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Jon Preston

So what does everyone think this far? Please theist feel free to add your opinions if you e watched so you can also appreciate certain facts weve learned....and hey theres speculation too! But non judgmental speculation;-)

Space Madness

It's lame and super boring. The tone and oversimplification of the material makes it seems as if it's targeted towards 5 year olds. I also find the slow speech by the narrator condescending and very annoying.

AnnOMaly

Once I got past the 'this feels a little too Star Trek New Generation for me' and 'what's with the cartoons?' and concentrated on the message/info, I started to like it and look forward to each episode. Good for kids especially, I think.

The most irritating thing is the theme music reminds me of a Watchtower video production. There's just something about its style. Bring back Vangelis.

zound

It's very entertaining and interesting. Some of the speculation (particularly about the black holes) I didn't like, just spend more time on more solid hypothesis.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson, in interviews and his podcast "StarTalk" is very funny and enigmatic, but is a bit flat on Cosmos - seems like a missed opportunity.

Agree with the theme music - freakin' horrible, exactly like WT productions - has a 90's feel to it.

Also, a bit odd to bring it up, but Seth Macfarlane's gross-out comedy (starring himself) "A million way to die in the west" which is being released shortly I thought by association brings Cosmos down a little - in my opinion he could have waited a bit before releasing it. The trailers show it to be pretty stupid and crude etc. For people who may be a bit apprehensive (for religious reasons) towards Cosmos, seeing the guy behind it making OTT fart and dick jokes might put them off further - bad timing in my opinion.

Also the episodes seem a bit rushed - Carl meandered us through things, Tyson's on a tight schedule.

snare&racket

I think it is fantastic and a decent homage to Sagan.

Jon Preston

I think it HAS to dumb things down for the majority....honestly if he spoke scientifically and didnt bring thigs down to a lower level peole would turn it off and forget it as garbage with fancy words....i love it. I like "The Universe" too

prologos

I dont know why S%R would like it, as others said, it is boring condescending, not the eye-opener that sagan was. after aoo he said:

"A prominent religion anounced the end of the world, but nobody noticed"

I liteally can not last for more than 10 minutes of the COSMOS, and I am trying.

a total turn-off.

will-be-apostate

The show is entertaining, I like the theme music - in my opinion it fits the show perfectly. Sure this television show is not gonna make you a scientist...it's entertainment, people!

lrkr

I love it. The visuals on a large screen, high def tv are awesome. The cartoons are a turnoff- but the message is great.

Still Totally ADD

It's obvious none of you saw the orginal Comos with Carl Sagan on PBS. Now that was boring but very informative. And yet all I can remember from that show was the universe has billions and billions of stars. My first baby steps that help me question the cult. Any way I like the new show. True it is boring in some parts but I love his make believe space ship. And just like the old show it is very informative. Still Totally ADD

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