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Chernobyl (Blu-Ray) $15.95 (RRP $31.97) + Delivery ($0 with Prime) @ Amazon AU

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Based on powerful real-life events, 'Chernobyl' dramatizes the story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, the Ukraine nuclear plant disaster of April 1986. This five-part miniseries recounts the remarkable stories of the heroes who fought and fell to save Europe from an unimaginable disaster. Jared Harris portrays Valery Legasov, the Soviet scientist chosen by the Kremlin to investigate the accident to reveal how and why it happened. 'Chernobyl' tells a tale of lies and cowardice, of courage and conviction, and of human failure and human nobility.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9APLXM9Ei8&ab_channel=HBO

IMDb: 9.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Flicks: 95%

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  • Bargearse on 21/11/2022 - 22:00
    +34

    “Not great, not terrible”

    • Mikedrop89 on 21/11/2022 - 22:06
      +4

      Out of curiosity what do you rate as Great?

    • hill898billy on 21/11/2022 - 22:20
      +5

      I think it’s great. Finished in one sitting.

    • Lit Homie on 21/11/2022 - 23:47
      +3

      Is this a reference i missed nvm I assume I need to watch it first

      • Mr Frodo on 22/11/2022 - 08:48
        +1

        You'll know when you watch it

  • Wolfenstein98k on 21/11/2022 - 22:02
    +21

    Great series, worth a watch.

    • Franc-T on 22/11/2022 - 00:28
      +1

      I was looking to re-watch it the other day……but on binge/foxtel so that was a hard no. This deal came through!!

  • Wiadro on 21/11/2022 - 22:07
    -3

    amazing doco to watch

    • onetwothreefour on 21/11/2022 - 22:08
      +11

      This is not a documentary.

      • Caped Baldy on 21/11/2022 - 22:20
        +13

        Are you suggesting that the citizens of the USSR didn't have English accents?

        • Mr Frodo on 22/11/2022 - 08:50
          +1

          I don't think they had English accent in the series, did they? Thought they had Russian/Ukrainian accent… But everyone speaking English was weird.
          Excellent series nevertheless

          • Caped Baldy on 22/11/2022 - 08:57
            +1

            @Mr Frodo: Fairly sure it was an English accent. I listened to the podcast a while back and it was a deliberate choice over a Russian/Slavic accent.

    • Andycoolzhang on 21/11/2022 - 22:10
      +2

      Based on the real life event but not documentary.

      • Wiadro on 21/11/2022 - 22:25

        A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record".

        • Setiawan on 21/11/2022 - 23:05
          +4

          Exactly, so this is not a documentary.

        • newcastledog on 21/11/2022 - 23:11
          +2

          It's an interpretation, for example, it has a series of non-existing in real-life characters. The term would be Historical Realism, in the British tradition, trust me, I know this stuff. :-)

          • Sven Viking on 22/11/2022 - 00:01
            +1

            @newcastledog: Yeah, excellent series with surprising attention to detail but there are still quite a few changes ranging from unavoidable to misleading. e.g. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48580177.amp

            • daitro on 22/11/2022 - 03:49
              +2

              @Sven Viking: There's a great series by a nuclear safety engineer dispelling a lot of the bs in the series https://youtu.be/qCp73zc1OLs.
              Claiming meltdown hitting the water table would ignite a hydrogen bomb has to be one of the most absurd takes along with beta radiation (or any kind of radiation other than gamma) moving at the speed of light is another.

      • Franc-T on 22/11/2022 - 00:29
        +1

        Its not a documentary but its not far away from real events. Its definitely not something you can rely on for exact facts.

        Like contagion, some bits are close enough to real life events to have that extra buzz though

        • ausmisc on 22/11/2022 - 09:03

          Bah, better cancel my 5000 tons of boron and sand 😟

  • The Wololo Wombat on 21/11/2022 - 22:08
    +4

    I hardly watch TV. This I recommend.

  • Onijho on 21/11/2022 - 22:08
    +8

    3.6/5 show

    • fiveferrari on 22/11/2022 - 08:49
      +1

      I personally thought it was 5/7

  • yonda on 21/11/2022 - 22:10
    +9

    this mini series scared me more than any other horror film ive ever watched

    • Fredorishi on 21/11/2022 - 22:32
      +2

      It's a tough watch for sure. Depressing af.

  • renaldof on 21/11/2022 - 22:13
    +14

    This show was extremely well done. The way they portrayed the response of the regime to the catastrophe was amazing.

    • tightm8 on 22/11/2022 - 08:59

      Still amazes me that the guy who made this show specializes in comedy (he did the Hangover and Scary movie.)

      He is now making The Last of Us, which looks epic.

  • bargainatoraah on 21/11/2022 - 22:14
    +2

    It’s on binge

    • Randolph Duke on 21/11/2022 - 22:40
      +5

      Disc will be watchable quality.

      • bargainatoraah on 21/11/2022 - 23:03

        Both 1080p

        • Randolph Duke on 21/11/2022 - 23:24
          +7

          And the bitrate is low, comfortably worst quality of the mainstream AU streamers. Resolution isn’t everything.

          • NoshTwin on 22/11/2022 - 08:48

            @Randolph Duke: So true. Binge's video quality is terrible, I'd never pay for it in it's current state. I don't pirate anything really these days, but no way was I watching House of the Dragon on binge when I can download a version someone ripped off of HBO Max.

  • dinglejerry on 21/11/2022 - 22:20

    Great show. Struggled to get through the one where they were culling dogs though.

  • Gordon84 on 21/11/2022 - 22:20
    +2

    I couldnt get over how most actors had english accents even though the characters were russian

    • AustriaBargain on 21/11/2022 - 22:34
      +5

      What did you think of Hunt For Red October?

    • ihfree on 21/11/2022 - 22:47
      +4

      I found it confusing that they were even speaking english

      • UFO on 22/11/2022 - 09:04
        +1

        They weren't in the beginning… it clearly shows everyone speaking Russian, and then 'blends over' to English. I thought it was done very well.

  • 9674784 on 21/11/2022 - 22:21

    Great show.

  • PukeyLuke on 21/11/2022 - 22:23
    -1

    A blast from the past!

  • Ori0n on 21/11/2022 - 22:26

    Amazing series - have watched it multiple times. Highly recommend.

  • mooreshady on 21/11/2022 - 22:29
    -5

    Worst event ever to had happened in mankind. A nail in the coffin for the USSR.

    • T-Quizzle on 21/11/2022 - 23:18
      +10

      pretty terrible, but the worst?

      Probably a few things above this just in the 20th century: e.g. 6 Million Jews being murdered

      • Caped Baldy on 22/11/2022 - 08:14
        +3

        and Keeping up with the Kardashians

    • DustyAfternoon on 21/11/2022 - 23:57
      +5

      The Bhopal disaster gives it a pretty strong run for its money.

      • T-Quizzle on 22/11/2022 - 00:06
        +2

        How about the invention and global spread of Tetraethyllead… just even consider the number of stupid posts across all social media that we all have to deal with now as a result!

    • UFO on 22/11/2022 - 09:06

      Worst event ever? Come on man.

      Are you one of those people that say literally as a preface to any particular struggle you may be having?

      "Like, I'm literally dying here!"

      Pump the brakes on the drama man :).

  • 8millpond on 21/11/2022 - 22:31

    Was it available on Netflix or prime before?

    • AustriaBargain on 21/11/2022 - 22:36
      -2

      Maybe to buy on Prime, but it's a HBO show. You'll more likely find it on Stan.

  • zan5hin on 21/11/2022 - 23:09
    +2

    Looking forward to the sequel, "Chernobyl 2: Zaporizhzhia Boogaloo"

  • [Deactivated] on 21/11/2022 - 23:17

    I lived in a neighbouring country. Years after, you couldn't find any salt without iodine. Even now, almost everyone in the country still uses Iodised salt because of it. The memories remain.

  • doogiechap on 22/11/2022 - 00:18
    +2

    The Podcast is well worth listening too as well.
    Snip:
    The official podcast of the miniseries Chernobyl, from HBO and Sky. Join host Peter Sagal (NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!”) and series creator, writer and executive producer Craig Mazin after each episode as they discuss the true stories that shaped the scenes, themes and characters.

    • daitro on 22/11/2022 - 03:53

      Beyond watching a fictionalised series, I'm not sure what knowledge can be gleaned from a podcast from the people claiming meltdown to the water table would have ignited a nuclear explosion.

      • doogiechap on 22/11/2022 - 15:27
        +2

        There was a great dialogue giving insight as to why the plot deviated from the truth as well as solid reasoning for keeping British accents. Genuinely compelling!

        • Randolph Duke on 26/11/2022 - 11:42

          Yep, great companion to the show.

  • 9hundred on 22/11/2022 - 01:11

    This was a great movie!

  • JelIyfish on 22/11/2022 - 01:34
    +2

    Great series, very well made. One of the best series I’ve seen.
    Tough watch however, no point in owning for me as once was enough.

  • tightm8 on 22/11/2022 - 08:59
    +1

    Great series, the same producer is now making the Last of Us, one to look out for.

  • BuddhaBoy on 23/11/2022 - 17:27

    One of the best shows.

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