I'm only on episode three and enjoying most of this, but have a few bugbears. The slow pace gives me and my husband time to talk about what might come next, what they did wrong and ponder on the dilemmas... BUT why would anyone build a nuclear station so close to the sea in a country that regularly experiences earth quakes and tsunamis????
And where are the women? Are there no women engineers in Japan? There are a couple of females on the background but none of them speak or have any kind of relevant role. The only women that talk are relatives of operators. This happened in 2011!!!
While I enjoy the slow pace, the recurring lingering shots of the main characters desperately staring into thin air while holding a phone receiver happen too often and for no reason. Same for the slow motion shots of people just moving around. If a time for reflection was needed perhaps some shots of the nuclear plant or ANYTHING else would have sufficed.
It's interesting to see the reverence and extreme politeness in Japanese culture, yet the PM (Naoto Kan?) gets to shout at everyone one minute and then act all forlorn and pensive the next, which is a source of bemusement and confusion.
The music score is very good, but as others said, it sounds very familiar, straight out of Chernobyl (which is excellent, this isn't quite on the same level).
And where are the women? Are there no women engineers in Japan? There are a couple of females on the background but none of them speak or have any kind of relevant role. The only women that talk are relatives of operators. This happened in 2011!!!
While I enjoy the slow pace, the recurring lingering shots of the main characters desperately staring into thin air while holding a phone receiver happen too often and for no reason. Same for the slow motion shots of people just moving around. If a time for reflection was needed perhaps some shots of the nuclear plant or ANYTHING else would have sufficed.
It's interesting to see the reverence and extreme politeness in Japanese culture, yet the PM (Naoto Kan?) gets to shout at everyone one minute and then act all forlorn and pensive the next, which is a source of bemusement and confusion.
The music score is very good, but as others said, it sounds very familiar, straight out of Chernobyl (which is excellent, this isn't quite on the same level).