if you haven't seen this yet (unlikely, i know), it is free on hulu. it has held up remarkably well in the over 30 years since it was made. it would be amazing if it were updated in the same style. we'd have to cast a new carl sagan.
2013-07-21: the cosmos remake is coming out next year. i hope tyson has as much of a facility with words as sagan did.

2014-01-13: the first episode is on march 9. the original with carl sagan was seen by 750M people, let's hope this one goes to a couple billion.

2014-03-11: Let's hope this is the beginning of fighting back against the forces of ignorance. You are watching this, right?