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presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson...I'm digging it. :mrgreen:
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Major Kong wrote:presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson...I'm digging it. :mrgreen:
is it like a talk show? Wazz the format?


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Major Kong wrote:presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson...I'm digging it. :mrgreen:
is it like a talk show? Wazz the format?


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What did you think of it?

I watched some of it, wanted to like it, but didn't care for it. I thought the animation was silly.


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oaktonhokie wrote:What did you think of it?

I watched some of it, wanted to like it, but didn't care for it. I thought the animation was silly.
I DVR'ed it but haven't watched it yet.
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Major Kong wrote:
oaktonhokie wrote:What did you think of it?

I watched some of it, wanted to like it, but didn't care for it. I thought the animation was silly.
I DVR'ed it but haven't watched it yet.
It was a little disappointing
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I DVR'd it also, but I'm a little reluctant to watch it b/c I know the host is an AGW nutjob. The last special I watched with him on it had him preaching about CO2 emissions and man's role in the destruction of the world.
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oaktonhokie wrote:What did you think of it?

I watched some of it, wanted to like it, but didn't care for it. I thought the animation was silly.
I DVR'ed it but haven't watched it yet.
It was a little disappointing
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UpstateSCHokie wrote:I DVR'd it also, but I'm a little reluctant to watch it b/c I know the host is an AGW nutjob. The last special I watched with him on it had him preaching about CO2 emissions and man's role in the destruction of the world.
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oaktonhokie wrote:What did you think of it?

I watched some of it, wanted to like it, but didn't care for it. I thought the animation was silly.
I DVR'ed it but haven't watched it yet.
It was a little disappointing
I didn't see that, but that made clear religion is the bad guy.
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I finally watched it this morning.

I thought it started off slow...IMHO the show spent too much time on Bruno. Not that he isn't an interesting person.

I really thought the show hit it's stride in the last segments and was much betterly.

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Major Kong wrote:I finally watched it this morning.

I thought it started off slow...IMHO the show spent too much time on Bruno. Not that he isn't an interesting person.

I really thought the show hit it's stride in the last segments and was much betterly.

What I really like about NdT is his ease in front of the camera...all he needed was a corduroy jacket with patches on the elbows. :D

I'm thinking it'll follow the path of the show it's replicating...one season at that. Episode 2 was just too boring. They're trying too hard to romanticize science in my opinion. And the story telling vehicle (in an English and CGI sense) is just distracting. It may be trying to be something for kids and the ignorant. But there's so many science shows out there now that these topics have been covered better by other Discovery products. Through the Wormhole is still a better show.
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awesome guy wrote:I'm thinking it'll follow the path of the show it's replicating...one season at that. Episode 2 was just too boring. They're trying too hard to romanticize science in my opinion. And the story telling vehicle (in an English and CGI sense) is just distracting. It may be trying to be something for kids and the ignorant. But there's so many science shows out there now that these topics have been covered better by other Discovery products. Through the Wormhole is still a better show.
Yeah episode 2 didn't follow through with the momentum that it gained with the last segment of the previous show.

I did like the tree life concept for the show but I found the Hall of Extinctions distracting.
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I read that the ratings were a disaster. But it's no wonder given that the host is a far left AGW nut and they mocked Christianity in the first episode.

http://m.newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey- ... t-care-sci
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Major Kong wrote:I finally watched it this morning.

I thought it started off slow...IMHO the show spent too much time on Bruno. Not that he isn't an interesting person.

I really thought the show hit it's stride in the last segments and was much betterly.

What I really like about NdT is his ease in front of the camera...all he needed was a corduroy jacket with patches on the elbows. :D

I'm thinking it'll follow the path of the show it's replicating...one season at that. Episode 2 was just too boring. They're trying too hard to romanticize science in my opinion. And the story telling vehicle (in an English and CGI sense) is just distracting. It may be trying to be something for kids and the ignorant. But there's so many science shows out there now that these topics have been covered better by other Discovery products. Through the Wormhole is still a better show.
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Um, i'm not sure you're allowed to say that.

The guy is black, you know.


UpstateSCHokie wrote:I read that the ratings were a disaster. But it's no wonder given that the host is a far left AGW nut and they mocked Christianity in the first episode.

http://m.newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey- ... t-care-sci
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Major Kong wrote:I finally watched it this morning.

I thought it started off slow...IMHO the show spent too much time on Bruno. Not that he isn't an interesting person.

I really thought the show hit it's stride in the last segments and was much betterly.

What I really like about NdT is his ease in front of the camera...all he needed was a corduroy jacket with patches on the elbows. :D

I'm thinking it'll follow the path of the show it's replicating...one season at that. Episode 2 was just too boring. They're trying too hard to romanticize science in my opinion. And the story telling vehicle (in an English and CGI sense) is just distracting. It may be trying to be something for kids and the ignorant. But there's so many science shows out there now that these topics have been covered better by other Discovery products. Through the Wormhole is still a better show.
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