tracyb-112-681714
Site rules make me say "Spoilers" but Good Grief, who doesn't know this story? Episodes 1-6 follow a linear storyline, more or less. From the 1st manned Mercury to Apollo 11 which traveled " from the Earth to the moon" in Episode 6. I rank those episodes 10 of 10 but there's 6 hours of TV to follow. 6 hours of Truly Boring side stories, back stories and such, or maybe they're boringly told. Do yourself a favor and stop after Episode 6. The first 6 Episodes/Hours are among the best TV I've watched. You'll laugh, you'll cry and save yourself 6 hours. Skip episodes 7-12, it's like being grounded. On a side note and coincidentally(?) Episodes 1-6 are each 56-59 minutes long while Episodes 7-12 are 49 minutes long! I don't know what this means but..... Enjoy the first 6!
Bowerbirdz
I have watched this 12 episode series countless times My husband sent away to the states to buy it for my birthday We had seen it on Discovery channel in 1999 Sorry but Susan Lovell was played by Elizabeth Perkins, not the lady that is listed in the credits on this page. Check it outI absolutely love everything about this series, being a big fan of Apollo 13 & Tom Hanks This is an excellent piece of work, it is entertaining, a must for anyone interested in the space race, a nostalgic step back in time for those of us who were around the day Neil Armstrong took that famous step. The characters are brought to life by wonderful actors, I enjoyed seeing the personal side to these amazing astronauts, their families and all those you made history what it is today.
jmcleod_5
Ever since I can remember I've been fascinated with Space Travel. As a fan of Star Wars this is no surprise. I am particularly interested in the nuts and bolts or if you will, science, of flying beyond the Earth's atmosphere. I didn't know many details about the early space program other than the fact that Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I had never even heard of Apollo 13. Then sometime in the late eighties I saw a movie called The Right Stuff. That's when things changed. I started reading up on everything I could. When I found out that Ron Howard was making a movie about Apollo 13 I was very grateful to that man. Apollo 13 remains one of my favorite films and I thought a mini-series about the Apollo program would be hard pressed to top Howard's film. I was wrong. From The Earth To The Moon is the best twelve hours ever committed to television. The way every episode concentrates on one aspect of the program while still managing to keep a linear feel about it. The writing is faultless. The acting is topnotch. and even though the episodes are directed by different people they still seem to have their own stamp on it while serving the series as a whole. "Spider" is the standout episode with Matt Craven's Tom Kelly being particularly good. The Apollo 13 episode was the weakest but all I do is insert the movie in here when I watch the series. All in all an excellent job all round.
jacktodd976
"From the Earth to the Moon" reveals an American spirit that is seemingly lacking in our current leadership. The explosion of ideas and research from the space program have been seen in no other endeavor except possibly war. Instead of putting our resources into exploration of our Universe, we spend money on military exploits that will provide us with few benefits in the short or long run. When will we understand that this little planet cannot hold us all forever, and that exploration of other worlds for raw materials to improve our lives will be necessary in the near future. We will never achieve harmony with everyone on this planet, to think so is shear fantasy. We must move ahead in concert with those who believe that we must explore beyond this world and look for material benefits from those explorations. We can't wait for everyone on the planet to catch up, we need to move now. It's seemingly like the minor dilemma in buying a new digital camera, do we wait for the new technology next year, or go ahead and take the plunge and buy one now? It will never be any cheaper than it was this year, prices always seem to go up. So lets get going, we will have no problem finding those men and women who share the dream and are willing to take the risk. The question is do we have leaders who understand those dreams, the risks, and the need for man to explore and push the envelop. "We choose to go to the moon and do the other things this decade, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." JFK, Rice University Speech 1961.