I kept checking that miniseries out of the library; finally I said the heck with it, and found a cheap copy to buy.
Gosh I'm sure enjoying it! Found a new copy dirt cheap a few months ago, got it thinking it was a documentary, was disappointed at first when I found out it was a dramatization, but then I finally started watching it after seeing the great documentary In the Shadow of the Moon last week, and wow! Really superb, despite a few chronic problems like depicting sound in space -- but generally very much appreciate excellent writing and the diversity of its approaches to the variosu missions.
And then the other day I discovered Spacecraft Films, which has been systematically remastering NASA's complete or nearly complete film, television, and audio records of every Apollo mission and releasing them on DVD -- so that for example their Apollo 17 set is 6 DVDs with over 24 hours of material, complete EVA films along with everything else, flight training, rollout, multiple launch views, all onboard film and television transmissions, splashdown, etc. etc. -- I have to admit it practically made me drool just to think about it!
So, question, since I suspect you know the moon missions better than I: eliminating Apollo 11's natural advantage over the other moonlandings for being the first, all other things being equal, which was your favorite moon mission and why? Or heck, if you feel inclined, I'd welcome any thoughts you'd like to share about the things you liked most about the various missions.
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Date: 2008-02-22 06:07 am (UTC)Gosh I'm sure enjoying it! Found a new copy dirt cheap a few months ago, got it thinking it was a documentary, was disappointed at first when I found out it was a dramatization, but then I finally started watching it after seeing the great documentary In the Shadow of the Moon last week, and wow! Really superb, despite a few chronic problems like depicting sound in space -- but generally very much appreciate excellent writing and the diversity of its approaches to the variosu missions.
And then the other day I discovered Spacecraft Films, which has been systematically remastering NASA's complete or nearly complete film, television, and audio records of every Apollo mission and releasing them on DVD -- so that for example their Apollo 17 set is 6 DVDs with over 24 hours of material, complete EVA films along with everything else, flight training, rollout, multiple launch views, all onboard film and television transmissions, splashdown, etc. etc. -- I have to admit it practically made me drool just to think about it!
So, question, since I suspect you know the moon missions better than I: eliminating Apollo 11's natural advantage over the other moonlandings for being the first, all other things being equal, which was your favorite moon mission and why? Or heck, if you feel inclined, I'd welcome any thoughts you'd like to share about the things you liked most about the various missions.