I did watch it last night, but I tuned in 2 minutes into it, so I completely missed Obozo’s introduction. Oh...what a pity. (/s)
I was impressed with the CGI...but that was about it. I took absolutely everything said by Dr. Tyson with a massive grain of salt.
There was one other thing that I found interesting...that Dr. Sagan actually met Neil Tyson when Tyson was a teenager. Before this, I thought Dr. Tyson had no connection to Sagan at all.
Will I watch next week? Probably. It’s not going to change my belief in God and His creation and design for the Universe. However, I am curious as to what atheistic drivel will be put forth as “science fact”.
It was pretty weak otherwise.
I was explaining to my wife about how the colors for the nebulas were enhanced. That was was being shown wasn't in the visible spectrum. She was admiring the pretty pinks and blues. :)
It also inspired me to explain to her the stellar fusion reaction and the famous E=mc^2 and why the sun will burn for billions of years because it is converting matter to energy.
Interesting that most of the original series covered a lot of what we take for granted today, ie, black holes and solar mass and the higher atomic weight elements and how they are produced.
Sagan, for all of his faults, mainstreamed science and inspired a lot kids.