On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:56 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Understanding some of the abstract concepts in the books was difficult. I >> had to find a few popular science books like A Cartoon Guide to Genetics to >> figure some of it out. I thought the makers of Cosmos did an excellent job >> of presenting the abstract concepts in an understandable way. >> > > I'm not 100% certain, but are you suggesting the content was prepared to > be digested by people such as Orthodox Jews living overseas who have not > (either by choice or otherwise) been exposed to the concepts and thus > require a grossly simplified version of them? > What I was saying was that it took me several years and many books to understand the mechanics of evolution. The makers of Cosmos did an excellent job of making it understandable in 45 minutes. > > All I can really compare this to would be the BBC's Planet Earth series. > During that series, produced on an equally grand scale and geared for > international audiences just as you're suggesting Cosmos is, the producers > showed life. Here is animal A and here is animal B reacting to animal A > (where A could be the male and B could be the female of the same species, > or A and B could be two different species), and here is how that impacts > where they live, and here is why their life and habitat matter to > us. Planet Earth addressed evolution several times throughout the course of > the series. And yet, it was interesting, compelling, and informative. > People of all ages and backgrounds could watch it and take something away > from the experience of having watched it (I know because I used Planet > Earth as a teaching tool in a Muslim country and in a Lutheran school in > San Diego and it worked on many levels). > After episode 1 I saw a comment on Facebook from somebody who compared the episode to the first episode of the old series. It's clear that they kept the same structure and framework and that might be keeping them from trying to be more like Planet Earth. -- -- 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.
