September 25, 200718 yr Anyone else watching this? It's kind of tough to devote 3-3.5 hours a night watching it, but I did manage to watch about half of the first "chapter" on Sunday. So far it's lived up to my expectations. Ken Burns is an incredible documentarian/film maker.
September 25, 200718 yr DVRRRRRRRRRRRrrr'd it. Will try to watch it at some point. I have the Civil War on DVD. Love it.
September 25, 200718 yr Author From what I watched it's better than The Civil War (which I loved) only because he uses color video I've never seen before. It adds a whole new sense of realism to WW2 that I haven't really gotten anywhere else. Add that to the way he brings life to pictures and its great stuff.
September 25, 200718 yr Pardon me if I don't fall all over myself in praise of Ken Burns. His Jazz documentary left many of us disappointed. Yes, he has talent. Yes he provides a depth to a subject that is rarely seen today. When you tackle mammoth projects like he does, you're sure to have your critics. Burns sometimes falls off the mark, and short of the mark while attempting to do things no one else will do.
September 25, 200718 yr QUOTE(Yossarian @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 03:17 PM) Pardon me if I don't fall all over myself in praise of Ken Burns. His Jazz documentary left many of us disappointed. Yes, he has talent. Yes he provides a depth to a subject that is rarely seen today. When you tackle mammoth projects like he does, you're sure to have your critics. Burns sometimes falls off the mark, and short of the mark while attempting to do things no one else will do. Agreed on Ken Burns' Jazz being a flawed gem, and also with it being a herculean undertaking that not many filmmakers would have pulled off nearly so well. The companion book co-authored with Geoffrey Ward and the complete audio CD box that came out for Jazz, on the other hand, I think are outstanding.
September 25, 200718 yr He does do things well, though. And if he messed up one, he's entitled, I suppose.
September 25, 200718 yr Here's hoping for his documentary to be on "Beer, Baseball and Babes of the 20th Century":)
September 25, 200718 yr What channel? My Poli Sci professor talked about it a bit this morning, but I'm just now coherent enough to remember...
September 25, 200718 yr QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 02:36 PM) What channel? My Poli Sci professor talked about it a bit this morning, but I'm just now coherent enough to remember... MTV
September 25, 200718 yr QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 03:53 PM) Its really on MTV? What days/time? OMG...best response ever.
September 25, 200718 yr Author lol. It's on PBS. It started Sunday, I think it goes through Thursday and then the second half starts next Sunday. Something like that.
September 25, 200718 yr QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 01:23 PM) lol. It's on PBS. It started Sunday, I think it goes through Thursday and then the second half starts next Sunday. Something like that. You mean the first half is a new piece Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed/Thurs and than the 2nd half will have a few pieces beginning on Sunday? Or are they replaying the first half every day until Sunday?
September 25, 200718 yr QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 04:27 PM) You mean the first half is a new piece Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed/Thurs and than the 2nd half will have a few pieces beginning on Sunday? Or are they replaying the first half every day until Sunday? You can usually catch the replay on MTV2 at 2 AM Eastern.
September 25, 200718 yr QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 05:43 PM) You can usually catch the replay on MTV2 at 2 AM Eastern. VH1 is playing highlights of it between Rock of Love episodes.
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