khroshan t1_j7xetkw wrote on February 10, 2023 at 2:04 AM

Reply to comment by _laoc00n_ in Is Chernobyl the scariest TV show ever made? by [deleted]

Loved the show and the book! I think the biggest difference is that in the show it seems that whatever they're doing - whether it's all the digging or the dumping, seems like it's part of the process of fighting the disaster. But when you read the book, it turns out almost all they did was essentially misguided or not really necessary in the end.

_laoc00n_ t1_j7xfpf8 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 2:11 AM

It’s kind of crazy to think about, but it’s so apparent in the book how they really had no idea what they should do. So many people were in denial that what did happen was even possible, and it was beyond the realm of any expectation they had. So it was a complete clusterfuck.

khroshan t1_j7xr0kd wrote on February 10, 2023 at 3:41 AM

In an alternate reality, David Simon has made a Chernobyl with a focus on the failing institutions of the communist state, rather than Mazin's nuclear horror version.