Like there's a lot of competition.
Oh, crap. I heard they were redoing it. But Neil DeGrasse Tyson is an arrogant, hateful, bigoted know-nothing.
Like there's a lot of competition.
Really? I’ve heard him a couple of different times on science programs and never got that impression.
IMHO, I thought he does a good job relating science to folks that know little about the subject.
I'm happy to see that I'm not the only who can't stand that smarmy bastid.
Bwahahahahaha ... faint praise? or feint praise?
To be fair, I don’t think Tyson is particularly bigoted, hateful, or a know nothing. He’s a smart man, and can communicate his ideas in a very accessible way.
He does come across as a bit arrogant, yes.
His biggest failing is that he sucks all the air out of the room when he is part of a panel. Just a blabbermouth. An entertaining one, but it does short-change everybody else on the panel. I’ve seen it several times.
But he’s usually the draw so promoters seem to let it slide. Just look at any panel discussion he is on and he runs out in front of everybody else, hitting his laugh lines, and entertaining the crowd.
I have a feeling he’s an engaging person, but one that just talks too much.
Though he's a Brit, Prof. Brian Cox (from the BBC series "Wonders of the Solar System") should be doing this.
Ditto! They screwed up the remake of Wild Wild West by putting an Amish guy in the lead and now this?
Agreed. Not sure at all if I’ll like Tyson’s version. But, if I can tolerate Morgan Freeman, who’s an even bigger racist, then I can probably watch this.
This thing was worse than my worst fears. Just awful. They had no voice, no message, no audience in mind. It does not rise to the level of hokey. An embarrassment, and worse, a wasted opportunity.
Carl Sagan was a good scientist and a great salesman. His vision, his message drove the original Cosmos. Dr. Tyson probably did as well as could be expected given the material, but he is very much a lesser epigone of Sagan. Great special effects and computer graphics in the service of a muddled and confused message. The fancy-schmatzy computer graphics added to the confusion and detracted from whatever message they thought they had. The cheesy “Also Sprach Zarathustra” Musik didn’t help, either. If you watched the first episode you know less about the cosmos than before.
Four rotten tomatoes. In case I wasn’t clear, I HATED IT.