In a world concerned only with evidence and reasons, a famous television man, Bill Nay, tries to stop these thoughts of people around the world. He does his best to complete the dream of, Carl Sagan, a great professor and astronomer whose invention would cause a huge revolution in science.
Channeling Nye's own gift for making complex ideas simple and clear, the filmmakers edit together these various aspects of Nye's life with deceptive ease, drawing on interviews and archival material and following him throughout his hectic schedule.
This documentary gets the best of both worlds, building a personal story of the likable, trustworthy Nye, as well as offering a serious, hopeful love letter to science itself.
The central question of how does one become a "scientific statesman" in our current media environment, which is entertainment-driven and filled with misinformation and even disdain for science, is an intriguing one.
... what the documentary Bill Nye: Science Guy achieves, as the best documentaries do, is peer behind the curtain of illusion and try to find some kind of truth.
Biggest takeaway? Nye's previous mission of making science accessible to children is nothing compared to the challenge in convincing adults of the perils of climate change.
Yes, it's deeply pleasurable to watch Nye school conservative blowhards who make their living promoting lies, but I wanted Alvarado and Sussberg to explore their subject as thoroughly as he explores the world around him.
