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Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos” getting reboot by Fox

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http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-c...-fox-and-family-guys-seth-macfarlane-2011088/

TV in 1980 wasn’t just all about Three’s Company, M*A*S*H, Dallas, The Jeffersons, and the Dukes of Hazzard; the year also brought the most widely watched miniseries in the history of American public television. The thirteen-part television series was called “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage” and was hosted by astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist Carl Sagan.
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That news may be surprising enough as it is, but also surprising is that Family Guy creator, producer, and co-star, Seth MacFarlane, has signed on to the project and is apparently quite the space nerd. MacFarlane, who was a huge fan of the original “Cosmos,” said that our society is “obsessed with angels and vampires and whatnot,” and that we’ve lost our fascination with science. He added that there are plenty of real and amazing things to be excited about “in our own planetary backyard.”
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f you’re worried that MacFarlane’s association with the new “Cosmos” will add random pop-culture references and bodily-function humor to the show, you can rest assured that the reboot will not contain anything of the sort. After meeting Druyan in 2009, the two quickly hit it off and are now close friends. Druyan said Sagan, who died in 1996, and MacFarlane would have been “kindred spirits.” The two were introduced by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson who hosts Nova ScienceNow and is the director of the Hayden Planetarium, part of the Rose Center for Earth and Space of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Tyson will also be the host of the new “Cosmos.”
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With Neil Tyson being involved, it may be a good show and do justice to the memory of Carl Sagan. :thumbsup:

Kind surprised that it's going to be on Fox though.
 
I wonder if Stewie is going to do voice overs for it.

Seriously though, if you love Cosmos and want a show with exactly the same spirit, you should be watching Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman on the Science channel. The eps are available on a few websites. Fantastic series.
 
Awesome news! Thanks for the heads up.

From the article, it states National Geographic will produce the episodes for Fox. IMO, NatGeo channel consistently puts out the best documentaries, and documentaries along with sports is about all I watch. Although it seems like the science channel is getting a little better, but nowhere near what they should be IMO.
 
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Neil deGrasse Tyson is the perfect guy to do this. Kudos to him.

He has an excellent way of explaining complicated physics to the masses.
 
SonicIce said:
they're doing this with Fox and MacFarlane.... why?
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Did you read the OP article? No?

From the article in the OP, MacFarlane is apparently a space geek. Also, National Geographic is going to produce the episodes.

Don't expect these to be animated like a MacFarlane cartoon in the article picture. This should be some great stuff.
 
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Simple Logic: Worried that FOX viewers don't know, think, or care about science? That's why COSMOS belongs on FOX.

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SKORPI0 said:
Also Brian Cox (Wonders of the Universe). :thumbsup:
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Haha, I think these are the three that I absolutely can't stand to watch. I eat drink and breath documentaries related to space, history, and geology. I get giddy when I get to watch another "The Sky at Night" or Nova, but I can't seem to get into those three presenters.

Brian Cox is the worst of the three by far though. I tried so hard to enjoy his Wonders of the Universe series, but god he made it so sappy! It was like he was trying to make me get all teary eyed during every scene, but instead it just comes off as annoying.
 
SKORPI0 said:
Also Brian Cox (Wonders of the Universe). :thumbsup:
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i very much enjoyed that series.


UglyCasanova said:
Haha, I think these are the three that I absolutely can't stand to watch. I eat drink and breath documentaries related to space, history, and geology. I get giddy when I get to watch another "The Sky at Night" or Nova, but I can't seem to get into those three presenters.

Brian Cox is the worst of the three by far though. I tried so hard to enjoy his Wonders of the Universe series, but god he made it so sappy! It was like he was trying to make me get all teary eyed during every scene, but instead it just comes off as annoying.
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what did you think of "planet earth" by David Attenborough?
 
gophins72 said:
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i very much enjoyed that series.




what did you think of "planet earth" by David Attenborough?
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Attenborough is good. Check out "The Private Life of Plants" and "The Life of Birds". Both really good. I normally don't watch too much in the way of nature documentaries however.
 
I'm coming out of the woodwork to endorse Nova: Science Now! while we're on the subject. That show is also marvelous and represents the absolute cutting edge of science. If you haven't watched it, be prepared to be blown away with what science is doing currently.

I can't wait for the new Cosmos!
 
I preferred The Universe series over through the wormhole. I think it delved into more actual science.

In the beginning, there was darkness. Then.. BANG!
 
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