Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

sanjayagrawal-50624 For me ,no TV show or movie or any other multimedia content given so much thrilling. Every human should watch, it broadens our view and force us to think how small a human is. Also it allows us it to think whatever big our problems are, how small they are if we compare.

wittmann_todd I love Professor Tyson and have followed his work in all forums. He did a wonderful presentation in this series. His voice is easy to listen to and his mannerisms are animated enough for me to keep interest. But what is up with all the cartooning by Seth MacFarlane? I admire and respect Seth, but his contribution to this series severely distracted me and I thought it cheap and cheesy. I know a lot of people do not like generic dramatizations with actors, but at least they try to present a realistic picture of what the narration refers to and it is quite entertaining. If more series are going to use cartoon characters I simply refuse to watch them (PBS "The Greeks" did the same style of animation). The real actors I can relate to more than a cartoon character. And it shows integrity on taking history or physics in this case seriously. It was like watching "Family Guy" in a physics class....ridiculous...so much so that I could not stomach it after three episodes. I went back to the original Cosmos...which interestingly with a very few amendments still holds today.

Benjamin Weaver Tyson sounds like he's addressing an audience of third graders. The cartoon segments are not only as dumbed-down as Tyson's monologues, but additionally, they look like they were done on MS Paint. Maybe it's because the over-the-top CGI segments ate up most of their budget. I was in third grade when the original Cosmos came out. Carl Sagan didn't talk down to us and I had no trouble following it. Indeed, that series did more than anything to fuel my love of science. The new series utterly lacks both the passion of the original and the sense of urgency.I had all of the original Cosmos episodes on a hard drive that has since failed. I think I'm going to have to reacquire it somehow.

L B First, I wanted to address other people's ratings: I've learned on IMDb that anything that has ratings of either 10 or 1, with basically no area between, is almost always really good, with only the nonobjective people, hungry for attention, rushing to give it a 1 because they know better. If you claim to be so well-informed about the subject, of academic background, a scientist or a scholar - then how can you be so primitive to give 1 out of 10 to something based on 1 or 2 or 3 things you don't like about it? No matter how good your arguments are, how about being useful to others and as fair as possible while writing a review that should help people decide whether to watch it or not - and then giving it a 3, or 5, or 6? It's an option, you know.Most of the people rating it badly don't accept this *show* for what it is. And it is not scientific-grade material, made for scrutinized review of the scientific community, nor an all- encompassing summary of the academic knowledge about the universe, including all intricate details.What it is, is an amazing, awe-inspiring, life-changing and even tear-provoking experience for the mass audience - young kids whom this will inspire to learn, question and discover, and push boundaries; grown-ups who will be introduced to a world they never knew before and make them show it to their kids and think about their ability to answer questions about the world and universe, and support the kids in learning. As well as the elderly, who will be able to get a view on how far have we come, and hopefully recognize their, even remotely supporting, role in all of it and be happier or more fulfilled for it. I don't care if it's better or worse than the original series - there are now 2 really great ones and that's all that matters - the amount of content of this type is so small, and making these subjects at least a bit more appealing by the show being new and visually attractive, is so valuable, given the noise and the lowliest garbage that consists the most of the consumed content nowadays. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is the best possible host for the show. You can question his scientific achievements all you want, but he is the person who is giving science a much-needed face, in formats that matter today - social media especially. And deservedly so. He is liked and followed and considered cool by the younger population, and that enables the substance of science, scientific approach, curiosity and ever-expanding hunger for knowledge to permeate the wall of slur generated by the Kim Kardashians of this world and alike...He has presence, charm, wits and consistency - I loved his work as a host and am rather sure that he will not be a reason for a lot of (normal, mass audience) people to dislike the series, quite the contrary.Some of the arguments against the series are understandable and respectable - but, in my view, there should primarily be support for this kind of engaging, life-enriching and truly cherish-worthy content, so that, hopefully, there can be more of it, and our children can be exposed to it as much as possible...Criticism can help make it be the best as it can be, but needs to be secondary - thus my resentment for people giving it 1 based on it "not going in enough details", "not mentioning the latest theory XYZ", "copying the original show", or whatever...Even if I watched the original series and have yet to watch "Through the wormhole", I am so grateful for the opportunity to watch something like this in my life, and the way the show promotes hard work, curiosity, structured approach, but also kindness and awareness that each person can change the world if we help them to, brought tears to my eyes through the show. Can't wait to watch it again with my (now a baby) daughter in a few years...