, although the authorities there were unable to repeat the feat that they did in Chernobyl.

[@doubleexoticokay]

i've enjoyed your reactions for a while. you are going to have your mind blown!

[@jacquelinedimattia774]

Such a good show...looking forward to your reactions!

[@campagnollo]

“It’s going to be a heavy one” That’s putting it lightly!

[@leslieturner8276]

People who have been exposed to significant levels of radiation have reported that they have tasted metal.

[@janeathome6643]

Apparently, they're tasting their blood; microscopically, everything is starting to break down almost immediately, which somehow makes it worse.

[@ronaldalagia9211]

you do not need to cut it this much, no one else does. can't watch it like this. soory but it is unenjoyable.

[@janeathome6643]

Good on you for recognizing Maester Luewin!!

[@noahschultz9031]

Jeez, you’re really in for a ride here Aish…

[@robinhooduk8255]

this is the second vid ive watched tonight and again your mic is on one hand amazing how clear it is,yet every knock of the central heating pipes and people in other rooms, and i can even tell that you live in a landing pattern of an airport as i can hear all the planes going over your house haha crazy.

[@cliveklg7739]

The Bhopal disaster was horrific. Just stating that straight out because I am NOT trying to diminish how horrible it was when I say you haven't reached the scale of how massively bad Chernobyl was yet in this. Or how much worse it could have been. We're talking a continental spanning disaster.

[@Fred_L.]

A great and incredibly tense series. My face hurt during the first 3 episodes from constantly having to grimace. I had been a baby when this stuff happened, so I have no memories, but the terror from learning about it stays.

[@sunsteels]

The whole series is pretty scientifically accurate. The series iself is very good, Have a nice Journey!

[@sunsteels]

Ending comment: You're right, it'll gonna get worse and worse

[@nokta7373]

This is one of the most if not the most horrific disaster in human history and it's sad that so few people outside of Europe know the extent of the damage of this tragedy and how very different the world would be today if so many didn't sacrife to contain it. I'm glad this series is out to show what the horrors of nuclear power can be. This has been dubbed as one of the best horror shows around since the the fact that this all happened for real ends up scaring the shit out of you.

[@pablozee6359]

I have to remember that there a lot of people who grew up after the collapse of the Soviet Union and have no true understanding how things worked in those days. I also try not to impose my understanding of history on this generation, but there are some names you should have some familiarity with, and Vladimir Lenin is one do them. Lenin wasn’t that government minister’s grandfather.

[@2012Ragnvald]

The USSR in the series has nothing to do with reality, it is a fictional “villainous” country, like Mordor with the Evil Lord.

[@MozaffarNazir]

I was waiting for episode 2....kat gya yr..😂

[@ianh452]

This is a rough ride.

[@danieldigangi399]

The best miniseries I have ever seen, shocking, powerful, well written, and unbelievable that this actually happend, humanity should've never messed with nuclear energy, it's too risky

[@frantaf]

You will learn a lot about how soviet union works. For a happy series Brooklyn 99 or Parks and recreation, one is on HBO other on Netflix ( at least in europe). Both are great.

[@echinorlax]

Bhopal and Chernobyl are an apples-and-oranges situation. The only thing that are similar are causes boiling down to willful negligence motivated by cost/time cutting and criminal handling of information flow in those crucial first hours, where there was still time to limit casualties. In a way, Bhopal was a more clear-cut case. The weight of gas limited the ability of gas to be moved by wind. If the chemical plant wasn't in the borders of a 1M ppl large city surrounded by many smaller towns, the amount of victims could have been very small. Unfortunately, it wasn't - but all the affected came from the path of the cloud. Ultimately, it was possible to identify them, reach them and help them... and count them. Chernobyl was the opposite in most of those regards. It was not a densely populated area (in comparison), but even so, only the firefighters and plant workers were affected in a most direct fashion - but the lethal factor was lingering on site and in the area and in a diluted form, spread over half of Europe. The number of affected is impossible to tell. In Bhopal, a million maybe two had contact with the lethal factor - and most of them have suffered some effects. In Chernobyl, number of people who had some contact with the lethal factor, was counted in hundreds of millions - but most of them wasn't affected at all. Probably. Because how one can tell what were the causes of the cancer one is diagnosed with? Ultimately, the numbers end up being comparable. Low five digits of dead within a year. Several hundred thousand of sick/wounded in various degree - but in the case of Chernobyl this is mostly a guesstimate.

[@janeathome6643]

Chernobyl could have been the end of the world as we know it.

[@2012Ragnvald]

@@janeathome6643 your stupid comments could be the end of the world.

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

​@@janeathome6643How?

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

One other thing they have in common: the criminals at the top (the Union Carbide Corporation's senior management for Bhopal, the senior members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and relevant government agencies for Chernobyl) escaped significant consequences.

[@2012Ragnvald]

@@Big_Bag_of_Pus the difference is only in one smaaaall detail: the leadership of the USSR and the Communist Party are essentially not to blame for the disaster at Chernobyl (because no one expected such behavior of the reactor, no one knew about it and could not know, these were one of the first models of reactors in the world, so they simply contained such a hidden possibility of self-destruction, which accidentally arose during tests at a nuclear power plant), and the management of Union Carbide in Bhopal was directly responsible for the disaster, since they completely consciously saved on everything and did not comply with the required safety measures and production rules, which led to an accident.

[@kentbarnes1955]

Nice review as always...edit challenges aside (good luck finding the sweet spot going forward). I think this is the 2nd best mini-series I've ever seen (after Band of Brothers). HBO did a very good (not perfect job) with this. Full Disclosure....I have a degree in Nuclear Engineering...this happened just after I had graduated and got my first job after school. Yes...there are some things that are dramatized (for example...the black smoke from the fire...in reality there was NOT the much smoke...but for the viewers it gives an indication of what the wind is doing carrying the radioactive particles across the land scape). One thing that should be clarified: there was not a nuclear explosion in the sense of an atomic bomb...but there was an explosion that "broke" the core and blasted core components (the graphite) all around the site. Those components were HIGHLY radioactive). I look forward to your next installment. A suggestion for a "fun" series to review after this would be One Piece. Then to return to "difficult" drama I would love to see you review the new Master of the Air series that is on Apple TV+ right now. Made by the same folks who did Band of Brothers (not as good as BoB, but I think better than The Pacific).

[@victores9588]

❤❤❤

[@catxborsuq1]

Maybe you can watch AMC's "Terror" next, it's about as cheerful ;p

[@apulrang]

On wearing gas masks ... I'm not sure, but I think that masks are of limited use because the hazard is radiation, which simply penetrates whatever parts of the body are exposed to it. It's not like gas or a virus that can only enter through breathing. On the other hand, I suspect that later on masks would be useful in blocking out dust particles that are radioactive, after some of the general atmospheric radiation goes away. I'm happy to be corrected on all of this!

[@joehoy9242]

Alpha-emitting particles can indeed be inhaled, and poison the body from within.

[@donkfail1]

A little late watching this reaction. But as you have seen the whole series now, can you see that the decision to evacuate right away could actually have caused a larger disaster? I'm not saying it was a sound decision. But if all resources had been used to evacuate, the assessment of the situation may have been delayed enough that the meltdown couldn't be halted and half the continent could have been contaminated. It's one of those disasters where you wish it hadn't happened at all. But as it did, maybe it then went on in the right way. It could have been much much worse...

[@kimpoder]

This is one of my favorite shows,but be prepaired - It is hard to watch, bring tissues for ep. #4 Hi from Denmark...

[@janeathome6643]

You should look up if Bhopal was constructed with any parts or specs from Soviets. For a long time, India was "neutral" in the Cold War and had many cooperative industrial programs with the Soviet Union. India was happy to receive Soviet aid because it was cheap, and NATO countries and their allies were stingy with aid to India because of India's refusal to disavow the Soviets and Communism. When the USSR collapsed (due to the deathblow of Chernobyl following the disastrous war in Afghanistan), these realities altered. It would definitely be in the realm of possibility.

[@2012Ragnvald]

You're stupid? All information about Bhopal is available on the internet. Use Google. If he fails, just in case, I’ll say here - the chemical plant in Bhopal belonged to the American chemical-industrial corporation Union Carbide. And the Americans, in general, didn’t give a damn about the troubles of the Indians. Also, in general, as well as on the lives of the Vietnamese, Iraqis, Yugoslavs, Afghans, and everyone else who died in the name of US-style democracy in 120 conflicts unleashed by the Americans around the world over the past 70 years.

[@Cenforge]

Bravo.

[@kevinpatrick5925]

Good show to watch would be "The Americans" on FX

[@davidholaday2817]

I saw the movie Bhopal. It was very good.

[@YoungGagarin]

I was born in Cosmopolis in 1968. At the time of the accident I was starting my studies in communications at Moscow University. That's why we received a lot of information about the accident. Some things were changed for the series. The first is that Valery Legasov was director of the former Kurshatov institute. He was very respected, Viktor Charkov would not have had the power to arrest him! Another thing, Legasov was never detained by the KGB. On the contrary, he led the inspection program in the renovations of the other plants. In 1986, the state no longer had the power to detain people. We were already living in more democratic times. If I knew what was happening, everyone knew. It really hit Gorbachev hard that the nuclear program was outdated. But Nikolai Fomin was responsible for the Court. I don't know what happened to him.

[@greensky3152]

The KGB was still arresting people in 1986. If you were told that they weren't . . . well, as a Soviet citizen, you should have known better than to believe what you were told.

[@2012Ragnvald]

@@greensky3152 Of course, you know better, you saw it on the Internet.

[@YoungGagarin]

@@greensky3152 You did not understand. Yes, the KGB arrested people, but the series greatly distorted her involvement. In 1986, the incident was not reported at first because it was a case of national security. The same happened in the USA when there was a similar accident, after all it was the Cold War, and you couldn't simply expose the engineering of a nuclear plant to the world. What I'm saying is that the KGB's involvement was distorted in the series. In the series, the KGB intimidates scientists all the time to keep everything secret. In fact, on the fifth to sixth day, scientists from Sweden and Germany were in the USSR to help with containment leaking north! It became very public. Regarding the issue of graffiti, there was no need to tell anyone to know how it happened. It is portrayed as if the reason for the explosion had amazed everyone. We all knew about the Shutdown Mechanism, the accident was a human engineering failure! The KGB did not pursue Lergasov. The series shows him being coerced and prevented from talking to people. That's a lie, I myself went to his lecture in Gohg, and in Moscow, shortly before he passed away. He has also appeared on television. Finally, countering your comment, you don't have to be in the USSR to be aware of the lies the government tells!

[@YoungGagarin]

@@2012Ragnvald People don't understand that Hollywood distorts facts to make something more attractive. My biggest revolt of all is the way Gorbachev appears in the series. Yes, I hate Gorbachev, but that's no reason to encourage a false image of him. In the series he is pretentious and arrogant, always appearing not to be seriously moved by the event. Gorbachev was party secretary, he was not notified immediately, because it was not his responsibility. But when he found out, he gave orders to evacuate and help the affected families. He even visited them later. In one scene, he is lurking in several international newspapers, implying that his only concern was with the USSR's image in the world. He didn't care about it at the time, he even canceled all meetings in the current EU precisely to focus on the accident.

[@greensky3152]

@@2012Ragnvald Do you realize the Internet didn't exist at that time? No, I didn't see it on the Internet. I saw it in the news, and I read books about it. It's a matter of historical record. You should read history.

[@leathewolf]

Everyone you meet in this episode who has a name is a real person. Concerning the denial: You had to pretend that the Soviet Union was a worker's paradise where nothing ever went wrong. Perception trumped reality. If you surfaced a problem, it ws all your fault. They set out to build a tractor factory. Work fell behind schedule, but no one wanted to take the hit, so the paperwork kept on moving on schedule. Finally the fire marshall showed up to inspect and found a cement slab. Concerning radiation: People were told that radiation was good, it cured cancer, it was a sign of technological progress, and if the Americans nuke us, Civil Defense has it covered. Concerning the calousness: Since the time of the Tsars, Russians have regarded the purpose of the people as to serve the State, not the other way around. Dyatlov really was like that, according to his survivng colleagues. Not all the time, but enough. He threatened people's jobs while living in determined denial.

[@2012Ragnvald]

I think it's time for you to clear your head about all the crap you mixed in it ;)

[@johnwalkeristhatdude3018]

This and Generation Kill are the best series they did band of brothers has to many lies and they made people out to be villains when they weren’t

[@mattdavid716]

This is worse than the last of us, this shit actually happened

[@buddystewart2020]

I understand that youtube seems to be making it more difficult for all reactor's reacting to film. I've noticed the lack of quality in recent reactions from various channels. It seems like they're trying to run off all film reactions. I don't blame you personally for this, but if, in your effort to toe their line, the end product is a crappy edit, it's just not worth watching. Which sucks for me, and for you, and for all the other reactors. You just want to do a good reaction, I just want to see you do it and watch it, but youtube apparently doesn't want us to.

[@stefanhuddleston6816]

Bohpal was horrid, Union Carbide got away with so much at the cost of so many lives

[@decko5631]

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[@Filthlegion]

Chernobyl is a vintage series. Maybe a little less detail on you, from the viewer's point of view you can't see what you're actually watching.

[@johnnyd1790]

Dangal? Have you seen it? It's the best Indian movie of all time for me, in my top 10 ever, made after real Indian events too!🙂‍↔️ Credit it's not Indian productions mainly, it's Disney mainly and Aamir Khan productions secondary, but it's nothing short of brilliant!🙂‍↕️

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

This is heavily fictionalized (especially the last episode) but it captures the overall horror and many of the details. But (for example) tasting metal was not a thing. And Dyatlov was nothing at all as he is portrayed here. He realized the core had exploded early on and sought to mitigate the harm, including pulling people away from the sources of radiation. I appreciate your reaction, as ever.

[@DrFeelgood1127]

Uh oh ex kgb entered the chat. Its actually one of the most accurate depictions of the events the unfolded aside from a FEW MINOR details.

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

@@DrFeelgood1127 Oh the overall stuff of the show is accurate, and brilliant as well as heart-stopping. But the details of exactly what was wrong with the reactor is simplified (for good reasons), and in general altered for dramatic purposes. But I am a bit picky. I emphasize IMHO this may be the best mini-series ever! Although I might put "FINGERSMITH" above this one. Maybe.

[@DrFeelgood1127]

@@DavidMacDowellBlue sounds like you’re either being picky or contradicting yourself.

[@2012Ragnvald]

@@DrFeelgood1127 But does the opposite opinion hurt your eyes? I agree with the commentator, everything about the USSR in the series is 90% a lie. The usual Western propaganda is that socialism is bad, these are orcs, this is Mordor, but capitalism and democracy are happiness, and that is why the United States has launched 120 military conflicts, killing millions of people over the past 70 years.

[@2012Ragnvald]

I’m still amazed at how many stupid delights this lie about Chernobyl causes.

[@ronaldalagia9211]

you don't have to blank out so much of the movie. makes it impossible to follow. it isn't that copyrighted.

[@MrHws5mp]

Welcome to the wonderful world of the Soviet Union, where The State and The Party come first and the people come last, for their own good of course. Truth? Not even on the list... There are no "companies" or "corporations" involved here: everything in the country was owned and run by The State via beurocracies, and with no "walk away" option, workers, managers and department heads just had to do as they were told or get punished.

[@2012Ragnvald]

remove the noodles from your ears.

[@ruairiedwards8616]

If your looking for a series to lift your spirits, I would personally recommend Doctor Who

[@AngelDevilOna]

Something happy? :D maybe Big Bang Theory? Or Brookyn 99?

[@rnshakya5758]

What's happened to aot I am unsubscribing

[@aakarshrai4823]

Not good editing. every 15-20 sec you are coming in the middle of the screen. Previous technique of showing yourself and PIP was way better. Don't upload next episode like this please.

[@cpj83]

How rude. Get a life!

[@aakarshrai4823]

@@cpj83 Uncle this is not called Rude. This is called showing the right direction. Now, go and check other episodes on her channel there is massive improvement in the editing. If we as viewers will not let the KZbinr know what is good and what is bad while viewing, then they will not grow. Thanks and Bye. 😊