Aftershock: Séisme sur le toit du monde

Interesting and informative documentary regarding the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. Have seen other programs on this subject, however this program surprised me more for the behavior (and coverage of the behavior) of many of the "tourists" specifically the international climbers & hikers caught in the situation. Horrible, selfish (criminal) behavior without apology. While many are rush to help in the face of devastating events this program shows how for some its a race to the bottom in their attempts to achieve and improve, if possible, their own ends (whatever the end might be) without regard for/at the expense of anyone other than themselves. Horrible, but makes for good screaming at the screen...

The emotions, environment and the magnitude of the damage was well captured in the series. I remember hearing about the earthquake causing damage in Kathmandu but I also wondered what happened to the people climbing that season.

It's great to see that the photographers were capturing the images and people with cameras had their cameras on to capture the raw emotions. Throughout the series, I was engaged with the content produced in the documentary.

It is surprising to see how an entire village was erased in moments. Absolutely disgusted to see Israelis looting a village at such a sensitive time when money was of no value at the time, and to add salt on wound, they are justifying their act. What else could be expected of them. I guess this is their natural survival instinct. I am glad one selfish thought of getting himself rescued which eventually helped everybody.

Whilst this is an interesting look at the events, I cannot help to notice how Western focused this is... Barry anything is mentioned on the 9000 who lost their lives.

Having to also listen to how the group of Israeli men justify their awful decisions made me truly sick.

I do wonder wonder what the director was thinking at times... Either tel one story or the other, so not shoe horn the tragedy of the locals with the climbers on the mountain. I really do not know what message was trying to be conveyed here, are we to show sympathy for some of the most selfish people I have seen on camera? We should be ashamed.

Like most people, I remember the footage of the earthquake from Nepal in 2015. I remember seeing buildings collapse, fall apart and one or two avalanche videos. It was horrible. When I see this series was released on Netflix I figure I would watch it. Turns out its more then just some normal documentary where a narrator talks and they show you various things you have already seen before.

Instead it's a multi-episode series in which survivors share their stories, along with new footage from what it was like at ground level. Especially up on the various bases of Everest. At times you see footage and your heart races. In other cases you just see a person talking about something and you can see yourself in that situation and afraid.

This is an excellent documentary. You will get viewpoints from tourists to guides to the average citizens. It puts everything into even more perspective about how tragic the event was. And the pace of each episode is very nice. There are no rushed stories, no loud music trying to drum up emotion, just raw footage of people talking about the events and of course raw recorded footage from that day. I will say, while I don't think I could ever afford to travel to another country, nor handle mountain climbing, this documentary made me have zero interest in ever doing it. Seeing how dangerous it is. What happened literally happened in an instant on the mountain itself. People had zero warning or time to do anything but think their lives were about to end.

The ONLY thing annoying was in the last episode when the Israelis guys made excuses that they felt attacked and they were actually "good people". After a place was wiped out, they broke open a locked box and took all the money out. Then when caught people of course got mad. Then later then found a GPS device and didn't tell anyone because they were afraid for their lives. Give me a break guys, you are terrible people.

Parts seem to drag a bit but for the most part, it moves along at a good pace.

There's a lot of skipping between locations and going back and forth in time- stick to a timeline and move forward. If there's backstory needed, then tell that first before moving ahead.

It's fascinating what people will rationalize in the name of survival, and at some point, for some people, surviving took a back seat.

I'll not give away one of the underlying plots, but will say that from the moment Yaar starts telling his version, it feels manipulative, gross and selfish. There's absolutely no reason to do what was done, and leaving items exactly where you found them would have allowed their family members to find it. I can completely understand the drive to survive and to find necessities to carry on but to do what he did should make him ashamed.