Currently watching..... on the TV

Post by **Lieutenant Dan** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 6:20 pm

Agreed, that sucked me in!

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 11:16 pm

Κracus wrote:That turned out better than I expected and I didn't expect much. Right from the start the lead actress put me off as unbelievable but she sorta grows into her role better as the seasons progress I guess.

Yes, Timeless mentioned a few posts up is getting better so I will stick with it a while longer.

Re: Currently watching.....Chimerica

This one is one to watch if you get the chance. Very interesting to the 4th and final episode

A photojournalist travels to China with the hopes of finding out who the mysterious man was who was photographed standing defiantly in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square twenty years ago

IMBD

Current Guardian.com news item FYI

Google Images result for ‘Tank Man’

Post by **menkent** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 12:52 pm

Don Carlos wrote:Chernobyl

What an amazing TV series so far - would highly recommend it

Aka, watching people die of horrific burns: the series

I just went back and watched the first two seasons of Westworld. Felt like the second season was basically the second season of Prison Break... everyone gets a back story and none of the back stories really matter, except you're never sure what the arc really is so maybe they all matter.

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:56 pm

What only 5 episodes of Chernobyl? Anyway, with the mention of the Chernobyl mini-series I watched The China Syndrome (1979) yesterday as a prelude.

I will say, if you haven't seen The China Syndrome you should

Made in '79 it still gives me goosebumps in some scenes.

IMDB

Post by **SoM** » Thu Jun 06, 2019 4:26 am

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Post by **Don Carlos** » Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:53 am

Whiskey 7 wrote:What only 5 episodes of Chernobyl? Anyway, with the mention of the Chernobyl mini-series I watched The China Syndrome (1979) yesterday as a prelude.

I will say, if you haven't seen The China Syndrome you should Made in '79 it still gives me goosebumps in some scenes.

IMDB

Never heard of that one before...thanks Whiskey, I will give it a blast.

Post by **Κracus** » Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:15 am

Lucifer on netflix is definitely a guilty pleasure... It's sooo good. Can't believe all of the actors on that show are 40+

Post by **Captain** » Thu Jun 06, 2019 2:47 pm

We're gonna give Chernobyl a try, heard good things about it. My girlfriend was born in Kiev only a month before the explosion and has bad memories of dealing with the fallout throughout her childhood. Her dad was also involved with the cleanup after the first wave of workers and volunteers dropped dead. Fucking scary shit.

Post by **SoM** » Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:32 pm

i still remember lining up to drink iodine

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:56 pm

SoM wrote:i still remember lining up to drink iodine

You were where at the time and only 7 years old?

Re: Currently watching..... Chernobyl .. I just watched the first two episodes and I must say they did a great job creating the atmosphere. The detail and I guess the location makes for just a really good production.

Post by **Eraser** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 6:13 am

One thing I fear is that (without having seen it yet) a series like Chernobyl will only breed more anti nuclear fission sentiments.

Nuclear fission is by far the cleanest and safest way of generating power, but all people can think of when they hear "nuclear" are bombs and Chernobyl.

Post by **Captain** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:14 pm

I didn't get that vibe from the show at all, but storing nuclear waste from reactors is a major problem worldwide. I'd put that above meltdowns on the danger scale. Even Chernobyl was a perfect storm of ineptitude and oversight where absolutely everything had to be done horribly wrong, intentionally in some cases.

Post by **Eraser** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:22 pm

Captain Mazda wrote:storing nuclear waste from reactors is a major problem worldwide

Not as big as people from Greenpeace want you to believe.
The physical amount of nuclear waste that needs long term storage (100+ years) is relatively small. Besides, we can think about solutions for that and ways to handle that. We can manage that. What we can't manage is where CO2 particles go once they leave the chimneys of a coal plant.

Post by **Captain** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:31 pm

Or we could stop the oil and coal subsidies and stop corporations from dictating energy policies so we can properly invest in green infrastructure and renewable energy.

Too hard, let's keep stuffing radioactive waste underground.

Post by **Κracus** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 4:27 pm

There's a surprising amount of ecological pollution from things considered green energy, more so than nuclear. Solar panels for example, not so green when you compare it to a nuclear power plant.

Post by **Captain** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:51 pm

Hence, "properly invest in green infrastructure and renewable energy." For all the resistance to renewable energy some people have, we'd still be using steam engines if the same line of stagnant thinking dominated the dawn of the industrial age. At some point humanity just decided mediocrity is good enough.

We've fully tapped the potential of crude and nuclear and by the time we're estimated to have a functional fusion reactor (if it can even be done), humanity will have descended into chaos due to ecological turmoil. Otherwise we might as well get to work building spike-covered dune buggies and flamethrower guitars.

Post by **Eraser** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:23 pm

Solar and wind is a good start, but it doesn't generate nearly enough power to meet demands. Those two options in particular are also dependant on specific weather/daytime circumstances.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 7:06 am

Eraser wrote:Solar and wind is a good start, but it doesn't generate nearly enough power to meet demands. Those two options in particular are also dependant on specific weather/daytime circumstances.

https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/solarroof

If everyone had these, we'd be laughing

Post by **Don Carlos** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 7:12 am

Also: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48711649

Post by **Don Carlos** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 7:13 am

Also back on topic, I am going to be starting Gomorrah soon - heard great things about it

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:51 pm

Don Carlos wrote:Also back on topic, I am going to be starting Gomorrah soon - heard great things about it

Yes it does from what I see on the Gomorrah trailer. I'll add to my 'to watch' list now

Post by **SoM** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:46 am

:olo: and that voice, reminds me of that guy

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sick fucks :olo:

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:59 am

The voice is familiar... Googles... Yes I saw the episode and a slightly earlier Martina

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Post by **Eraser** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 5:01 am

Stranger Things s03 of course!

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 7:55 am

Eraser wrote:Stranger Things s03 of course!

I started this last night