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3296987 No.3296987 [Reply] [Original]

Will there ever be a Science mini-series as good as Cosmos?

Carl Sagan General

>> No.3296998

King of hard to knock stuff off of a subjective pedestal.

>> No.3297003

where can i watch it?

>> No.3297004

I heard some have come close. But I haven't really seen any as good.

It's oddly spiritual, in a way...

>> No.3297007

Through the Wormhole > Cosmos

>> No.3297009
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3297009

>Implying any other science popularizer could be as good as Sagan.

>> No.3297012

>>3297003

You could probably find a torrent of the series but I just purchased the whole thing off iTunes for about $15 or so (however much it was). Absolutely worth it.

Got to meet Sagan before he died, and I have a signed copy of Cosmos (the book of course) for my efforts. :3

>> No.3297019

>>3297007

>Clearly hasn't seen Cosmos

>> No.3297020

>>3297012
LOL WASTE OF MONEY FAGGOT

http://www.hulu.com/cosmos

>> No.3297029

>>3297019
>clearly sucks Sagan's dick
Sagan was a mediocre science popularizer and a shitty scientist.

>> No.3297031
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>>3297020

I listen to it through my car speakers sometimes while I drive on long trips.

Go away poorfag.

>> No.3297033

>>3297031
U MAD U WASTED UR MONEY FAG?

>> No.3297035
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>>3297029

Stay mad, you'll never accomplish a quarter of what he did.

>> No.3297037

>>3297029

>clearly didn't deny my point

>> No.3297041

Personally I prefer wonders.
Or if you take wildlife series' as a science program, Attenborough is definitely the best communicator

>> No.3297042

>>3297037
I watched the series after a friend recommended it to me three or four years ago.

Like I said: mediocre and outdated. Also, Sagan comes across as pretentious and annoying.

>> No.3297046

Journey to the edge of the universe (2010?)

Definitely a lot more dramatic and appealing than cosmos was for me. It's a bit more bleak though.

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>>3297033
>>3297029
>>3297020
>>3297007

>blah blah I'm a troll blah blah blah

>> No.3297066

If I ever get super rich, I'll fund a Cosmos spin-off with all the new science knowledge.

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>>3297066
You've been beaten to it

>> No.3297077

>>3297029

Here's what I fucking hate... There obviously is a Sagan bias running around the net currently. So we're saturated with people who love him as an idol. It does get a bit annoying to have so many Sagan lovers (disingenuous or not) preach about how great he is, but it should not actually detract from how great he is.

He was a good writer and scientist, no-one should denounce that. It is just getting weird having these borderline homosexualy/heterosexual come-ons about this guy every god damn day.

>> No.3297078

>>3297042

>Outdated

Are you seriously this retarded? Of course it is outdated it was made almost 31 years ago but the general Idea still remains.

>Mediocre

It was above average in his time, it was made in the 80's standard. People didn't see it the same as we do it today.

>> No.3297106

Connections - James Burke

>> No.3297118

>>3297106

Only in a sense that it's a bit scary not knowing what goes into things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcSxL8GUn-g&playnext=1&list=PL79184D14F872B80D

>> No.3297128

>>3297041
>>3297075
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDkVS-AN4NU&feature=related

>> No.3297137

>>3297128
lol'd

>> No.3297142

>>3297077
That's how I feel about the Khan academy guy. Never been to the site, but even if he is great, to see so many people practically suck his dick gets a little bit old.