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- sine0
i caught a rerun of the first episode late last sunday night. really good. and i enjoy tyson. been listening to interviews with him on youtube as well. he called sagan a "great science communicator", or something like that. true. as is tyson. will catch up with what i missed over the weekend.
- oh, and what moldy said ^, but the way they present it, you can't argue with it...sine
- sine0
science, bitches!
- monospaced0
@letterhead
The only thing in the trailer that is REMOTELY science fiction looking is the space-ship, and if this is anything like the '80s version, even that is based on rock-hard science. The rest of it is just visual explaining how the universe works, so nothing to do with movies, but more to do with documentaries (which this is, basically).
The space ship would be a reference to our humanity in the future, so yes, a little "fiction" for our imaginations. As we learn more about the cosmos, we naturally wonder how we would get there, and how our technology might help us. Anyway, that's my take on it. Here's a screenshot from the show 30 years ago where Carl Sagan is narrating on a fictional space ship:
- our spaceship of the imagination™scarabin
- hey, if anyone's going to imagine a realistic spaceship, it's going to be scientistsmonospaced
- all our best tech comes from sci fi. i can list a handful just from star trek alonescarabin
- werdmonospaced
- hey anyone remember that post here where somebody was going on about a disturbing dream featuring this exact image?uuuuuu
- ...image?uuuuuu
- http://www.qbn.com/t…
haha found ituuuuuu - almost exactuuuuuu
- y'know, scarabin, I didn't even realize that Sagan actually called it the Spaceship of the Imagination!monospaced
- I just made that up in my comment, so it's nice to know i'm not alone.monospaced
- moldero0
Watched it last night, decent. they had some really good effects in there, some were unnecessary (not really telling the story) like that fucking space ship, but then i thought maybe that was to appeal more for kids and Christians, especially the cartoon animated section, but information wise it was right up there with 'the Universe' and 'Through the wormhole'. I liked it, though I own all the Universe and wormhole seasons, I just dig all that shit.
- The spaceship was probably an homage to the original. I too love this shit.monospaced
- OP310
I thought they did a pretty good job. Can't wait for more.
Full episode here http://www.fox.com/watch/1837333…
- moldero0
- Why exactly did God create the moon?omahadesigns
- Well... and here I thought Moses just read the Ten Commandments. But he also wrote Genesis.ETM
- Phil Collins is God?!
I KNEW IT.detritus - Judy M is a confused JW, they don't teach jesus creating shitmoldero
- prophetone0
bible thumpers with nothing better to do. why do u troll so badly? where do you go at night? i don't go to church for sunday service and then troll about on twitter the next day. why do they even watch cosmos if not only to be snooty assholes about it.
anyhoo. just watched the latest ep a second time. so bloody well done.
- letterhead0
looks cool. I have never watched the original but definitely look forward to getting into the series
- scarabin0
if anyone could replace sagan on this it's tyson. don't fuck it up, fox!
- uuuuuu0
fuck you carl sagan
- letterhead0
Seth MacFarlane is the producer, thats funny
- monospaced0
2nd episode wasn't even a little subtle about talking directly to creationists. It dedicated an entire section on the evolution of the complex human eye—often used by creationists as an argument that god exists—and along the way pointed out that evolution happens not to an individual animal, but to the group over time. And in no uncertain terms countered several of the major creationists arguments, one by one. It was like, let's just get this bullshit out of the way so we can continue. I love it.
- But what about consciousness? You can't explain dat.ORAZAL
- I can, and I have, and the scientific evidence backing it up would fill a room.monospaced
- i thought using the phrase "Greatest Story (science) Ever Told" was pretty deliberate toolocustsloth
- I felt that was a way of saying that REALITY was more awe-inspiring than man-made myths.monospaced
- lol orazalscarabin
- monospaced0
The original series influenced me greatly, so I'm glad to see this revival (among the other cosmos style shows I see all the time). I'm really surprised this is on the FOX network, though.
- Seth MacFarlane was an Exec Producer for what it's worth.stoplying
- hellrod0
Pretty nifty what they did with that CS at the end turning into COSMOS. Approved.
- doesnotexist0
yes, please
- OP310
I think its great that it will air on a major network and not a random science cable channel. Bring it to the masses!!!