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 Mar 7 2010, 10:06 PM
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Part one was tonight on BBC2 and BBCHD.
It was, without question, the best hour of scientific programming I have ever seen. |
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Mar 12 2010, 09:11 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
If anything it was a bit too good; I'm giving one of my Outreach talks tomorrow afternoon in Kendal Museum - "Earth", for National Science and Engineering Week - and I now feel more than a little "Ha! Follow that!" pressure, to be honest! It's bad enough that Brian Cox is knowledgeable and likeable, but he's suddenly made people think that scientists can be sexy. Guess I'll shatter that illusion tomorrow!
 Anyway, all I know is that I have literally been stopped in the street half a dozen times this week, since ""Wonders" aired, by people I know who just wanted to tell me (Universe knows why!) how much they'd enjoyed it. So now, knowing that many of the people in the Museum tomorrow will have seen "Wonders" I'm going to have to stand there knowing that the bar has been raised. Horizon, with its boring stock footage, droning narration and poor production values is dead, and deservedly so. "Wonders" has the potential to inspire and excite a huge number of people. I think this could be quite a moment, to be honest. -------------------- |
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Mar 12 2010, 11:11 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 12 2010, 09:11 PM)  Horizon I agree. I watched the cosmology one. Repetition, hesitation and deviation throughout. They wouldn't last two seconds on 'Just a Minute'. |
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Mar 13 2010, 05:54 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (ngunn @ Mar 12 2010, 11:11 PM) I agree. I watched the cosmology one. Repetition, hesitation and deviation throughout. They wouldn't last two seconds on 'Just a Minute'. (BUZZ) Sorry, you used the word "I" twice... My turn. -------------------- |
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djellison Wonders of the Solar System Mar 7 2010, 10:06 PM
Stu I was at work so I recorded it, hope to get it wat... Mar 7 2010, 10:21 PM
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... Mar 9 2010, 08:13 PM Explorer1 When will this be coming to Canada, any ideas? Mar 9 2010, 08:54 PM Stu From Prof Cox himself (via Twitter):
I think Scie... Mar 9 2010, 09:33 PM SFJCody My mum phoned me tonight to say she had seen ... Mar 9 2010, 10:06 PM PFK Two things I found gratifying about it:
(i) Contr... Mar 9 2010, 10:56 PM djellison I didn't notice any music at all. Seriously. Mar 9 2010, 11:48 PM Stu Watch it again... the river sequence... can hardly... Mar 9 2010, 11:52 PM djellison Fingers crossed BBC will release it on Blu Ray so ... Mar 10 2010, 06:17 PM Sunspot BBC's "Life" documentary has Oprah W... Mar 10 2010, 11:12 PM ngunn That's a great shame. I hope all Americans who... Mar 10 2010, 11:29 PM helvick I'd be surprised if it was dumbed down - more ... Mar 10 2010, 11:47 PM ngunn Right, I'd like to see the other version too. ... Mar 11 2010, 12:09 AM Explorer1 I found a link to the full episode (BBC version) o... Mar 11 2010, 12:27 AM djellison Do you need a forum guideline to tell you not to u... Mar 11 2010, 08:22 AM Explorer1 I'm sorry, it's a really stupid question i... Mar 11 2010, 08:47 PM imipak It seems to be a very minority opinion, but person... Mar 12 2010, 08:24 PM djellison That IS a minority opinion, because whilst you... Mar 12 2010, 08:52 PM Stu Shame you didn't enjoy it, but I have to say t... Mar 12 2010, 08:39 PM ngunn Well said, Stu. It's about communicating enthu... Mar 12 2010, 09:01 PM Stu Wow, if you liked it Doug, just say so... Mar 12 2010, 09:02 PM djellison The recent Horizon? God it was dreadful. Stock p... Mar 12 2010, 11:34 PM PFK A couple of days ago was aiming to post a summary ... Mar 13 2010, 11:49 PM Stu It's a shame Horizon has gone that way. I am s... Mar 13 2010, 06:01 AM nprev Heck, I'm jealous of you UKers who had what so... Mar 13 2010, 06:26 AM Sunspot QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 13 2010, 06:26 AM) (No... Mar 13 2010, 02:45 PM AndyG In my opinion, Horizon seemed to slide in quality ... Mar 13 2010, 12:37 PM djellison Nova may occasionally play some Horizon episodes -... Mar 13 2010, 05:01 PM jasedm Wow, the first episode has certainly elicited some... Mar 13 2010, 05:34 PM Sunspot I would have liked to have seen more real space cr... Mar 13 2010, 05:54 PM djellison SOHO, TRACE and STEREO imagery, great though it is... Mar 13 2010, 06:34 PM ugordan QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 13 2010, 07:34 PM)... Mar 13 2010, 07:17 PM SFJCody On the subject of UK space documentaries, one of t... Mar 13 2010, 07:23 PM Sunspot QUOTE (SFJCody @ Mar 13 2010, 07:23 PM) O... Mar 13 2010, 08:02 PM As old as Voyager QUOTE (SFJCody @ Mar 13 2010, 07:23 PM) O... Mar 14 2010, 09:01 AM Explorer1 Here's a very nice (and quite legal!) chan... Mar 14 2010, 04:21 AM PhilCo126 Overall, a great 2nd episode with Dr Carolyn Porco... Mar 15 2010, 09:40 AM PhilCo126 Next month, the series will be available on DVD: h... Mar 19 2010, 03:58 PM nprev Available for purchase, but delivery date not till... Mar 19 2010, 04:37 PM NickF QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 19 2010, 04:37 PM) Ava... Mar 21 2010, 10:08 PM nprev QUOTE (NickF @ Mar 21 2010, 03:08 PM) The... Mar 21 2010, 10:55 PM PaulW Many DVD players can be easily hacked to become ... Mar 22 2010, 04:00 AM machi Finally I've seen first two episodes. Very nic... Mar 21 2010, 04:01 PM Sunspot QUOTE (machi @ Mar 21 2010, 04:01 PM) Fin... Mar 21 2010, 04:31 PM ngunn I've just watched the third one, my favourite ... Mar 21 2010, 10:23 PM djellison Another great episode - and great work by Ralph th... Mar 22 2010, 11:07 AM rlorenz QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 22 2010, 07:07 AM)... Mar 29 2010, 12:30 PM PhilCo126 Indeed, good coverage of the January 2005 Huygens ... Mar 22 2010, 05:32 PM MahFL I saw the Lightning take off at a few airshows, al... Mar 22 2010, 05:45 PM djellison I'm glad I got to see one at Fairford in the v... Mar 22 2010, 07:02 PM SkyeLab Follow the Tweets from the prof here!
http:/... Mar 22 2010, 08:39 PM PFK Another plus is that should they want to illustrat... Mar 22 2010, 09:48 PM SkyeLab Just watched Prof Cox on the BBC's Jonathan Ro... Mar 27 2010, 12:33 PM |
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