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flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

FURY-161 posted:

There's also a recieved wisdom in the business that certain animals simply don't sell - don't bother trying to get a show about birds off the ground, for example. Apparently the audience will capriciously switch channels at the mere hint of feathers and beak.

Bird behaviour is fascinating and antelopes are not. Except for dik-diks :3:

Exotic animals mean exotic locations and that means people who might not understand you or particularly like what you're doing. Any stores of the "I didn't get the rhino tape, but I have some shaky shots of some guys with very big rifles" variety?

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flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

Jelmylicious posted:

To me it is not that sir David is a sweet guy. His power is that he is genuinely interested and awed by the subject matter and you can hear that in his voice.

Carl Sagan was really likeable as a host for the same reason: He didn't just explain what we were seeing, he shared his fascination with us. Cosmos was basically an hour of him pointing at things and saying "Wow!"

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