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hilarious!

posted 16 years ago by neo2005
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For a second, they had me fooled...

I really thought that this movie was made by idiots who do not know the least about nuclear power (accident development, probability and consequences - basically they confused a Tschernobyl type accident - which is impossible in western reactors - with a meltdown accident - which can happen in most western reactors, albeit the probability being infinitesimal), medicine (consequences of radiation exposure - it is for example not infective as that scene in the hospital suggests) and last of all logic.

But now I get it: The movie is SATIRE! And a brillant one at that. Chapeau! The only problem is that probably most people won't get it and take it seriously...

[–] silesius-1 16 years ago

You mustn't forget that the book, after which the movie was made, reflects the Post-Chernobyl-hysteria of its time.

[–] henkebe 12 years ago

Well, it's German. Germany has since long succumbed to fear-mongering by the Green party and thrown all rationality out the window when it comes to nuclear power. It's immensely charged subject in Germany, for no clear reason. It's highly ungerman, but that's the way it is.

Especially strange considering they were hardly at all affected by the fallout from the single serious nuclear accident in European history (which as you have said cannot happen again (just to clarify to all Germans reading this: a reaction such as that which occured in Chernobyl is physically impossible in any current reactor)).

[–] hepe-1 10 years ago

you are right, my country is very biased and frightened about nuclear power.

you would have to lol, if it was not that sad, tht the green party prefers russian gas to clean energy!