I'll always be a fan of Tyson's but I'm not getting the intent of this series beyond hoping viewers will say, "Hey, look at that." Watching episode 2 has given me less hope than the 1st installment.
I can sum up my issue with the show in three words: Lack of evidence. I suppose if your name is Cletus and your school doesn't bother with a science teacher because all you need to know about life is found in the Old Testament, then you might feel overwhelmed by the ideas found in the 2nd episode of Cosmos. And maybe Cletus is the intended audience, but for those of us who made it through junior high biology, we might exert more brainwave activity watching the professor from Gilligan's Island try to explain to Ginger how a coconut-powered battery works. Instead of hopping into the Mystery Machine or whatever Tyson calls the silvery doo-dad he flies around in, why not get into detail about who charted DNA and when and where and how it serves a practical purpose in our lives? Instead of droning on about what the producers think bacteria and worms could see, would it have been so bad to include some evidence or documentation? Yeah, I know, facts are boring and evidence is boring. But Tyson rails on every talk show (including his own) that facts and evidence are crucial to science, but for two hours his TV series has lacked them. Instead of a CG Greco-Roman museum, when discussing massive volcanos in Siberia, why isn't Tyson shown in Siberia pointing to physical evidence to support the claim of the "apocalypse"? I don't have anything positive to say about the life-under-Titan segment. I'll give it one more installment because I really want to like this series. I need something I can take away from the show, something I've learned or something explained in a new and improved way. But considering Seth Macfarlane told Bill Maher on Real Time that Cosmos is best watched while stoned, I can't say my hopes are high (no pun intended). -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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.
