I have to agree with that. The calendar idea was used before -- was it in the original Cosmos? One point that bothered me was when Tyson was pointing to early footprints, obviously CGI, when he could have show the footprints themselves, which are preserved as fossils. Too much emphasis on computer visuals, not enough on facts. At least that's my impression after just the first episode. On Thursday, March 13, 2014 3:01 PM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> wrote: I finally got to watch the first episode of the program. I have to admit that I was underwhelmed. It didn't seem like there was much more content than you would get in a 5th grade science class; a bit more, but not much. But, there was a bunch of grandstanding to make up for the missing content. What content there was did not stand out. I thought the calendar exercise was interesting, but very poorly illustrated. The scale of the universe was not stressed in a fashion that brought people to a real understanding of what it really means. I believe additional graphical comparisons and relationships to things that everyday people relate to would be a significant improvement. The calendar exercise is such an idea, but was poorly executed. Why did Giordano Bruno and the folks living at that time look so dour? In some places it was effective, but the overall feeling of that time can't have been the way it was represented. And, why was Galileo mentioned only in passing? Perhaps I am being more critical than I should, but I had a hard time getting too terribly excited. I hope the next episodes exhibit an improvement. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".