Chuck, Yes, the original Cosmos series is available on DVD as a boxed set. It's terrific. Seth -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:54 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmos re-booted. Thanks for that link, Dan. There's a debate on CN about it. Seems people are already either for it or against it. Very few seem willing to watch it first, then make up their minds afterwards. And it usually boils down to people either liking or hating NDGT or Seth McFarlane, or even Carl Sagan. BTW, some of us old-timers met Sagan when he gave a talk at Westminster in, what was it, '75 or so? He was a perfect gentleman, very affable, even to this then-teenager with maybe 1% of his I.Q. I have the original on factory VHS. I wonder if it's available on DVD or download? Also still have my original vinyl LP of the "Music of Cosmos" soundtrack. It still holds it's own very well. Some of the best parts of the show had nothing to do with special effects. On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
I'd heard about this a while ago, but at San Diego Comic Con a teaser trailer was released for the new version of Carl Sagan's Cosmos. It was great to see the 'Spaceship of the Imagination' again.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/07/23/cosmos_a_space_tim e_odyssey_carl_sagan_s_show_updated_with_neil_tyson.html
If there's one person who could do it justice, it's Neil DeGrasse Tyson. But since it's on Fox, I hope it doesn't get canceled after 5 episodes...grumbleFireflygrumble.
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