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How do you feel about this show? If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s on Netflix right now. I love Bill Nye (though he is no Neil deGrasse Tyson), so I am honestly a huge fan of this show.

^ I’ll agree with that.

Evaan:

This was an oddly executed thing

I have yet to watch the show and I don’t really plan on anytime soon.

First time watching this clip though, wow, that’s Corey Feldman’s music career level of bad. I get the message but good lord, you could not have had a worse way of executing it.

Man I loved Bill Nye when we watched his Science Guy show in school. And outside of that I haven’t really known him as much other than still a neat science dude.

But what the -- is this bullcrap.

First off, I’d like to point out that the video that has been linked here gave me several layers of aids. And I think it’s super funny how many dislikes it has. Second, you’re a goof, maxen. Third, I was planning on eventually watching this show, but I can already tell it’d be nothing but a waste of time.

Rip me

Nobody seems to be explaining why it’s bad, there’s just a whole lot of stating that it is bad

I’m not gonna lie, other than the Rachel Bloom sections I happened to enjoy it. His panels pretty often seem to only show one side of a debate (with exception to having an astrologist on one time), but I enjoy the way that he tries to use methods other than lecture to explain science. Ultimately that’s what matters to me.

That said, Bill Nye did definitely use this show as a way of swooping into issues that irritated him, smashing it to bits with a science hammer and saying “Can we be done?”. I wouldn’t call it an “unrelenting bias steamroller” as much as I would call it “Bill gets sick of the fact these important scientific topics have political pushback”. When he showcases examples of global warming, sexual sciences, the usefulness of gaming (which IS an episode, mind you!), he’s trying to show demonstratable evidence pointing to it so that we can get on with our days.

I rambled on for a bit, but my Tl;Dr is this: Is this show meant to ruffle feathers? Probably. Did I enjoy it? Heck yeah I did.

Okay then, I’ll explain a bit just why I hated this show so much. (The dreadful Rachel Bloom ‘performance’ GOES WITHOUT SAYING.)

This Bill Nye isn’t the fun, goofy uncle type I grew up watching. He’s angry, preachy, and so… awkward. All his attempts at appealing to the Uber hip millenials made me cringe out of my skin.

But I think it’s the overall tone of this show that just grinds my gears so much. I frankly just felt talked down to and yelled at the whole time. His original series had a welcoming, fun feel. To say this show doesn’t is a massive understatement.

If any of you enjoy it, that’s fine. For me, it was unbearable.

Have a nice day!

PKBeats:

First off, I’d like to point out that the video that has been linked here gave me several layers of aids.

Can we, as a collective Internet, stop referring to things we don’t like as life threatening diseases? It’s sort of gauche.

I like what I’ve seen of the show so far. It’s definitely got its low moments (see video in original post, other similar skits) but on the whole it serves its purpose of showcasing scientific facts regarding present-day controversies. Bill Nye is presenting the point of view of someone who is completely exhausted with known facts being shouted down by beliefs, greed, and the desire to maintain the status quo.

The show could definitely use a little more guidance with the overall presentation, but it certainly isn’t bad.

I didnt necessarily say its a lower level than antifa but it’s close enough imo. I’ll admit that I havent watched any actual episodes other than that video with Rachel Bloom, but that’s enough for me to say that I’m not interested in seeing more of it.

Also, because of that video, honestly the alt right would laugh at it and call it ridiculous as does many others because quite frankly, it is imo. So I don’t see how this is fighting the alt right.

Ninten The Metalhead:

I didnt necessarily say its a lower level than antifa but it’s close enough imo. I’ll admit that I havent watched any actual episodes other than that video with Rachel Bloom, but that’s enough for me to say that I’m not interested in seeing more of it.

Also, because of that video, honestly the alt right would laugh at it and call it ridiculous as does many others because quite frankly, it is imo. So I don’t see how this is fighting the alt right.

Well, I’ll just let you know that the two Rachel Bloom numbers in the series are the absolute worst parts by a landslide. I actually found the quality drop incredibly jarring (and honestly, I don’t even think Bill liked it).

I’m going to watch this show when I find a time when I’m up to it. The music number that they’re throwing around seemed obvious to me as a concession by Bill that he doesn’t know how to appeal to youth best and that it’s not his place to tell people in the LGBTQ community what is “cringy” or not. It’s really unfortunate but it’s clear to me he wasn’t personally entertained by it, but rather that it’s something that matters to him so he chose to include that bit in order to be inclusive.

To anyone who is talking about Bill’s biases:

The premise of the show is that it’s a platform for him to attack (conservative) anti-science movements. That was the idea. If you don’t like it, you’re wrong.

Facts are left.

Ninten The Metalhead:

Also, because of that video, honestly the alt right would laugh at it and call it ridiculous as does many others because quite frankly, it is imo. So I don’t see how this is fighting the alt right.

That’s not exactly what I was saying, but more of a “what’s wrong with him using his platform like many other people?” Kinda thing. Obviously the far right wouldn’t care much for this show.

But

vid:

In regards to the show being “More Political” than the Science Guy – Well, that’s because that was a show for children. Saves the World is… not exactly more mature, but it’s definitely for an older target audience.

This and

Arfy:

it’s political correctness run amok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This
Pretty much sum up what I think

Communal Righteousness Trooper!

Maybe I overexaggerated a bit. They are a bit similar but only a little due to them both having the purpose of protesting Trump. Except antifa does it in the worse way possible and this new show does it in a better way but still not that good.

I guess you’re right. Whatever. Back on topic, I may give this show a try if I have absolutely nothing to do and I have watched everything I wanted to watch and I have practiced my instruments and I’m sitting down doing nothing over the summer. The point is, I’d give it a try but if I dont like it then it would be a waste of time.

He got the message. He’s allowed to not like the show. He’s allowed to post about in in the topic where the OP talked about how bad the show is.

That being said, Ninten The Metalhead, I’m going to say what I think legotrekker TRIED to say, just in a blunt manner – perhaps you should actually watch something before you judge it. I don’t really care if you dislike something without a good reason, but if you’re going to try to tell us things about the show when you’ve clearly never seen an episode, you ARE going to get called out on it, as you rightly should. That’s why I went and watched the first episode. I never cared about Bill Nye the Science Guy growing up, so I was pretty sure I was not going to care about this, but I wasn’t expecting it to be just devoid of anything I like.

As for why I didn’t like the show – Getting Zach Braff on stage and screaming about climate change is not going to teach anyone who doesn’t already believe in climate change (sidenote: it’s 2017, how do these people even still exist), and was just obnoxious to me. I was most interested in the scientists talking, and was REALLY annoyed everytime that Bill made a really unfunny joke over them. And I didn’t think the segments were funny or interesting or even really all that educational.

Does it get any better than the first episode? Because between that and the horrendus Rachel Bloom segment above, I’m pretty confident in skipping the rest of this.

e: Oh NVM, I realized you were referring to my comment about climate change deniers, my bad

yeah people are hella dumb

Going off of what other people have said, religion and science are not at odds. You can be super religious and be super scientific. Science is a tool we use to understand and use the universe to our advantage, it does not belong on the same category as religion, which is used to try and answer a deeper meaning behind existence and life. The two are tools designed to open two different things using science to try to answer questions like the meaning behind human existence is like using a box cutter to open a lock, and using religion to try to advance an understanding of the laws of the universe is like using a house key to try to unlock a computer. The two exist to serve two different purposes.

I like the scientific method, though a lot of minutiae of a lot of sciences bores me to death. Bill Nye tried to teach people how scientists arrived at the current leading theories in a wide variety of fields using repetition, visual aids and gags, and easy to perform experiments for children.

Let’s all be honest, though, a lot of us correlate Bill Nye to “getting to watch a video in class”.