When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions (Complete Set)
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DVD: Region Code 0Audio: English (Original Language)
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-23
Studio: Discovery Channel
DVD Reviews of When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions (Complete Set)
DVD Review: NASA missions as told by the Astronauts
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a collection of many of NASA mission documentation, such as photos and films, with the verbal comments of the astronauts that flew them. It covers all the major space flights, starting with the X-15 and Mercury, and ends with the latest Shuttle mission to the International Space Station. It also includes very rare interviews with astronauts that are not seen publicly but were part of NASA's history. My favorites were Neil Armstrong on the X-15 and John Young on the Columbia Space Shuttle.
As with most NASA documentaries, there are some misplaced films placed during certain events. The most famous of these were the Saturn V stagings scenes, where the second stage separation was actually part of Apollo 4 (the first Saturn V launch in November 1967), and the third stage separation which is really the Saturn 1B staging. Only real space nuts, like me, would recognize them.
Not considering these and other technical details, which added plenty to the action scenes, the story in each chapter is easy to follow from the beginning to the end. I saw these chapters first on the Discovery/Science Channel, and I like the DVD version, too, which naturally has no commercial intermissions. For those who only saw the broadcast version of the space missions, this will actually be more entertaining and satisfying to watch. And for those history buffs like me, who collect as much as possible before the NASA films degrade, this is a complete and quite accurate effort from the Discovery Channel, and probably the only place where you can listen to most of the original astronauts who flew these missions and who are still with us on Earth.
As for me, I wish that The Discovery Channel would also release the six "Moon Machines" chapters which covers the Apollo missions in much more detail, but with interviews and comments from the engineers and scientists who developed the spacecraft, navigation, and space suits that got us to the Moon. This would be a very satisfying addition to my collection and a recommendation to sell together with the other NASA videos here at Amazon.
DVD Review: Incredible!
Summary: 5 Stars
This might be the most extraordinary documentary I've ever seen; the original archive footage is vivid, and it's especially clear when you play the DVDs on a large screen. The interviews add special insight into what the people involved with NASA's beginnings have really accomplished. For me, the most moving segments were the ones depicting the Apollo moon landings and struggles of the space shuttle program. For anyone with an interest in space exploration or engineering, I would highly recommend getting "When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions". It's a documentary from which you can't help getting a sense of awe, even if the actual events seem like boring history now. It's history that can be relived just by watching this incredible miniseries. DVD Review: BEWARE, this is NOT the 4 disc version with bonus content
Summary: 2 Stars
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions is a great production done by the Discovery Channel on the early years of NASA to today. It has great interviews of the surviving astronauts and members of mission control and NASA. The films and footage from the all the missions and flight tests are great.
The series on TV was so great, I decided that instead of just recording it off the dish, I bought the DVD set. Even though the DVDs had no playing problems or defects, after putting the DVD in the player I noticed several things wrong. These are the reasons that I give the product 2 stars.
1. Contrary to belief, this DVD set is not the same DVD set being offered at Discovery Channel. This set contains 3 DVDs, not the 4 being offered at the Discovery Store or on TV. The 3 DVD set on this page does not include the 4 hours of bonus footage that is included with the set at Discovery Store or [...].
2. The discs are DVD-R. I did not see this when I ordered the DVDs, but the DVDs are really DVD-Rs, the same format that you burn DVDs in your recorder or burner. Plus, the Discovery people didn't even put chapters inside the episodes, so if you wanted to go to a specific point in the episode, you will have to fast forward to it.
3. One big mistake that is definitely the fault of Discovery is that on the DVD case it says that it is 16:9 widescreen. When I played the DVDs, they were all full screen.
As I stated before, the two star rating is not on the content of the episodes, but the way this product was released by Discovery. If I knew that this DVD set had only one of the issues I listed above, I would not have purchased it.
If you want to get the real final version of When We Left Earth, search [...] because I saw that the 4-Disc version will be released in September.
DVD Review: Two reasons to buy this DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
The first reason to buy this DVD has already been covered in other reviews. The picture is superior to previous NASA documentaries.
The second reason is that the makers of the film somehow managed to get Neal Armstrong to contribute on screen commentary of his experiences on both Gemini 8 and Apollo 11. His commentary ends when program gets to the part where he begins his historic first walk on the Moon. Still, it is great to finally see him in a documentary of this type.
DVD Review: Excellant DVD series,questionable marketing....
Summary: 2 Stars
While I didn't watch much of the series recently shown on The Discovery Channel, I did purchase this set and enjoyed watching it. However, if I'd know this was just a DVD-R purchase I would have waited until September when the DVD will be released.
Just like Paramount did with the Star Trek series, The Discovery Channel rushed this to market and upped the price. I could have produced a better DVD-R set with my recording devices (I use Roxio Suite 10 Deluxe Edition sold here at Amazon). I would have preferred that The Discovery Channel issue the complete package at least a little earlier than September, well at least while this series is fresh on our minds.
By the way, this set is $69.95 while the DVD set will be released in September at around $36.95. Well, enjoy the Discovery Channel documentaries; however, at least for me I'll record them from TV are wait until they're on the 1/2 price sell. Planet Earth is the way this series should have been released as a good example of good work from our friends at The Discovery Channel. Planet Earth, by the way, has 5 discs and is $10 less than this set.
Description of When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions (Complete Set)
Prepare for lift-off with this landmark six-part series celebrating mankind's greatest space missions!Commemorate NASA's 50th anniversary with this epic series chronicling the inside story of the space agency's epic endeavors - from the early Mercury program and historic moon landings to the first untethered space walk...and beyond.
This vivid series captures the incredible story of humankind's greatest adventures, as it happened, and is told by the people who were there.
Episodes Include:
Ordinary Supermen
Friends and Rivals
Landing the Eagle
The Explorers
The Shuttle
A Home In Space This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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