Don
One lesson the series is reinforcing for me is the vulnerability
of our precious places. I shudder to think what would be happening if
we had voted in an administration like the last.
Bob
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On Sep 28, 2009, at 7:29 PM, Don Bertolette <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 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
>>
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