HBO - Chernobyl anyone?

[Bubzeh]

That episode 3 was hard to watch... In a brilliant television kinda way.

Real shame it's only 5 episodes long.

 

[Okajima]

 

[Jesus X]

watching the light from the explosion go off in the first episode was crazy it was so silent.

 

[Okajima]

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

SO pumped for this series. Best trailer I've seen in a while. I plan on waiting until all 5 episodes are done, then binge watching it.

Here's the trailer, if anyone hasn't seen it yet.

The trailer alone is Oscar worthy.

 

[Kardashians]

That was a good read, thanks for sharing.

"It’s often stated that radiation has no taste, but the men who absorbed the highest doses at Chernobyl all reported a metallic taste in their mouths immediately upon exposure, so it seems that if the dose is high enough to kill you, you will definitely taste it. While every person’s body reacts slightly differently, the following is a good general indicator of the consequences of extreme doses of radiation.

Once exposed, nausea and vomiting will begin almost immediately, and within a short space of time your tongue and eyes will swell, followed by the rest of your body. You’ll feel weakened, as if the strength has been drained from you. If you’ve received a high dose of direct exposure - as in this scenario - your skin will blanche dark red within moments, a phenomenon often called nuclear sunburn. An hour or two after exposure, you’ll gain a pounding headache, a fever and diarrhoea, after which you’ll go into shock and pass out.

After this initial bout of symptoms, there’s often a latent period during which you’ll start to feel like you’re recovering. The nausea will recede, along with some swelling, though other symptoms will remain. This latent period varies in duration from case to case, and of course it depends on the dose, but it can last a few days. It’s cruel because it gives you hope, only to then get much, much worse. The vomiting and diarrhoea will return, along with delirium. An unstoppable, excruciating pain seethes through your body, from the skin down to your bones, and you’ll bleed from your nose, mouth and rectum. Your hair will fall out; your skin will tear easily, crack and blister, and then slowly turn black.

Your bones will rot, forever destroying your ability to create new blood cells. As you near the end, your immune system will completely collapse, your lungs, heart and other internal organs will begin to disintegrate, and you’ll cough them up. Your skin will eventually break down entirely, all but guaranteeing infection. One man from Chernobyl reported that when he stood up his skin slipped down off his leg like a sock. At high doses, radiation will change the very fabric of your DNA, turning you quite literally into a person other than the one you were before. And then you’ll die, in agony."

I would rather have a bullet in the head than go through that death.

Oh hell no! My god, that feel when real life is more terrifying and disturbing than anything fiction could come up with. I’d probably scream from insanity if my legs skin just slipped off. Fuck that. Fuck all that.

 

[Raksas]

Those miners are fucking badasses

 

[HARRISON_3]

New episode tonight!

 

[BB in Crazy!!!!]

I have a feeling someone being crucified would say to someone with radiation poisoning...

"Fuck.... at least you get to lay down."

The guy with Radiation poisoning would be like, "well at least your skin doesn't slip off though."

 

[Protectandserve]

Show is very good. Very engrossing. You just can't stop watching. I consider myself a bit of a history buff but I learned a lot I didn't know about the disaster from the show.

 

[Hogey]

My wife my is Ukrainian she was born in the 1990s, she told me throughout primary school they still took radiation tablets

 

[Benjamin Burton]

My wife my is Ukrainian she was born in the 1990s, she told me throughout primary school they still took radiation tablets

Nice humblebrag bro

 

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

reminds me of Hisashi Ouchi the guy who died of radiation poisoning that was brutal he was basically skinned/burned alive by the radiation and melted.

I can't even post the story because of the graphic pics worst way to die.

the worst part of radiation destroying cells' ability to duplicate is that brain and nerve cells do not divide. That means your sensory awareness remains fully intact while the rest of your body dissolves.

 

[Jesus X]

the worst part of radiation destroying cells' ability to duplicate is that brain and nerve cells do not divide. That means your sensory awareness remains fully intact while the rest of your body dissolves.

that is brutal

 

[Cole train]

the worst part of radiation destroying cells' ability to duplicate is that brain and nerve cells do not divide. That means your sensory awareness remains fully intact while the rest of your body dissolves.

 

[rj144]

the worst part of radiation destroying cells' ability to duplicate is that brain and nerve cells do not divide. That means your sensory awareness remains fully intact while the rest of your body dissolves.

They cells divide, but the DNA is damaged, which leads to mutated cells that don't function correctly.

 

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

They cells divide, but the DNA is damaged, which leads to mutated cells that don't function correctly.

yes, which essentially means the same as the cells being unable to duplicate. The result isn't viable.

 

[Okajima]

We’re still wearing the fuckin’ hats!

 

[Dizzy]

I’m two episodes in and this is legitimately one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever watched.

 

[Dizzy]

Three episodes in and this is one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever watched.