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Advantages: Truthful. Excellent acting. Empathetic. Disadvantages: You have to be old enough to appreciate it. Over 12's I would say.
...spacecraft to the moons' surface; Apollo 13. It shows the trials of both those on board Apollo 13 and mission control during the routine flight - turned disaster. The fight is then on by both parties to save those on board and return them safely to earth. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Greg Sinise, Kevin Bacon and Ed Harris all play central roles. Tom Hanks being the main character, as Jim Lovell. The characters were played with such respect to the truth ... ...went through this. There are few changes to the actual truth, very small of course; for instance the launchpad was incorrectly positioned, the phases of earth from windows on the spacecraft, car colours, hair styles etc. Dramatic license was not taken so blatently as it is in many other factual movies. Ron Howard has been known to state that this is his favourite film that he has directed. We can see that this can be true as the direction is impeccable ...
Advantages: Accessible to everyone yet not 'dumbed down' Disadvantages: You need at least a casual interest in the exploration of the planets otherwise it is hard going
...to eagerly watch all of the BBC "Horizon" documentaries about space exploration, when the corporation commissioned this eight-part series back in the late 1990s to tell the story of the our Solar System, I was in seventh heaven.
This two-disc set has all eight 50 minute episodes (there are no extras accompanying them, but that is no great hardship). Arguably the most comprehensive account of the exploration of the Solar System, the series used state-of-the-art ... ...with leading scientists involved in the various missions.
The eight episodes are as follows:
"Different Worlds" - a look at space travel and the latest (for 1999) planetary exploration missions
"Terra Firma" - the story of the pioneering missions to Mars and Venus
"Giants" - the story of the Pioneer and Voyager missions to the Outer Planets
"Moon" - exploration of the Moon and its mysteries
"Star" - a new perspective on the Sun
"Atmosphere" ...
Advantages: Amazing CGI Great BBC production yet again Disadvantages: Could make a second instalment
...If you enjoy learning about space and the universe then this is a must have title. It wows as it educates it viewers on this six-part series across the universe each half-hour segment shows us about asteroids that might crash into our planet or telling us the future of our sun (i won't spoil that for you if you dont know already) To the great force of black holes that tear through are neighborhood, and to the future star trek style showing things ...
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Review of Space (DVD)
Advantages: makes you think, can be motivating Disadvantages: none
...faced bunch of Royal Marine Commando recruits all the way through 32 weeks of basic training. With complete access to every part of the training process he follows the good times and the bad of each of the recruits and something that I felt made the documentary that little more exciting was that he also took part in the training himself, Chris Terrill was 55 years old. The Program was originally aired in 2007 for ITV; at the beginning you see the ... ...of becoming a Royal Marine Commando and receiving the coveted Green Beret so that they can become elite soldiers that look a million miles away from the guys that they were 32 weeks earlier. After the 32 weeks training Chris follows a few of the successful soldiers when they are posted to Afghanistan for a tour of duty, as well as a new officer who takes up his post in Afghanistan for his first tour with a mainly rookie company of men. I managed ...
Advantages: Cheap prices Disadvantages: Cheap labour
With the slave trade debate raging last year during the 200 commerations its always important to note that not only is that particular trade is still alive and well in the third world but its as good as here in its modern form in companies like Wal-Mart. Well meaning and angry people may well protest alongside some vegetarians banging a drum in London about what happened 200 years ago but most of the labeled clothing we are wearing will have been ... ...the products piled high in the huge shopping arenas of Wal-Mart and the like are the products of cheap and exploited labor somewhere around the world and when the documentary explores those sweat shops in South East Asia our arguments of reparation begin to fragment. In one segment you see young Chinese girls living in cramped dorms in a grubby factory, the gates locked at night, weekly rent and utilities deducted from their meager pay packets, whether ...
