COSMOS. Starts tonight at 9.

[Motokid600]

I cant believe this isn't talked about on these forums, but COSMOS starts tonight at 9 on Fox and a dozen other channels at the same time. With Seth McFarlene's funding Niel DeGrasse Tyson and Carl Segan's ( rest his soul ) wife ( I think its his wife atleast ) Ann Dryuan are rebooting the original PBS documentary done by Segan himself.

This is big. 181 countries, 220 channels. The air time this show is getting speaks to what there trying to achieve. I hope families around the world sit down to watch this. We need to inspire people and KIDS with GOOD role models and proper dreams. ( We have quite the opposite right now ) I hope this inspires the whole nation to shift its mood to space. And who knows... the interest COSMOS 2014 generates could lead to great things.

That's saying its good.. I don't think NDT would do a bad job...but the moment this acomplished physisct starts twirling a ball and string above his head to explain orbits is the moment I stop watching. Lame analogies better stay the hell away from this show. Up until now Wonders of the Solar System with Brian Cox ( whom I desperately hope to see in this show ) was my favorite documentary by far. Using only limited, good analogies and at the same time breaking down the math right there in front of you. I hope COSMOS can top that.

So.. who's gonna tune into what possibly could be a revolutionary moment in history? The moment the world starts dreaming again. The moment people start asking the big questions again. I cannot wait.

Thank you to Ralathan for a live stream link.

Edited March 10, 2014 by Motokid600

[TheDataMiner]

9 in what timezone?

I wanna watch!

[Motokid600]

9pm EST. ( 10 char )

[AngelLestat]

Tonight? mm I hear tuesday in my country. Maybe is delayed.

But well, this would be an epic come back of the best documentary ever made.

[NASAFanboy]

Why 9?

I got school tomorrow.

Waking up at 6AM in the morning for an AP History class has never been so painful in my entire life. Sometimes, I wish I could just jump out a window when I wake up in the mornings.

But anyways, missing "Cosmos" is just rubbing salt in a wound. Its painful, it hurts, and now its even more painful because I'll be missing that premiere for that one show that I have always wanted to watch in my life.

Anyways, would a kind fellow tape it for me and put it on youtube?

[TheDataMiner]

Why 9?

I got school tomorrow.

Waking up at 6AM in the morning for an AP History class has never been so painful in my entire life. Sometimes, I wish I could just jump out a window when I wake up in the mornings.

But anyways, missing "Cosmos" is just rubbing salt in a wound. Its painful, it hurts, and now its even more painful because I'll be missing that premiere for that one show that I have always wanted to watch in my life.

Anyways, would a kind fellow tape it for me and put it on youtube?

Y U no have DVR?

[NASAFanboy]

I don't. I never invested in the TV much, and nethier does my family. We have a big HD plasma TV right smack in the middle of our living room, but we turn it on, oh, like once a month. A DVR was never an sustainable investment, or one worth taking, until now. Because COSMOS is coming on.

[Motokid600]

Its on at 9 because that's primetime. Just like with football or any major sporting telecast. This way the entire nation will see it.

Oh and NasaFanboy don't worry it'll be all over the internet. You'll be able to watch it however you like. I wouldn't even be surprised if they were streaming it somewhere.

Edited March 9, 2014 by Motokid600

[Ralathon]

Oh and NasaFanboy don't worry it'll be all over the internet. You'll be able to watch it however you like. I wouldn't even be surprised if they were streaming it somewhere.

They are

10char

[Motokid600]

19min until the premiere.. I really hope its not corny.. lol but you know it will be. My kind of corny though. Thanks Ralathon I put that link in the OP.

[Dispatcher]

I've the original series on DVD set. I hope this newer series will live up to its predecessor's standards.

[rasheed]

Can't watch cuz my sis is using the TV

[TerLoki]

That was pretty neat, I especially liked the little tribute to Carl Sagan at the end. Am I the only one who that Neil DeGrasse Tyson looked a bit like the Illusive Man when he was sitting looking out at the sun during that little tour of the solar system montage (which I just noticed left out Mercury)?

[Payload]

I thought it was awesome. Dr. Tyson preformed well just as everyone expected. Watching the old Cosmos all day on the lead up really made me miss Dr. Sagan though.

[Kilmeister]

Only thing I didn't like was the depiction of the asteroid belt and kuiper belt. Just feeds the common misconception. At least with the Oort cloud they attempted to describe the distances between objects.

[Motokid600]

That was MUCH better then I had expected. More of an introductory/summary, but it was good. But there was one thing that did bother me.. The false representation of the Asteroid belt. Why not visit a minor planet instead of a fake Starwars asteroid field..

Oh, but freaking AMAZING job on Jupiter and the storm. I was blown away by that. I need to get this on bluray/3d asap. And I hope Juno can make those images a reality.

Edited March 10, 2014 by Motokid600

[Streetwind]

Keep in mind, the show is meant to foster interest in science and space. It doesn't need to be 100% correct if the few remaining inaccuracies are used to make the topic more engaging, and frankly the "real" asteroid belt is a surprisingly boring, underwhelming place.

I'd rather see a bunch of people believe that the belt is a dense cloud of rocks and find that really cool, than a bunch of people believing that the sun revolves around a six thousand year old earth created by a deity only a small part of humanity even recognizes.

[Nuke]

i managed to catch it after the walking dead. i knew it was going to be on, but i didnt think it would be on already.

[AngelLestat]

Damm, I would need to wait to tuesday here at Argentina. Nobody seems disappointed. So it must be a good series for sure.

[John Crichton]

Tyson ftw!

[Albert VDS]

Better than what I was expecting, in fact I thought it was awesome.

Like someone said before, the visuals for Jupiter were just jaw dropping.

Can't wait for the next episode.

[jebisanaggie]

My biggest gripe is that the initial event relating to the big bang is wrong. The universe is homogeneous and isotropic, so why show an image that clearly has the properties of an explosion, complete with a shock wave and core? Doing so would have large and drastic effects on our universe and the CMBR.

[Albert VDS]

But isn't it acceptable if the show creates future astronomers and scientists?

If people want to learn more about the subject they will find out exactly how it is.

[NASAFanboy]

My biggest gripe is that the initial event relating to the big bang is wrong. The universe is homogeneous and isotropic, so why show an image that clearly has the properties of an explosion, complete with a shock wave and core? Doing so would have large and drastic effects on our universe and the CMBR.

See the trope "Reality is Unrealistic".

Neil DeGrasse well knows that the Big Bang was not a big explosion. But had he followed through with 100% accuracy, people would think the show was unrealistic. Which is why he did t the "false" way

[Ralathon]

Didn't really mind the unrealistic special effects like the dense asteroid belt or the big bang explosion. They aren't realistic and hopefully only there to draw viewers in, hopefully to address them in more detail later on.

I was way more annoyed at the depiction of Giordano Bruno as 'science jesus'. Yes, he did postulate that the sun is just another star etc, but he did so without any evidence whatsoever. Evidence is the heart and soul behind science, the only difference between Bruno and a random crystal healer is that he happened to be right. Also, whilst the religious inquisition where undoubtedly the bad guys of those days, they didn't burn him for his scientific ideas. They burned him because of heresy. The church was pissed because he questioned the virginity of Mary, said Jesus was just a skilled magician and in general he was just an asshole.

It annoyed me because it displays science as some nigh religious thing that only the great minds can do. The truth is that anyone can do science provided that you use logic, evidence and skepticism.

Of course this first episode is meant more as a introduction that an in depth research. So we'll see where it goes.