I did enjoy the 2nd episode better than the second.
On Sep 28, 10:04 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 - > >> > > > - 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
