I saw this series once and was quite impressed.  I decided to buy it after seeing clips on the internet and I was reminded just how excellent an achievement this series is ever after a few years have passed.

Once Howard, Hanks and company decided to make this series, the excellence of both technical achievement and artistic achievement is quite high.  There are some moments here expressing not just the achievements of getting into space, but capturing the human spirit of the grand adventure which are simply sublime.  The moment at the end of Episode 1 capturing Aldrin as he looks to the moon may be one of the best scenes I have ever seen filmed for capturing a moment - put brilliance frankly.

Given the Right Stuff covered the Mercury program and Apollo 13 covered a lot of territory, the series focuses in on other important but not observed aspects of this grand story.  At turns whimsical, serious (the aftermath of the Apollo 1 fire), artistic and comedic (the Apollo 12 comedy tour), this is just excellent television.  This covers both personal aspects of missions with familiar faces and the moments of anxiety facing entire missions.  In so many ways Apollo 17 lifted off Taurus-Littrow and as is typical of Americans, we put the incredible achievement of Apollo in our collective back pockets and never really looked back. Before Apollo 13 came out in 1994, there had not been any movies specifically about Apollo since the early 1970's (does Capricorn One count?).  Watching this and reading a number of books about the Apollo program, this is just a reminder of the awesome collective will of the American people.  Individual achievement, but collective effort.  Stunning.

Highly recommended.
I saw this series once and was quite impressed. I decided to buy it after seeing clips on the internet and I was reminded just how excellent an achievement this series is ever after a few years have passed. Once Howard, Hanks and company decided to make this series, the excellence of both technical achievement and artistic achievement is quite high. There are some moments here expressing not just the achievements of getting into space, but capturing the human spirit of the grand adventure which are simply sublime. The moment at the end of Episode 1 capturing Aldrin as he looks to the moon may be one of the best scenes I have ever seen filmed for capturing a moment - put brilliance frankly. Given the Right Stuff covered the Mercury program and Apollo 13 covered a lot of territory, the series focuses in on other important but not observed aspects of this grand story. At turns whimsical, serious (the aftermath of the Apollo 1 fire), artistic and comedic (the Apollo 12 comedy tour), this is just excellent television. This covers both personal aspects of missions with familiar faces and the moments of anxiety facing entire missions. In so many ways Apollo 17 lifted off Taurus-Littrow and as is typical of Americans, we put the incredible achievement of Apollo in our collective back pockets and never really looked back. Before Apollo 13 came out in 1994, there had not been any movies specifically about Apollo since the early 1970's (does Capricorn One count? ). Watching this and reading a number of books about the Apollo program, this is just a reminder of the awesome collective will of the American people. Individual achievement, but collective effort. Stunning. Highly recommended.