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Originally Posted by Sdiver
I was thoroughly disappointed in it.
As a fan of the original show, I was excited and looking forward to this "reboot", but went away disappointed and saddened.
I too, like Dr. Tyson, idolized Dr. Sagan. I, like Tyson, met Dr. Sagan several times and left in awe of a man whose vision is what I too shared. I was a little jealous of the fact that Tyson was actually invited to spend the night at Sagan's if he (Tyson) missed his bus. I had to take a train and brave gong downtown Chicago to meet one of my idols.
Growing up, I loved astronomy and space science in general. All I ever wanted to be was an astronomer/astrophysicist, but due to early family issues, I had to abandon that dream, so Dr. Tyson was/is the astrophysicist I dreamt of becoming. That is why I was so let down with this "reboot."
As has been stated above, the show focuses too much on animation and CGI/special effects. There is really no sense of wonder. Focusing as much they did on Bruno, who sounded a little bit too much like Antionio Bandaras (I thought at times I was watching a Nasonex commercial [more on that in a bit]), I really didn't think the show's producers where trying to explore science and the scientific principle.
One of the highly disappointing things I found was for an hour long show, there where exactly 16 minutes and 54 seconds of commercials. The original series was produced by PBS and ran on those educational stations. This show is on FOX. WTF !!!! (Yes I know it is also on NetGeo, but the bulk of the FOX stations ran the program.)
It was more commercialized than it was science wise.
Needless to say, I don't think I'll be watching the program any longer.
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Didn't know you were such a Sagan fan.
He was married to Lynn Margulis who influenced me as an udergrad with her Symbiotic Theory of Evolution. She and Carl jointly came up with the Gaia theory that looks at Earth as a complex living organism- a concept I like as well. Can you just imagine some of the dinner conversations those two had? Oh, to be a fly on the wall.
My critique of the show mirrors much of what has been said here: too much emphasis on graphics, 5th grade science, and commercials were distracting. On the positive side this was just the introduction and I have faith in Neil Tyson. Following in Sagan's footsteps is a tough act to follow! I will watch again with the hope that there is something new and there is more substance than fluff.
