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Mars on National Geographic

Posted on 11/19/2018 9:42:16 PM PST by daler

I had such high hopes for this series, because I am intensely interested in space exploration and the possible man landing on Mars.

Add to that, it's directed by Ron Howard, so I had every expectation of a quality production.

Instead of an intriguing documentary on what could occur with a man landing on Mars, we get a sermon on corporate exploitation of the earth and, eventually, another freaking planet!

Including fawning interviews with Greenpeace activists.

Such a disappointment.


TOPICS: Astronomy; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: greenpeace; mars; marsseriestv; nationalgeographic; ronhoward
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To: daler
Oh, no! We are going to exploit Mars! Look out Martians, here we come.

21 posted on 11/20/2018 3:37:05 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWITR,FACBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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To: jonrick46

Yes, the atmosphere of Mars is only about 95% CO2 now. Any human activity could destroy the planet via runaway greenhouse warming.

/sarc, if necessary


22 posted on 11/20/2018 4:31:21 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: daler
Could've been a lot more interesting and entertaining but the whole program is interspersed with odd propaganda segments to reinforce the messages in the writing.

All of the important characters in the plot are strong leading women, full diversity is emphasized and obvious and the bad guys are white guys working for corporate profit/evil companies.

Never mind that there is no possible way that anything worthwhile anyone found on Mars would be profitable by the time it was transported all the way back to Earth.

23 posted on 11/20/2018 4:45:58 AM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: daler
The first season was really good. But the second season throws an Eeeeevil corporation into the mix...intent on [gasp] making a profit from exploiting resources from another planet.

I may continue to watch but not if it keeps on like this.

24 posted on 11/20/2018 5:34:45 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned about who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire)
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To: daler

Ron Howard proves that a leopard can’t change its spots. Once a lib, always a lib.


25 posted on 11/20/2018 7:39:19 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Night Hides Not; daler

I watched the first season last year as Delta had it as an inflight offering. I really enjoyed it and even rewatched several episodes. However, I was a little fearful of what might be coming...Excited that there was a new series but disappointed to hear the tract it is taking. Not a captive by flying much this year and I don’t know how high a priority watching the new series will be.


26 posted on 11/20/2018 9:40:25 AM PST by philled (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Good information. We could use some global warming on Mars.


27 posted on 11/20/2018 3:33:17 PM PST by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: daler

I know this is late as it was posted last month.

I watched Mars season 1. It was pretty left leaning, but I put up with it.

They’ve gone too far this season. It’s a global warming/ anti capitalist POS. I choked my way through 4.25 episodes then deleted it from my DVR and deleted all future recordings of this crap.

Ron Howard is truly a political moron. I’ve enjoyed some of his movies but he needs to stick to entertaining and not show his ignorance by trying to be the left’s, Joseph Goebbels.


28 posted on 12/08/2018 7:11:59 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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