2014 one. I was so excited for it and told my family it’s a must-watch and to watch it together with me. The scene a boy touching a girl’s face was cringe and awkward af. The animation of a guy fearing lead pollution was childish and boring and too long af. I can’t forget my family’s eyes questioning me “is this that good?”
While personally I agree with you, I wouldn't put the blame for that on NDT himself, but rather on the modern media expectations in the age of TikTok and YT shorts. You're expected to draw attention with quick snippets and hyperbole. It's Carl Sagan which the new generation would say is "boring af", because they can't focus on his thought process long enough to make sense.
The OG Gilded Age came with yellow journalism, which, in its heyday, grabbed all the attention away from more "reputable" and thoughtful publications. The current Gilded Age 2.0 is no different. We're in a digital yellow journalism age, a time in which Carl Sagan has no place. We can only hope that one day we will be past it, just like we passed the original one.
(I rewatch the original on DVD every once in a while and still find little snippets that draw me in. NDT’s was paint by numbers tv with his monotone “I’m soo much smarter than everyone” voice.)
His hard on against religions turned me off as well. The OG with Sagan’s kind voice was a big part of what allowed me to question my anti-science upbringing and make the change. Sagan addressed the same things but with tact, and gentle understanding.
I’m sure you’re right about the tik tok gen finding it boring for their own reasons as well but his version was a huge bummer for a lot of us Saganites.
That's too bad! I'm reading Cosmos right now and wanted to watch that one after thinking that it will be an updated version of Carl Sagan's documentary.
I really used to get annoyed by people who actually were mad that Pluto had its planet status revoked, but now I realize it's an excellent litmus test to determine if someone is the kind of person who refuses to accept new information when it contradicts their worldview/what they were taught as a child.
You really can't ask for a quicker and easier way to determine if someone is worth interacting with in one question.
The worst part is that people focus so much on the “is pluto a planet” question ignoring that pluto is one of the most wonderous places in the solar system regardless and frankly Is more interesting for not being a planet
It couldn’t be a planet if it still had Charon and the fact pluto and Charon should really be called duel dwarf planets makes them to me some of the most interesting and incredible places
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