Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #1 18-02-2014, 09:24 PM

Saw a trailer earlier for the reboot of Carl Sagan's Cosmos, starting 7:30pm on March 16th on Nat Geo...

https://natgeotv.com.au/tv/cosmos-a-spacetime-odyssey/

killswitch (Edison) · #2 18-02-2014, 09:46 PM

Really excited for this. Im a fan of NDT.

Suzy · #3 19-02-2014, 02:00 PM

I cannot wait to see this. And I cannot think of a better person for the job of Carl Sagan's role than NDT.

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #4 19-02-2014, 02:17 PM

Yeah he's a great presenter, almost on the level with Brian

icytailmark (Mark) · #5 19-02-2014, 05:07 PM

i saw the premiere of the 1st episode was fantastic.

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #6 19-02-2014, 08:52 PM

Now you're just teasing us Mark

Suzy · #7 21-02-2014, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Yeah he's a great presenter, almost on the level with Brian

Brian nowadays rates 2nd to Neil for moi.

Neil is suave, intelligent, got a voice as smooth as butter, has charisma, good looks, explains everything so well, with so much passion, his entertaining, engaging and...and... and... *sigh*

And Mark-you lucky duck- I'm very jealous!

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #8 22-02-2014, 03:44 PM

Suzy

Suzy · #9 23-02-2014, 01:47 AM

Dunk, have you seen this? It's absolutely hilarious! Neil deGrasse Tyson has something to say about James Cameron getting the sky wrong in Titanic. Oh my gosh, this is ridiculously entertaining- Neil is such a great story teller.

It only goes for 6 mins- just enough time for a quick cuppa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B6jSfRuptY

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #10 23-02-2014, 11:11 AM

Thanks for sharing Suzy, that was excellent and I needed a good laugh

Suzy · #11 07-03-2014, 06:10 PM

Dunk, here have another good laugh

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This time NDT has something to say about the movie "Gravity" and once again, incredibly funny!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKkJ4y9IKnk

And I was just looking thru Foxtel to set the recording for Cosmos and seems we don't get it the same time as the U.S.

. We have to wait another week- Sunday 16th March it premiers on Nat Geo. And oooh goody, it's on the high def. channel too!

brian nordstrom (As avatar) · #12 07-03-2014, 10:51 PM

, 9 days to go , man I am really looking forward to this series .

I like this 'Tyson' guy as he has a wicked sense of humour ,

and a super sharp wit .

Brian.

mr bruess · #13 07-03-2014, 11:43 PM

Carl sagan had created a great space series .
It has now been remade.Like a lot of hollywood movies these days.Get an old successful movie/formula and remake it again.
Carl sagan died too young.

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #14 08-03-2014, 07:11 PM

Excellent thanks Suzy, I like that

mr bruess · #15 10-03-2014, 06:53 AM

I hope everyone gets to see at least some of the series. It's conceived and designed to affect the viewer not only intellectually, but emotionally. And at its best, will reinvigorate the sense of wonder in us all.

I won't be seeing it at first because I don't have foxtel.Hopefully I will get to see it later.
Perhaps someone with foxtel can record it and make it available to some of us.
As always, keep looking up at the night sky and realise that we are all made of star stuff.We are the children of the Universe.Our atoms came from supernova explosions and nebulae of dust and gas.
The spirit of Carl Sagan has been revisited.His memory and legacy has been brought up again.

ShuttleAU · #16 10-03-2014, 09:17 AM

Hi

Heard about this a few weeks ago and setup Mythtv to record anything with "cosmos" in the title. The show appeared in the TV listings yesterday and Myth found it and recording is set.

BC

noswonky (Peter) · #17 10-03-2014, 08:13 PM

I think this is the first episode...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk3SdJPlQs8

mr bruess · #18 11-03-2014, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by noswonky

I think this is the first episode...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk3SdJPlQs8

i recorded it with special software.

Amaranthus (Barry) · #19 11-03-2014, 10:42 AM

I thought it was very good - terrific graphical illustrations and computer animations. I thought they dwelt a bit long with the Giordano Bruno animated story, and I was irked when they flew through the asteroid belt and Kuiper Belt and it looked like something out of a Star Wars chase scene! (Tyson did later clarify that the average Oort Cloud inter-object distance was equivalent to Earth-Saturn, but I bet most viewers missed that and still think that there are some densely packed minor-body fields out there!).

Overall though, great stuff. Looking forward to next week.

rustigsmed (Russell) · #20 15-03-2014, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Amaranthus

I thought it was very good - terrific graphical illustrations and computer animations. I thought they dwelt a bit long with the Giordano Bruno animated story, and I was irked when they flew through the asteroid belt and Kuiper Belt and it looked like something out of a Star Wars chase scene! (Tyson did later clarify that the average Oort Cloud inter-object distance was equivalent to Earth-Saturn, but I bet most viewers missed that and still think that there are some densely packed minor-body fields out there!).

Overall though, great stuff. Looking forward to next week.

I agree with every point you made!
Will watch next episode for sure.

Cheers