Yeah, exactly. I think I would have gotten the exact same value out of reading about the incident or watching a documentary rather than watching the show, personally.
I can acknowledge it because it's clear that it exists, but I don't think I actually see that much value to it by itself that I actually care about, personally, beyond me dispassionately going "that's technically very impressive, bravo to the work that went into it, and I'm glad that it gave me an excuse to have an important history lesson". Beyond that, it didn't really translate into that "this is done in such a way that fills me with love and appreciation for the medium/art" feeling that other things do and that usually makes me want to declare things as great. Just pointing out that contrast as a lot of people have been reacting to it that way.
That is literally the point of stuff like this. The point is that you apparently didn't watch a documentary or read any books about it before, but you did watch a dramatic depiction of the events.
I agree, which is what I said earlier. I appreciate it as a public service for exposing these ideas to people who otherwise wouldn't care about it (and doing it more or less accurately)-- it accomplishes that raw function well, but I don't appreciate it all that much as a creative/artistic work, not as much as the reputation it's getting, anyways.
Umm... no? Lol the whole thing is filled with tension, but if you found the first episode boring I don't know why you'd find the rest interesting.
Yes. There is more action than a minute by minute recount of a nuclear disaster. The best episode is the last one, definitely not boring.
