Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

amylhendren After I first binge watched this on a free streaming platform, I went to Amazon to purchase it because I could not imagine ever not having access to rewatch whenever inwanted. Basically even though at the time I watched it, it was free I turned around and paid $ to have it forever. Stop reading this stupid review and watch it.

ksensenig A wonderful series about the US space program. This is the documentary that needed to be made about the world's first entrance into the last frontier. Superbly done, this is one of my favorite documentary series ever produced. Everything, from story to music is close to perfect. Because they knew they were making history, the scientists, engineers, astronauts and others had enough foresight to record everything on film. I imagine hours and hours and hours of footage exists. Until now, this footage had not been crafted into the compelling story that was waiting to be told. Told chronologically, the story starts early in the space program, with rockets barely able to take off, and often exploding. As noted in the film, the task was to use these rockets with people on the top to get to the moon. It's a journey that will be remembered for thousands of years; humans' first travels in space.

antimatter33 This is one of a several "what we did then" historical retrospectives of the NASA human space flight program. In its favor, it includes interviews with Neil Armstrong himself, who was famously averse to such things, and even James McDivitt and Frank Borman, who are rarely seen. There is interesting footage of geology training and so on that will appeal to space buffs.However, the editing is done in the choppy and affected style of a rock music video, which quickly becomes extremely tiresome. The music is beyond awful, a mishmash of orchestral fake-dramatic boilerplate episodes, something like the trashy background sound of a video game. The narration is done in an irritatingly over-serious manner. Combined with the bad music, it is nearly impossible to get through this series without turning the volume off and just enjoying the views. Unfortunately, the best part of the series is hearing the astronauts in their own words, and you can't do that without slurping down the treacly music and Commander McBragg narration as well. Ultimately, this sinks the series, which is a shame.Some day, this material should be re-edited without much music, because none is needed, or at least, it should be kept to a bare and spare minimum. One wonders where they find the composers of this trash and how they manage to get themselves paid.Gary Sinese unfortunately also lacks the vocal authority for documentary narration. But that is a minor quibble.-drl

logos1 As a certified space geek, I'm not sure how I missed this when it first aired, but I just finished watching the whole series on Netflix and was very impressed.This series broke some ground that other similar documentaries have not. With respect to Apollo, perhaps the most novel thing was that they got Neil Armstrong to contribute commentary which he has steadfastly refused to do for any of the other documentaries such as "In the Shadow of the Moon" or "The Wonder of it All". The astronaut commentary in general was excellent. The examination of Mercury was far better than, say, The Right Stuff. The focus on the vital role that Gemini played in the development of the capability to land on the moon was also very welcome. I enjoyed hearing from astronauts like Jim McDivitt, who was actually more highly regarded than Armstrong in his class, who have been absent from similar documentaries. It was good to hear from Frank Borman and Bill Anders as well as they, too, have been absent for the most part. The tip of the cap to Skylab was good, too. Both Pete Conrad and Alan Bean have said they were more proud of their work on Skylab than on Apollo 12 where they walked on the moon.The coverage of the later years was excellent as well. Some nice work on the development of the Shuttle. Good summaries and insight into both the Challenger and Columbia tragedies. I had forgotten what a scandal the initial Hubble deployment was and how much effort it took to fix it (and how much was on the line with the repair). People have questioned the omission of Apollo 15 and David Scott from coverage and the commentary. I wondered about that as well and missed it as it was one of my favorite missions and, as others have said, was the first use of the rover. Those who posited that it had to do with the stamp scandal may be right. However,aside from NASA's collective memory being long, it may also have been a case that the Discovery Channel simply wasn't willing to pay him enough (or anything) for his appearance and he refused. That would be in keeping with the portrayal of him in Deke Slayton's autobiography. Some people have really been rough on the music for the series written by Richard Blair-Oliphant. I actually liked the music and thought it set a good background for most of the story. To each his own, I suppose.On balance, though, an excellent piece of work and a good orientation for anybody who would like an overview of NASA's manned space flight history. It's a shame that that history has come to a halt.