Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

denitaarnold19 I grew up with the space program, being born a month to the day after John Glenn's historic flight, and remember watching the moon missions on TV. I especially enjoyed the stories of the Mercury, Gemini & Apollo programs. There was 2 major flaws in the series, and that was the omission of Apollo 15, and the very brief mention of Apollo 1. People will think that Apollo 16 was the first to use the LRV, but it was Apollo 15. and to virtually bypass Apollo 1 is a crime against the memories of Gus, Ed, and Roger. Sad, really. but overall it's the best space documentary I've seen. And the appearance of Neil Armstrong makes it worth watching.

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.

josey007 Overall, I thought "When We Left Earth" was a fantastic, excellent and amazing mini-series that I would be delighted to own on Blu-Ray DVD, if it weren't for those Swedish buccaneers. Nevertheless, the inclusion of so much color-footage shot by the astronauts themselves was clever and made for breathtaking viewing, and that's the selling point that will probably get me to fork out for the gen. discs. It wasn't all peaches- and-cream, however, and I was genuinely disappointed with the cursory treatment given to Apollo 1, which only received approximately four minutes of very bland, formulaic coverage. There was no imagery from any of the three Apollo 1 crew-members' funerals or memorials or anything heroic, and I believe the producers dropped the ball and missed the chance to jerk a bit of genuine contrived emotion out of us. Their decision not to was difficult to accept and is the only sore point for me in an otherwise-excellent miniseries.If it was the case that there simply was no video footage available from the funeral and interment of Gus Grissom, for example, my apologies. But if ever there was an appropriate forum in which to display such coverage/footage, it would've been here.

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.