If I may, the good Doctor hit it out of the park with the 1st "Cosmos"

[A HERETIC I AM]

wow. Great show, great debut.

[Cleita]

1. Going to watch it now. Have it recorded. n/t

[WillyT]

2. Agreed !!!

& Rec !!!

[warrior1]

3. Bravo

[alittlelark]

4. Loved it !!

[Kablooie]

5. There is a lot about global warming in this series.

And that was in 1978.
It wasn't a surprise.

[Frank Cannon]

33. Particularly liked the sly reference to Venus' runaway greenhouse effect...

turning the planet into a real-life version of "hell". That was in the original series as well, but the amazing special effects this time really got the point across.

[Kablooie]

47. I tried watching the original series recently.

I couldn't get through it because the pacing was so slow by today's standards.
But it was elegant.

I think a lot of the narration of this new version are Sagan's original words which were quite poetic and the conceit of watching the universe from the deck of a spacecraft was Sagan's original concept.

I think reworking it was essential but I'm glad they are keeping the heart of his original series.

[tridim]

6. The character animation is a nice touch.

I'll definitely be watching.

Good show man!

[longship]

7. I live blogged it on DU.

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024636462

Just the big picture. If you missed it, I posted an overview of the six acts.

It was very good and I can tell that Seth MacFarland is going to cut loose. This was merely the overture to the opera. The real action is yet to come.

But I imagine that the Republican theocrats already have their shorts in a bunch. You'll see.

[A HERETIC I AM]

15. My TV is in the opposite direction!

So I missed your thread.

[gulliver]

8. Yup. It was excellent. nt

[progressoid]

9. Loved his little homage to Carl at the end.

[AAO]

29. I admit I got moist for that.

[progressoid]

46. Yeah, something got in my eye too.

[seabeckind]

10. Excellent presentation n/t

[CherokeeDem]

11. Yes... yes he did!!

It was wonderful... and I want the space ship of the imagination. Is that ship cool or what???

Great program...

[stg81]

18. the Spaceship of the Imagination also in the original Cosmos

[CherokeeDem]

19. Yes it was....

as was the cosmic calendar. They both look fantastic in this series.

I am hopeful the new Cosmos will follow the footsteps of the original as to format. So far so good!

[A HERETIC I AM]

20. Yup....agreed on all points.

Clever way of doing it, thoiugh I kind of expected the "Lets back way the hell out and have a look" approach, as he had insinutated something along those lines in a recent interview.

Extremely well done though, no doubt.

Like others have mentioned elsewhere, I had a nice lump in my throat at the end when he related his visit with Carl Sagan .

[mucifer]

12. Having President Obama introduce the show was a nice

little "screw you" to fox. I know that's not why they did that. But, I enjoyed it.

[A HERETIC I AM]

16. I completely missed the Prez!

I turned it on Fox about halfway through the credits. The feed was jumpy here, so I switched to the NATGEO channel.

Didn't see the intro at all. Bummer.

[DebJ]

22. We did the same....but it is running again at midnight on NatGeo so we set that to record....

give it a try...maybe we will get lucky!

[DebJ]

24. Video here!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/obama-introduces-cosmos-premiere-encourages-687084

&feature=player_embedded

Scroll down, second one

[A HERETIC I AM]

32. AHHHH! TOTALLY COOL! THANKS!

[awoke_in_2003]

51. Thanks for posting that...

I am going to have to catch the first episode in re-run and wasn't sure if this would be with it.

[longship]

23. The Fox Network is not Fox News.

They are two different things. The only thing they have in common is the name, Fox. So relax. Breath. Catch your breath.

Remember, the Fox Network programs The Simpsons and The Family Guy (Also produced by Seth McFarland). I don't think Republicans like those shows too much.

Cosmos on Fox will get a bigger audience than Cosmos on PBS, I would think. They've been promoting the Hell out of it for months. Adverts, multiple times per hour. All day and all night.

[Rex]

41. ...

[Fearless]

49. The Simpsons do like to bash them quite a bit.

A quick google search yields many many more!

[spanone]

13. k&r...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. K&R

[Ohio Joe]

17. Agreed...

I still have a few minutes left but this has been an amazing hour... I can't wait for next week.

[A HERETIC I AM]

21. LOL! The dreaded Central time zone?

Even so, I'm glad I didn't include any spoilers!

:::Hint::: We humans just now showed up!

[Ohio Joe]

25. Mountain time

I just heard of the whole 'calendar' way of fitting time up to now... oh, maybe a few months ago but I can't remember the context and the explanation Tyson gave, fitting it all together, was most excellent. What a great show.

[A HERETIC I AM]

34. Richard Dawkins presented an interesting way of pondering the time span of the Earth....

standing in front of his audience, he said basically, 'if the moment this planet was formed is represented by the center of my necktie, and I hold out my arm with fingers extended as being the time from then till now, most of the way up to my elbow was little more than bacteria and single cell organisms. The Dinosaurs showed up, dominated the planet and were wiped out between this point in the middle of my forearm and about 2 or 3 inches further out.'

'All of human history, every single bit of human civilization, all the authors, scientists, philosophers, kings, princes, wars, art, literature, architecture.......EVERYTHING....is represented by the dust created by one swipe of a nail file on my middle finger.'

[Ron Obvious]

26. Sounds good!

I've had high hopes for this show and will be watching it in the next few days (don't have TV). Early reviews sound positive and this show is so very necessary right now.

Cosmos and Neil "The Grass" Tyson (sic)

[Warpy]

27. Good to hear, I'll be watching the second showing in half an hour

I've been watching Mythbusters because I don't have any insulin to counteract the effect of the Shirley Temple retrospective on TCM.

[AAO]

28. I forgot all about it - caught the last 20 minutes.

Carl Sagan would be very proud.

[Frank Cannon]

30. Absolutely.

I knew it was going to be really good, and I wasn't disappointed. NDT, Seth MacFarlane, and Ann Druyan nailed it.

Looks like next week will be the "evolution" episode. I can't wait.

[AAO]

31. One observation: The show is not for the reality challenged.

I doubt many teabaggers, right-wing evangelicals, or institutionalized former republican politicians will be watching.

[spin]

37. That's a good point. If you believe the world is 6000 years old than this program...

is not for you.

However many other Christians will enjoy watching the program.

[ChazInAz]

35. I lucked out.

I was flatulating around, doing Sunday evening stuff, when I realized what day it was, and that it was one minute before the show started. I even managed to catch the President!
Carl Sagan's show has always been a fond memory. This is an extraordinary successor.

[Initech]

36. Cool, just started watching.

Can't wait for the fundies' rebuttal tomorrow.

[ohheckyeah]

38. Anybody catch

the reference to the thought police? LOL

[winter is coming]

39. I thought the pacing during the first half was slow, but all the visuals were stunning. n/t

[MindMover]

40. You, me, everyone is made of star stuff ...

[Stardust]

48. Yes, we are!

[Lex]

42. It was great!

Looking forward to the next one!

[Common Sense Party]

43. Anybody know if it's going to be available online...on hulu or natgeo site?

Free, preferably.

[A HERETIC I AM]

44. Not yet bud, but I'll bet it will be up in a day or two.

Here's the National Geographic YouTube channel;

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTZ2DlFqhaz0aIForxt5vTg

Check that tomorrow or the next day

[Common Sense Party]

45. Sounds like a plan.

[Common Sense Party]

53. Dang Fox International Channels.

They've already removed it from YouTube.

I'll look around and see if it's on their website. Thanks.

[Common Sense Party]

54. Here's the link on the Fox site:

http://www.fox.com/watch/183733315515

[A HERETIC I AM]

55. There ya go!

Yup...the vid I posted above didn't last long!

[Common Sense Party]

56. I watched it tonight with my daughter.

She wanted to watch The Voice, but I forced her to see this instead.

Very well done.

But am I the only one who thought that young Bruno looked like George Harrison?

[nadinbrzezinski]

50. Yes, yes he did

That episode was also a full homage to Carl and science.