Which major event now deserves the 'Chernobyl' treatment?
Discussion
SWoll said:
Tiananmen Square.
Might put a few of the current arguments about free speech and democracy into perspective.
this was on a few weeks agoMight put a few of the current arguments about free speech and democracy into perspective.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimerica_(miniserie...
irocfan said:
a longer look into Agent Orange?
Might have been done a lot? There's a hell of a lot of good stuff on Vietnam war. It's a fascinating period in time.I guess a longer look at the after effects could be something. But having been to Vietnam, seen the stuff in the museum and met some who've suffered at the hands of agent orange. I can't think itd be something many will stomach for long. It's not particularly nice viewing
On that note they are releasing a 4K final final director's cut of apocalypse now and it's going to be shown in cinemas as well apparently.
Very powerful documentary on Piper Alpha - Fire in the Night
You have plenty of "political" time line to play with before Argentina invaded. Their motivations to invade, Maggies determination to respond.
Then the invasion and war itself.
Follow up with the effects of failure/winning and personal loss in both countries.
That could be really good/informative. A couple of BBC films on the war: The Falklands Play, An Ungentlemanly Act and Tumbledown.
Munter said:
Don Veloci said:
Falklands could be good given the Band of Brothers level of production. Maybe produced even handed from both points of view could be more interesting.
I definitely think that's one to do.You have plenty of "political" time line to play with before Argentina invaded. Their motivations to invade, Maggies determination to respond.
Then the invasion and war itself.
Follow up with the effects of failure/winning and personal loss in both countries.
That could be really good/informative.
Dr Jekyll said:
I've met apparently educated people who still believe that Lenin and his Bolsheviks were the ones that overthrew the Tsar.
The abdication and subsequent imprisonment wasn’t the Bolsheviks but the murders in 1918 were at a time after the October Revolution so I think this could be confusing matters.For Lenin and the Bolsheviks having the Tsar still around was probably an issue they’d have been glad not to inherit.
Interested to hear your thoughts on this.
irocfan said:
would be brilliant - apart from (like The Black Hole and other EITC related possible stories) too far back in antiquity to know, even roughly, what happened
Yeah sadly, it would basically be a story, there's even arguments on who did it, though most settle on Julius Caesar. I've been watching a lot of 'out there' videos on youtube at the moment, and this stuff is at the forefront of my mind. Holes in the sphinx and underneath it etc. The Vatican library having 53 miles of shelf space etc.Black Hole and EITC? I looked but it was about tax.
The Hypno-Toad said:
1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire?
3000 people died and 90% of the city destroyed, fire department that couldn’t cope and was badly trained and insurance fraud on a massive scale.
They way 2020 is going, this might happen and there'd be no Hollywood to make it3000 people died and 90% of the city destroyed, fire department that couldn’t cope and was badly trained and insurance fraud on a massive scale.
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