tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post4143550204401197857..comments2023-12-19T09:40:12.020-08:00Comments on The Emoluments of Mars: NOVA plays it straightexpathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-22523791008322870212011-10-24T12:19:04.993-07:002011-10-24T12:19:04.993-07:00Thanks for the comment, anon. Yes, I thought that ...Thanks for the comment, anon. Yes, I thought that was FWS during the between-hours promo. I agree it looks very much as though Nova didn't want to take that story on....expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-34688445095290139732011-10-24T11:25:30.872-07:002011-10-24T11:25:30.872-07:00I don't know whether you noticed, but FSW was ...I don't know whether you noticed, but FSW was included briefly in the promo between the hours. Then there was an abrupt cut after the mention of arsenic in the lake. Obviously NOVA wisely recognized recently that they would discredit themselves by including the arsenic bacteria nonsense that has been universally rejected by the scientific community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-9226001492524778982011-10-21T02:37:15.847-07:002011-10-21T02:37:15.847-07:00You failed to mention Plasma and Electricity.You failed to mention Plasma and Electricity.Biological_Unithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321950739186432108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-37903625414538392712011-10-20T17:15:18.721-07:002011-10-20T17:15:18.721-07:00I noticed that they used a lot of extreme close up...I noticed that they used a lot of extreme close ups for the scientist interviews, unless there was some nice scenery around. That's why we got great desert vistas with Chris McKay and just a peek at Squyres' office. And yes, Squyres was good.<br /><br />I also thought the effects were very done. They were part of what caught my grandson's (he's a huge Star Wars fan) attention. That they were used to illustrate real places and real science seemed to really fascinate him.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-53931789982519711322011-10-20T12:51:41.951-07:002011-10-20T12:51:41.951-07:00Glad you were with it, Chris. Wasn't Steven Sq...Glad you were with it, Chris. Wasn't Steven Squyres good? Funny thing, though -- the interview wasn't lit properly and appeared to have been shot with a hand-held camera (this is the former tv documentary producer in me, noticing that). Almost as if Squyres said "I can only give you 15 minutes."expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-47002716625133009752011-10-20T12:43:22.411-07:002011-10-20T12:43:22.411-07:00As it happens, I watched this show last night with...As it happens, I watched this show last night with my 10 year old grandson. He was spell bound by the whole thing, and kept asking questions about what he seeing. It was a great show that was highly educational and very entertaining.<br /><br />My grandson though, got more out of it than Bara and Hoagland would ever have. He is actually interested in learning things, while they just want to sell books and DVD's promoting pseudo-science. It's a shame too, because at least one of them (Hoagland)was once very good at communicating real science to people. <br /><br />Yes, I too was surprised at the exclusion of Dr. Wolfe-Simon's work. I thought for sure they were about to discuss it when they showed the lake. Perhaps they thought they'd included enough material on extremophiles, though it seemed like an interesting oversight.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-42163095402422374732011-10-20T12:26:38.558-07:002011-10-20T12:26:38.558-07:00A side issue: I was very puzzled by the documentar...A side issue: I was very puzzled by the documentary's treatment of the arsenic-tolerant bacterium GFAJ-1. Right around the time the script was discussing the discovery of microbial life in very adverse conditions on Earth, there were shots of Mono Lake, and I'm almost sure we caught a glimpse of Felisa Wolfe-Simon walking by the shore. Yet nothing AT ALL was actually said about GFAJ-1. It looks as though this sequence was shot but never used. Wonder if somebody lost faith, in view of recent scientific attacks on Felisa?expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.com