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Topic: Best space documentary for non-interested?
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milkit1
Member Posts: 271
From: Springfield Illinois USA
Registered: Sep 2015
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posted 12-24-2015 05:54 PM
   
My wife seemingly has no interest in space travel so I'm looking for a documentary (about two hours or less) to show. What would you recommend? |
4allmankind
Member Posts: 1043
From: Dallas
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 12-24-2015 07:08 PM
I prefer Nova's 1999 documentary called "To The Moon." If I had to pick one film to try to light a fire under someone new to space history, this one is it. A close second is "In the Shadow of the Moon," from 2007. My wife prefers this one. |
milkit1
Member Posts: 271
From: Springfield Illinois USA
Registered: Sep 2015
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posted 12-24-2015 07:10 PM
Thanks, I just bought "For All Mankind" as well. I'll check out the Nova one as well. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 12-25-2015 06:26 AM
Moonwalk One is a terrific documentary. If your wife can wait a few months Gene Cernan's life story will be worth the wait. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 12-25-2015 10:21 AM
I would suggest "Roving Mars" and/or "Mars-Dead or Alive". They appeal to the explorer in us. |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 12-25-2015 07:19 PM
Not a documentary, but I'd start with the movie Apollo 13, followed by the mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon".I would also recommend the Spacecraft Films documentary "Live from the Moon". |
RobertB
Member Posts: 160
From: Israel
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 12-25-2015 11:00 PM
The episode "Spider" from the HBO series, perhaps? |
OWL
Member Posts: 175
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 12-26-2015 01:15 AM
"Spider," in my opinion is the best episode from the HBO "From The Earth To The Moon."The Chris Riley documentary series "Moon Machines" is an excellent documentary charting the development of the hardware and the stories of the engineers who helped make the moon landings happen. My favorites however are "For All Mankind," "In The Shadow Of The Moon" and the brilliant, soon to be released, "Last Man On The Moon" by Mark Stewart Productions. |
4allmankind
Member Posts: 1043
From: Dallas
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 12-26-2015 06:09 AM
Spider tops my list too of the best FTETTM episode. |
lunarexplorer
Member Posts: 13
From: Albany Western Australia
Registered: Dec 2012
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posted 12-26-2015 06:31 PM
My wife is also not one to suggest putting on one of my many space documentaries to watch together.The only thing I have found she was happy to watch is a particular episode in FTETTM. The episode is "The Original Wives Club". It's not my favourite episode but if you put yourself in her shoes then I think this is your best chance of gaining some interest in space travel. If she likes this episode then perhaps you could watch the "Spider" episode and later try watching "For All Mankind" or one of the other sugested documentaries. |
Silent Sea
Member Posts: 36
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Registered: Mar 2015
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posted 12-26-2015 09:57 PM
Seconding 'The Original Wives Club.'Perhaps one of the episodes of When We Left Earth? I feel like those can be targeted towards a more casual viewer (and the music is fantastic) and they're still fun for the already space fan to watch. |
smh99
Member Posts: 13
From: Australia
Registered: Sep 2015
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posted 12-28-2015 07:01 PM
In the Shadow of the Moon. We both enjoyed it. It was well-scripted and narrated, lots of good archival footage, and the astronauts interviewed were engaging, entertaining and "real". |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 12-28-2015 07:46 PM
"The Wonder of it All" by Jeffery RothFrom the Amazon review "Astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan, Charlie Duke, Edgar Mitchell, Harrison Schmitt and John Young reflect on their lives with rarely seen private family photos, and NASA footage including their childhood, their training, the tragedies, the camaraderie and the extraordinary accomplishment of setting foot on another world!" It is the one that gave my wife Cheryl the "ah ha" moment and she had my interest for spaceflight already. It was the astronauts' accounts that made the real impression. |
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