Is it just me? « The HabitableZone

Is it just me? March 9, 2014 7:29 pm ER

Or does the new “Cosmos” seem dumbed-down to you, too? I like Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and the graphics and production seem first-rate, but the text seems to lack the poetry and wit of the Sagan version. Is the target audience less sophisticated, or am I just more so now than I was 35 years ago?

And if that is true, what’s the difference? Is it that Carl Sagan was a better teacher, or that today’s version’s producers are not as confident of their audience as Sagan was of his?

Equal Time . . . ? by DanS 2014-03-25 10:59:39
- Newton was a great scientist...perhaps the greatest who has ever lived. by ER 2014-03-25 11:36:53
Can't get behind the agenda. by RobVG 2014-03-10 20:40:25
- Its about time people stopped apologizing for being an atheist. by ER 2014-03-10 21:29:53
  - I have nothing against atheists. by RobVG 2014-03-10 21:49:43
    - Yes it was propaganda pure and simple by FrankC 2014-03-12 00:00:07
    - There's one group much worse than the bible-thumpers. by ER 2014-03-11 04:22:39
Sounds like the title of a love-lorn pop song. by bowser 2014-03-10 19:51:46
Is it gearing more to a younger audience? by Jody 2014-03-10 17:59:10
- Or maybe ER is getting older and more sophisticated. by bowser 2014-03-10 19:52:52
  - No, I'm just getting older. by ER 2014-03-10 21:37:56
    - And gumpier by RobVG 2014-03-10 22:08:50
      - I have a soothing way with those grumpy old men. by bowser 2014-03-11 10:33:05
      - Still gumpy after all these years. by ER 2014-03-11 04:13:33
I recorded it... by SteveS 2014-03-10 16:46:15
- Basically the program was flat and boring by SteveS 2014-03-11 09:58:47
  - Bruno's cosmology was a lucky guess, even if it was correct. by ER 2014-03-11 13:08:32
Sagan . . . by DanS 2014-03-10 16:14:24
You have outstanding observational skills by Jody 2014-03-10 13:49:15
It starts in 15 min for us. Gonna skip your post until it's over, n/t by RobVG 2014-03-09 20:44:42

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