This video has been posted on quite a few sites over the last week, but I felt I would go ahead and include it here.  Why?  Well, I can certainly understand the feelings he expresses about the wonders of the Universe…I’ve felt that myself.  And he does a wonderful job of packing in tons of information.  In fact, I had to watch it twice to try to get it all.

As well made as this video is, I think it’s worth pointing out that his generic description of religion is a bit over the top, but it does provide a stark contrast to the science he is presenting.

So with that short introduction, here’s the video.

Lots of great lines in there, so here’s my top 3.

• “I stepped out of a supernova…and so did you.”
• “Religion tells children they might go to hell and they must believe, while science tells children they came from the stars and presents reasoning they can believe.”
• “When I looked at the galaxy that night I knew the faintest twinkle of starlight was a real connection between my comprehending eye along a narrow beam of light to the surface of another sun.  The photons my eyes detect, the light I see, the energy with which my nerves interact came from that star.  I thought I could never touch it yet something from it crosses the void and touches me.”

Steve Martin was on Austin City Limits this past weekend and as part of his set he sang this little song.  Well, he didn’t sing much, but he had some help from the Steep Canyon Rangers bluegrass band.

Update:  The ACL video was taken down, so I replaced it with this one from Letterman.

This month I got back to a more “normal” viewing schedule with 5 films and one 6 hour documentary.  And along the way I finally got around to making the other “half-star” images I was missing.  Yes, a couple of the films needed them to more accurately portray how I felt about them.  Maybe next year I’ll go to a ten star system and eliminate the need for half-stars all together…we’ll see.  But anyway, here are the films in no particular order.

• Agora
• Creation
• The Ghost Writer
• The Secret of Kells
• Mary and Max
• God in America

As always, click through to see the ratings and reviews.

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