Perhaps, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed on Sunday or perhaps I needed chill out and embrace Ken Burns slow burn pace. I might have to rewatch the first...but I thought the second was more thought provoking and highlighting the heavy weights of that time, Muir and Roosevelt did not hurt either.
On Sep 29, 8:41 am, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > Sent from my iPhone > > 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 - > > >> - 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
