Alzado Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 i was fortunate to acquire some extra special stuff recently and so I decided to get warm and toasty and watch Cosmos by Carl Sagan. Carl Sagan was like the really smart awesome uncle that lived in California and you only met him like once or twice but he's really awesome and your mom would always tell you these really awesome stories about how totally awesome and cool and funny he is. you would brag to your friends about how your uncle is so badass and awesome even though you really can't remember the last time you saw him because you were too young. fuck yeah Carl, shine onn you crazy diamond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegecow Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 ive got nothin but love for carl. He get us through hard times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IRARI Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 warm and toasty ftw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
posture Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Just finished watching the series through netflix. I want more. I still have to finish the book, about halfway through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzado Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 i just started on netflix too. no spoilers please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 i like the shit at the end of cosmos on netflix. it's carl sagan 10 years later talking about what's new with the topic previously discussed. nothing but admiration for sagan, he had a way of explaining things that was always interesting. he was never dismissive of the other side, but reasoned his way through logic to arrive at his own conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I have every episode on my laptop - when I first heard about it not long ago, I used to play through all the episodes as I went to sleep.. and because the episodes were on a quiet volume all night, they'd be on a constant cycle so that I hear Sagan's voice talking about the gases which make up Venus' atmosphere or talking about the speed of light as soon as I wake up in the morning. There is nothing else out there quite like this, whereby science is given out to the public in such simplistic terms and language. Anyone can understand Sagan's rhetoric. It's this sort of thing which kids should be given to watch instead of Disney fantasies. The physical world is much more interesting. he had a way of explaining things that was always interesting. he was never dismissive of the other side, but reasoned his way through logic to arrive at his own conclusion. exactly right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
posture Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I love the way he speaks, he instantly draws you in and makes things that you didn't know about understandable. I wish there was a whole channel on TV with programs like this. I mean science channel is cool and all, but its pretty shallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I love the way he speaks, he instantly draws you in and makes things that you didn't know about understandable. I wish there was a whole channel on TV with programs like this. I mean science channel is cool and all, but its pretty shallow. the discovery channel has turned into shit. it's all shows like "top ten predators" and "let's build EXTREME cars" and "day in the life of [type of deformity here]." i think myth busters is the only good show on there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 carl is, quite literally, my hero. no-one could explain science like him except maybe feynman. my son bought me this on 7" for christmas. i rewatched all of cosmos not too long ago because of this. carl motherfucking sagan. It's this sort of thing which kids should be given to watch instead of Disney fantasies. The physical world is much more interesting. i talked with my son's science teacher - i wanted to show his class one episode of cosmos a week the teacher was up for it, but the school wasn't :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 i talked with my son's science teacher - i wanted to show his class one episode of cosmos a week the teacher was up for it, but the school wasn't :angry: what, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 policy/curriculum bullshit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I love the way he speaks, he instantly draws you in and makes things that you didn't know about understandable. I wish there was a whole channel on TV with programs like this. I mean science channel is cool and all, but its pretty shallow. the discovery channel has turned into shit. it's all shows like "top ten predators" and "let's build EXTREME cars" and "day in the life of [type of deformity here]." pretty much, when old shows come on like that palaeontology one, it's so filled with nicely presented information. With debate between the main protagonists working in the field (in the US at least). You have to pine for a time when the programming directors actually wanted the science channel to contain science. --- If you have the net though(duh), check out BBC horizon documentaries. Just recently they did one on measurement 'how longs a peice of string' ... or there's the latest in medical developments such as building replacement organs 'fix me' (this was really cool) ... unfortunately nowadays even the bbC seems to be giving in to their drama department. Or it's that the people that worked on reality TV have now gotten promoted and are spilling over into other areas of production. Because most science shows seem to need a human hook. This is achieved, via manufacturing some stupid competition between teams to deliver some point or fact. Or they will spent too much time following the thread of human drama in the piece, rather than just delivering the facts. -sie- I blame letting women out of the house and into television. I mean just look at the films they like to watch. All romantic platitudes or base line emotional conflict, presented in a stiltingly slow predictable format. hello reality tV, lolz... -ducks- i blame dumb men as much as women. but i felt like being controversial yanoe. ;-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 If you have the net though(duh), check out BBC horizon documentaries. there's a torrent doing the rounds with a metric shit-ton of horizon docus... great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Cosmos is on Hulu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maantecaaa!!! Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 true story: my dad wanted to name me Cosmos, after the show. I would have hated the name til I was 18 but loved it soon after. Damn it! I was planning on catching up with the show at TVShack.net: Like Hulu for Pirates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzado Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 yeah, i grimace when I see the ship of imagination. it's a bit corny. but otherwise, great series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essines Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I love the way he speaks, he instantly draws you in and makes things that you didn't know about understandable. I wish there was a whole channel on TV with programs like this. I mean science channel is cool and all, but its pretty shallow. the discovery channel has turned into shit. it's all shows like "top ten predators" and "let's build EXTREME cars" and "day in the life of [type of deformity here]." i think myth busters is the only good show on there now. not in canada. worst show is probably time warp. mythbusters isn't bad. best thing about discovery, however, is the specials they have, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 the ship of imagination is a nebula class starship time warp was cool for one or 2 episodes, mythbusters is good. other than that history and discovery blow nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 yeah, i grimace when I see the ship of imagination. it's a bit corny. but otherwise, great series. i mean, i kind of like it now... it's a device that works i guess. it's just a little scary when it looked like it was just going to be him flying around smiling for the whole 7 DVDs. it's not surprising when you consider that he was a pothead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegecow Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 yeah, i grimace when I see the ship of imagination. it's a bit corny. but otherwise, great series. i mean, i kind of like it now... it's a device that works i guess. it's just a little scary when it looked like it was just going to be him flying around smiling for the whole 7 DVDs. it's not surprising when you consider that he was a pothead. looool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 it's just a little scary when it looked like it was just going to be him flying around smiling for the whole 7 DVDs. i'd buy that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mafted Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 yeah, i grimace when I see the ship of imagination. it's a bit corny. but otherwise, great series. i mean, i kind of like it now... it's a device that works i guess. it's just a little scary when it looked like it was just going to be him flying around smiling for the whole 7 DVDs. it's not surprising when you consider that he was a pothead. really? didn't think he could get much cooler but, alas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
posture Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 http://www.marijuana-uses.com/essays/002.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Yep, pretty certain that I'll be buying the Cosmos box-set over Modern Warfare 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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