Comments on: Carl Sagan’s Cosmos

By: Damian

Damian — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:27:35 +0000

Hi Brian, I've recently re-watched a couple of episodes and agree; they're well presented and informative. (I do wish they'd avoided the temptation to do the whole 'spaceship of the imagination' thing though - it's pretty embarrassing and unnecessary IMO). Thanks for commenting and if you haven't already, I recommend also checking out The Ascent of Man and Civilisation too.

By: Tigadee

Tigadee — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:57:24 +0000

I have just gotten re-acquainted with Carl Sagan, having watched COSMOS when it first came out so many years ago. I bought the DVD set last month, after much searching. I find it still inspiring and refreshing, and I’ve re-discovered facts I’ve long forgotten or never knew. What a charming charismatic presenter, his casual style and elegance in thought and manner just allowed me to enjoy this series as I did almost thirty years ago. Thank you Carl, you’ve truly broadened our event horizons and I only hope your messages of peace and hope through responsible scientific progress will ring through the generations. You are much missed by Anne and your family, and your wider family around the world.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:13:58 +0000

I manged to get a copy of Cosmos on interloan from the National Library. It cost me $5! Must check to see if they have the Ascent of Man.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:45:56 +0000

The Ascent of Man is almost always in Whitcoulls in their BBC collection, and goes for about $80-90. I know what you mean about Attenboruough – I have the Life Collection Boxed set plus quite a few other DVDs, I never seem to get tired of listening to him lol.

By: Damian

Damian — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:11:38 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation Ian. I’d heard of it before and only recently heard similar comparisons to Cosmos with regard to quality. I’ll definitely keep my eyes open for the series (to go alongside my almost obsessive David Attenborough collection!).

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:21:49 +0000

Nice, I’ve owned it for a few years now and it is easily the most inspirational TV series I have ever seen. I’ve watched every episode at least three times, some many more (yep, I’m obsessed lol).

Also if you enjoyed Cosmos, I highly recommend Jacob Bronowski’s “The Ascent of Man” – it is of a similar vein (13 hour long episodes covering the history and nature of science) but done by the BBC 10 years earlier. In a way I find its content is more interesting, but it definitely lacks the Sagan factor.

Cheers
Ian