Well, that’s a novel use for Carl Sagan

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   Glen Davidson

   9 December 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I thought Sagan’s point was that the universe sprang into existence so there’d be apple pie on the pale blue dot.

   Glen Davidson

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   Fred Salvador - The Public Sucks; Fuck Hope

   9 December 2012 at 12:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Observation? You couldn’t see a thing. Conclusion? I did not have relations with my secretary.

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   sirgenethe1st

   9 December 2012 at 1:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Perhaps it’s the sound quality from my computer, the lack of fidelity in the video clip, or it might just be that I am 73 years old with failing senses and failing comprehension but I could not decipher most of the spoken words due to the actors’ accents. My bad… probably.

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   nohellbelowus

   9 December 2012 at 1:53 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   @3:

   I agree. Couldn’t understand much at all. Robin Ince may as well have been Charlie Chaplin.

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   echidna

   9 December 2012 at 3:42 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Very cool.

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   sharkjack

   9 December 2012 at 6:53 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   @3 &4:
   I could hear it just fine. My English listening tests used to be harder than this, with extra background noises and no visuals to help you grasp the context.

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   nohellbelowus

   9 December 2012 at 7:40 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   @6:

   Unfortunately, merely reading your comment didn’t help me to hear it any better. I’ll try reading your words again, but I remain skeptical as to their efficacy.

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   tccc

   9 December 2012 at 7:52 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   The sound quality was terrible. It was very difficult to understand, which is unfortunate because the 5 mins I got through appeared to be well written, if not well acted.

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   unclefrogy

   10 December 2012 at 2:15 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   the accents were not so hard to deal with but the sound levels did not work for me they should have been wearing mics if they were going to go all low and soft then louder. I liked the random closeups of the things on the table. what? a blue cup ? a spoon?
   it was funny

   the quote from Sagan at the end had a similar note to some of Ricks lines in Casa Blanca

   uncle frogy

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    twista

    10 December 2012 at 3:07 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Ok, so the audio quality wasn’t perfect but I didn’t find it difficult to understand what they were saying in the slightest. I just turned the volume up a little and it was fine. Really enjoyed it. Quality cameos

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    khms

    10 December 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Sorry, I can only understand about every third word – the meaning gets completely lost that way.

    I don’t think it’s noise – I might understand the accent if the recording was clearer, maybe, but not this way.

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    athorist

    10 December 2012 at 3:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Sounds fine to me. The ‘wipe’ sounds are a little loud, but other than that, it’s probably more the accents than the sound quality you’re having trouble with (guessing none of the people having trouble are Brits). Try watching ‘Trainspotting’ with the subtitles off.

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    mike

    11 December 2012 at 1:38 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I’m not a Brit and could understand everything just fine, I guess its from watching all that Monty Python as a child