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One the best running gags of Keeping Up Appearances was the old Cortina backfiring. Apparently, the backfire sound wasn't just a sound effect added postproduction, they would rig the tailpipe with a gunpowder charge and set it off to create the smoke, sparks and explosive sound.
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Some UK Cortina's got the Essex V6 from the Capri, but certainly not with the OHV Falcon inline 6. The model prior to this was when they started putting the Falcon engine in the Cortina, basically to compete with Torana. It was apparently a death trap due to the catastrophic understeer.
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Watching the Olympics right now!
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2026 marks 40-years since Unit 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded. I'm deeply terrified of this sort of thing, and yet I can't get enough of it. If your knowledge of the world's worst nuclear accident was formed around the excellent HBO mini-series, you've probably been misled on some very key moments of the before, during and after the core exploded.
There was a lot of poetic licence in this series, mainly to create compelling viewing. For example, the "hero" statis of Lagasov, who in the series was portrayed as an aloof science geek. But in reality, he played the Soviet game as well as anyone until he ultimately told the truth and took his own life at the age of 51 in 1988. Medical experts discredit some of the gorier scenes showing effects of radiation sickness and irradiated corpses. The timeline was also messed with, the famous helicopter crash for example, which again, was to create a watchable series. The jumping control rod caps, which wasn't possible but looked great on screen. Many experts have slammed the series for these and other misrepresentations, but...............................
If you haven't watched this series yet, DO IT. Let me be clear, the HBO series absolutely brilliant. Its greatest achievement is showing the human cost of the disaster, how it ruined or changed the course of hundreds of thousands of lives. From the men in the control room that night, the fire fighters, the residents of Pripyat and surrounding villages, the military, key officials, the "liquidators" who were forced to clean up the mess caused by misinformation and ego. The soundtrack is chilling as well, creating tension and keeping you glued to the screen. The series was mostly filmed in Lithuania and the Ukraine, while the power plant scenes were shot at the Chernobyl sister plant, the decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant that's about 650km from Chernobyl.
These are a couple of my favourite scenes from the series -
If you want to learn more about Chernobyl, the below channel is probably the most comprehensively researched content on the subject out there -
There was a lot of poetic licence in this series, mainly to create compelling viewing. For example, the "hero" statis of Lagasov, who in the series was portrayed as an aloof science geek. But in reality, he played the Soviet game as well as anyone until he ultimately told the truth and took his own life at the age of 51 in 1988. Medical experts discredit some of the gorier scenes showing effects of radiation sickness and irradiated corpses. The timeline was also messed with, the famous helicopter crash for example, which again, was to create a watchable series. The jumping control rod caps, which wasn't possible but looked great on screen. Many experts have slammed the series for these and other misrepresentations, but...............................
If you haven't watched this series yet, DO IT. Let me be clear, the HBO series absolutely brilliant. Its greatest achievement is showing the human cost of the disaster, how it ruined or changed the course of hundreds of thousands of lives. From the men in the control room that night, the fire fighters, the residents of Pripyat and surrounding villages, the military, key officials, the "liquidators" who were forced to clean up the mess caused by misinformation and ego. The soundtrack is chilling as well, creating tension and keeping you glued to the screen. The series was mostly filmed in Lithuania and the Ukraine, while the power plant scenes were shot at the Chernobyl sister plant, the decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant that's about 650km from Chernobyl.
These are a couple of my favourite scenes from the series -
If you want to learn more about Chernobyl, the below channel is probably the most comprehensively researched content on the subject out there -
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It's a good watch, I saw it a couple years ago what's your opinion Kylie Minogue Netflix documentary2026 marks 40-years since Unit 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded. I'm deeply terrified of this sort of thing, and yet I can't get enough of it. If your knowledge of the world's worst nuclear accident was formed around the excellent HBO mini-series, you've probably been misled on some very key moments of the before, during and after the core exploded.
There was a lot of poetic licence in this series, mainly to create compelling viewing. For example, the "hero" statis of Lagasov, who in the series was portrayed as an aloof science geek. But in reality, he played the Soviet game as well as anyone until he ultimately told the truth and took his own life at the age of 51 in 1988. Medical experts discredit some of the gorier scenes showing effects of radiation sickness and irradiated corpses. The timeline was also messed with, the famous helicopter crash for example, which again, was to create a watchable series. The jumping control rod caps, which wasn't possible but looked great on screen. Many experts have slammed the series for these and other misrepresentations, but...............................
If you haven't watched this series yet, DO IT. Let me be clear, the HBO series absolutely brilliant. Its greatest achievement is showing the human cost of the disaster, how it ruined or changed the course of hundreds of thousands of lives. From the men in the control room that night, the fire fighters, the residents of Pripyat and surrounding villages, the military, key officials, the "liquidators" who were forced to clean up the mess caused by misinformation and ego. The soundtrack is chilling as well, creating tension and keeping you glued to the screen. The series was mostly filmed in Lithuania and the Ukraine, while the power plant scenes were shot at the Chernobyl sister plant, the decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant that's about 650km from Chernobyl.
These are a couple of my favourite scenes from the series -
If you want to learn more about Chernobyl, the below channel is probably the most comprehensively researched content on the subject out there -
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I can't wait, naturally!
The preview actually shocked me, it's the first time I've heard Kylie drop the F-bomb, ever!
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I read the book Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham before I watched the series, very detailed, it was a long read. I've seen reports recently that there are wild dogs with blue tinged coats in the areas surrounding Chernobyl. So they didn't get all the dogs, that was a tough episode to watch.
There's a YT Channel I watch called Plainly Difficult where they go into all sorts of accidents and disasters, the episodes are only 10 - 15 minutes long so there easy to get through.
There's a YT Channel I watch called Plainly Difficult where they go into all sorts of accidents and disasters, the episodes are only 10 - 15 minutes long so there easy to get through.
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I've been meaning to get a copy, as well as a couple others.
The reports of mutant animals are generally dismissed as myth or heavily doctored images and videos. That's not to say the animal population wasn't affected, rather you have to be selective on what you believe as reputable information and what is just more AI generated content. I've found a lot of influencer-type content creators and AI generated videos are virtually reciting the mini-series script word for word, further cementing an altered reality of what went down. That's why I linked That Chernobyl Guy channel as he is ULTRA researched on the topic rather than just someone who went on a guided tour and thought it would be a good video for view counts.
That episode is probably the most powerful of the series as it shows the toll inflicted on the innocent men who were dragged into the situation, a situation they didn't create. The character Pavel played by Barry Keoghan was probably the hardest to watch. Seeing innocent animals being killed is always hard to watch, but seeing an innocent young man with his whole life in front of him being tainted is almost as bad.
Interestingly, Keoghan was 27-years old when Chernobyl was filmed, he looked all of 15.
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I lOVED this series!
I just made me pause, or sort of coast in slow motion or something for a bit taking in the entirety of it.
And all mostly because of egos that all of it happened.
I just made me pause, or sort of coast in slow motion or something for a bit taking in the entirety of it.
And all mostly because of egos that all of it happened.
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I was looking up the Chernobyl book I mentioned earlier on Amazon and found that is often sold as a set with the Challenger book by the same author. There was a few egos involved in that tragedy too.
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Just finished the last season of The Boys.
I'm gonna miss all that chaos.
We always made sure not to watch an episode while eating
You never knew what was gonna be on.
I'm gonna miss all that chaos.
We always made sure not to watch an episode while eating
You never knew what was gonna be on.