Marc,
Yes, I enjoyed the 2nd the more than the 1st. The 2nd also
reinforced why I've never been a fan of Gifford Pinchot. I do
acknowledge his strengths, but preservation was a word not even in his
vocabulary. He had an extraordinary shallow side.
Bob
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On Sep 28, 2009, at 10:17 PM, Marcboston <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> 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 -
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>> - Show quoted text -
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