******SANDWORM-SIZED SPOILERS!****** I’m a modest fan of the “Dune” franchise. I read Frank Herbert’s first book ages ago, and I have some knowledge of its many sequels and prequels. I’ve seen all the live-action incarnations of “Dune,” including 1984’s “Dune,” 2000’s SyFy “Dune” miniseries, its 2003 sequel “Children of Dune” (a miniseries that combined the…
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HBO’s “Chernobyl”: Denial can be fatal…
April 26, 1986. I’ve just finished the five-part HBO miniseries “Chernobyl” (2019), a powerful depiction of the events and aftermath of the worst nuclear disaster the world has ever seen (a ranking which includes the horrific Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011). Interestingly, the miniseries isn’t necessarily a statement against nuclear power. In fact,…