This film is an ode to Bill Nye, science educator, CEO of the Planetary Society and an all around nice guy. However well the documentary is done, it is pretty one sided. Also, it touches a little on Nye's motivations and, as with many great people, it's personal and depressing. Nye says all the right things, thinks things through, doesn't fall into emotional debates and is always a champion for truth... yet he's losing the battle. People don't want to think things through and it shows in the state of the world and Nye's own obvious depression.
Bottom line: We need people like Bill Nye, but why do we have to sacrifice them like bloody offerings to the gods? The documentary celebrates the man because we clearly are not doing it. Unfortunately, other than a nostalgic, maybe melancholic, introduction to a man that you already know of, this film is very little else.
Bottom line: We need people like Bill Nye, but why do we have to sacrifice them like bloody offerings to the gods? The documentary celebrates the man because we clearly are not doing it. Unfortunately, other than a nostalgic, maybe melancholic, introduction to a man that you already know of, this film is very little else.