Jenny/Bob- We in Alaska were feted to three one-hour excerpts at the Museum of Natural History back in May, emceed by Ken himself. With so much of Alaska in NPS ownership Alaska figured prominently in the series. But yeah, this is a 'big picture' series that is not likely to please all. With my recent employment with NPS aside, the National Park System is one of the things that America got right from the start, imho. -Don
Sent from Don's iPhone 3GS... On Sep 28, 2009, at 1:59 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Jenny, > > Pretty superficial, I would agree. I did learn some tidbits about > John Muir that I didn't know. Basically, the series is shaping up to > be about the people who had the vision to push for saving these > great iconic places. I shudder to think what the series will > highlight when they get to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. > I'm not anticipating much. If the series was going to highlight the > true wonders of the Smokies, Burns would have needed to get in touch > with ENTS President Will Blozan. Unless Will is going to spring a > surprise on us, it didn't happen. > > Are you coming to Cook Forest this weekend for the rendezvous? > > Bob > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JennyNYC" <[email protected]> > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 1:36:12 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada > Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] Ken Burnt-Outs' National Parks > > > ENTS, > > Did anyone watch episode 1? Time to let someone else make > documentaries about American life. Loved Baseball, Civil War, The > Donner Party, and New York...but this? The writing was poor for the > most part and the information imparted was superficial. The > cinematography was expensively bland and can he please find a new > Native American music soundtrack? He's used the same chants in so many > shows already. And I knew he was going to use "bad guy vs. good guy" > to interpret history instead of doing in-depth research. > > However, Peter Coyote was great as narrator. > > I actually found myself thinking that I didn't really need to visit > Yosemite or Yellowstone after all... (I will, of course, but I just > got so sick of the nonstop Ken Burns Effect camera panning of the > geysers and waterfalls and dome rocks etc....) > > I needed a good bout of righteous indignation. > > Jenny > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
