I find all these negative comments rather amusing, since at the time I was watching it, I was enjoying it. I didn't find it boring, and had no problem with the cinematography. Nothing negative even came to mind when I was watching it. Of course, each to his own, naturally. Thanks, Barry
--- On Mon, 9/28/09, Lee Frelich <[email protected]> wrote: From: Lee Frelich <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Ken Burnt-Outs' National Parks To: [email protected] Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 6:34 PM ENTS: I agree that the show was boring. I have heard all the quotes used a hundred times--some new material would be nice. Although Ken Burns pictures are pretty, he only (or almost only) sees in the vertical dimensions, it would be nice to have some cinematography that shows horizontal patterns on the landscape as well. Lee Marcboston wrote: > Ok, I feel better. I thought I was alone, it was pretty boring and > I was really looking forward to it all summer. Bob you right though > it the tid bits about Muir was interesting. But the long drawn out > shots of landscapes panning out for what it seemed like forever was > tedious. > > On Sep 28, 3:59 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- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
