Just heard from Amazon that they’ve dropped the price of the From The Earth To The Moon DVD set to $24.99. Most people will have seen this or own it by now but in case you’re not familiar with it, it was the Tom Hanks/HBO series, made in 1998, that depicted how NASA and its various personalities, especially the astronauts, coped with the mission to land a man on the Moon by the end of the 1960s. It’s well worth a watch if you haven’t seen it.
This version is of the original broadcasts which were in 4:3 aspect ratio. A Signature Edition of the series was released some years later which reframes the episodes for widescreen TVs and if seeing thick black bars framing a sqaurish image on your TV doesn’t appeal to you, the Signature Edition would be a better option. But it is more expensive at $44.95.
For All Mankind‘s price has also been dropped to $18.95. This is a 1989 documentary that documents the Apollo missions of NASA. A Blu-Ray version is also available but for the higher price of $28.99.
Much as I’m interested in revisiting the Apollo program, I found For All Mankind to be a bit too ponderous and boring for my tastes. I know many will disagree. In The Shadow of The Moon was a much more engaging documentary to my mind as the astronauts recounted their own personal experiences from their time with NASA and on (or around) them Moon. The DVD is currently $7.39 and the Blu-Ray version is $13.16. I’d recommend this documentary over For All Mankind.
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