![]() ![]() “Space itself exploded in a cosmic fire, launching the expansion of the universe and giving birth to all the energy and all the matter we know today. “Our entire universe emerged from a point smaller than a single atom,” Tyson says. How do you think this part of the show is going to go over, as Tyson explains how the world was created by the Big Bang Theory: So the idea that Tyson gets an hour on a Sunday night to blow your mind with science is, in fact, mind-blowing. the other without much openness to divergent thought or understanding opposing values. And because the Internet makes everything a water-cooler conversation that is often fractured into one side vs. And the United States is a strongly religious country. To essentially teach science on primetime on a broadcast network in 2014 is amazingly bold. While the show - and Sagan - became immensely popular, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage was essentially an idea shared (or not) in a more private, less polarized time. Remember that Sagan’s original was also 13 parts, but it appeared on PBS and it premiered in 1980. OK, but let’s back up a minute to what makes Cosmos something truly profound. Set your DVRs and bring the kids if you have them. on the National Geographic Channel and will be, according to Fox, the largest global launch of a television series ever because it will be on 123 Fox-branded channels in 125 countries and 90 NatGeo channels in over 170 countries and 45 languages. The series will also air on Monday, March 10 at 10 p.m. One would assume that will continue and we’ll all be the better for it. With a mix of Tyson’s magnetic personality and ability - like Sagan before him - to make science understandable to people who aren’t scientists, plus whimsical but informative use of animation and a visual device called the “cosmic calendar,” Cosmos bites off an enormous chunk of ambitious knowledge-spreading in the first episode. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey has the stamp of authenticity not just because Tyson is involved but also because Sagan’s wife, Ann Druyan, is an executive producer, writer and director. Thanks for allowing me to vent.There’s so much intriguing information, possibility and daring inside the modern-day version of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which updates Carl Sagan‘s epically important Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, that there’s also a risk of overlooking the simple parts of it.Ĭase in point: The series kicks off with a creative, visually impressive 45 minutes built around rock star astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and exists on the Fox network in primetime for 13 hours because Seth MacFarlane( Family Guy) wanted it to and because he has the power to make something that incongruous actually happen. Where is that horror now? On the upside, I've been reading your column for years and have always greatly enjoyed your thoughts and opinions even when they have differed from my own. I know this is a TV show, but all I could think of was people's horrified reaction when Miley Cyrus twerked on Robin Thicke. My sister is so upset she thinks she might fast-forward over any story lines that involve Daryl. ![]() Why would the writers go there? All I can think is how perverted it is for Daryl to express an interest in a 17-year-old girl, and a character that I once loved is now bordering along the lines of a pedophile. In fact, Carl seems more mature to me at times. Let me repeat, ick! And it's not as if she is a mature 17-year-old, her character comes across as a complete child to me with just as much growing needed as Carl. She is 17 and while I don't know what his age is supposed to be, I've always assumed his character is at least mid 30s. I cannot believe that they have indicated that there is an interest on the part of Daryl towards Beth. ![]() ![]() Question: I am so disappointed in The Walking Dead. Send questions and comments to and follow me on Twitter! Ask Matt: The Walking Dead, Idol, Glee, True Detective, Breaking Bad Spinoff ![]()
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