humanrefutation wrote:Ayt wrote:humanrefutation wrote:I watched the first episode of Chernobyl last night. It was really good, though I'm not sure if I can get over the fact that it's all folks with English accents playing Russians. Almost would have preferred Russians with english subtitles.
The creative people behind the show don't speak Russian. I can't imagine trying to create a show in a language you don't understand. If you replace the creative team, you are talking about a completely different show.
You guys are giving me reasons, and that's fine, but I'm just telling you that I find it awkward to watch as I think it inhibits the authenticity of the viewing experience for me. That doesn't have anything to do with the rationale for doing so - which makes sense to me.
Anyway, I'm caught up and it's really visceral. I found myself getting queasy watching some of those scenes. Also, Stellan Skarsgård is amazing.
It was a bit weird to me at first but after the first 5 minutes I had completely forgotten about the accents.
Until the coal miner from Tula, Russia, with the heavy Scottish accent showed up LOL
That's all details though, the thing that really got me was how outrageous the actual reality was. There are historical facts in that story that if it was fiction people would immediately dismiss it as crazy or extreme. Like the fact that there are people alive today who were operating a nuclear reactor that exploded, and after the explosion they just stayed and **** around in that building for hours without any protection, and somehow lived to talk about it 30 years later.