On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 4:07 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I get the feeling they're trying to start slow, tech-speak-wise. I don't > intend any political or intelligence insults by this, but there's a reason > they put it on Fox as opposed to going back to the PBS route they used > originally. PBS has evolved into a liberal medium with a more > highly-educated audience than they had back in the days of Carl Sagan. > They're trying to spread the word to the modern-day "non-believers" > (science/evolution non-believers, that is :) ). If you go back and watch > the original Cosmos now, you come away thinking it's kind of rudimentary > and hokey, both in the technology used on the show and the science they're > explaining. There's a definite GEICO "yeah...everybody knows that" > feeling to Cosmos 1.0 now. We've gotten a lot more science-y as an > audience in the interim, if only through osmosis...I imagine the original > show had some small part in that. > > g it at. I also think they are a little too obsessed with their visual > effects, which these days have a lot less of a gee whiz impact. Still > thought it was pretty cool though. > Now they're taking the message out to the less-educated masses of > broadcast network TV and they chose to base it in the entertainment > division of the network whose news division is famous for being the most > conservative of the Big 4. They're trying to get the message out, not only > to an audience that's less techy, but an audience with a higher > percentage of creationists to boot. I think their Baby Steps approach is > by design, and probably not a bad idea. >
I found the first episode disappointing. I will take Doug's comments into account and realize that I am not the target audience, but I remember thinking after the first segment that the approach did not seem compelling. During the show I was not filled with a sense of wonder and a feeling that I could not wait for what will come next. I like the NOVA approach and it seems like Cosmos plods in comparison. And I think there is another difference between Cosmos 1.0 and Cosmos 2.0 beside which network(s) are airing the show. Cosmos 1.0 was made before the era of home recording of TV and was only meant for its own time. Cosmos 2.0 is produced in the era of the infinite archive and they might want to take care so that it will still look relevant in 30 years. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
