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Offline rumborak

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Re: Cosmos.
« Reply #105 on: April 28, 2014, 08:11:22 AM »
Yeah, same here. In the end, this is all stuff I know inside out anyway, so there's no big motivation for me to watch it.
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Re: Cosmos.
« Reply #106 on: April 28, 2014, 08:20:10 AM »
My only interest in the show tbh is just that I'm glad it exists for the sake benefit of others.
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« Reply #107 on: April 28, 2014, 08:22:03 AM »
I'm in the same boat. I started watching ep1 but I got bored halfway through. Wonderful CGI and an all around excellent reboot of the series but I've lost all interest in watching things I've seen a million times.
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Re: Cosmos.
« Reply #108 on: April 28, 2014, 09:32:06 AM »
The weird thing is that I know the original Cosmos inside and out... word for word in most cases. If it was announced that it was going to be played on TV again, I'd probably watch every one. I still stand by what I said earlier in this thread. This show is far too negative.
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Re: Cosmos.
« Reply #109 on: April 28, 2014, 07:37:23 PM »
I've now had this complaint about a couple of episodes, but...would it fucking kill them to use the word "spectroscopy", and give it a five-second definition, rather than talk around it for 30 seconds?  In the episodes I've seen, they've probably spent 20 minutes on it, and it would be so much more efficient to just use the damn word.  It would also be an opportunity to make "jargon" seem less threatening.
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Re: Cosmos.
« Reply #110 on: April 28, 2014, 08:48:31 PM »
Quote from: millahh on April 28, 2014, 07:37:23 PM
I've now had this complaint about a couple of episodes, but...would it fucking kill them to use the word "spectroscopy", and give it a five-second definition, rather than talk around it for 30 seconds?  In the episodes I've seen, they've probably spent 20 minutes on it, and it would be so much more efficient to just use the damn word.  It would also be an opportunity to make "jargon" seem less threatening.

This is definitely an issue.

Quote from: Chino on April 28, 2014, 09:32:06 AM
The weird thing is that I know the original Cosmos inside and out... word for word in most cases. If it was announced that it was going to be played on TV again, I'd probably watch every one. I still stand by what I said earlier in this thread. This show is far too negative.

This... I really don't see what's been negative about this series. They might point out a commonly seen myth and dispel it once what... every other episode? In general it's wondrous and comes out with ton of positive messages and discoveries. I honestly can't even fathom how you can say it's "far" too negative, as I can barely see it as negative whatsoever.
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Re: Cosmos.
« Reply #111 on: April 28, 2014, 09:11:02 PM »
The lead episode was probably the best episode IMO, but that was probably it followed one coherent thread throughout the episode.

And I agree with millahh.  And with the proliferation of all those damn CSI-type shows, a little real spectroscopy would be nice and people might make the connection.
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Re: Cosmos.
« Reply #112 on: April 29, 2014, 09:17:30 AM »
This filled my laughing quota for the week.

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Re: Cosmos.
« Reply #113 on: April 30, 2014, 09:19:59 PM »
I'm still really enjoying the series, but I do think that Sagan's was better.
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