I've watched six episodes so far and I'd say the first was the weakest.Man, this is a really weird show. I think the live audience part just makes it feel surreal. I guess he's trying something different here, but it's just odd to have him doing science stuff and having an audience react in various ways. The panel discussion, at least in the first episode, wasn't very well done. It was basically just that one dude talking, it might as well have been a 1-on-1 interview. But Bill is as funny and charming as ever. And the Bill Needs a Minute segment where he goes off about climate change denial was raw.
Eh....love me some Bill Nye, but doing stuff over a live audience seems to kill a good deal of interest for me.
In Grade 9 Biology we watched Bill Nye constantly. Probably half of our classes were just sitting at our desks watching Bill Nye the Science Guy on VHS.
I thought the Ontario science curriculum was really shitty and bad but then I found out the biology teacher was just a drunk who liked to nap during 3rd period so he'd put the TV on and nod off in the darkened classroom.
I like what I've seen so far (two episodes in), but it's very much preaching to the choir. If you're a climate change denier or anti-vaxxer, you're not watching this show. I'll keep watching to see if that changes.
Well...duh? I mean, if you're a climate change denier or anti-voxxor, you probably aren't even paying attention to any science show.
Disseminating scientific information to adults is a waste of time?My point is along the lines of Nye's previous show having been aimed at children, you could educate kids before they're walled off from science. Nye opens this show by saying it's a program for adults. So I don't know what change he's supposed to be making if his entire audience is already predisposed to agree with him.
Disseminating scientific information to adults is a waste of time?
Okay.
My point is along the lines of Nye's previous show having been aimed at children, you could educate kids before they're walled off from science. Nye opens this show by saying it's a program for adults. So I don't know what change he's supposed to be making if his entire audience is already predisposed to agree with him.
Never have I watched something and gotten so angry, I dont know how bill didn't just call him a cunt and leave because it was clear he wouldn't allow him to respond and dismissed every answer he gave and insisted he didn't answer his question.
The general perspective I've seen is that the first episode is week and that the rest is a lot better.Watched the first episode last night.
It was okay.
I don't know what I was expecting, but it really wasn't that. I got the points he was trying to make, but everything that was communicated I already knew, in greater detail than what was presented.
It was like a tiny speedbump in the road to a real life Idiocracy. I grew up watching Bill, but I don't think I'm the target audience for this show. I'll give a couple more episodes a chance though.
Also, when I got to the Noah's Ark bit and thought it was funny, my mom started in on how we have evidence of an ark.
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
WHO NEED THE WORK
Episode 7 is about video games and the effects they have.
The general perspective I've seen is that the first episode is week and that the rest is a lot better.
It was largely positive but there wasn't quite enough science.Uh oh
There is some content that would not be appropriate for 7 year olds. It is made for adults or at least teenagers.Think this will be a fun show for a 7 year old?
Think this will be a fun show for a 7 year old?
That host is an idiot goddaamnnnnn.
As a Brit I've been confused about Bill Nye references on GAF before, but the video made everything clear.
I thought it was Bill Nighy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nighy
Eight episodes in, I'm enjoying it, but as someone who is very into science I'm not really learning much I didn't already know. Preaching to the choir, indeed. It feels like the intellectual level is aimed at people who aren't actually gonna watch it. Or kids, but it's clearly not meant for them.
Still, fun.