Got hold of Carl Sagan‘s Cosmos DVD boxed set today, which I managed to find on eBay a couple of weeks back for rather less than the $100+ that Amazon want for it.
When it was first aired in the 80s– and it’s never been repeated since in the UK, AFAIK, at least not on a terrestrial channel– I remember being blown away by the visual effects, the music (mostly from Vangelis’ Heaven & Hell album), and the suitably epic feel of the whole thing. I also remember missing the very last episode, about which I was rather upset at the time, so I’m looking forward to seeing it all again. (It should certainly help fill the pre-bedtime TV hole in our new house that’s still waiting for NTL to get off their cretinous arses and join two wires together in our living room.)
Couldn’t agree more. I also saw the original in the early 80s – I was about 12 at the time, and absolutely loved the whole thing – the music, the effects, the science, and the enduring sense of awe at learning how insignificant our existance is (on a universal scale, if you know what I mean). Anyway, I too got hold of the series again, about 3 months ago, and throughly enjoyed seeing the whole thing again – it’s aged very slightly, but it’s still fantastic. Jaime 🙂