Product: For All Mankind [VHS] (1989)
Rating: 4.0
the person who borrowed my laser disc never returned it...
...so I am going to get the DVD and not loan it out. It is really confusing having all missions con-joined into a 'best of" and "virtual" trip to the moon, however, most people don't care that you see one astronaut on the screen and hear another one talking. It is poetic liscense to do what the film makers did.If NASA themselves would put out a product like this, rather than the lame-o old filmstrips we saw in school with "boingo boingo" so-called modern music, then I would say be a purist and get the genuine thing.... well, guess what? it doesn't exist!This movie has more footage than you will see anywhere else and even though many folks plug the Eno soundtrack, in a few more years that may not hold up, like the other music hasn't. So get it for the footage and the actual voices of the actual men who left the "surly bonds of earth" and travelled to space.The artistic points may not meet everyone's standard, but getting to see the "actual people" is a far better experience than seeing Tom Hanks overact, anyday. I'm buying it and I'm not loaning it out, so get your own. You'll be glad to share it with friends at your house!