Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey (Television documentary) 3/9/2014

[Correction]

Last night's episode was tailor made to draw parallels between the lead propaganda and the climate science deniers.

[quannum]

[Jaybar]

I liked this week's episode a lot better than previous when it came to the obvious stabs at religion vs. science. Earlier episodes seemed to say "How can religion possibly think this is right?" while this one simply gave a history of why religion believed it was right. Obviously there are some political agendas in these episodes - and I'm surprised Fox is ok with it - but giving objective lessons on different backgrounds in history fits better for a series such as this.

Also glad this one seemed to stay on track and not go off wild tangents.

[bungiefan]

Who says Fox is OK with it? It's Seth McFarlane they're going against, who has two shows that give them tons of good ratings. Also, remember the censoring the first episode had in some cities? Those branches of Fox weren't OK with it, obviously.

[Correction]

Woo an episode on how stars live and die. I don't even mind the reuse of the black hole FX, I love hearing about how insane stars get. Damn space you scary.

[Cantih]

God yes, this is the episode everyone absolutely must see.
I really hope it got decent ratings.

[Xno Kappa]

Fucking Hyper Nova's are scary as fuck lol. Him relating that we may be able to observe one within our lifetime, Eta Carinae, was cool as fuck to hear.

[quannum]

this was my favorite episode so far.

[Vaspinne]

They do such a good job of making the "Halls of Extinction" super fucking ominous

[Koul]

I love the show but it makes me feel absolutely worthless in the grand scheme of things. Not that I'm gunna be a jerk because of my worthlessness but y'know. The selfish part of my consciousness likes to think I have a purpose

[Cantih]

As long as you do anything in your life that assists getting humanity off the planet and permanently to the stars, you will always have had a part in something that begins to approach the grandness of the universe.

[Correction]

Got some serious Dr. Mahattan vibes from the end of last night's ep

http://i.minus.com/ibl0xTQgGoCgxy.jpg

[quannum]

I love the show but it makes me feel absolutely worthless in the grand scheme of things. Not that I'm gunna be a jerk because of my worthlessness but y'know. The selfish part of my consciousness likes to think I have a purpose

[notorious bum]

Great post, I feel the exact same way. Cosmos is a delicious dose of humility and frailty that everyone on the planet should have. I love how they instilled urgency and put our current state of climate change into perspective at the end. The writing is superb.

[Kuya]

I love this!

Plus, i consider it a pick me up to think of ourselves as the success story of billions of years of evolution. The only thing you gotta remember is that success in terms of evolution, is redefined constantly.

[Koul]

yeah, both of those things really helped me out.

[Correction]

I love episodes like this one, where it focuses almost entirely on one superhero scientist and what he goes through to change the world. I guess it helps that electromagnetic forces are easier to visualize than some of the conceptual stuff covered previously.

[Viq]

That's one of the things that the show does really well, I think. It doesn't just spit science at you. It tries to personify it, and tell a story about science. As someone who isn't as well-versed on the physics side of things, this approach makes it a lot more engaging and interesting.

[notorious bum]

The show's creators have definitely surpassed my initial expectations. I remember how skeptical I was when it was announced that it was going to be on Fox and Seth was going to help with it (wasn't a huge concern for me, but always conscious of celeb power). This is TV at it's finest. I can't wait to watch all the behind the scenes stuff and hours of commentary.

[Cantih]

Uruk, Iraq
Epic of Gilgamesh, Deluge Legend

They really are going out of their way to piss of the core FOX viewer.