I'm a fan of Sagan's original. I used a photo of NDT because it was the only way to make this bit work.
The new series is generally good slop (especially stoned) and I'm grateful to Seth MacFarlane (cringe as he may be) for using his disposable income to bring it into existence, but the episodes are mixed and it doesn't quite measure up.
I recall some episodes being pretty great. I really liked the one about lead contamination and mass spectrometry (I'm biased as a former analytical chemist). Others, like the one on Stalin, Lysenkoism, and the Holodomor were cringe (I think it was episode four, "Vavilov", of the second "season"). Many are overall good but tainted with the New Atheism cringe elements of Seth and NDT's personas. I don't think I've seen all the episodes.
I'm a fan of Sagan's original. I used a photo of NDT because it was the only way to make this bit work.
The new series is generally good slop (especially stoned) and I'm grateful to Seth MacFarlane (cringe as he may be) for using his disposable income to bring it into existence, but the episodes are mixed and it doesn't quite measure up.
I recall some episodes being pretty great. I really liked the one about lead contamination and mass spectrometry (I'm biased as a former analytical chemist). Others, like the one on Stalin, Lysenkoism, and the Holodomor were cringe (I think it was episode four, "Vavilov", of the second "season"). Many are overall good but tainted with the New Atheism cringe elements of Seth and NDT's personas. I don't think I've seen all the episodes.
Noice bit
This the original have a holodomor episode? It's been ages.
The one with Sagan is free of Holodomor propaganda (and anything related).