Apollo 11: The Untold Story

AJames · #1 11-02-2008, 05:26 PM

Some general information, especially in Sydney as we are likely to have another cloudy night..

On ABC 1* in Sydney and Melbourne, and probably everywhere else in Australia, there is an interesting program called "Apollo 11: The Untold Story", it will be on between 9.20pm and 10.14pm. Produced in 2007, it apparently talks about the "untold dangers" during the mission and has interviews of the astronauts. Might be interesting - especially as it is a first screening.
Interesting to hear the post-screening low-down and what people think....

Get your eight cents worth!!

Andrew

* Still haven't go use to calling Channel 2 as ABC 1 - and I hate the imposing coloured watermark. This looks especially poor over black and white footage.

iceman (Mike) · #2 11-02-2008, 05:27 PM

Saw that in the TV Guide last night.. thanks for the reminder.

OneOfOne (Trevor) · #3 11-02-2008, 05:31 PM

You just beat me to it by 3 minutes....I was just about to post a reminder too. Looking forward to seeing it some time in the next couple of weeks, I rarely watch any TV live these days. So much better to watch it when you want to

AJames · #4 11-02-2008, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by OneOfOne

Looking forward to seeing it some time in the next couple of weeks, I rarely watch any TV live these days. So much better to watch it when you want to

Agreed, but tonight also has;
- "Good News Week" on Channel 10
- The new series "Dirty Sex Money" 15 minutes later in Channel 7!
- Missing the last 10 minutes of the vidiots "Good Game" on ABC2
- Lateline at 10.15pm cutting out 15 minutes of "Good News Week" and "Dirty Sex Money"

Typical, all at the same time, which I was hoping to watch later too.
Drats! Especially during this continuing inclement weather.

Must be the return of the ratings season.

AJames · #5 11-02-2008, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by AJames

On ABC 1* in Sydney and Melbourne, and probably everywhere else in Australia,

It is on every ABC 1 Channel throughout Australia, all at the scheduled time!

Matty P (Matt) · #6 11-02-2008, 06:04 PM

Thanks for the heads up. Looking forward to it.

CoombellKid · #7 11-02-2008, 06:08 PM

Thanks for the heads up!!

regards,CS

edwardsdj (Doug) · #8 11-02-2008, 06:24 PM

Thanks for the heads up Andrew

Shame it cut's into the last 10 minutes of Good Game though

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #9 11-02-2008, 06:34 PM

Watching this at school in 1969, and being an Apollo freak, I thank you!

Ric · #10 11-02-2008, 06:48 PM

Looks very interesting, I shan't be missing this one.

Cheers

iceman (Mike) · #11 11-02-2008, 07:21 PM

and don't forget "So you think you can dance" in 10 minutes!

sheeny (Al) · #12 11-02-2008, 08:09 PM

Thanks for the heads up! I'll have to sit up and watch it

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Al

mark3d · #13 11-02-2008, 09:51 PM

you can download good game from the ABC website.

the way dirty sexy money has been hyped, if not because of the title alone, my bet would be squarely on it being pretty average at best

apollo wins

madtuna (Steve) · #14 11-02-2008, 10:18 PM

soooo...what was it they saw out the window???

amazing show!

Chrissyo (Chris) · #15 11-02-2008, 10:48 PM

Urgh, the segment about the "mystery UFO" made me cringe. They know exactly what it was! One of the SIV-b booster panels.

This program is trying to talk everything waaay up too much.

netwolf · #16 12-02-2008, 12:39 AM

As usual Collins did not get much of a mention and they skimped over the re-docking of the LM Ascent module with the command module.

In hindsight all things look like they are risky, but i think there determination to do it is what led to there success. I still look at the Saturn V's and think there has to be a better way, but then i am in awe that for its day and age it worked and did the job.

Regards
Fahim

turbo_pascale (Rob) · #17 12-02-2008, 01:27 AM

There is a movie out in the US called "In The Shadow of The Moon". I managed to find a copy on the internet (don't expect it to come out in Aus based on it's very limited release in the US), and it is a much better movie than tonight's short version, without the hype, and with much more astronaut focus.
In it, they talk to most of the surviving astronauts (Neil Armstrong being a recluse is not in it), but Collins features heavily, and his attitude and recollections are refreshing compared to Aldrin's.

Still, I recorded tonight's movie this on my laptop, and have already watched it twice. It was a good little relaxing watch!

Chrissyo (Chris) · #18 12-02-2008, 01:47 AM

'In the Shadow of the Moon' was (apparently) set to be released at the Greater Union/Birch Carroll and Coyle cinemas here in Australia on February 7th (it was in their "Coming Soon" section). But in late January it was kicked. I can't find mention of it being released in any other cinemas either. Looks like I'm going to have to track down the DVD.

I'm glad to hear that Collins is well featured in it - his biography 'Carrying the Fire' was a darn good read.

edwardsdj (Doug) · #19 12-02-2008, 03:41 AM

It was a fascinating documentary.

I thought it was going to be a conspiracy theory beatup at first but it was OK in the end. The way they would throw in a quote from Aldrin or one of the ground controllers that only loosely backed up the drama was pretty funny. Like towards the start when Aldrin said of the night before the mission something like "I didn't get much sleep that night" and the narrator followed with something like "the crew were right to be anxious about the mission". I'd find it hard to get to sleep if I was flying to the Moon tomorrow myself

The way they dubbed that "beep beep" alarm sound over the footage when the 1202 alarm went off was pretty funny too. Why does everything have to be so hyped these days?

Unfortunate they had to put that UFO stuff in. Obviously, if you are coasting in a spacecraft and you see something out the window travelling with you it is something that launched with you and is coasting on the same trajectory. It was a real shame that Aldrin's quotes actually seemed to back up that there was something mysterious about it. Obviously, if they agreed not to inform ground control, they were pretty sure it wasn't aliens.

In the end, not a bad documentary though. I learnt quite a bit about the meaning of various parts of the voice telemetry during the mission that I was oblivious to before.

Thanks for pointing this out Andrew. I don't watch much TV (I hate people messing with my head) and would have missed it had you not pointed it out.

Chrissyo (Chris) · #20 12-02-2008, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by edwardsdj

It was a real shame that Aldrin's quotes actually seemed to back up that there was something mysterious about it.

Actually, if I recall correctly, Aldrin was quote mined in that specific segment. In the interview he did indeed mention that they were pretty sure the "UFO" was one of the S-IVB panels, but the producers decided to leave it out. Neil Armstrong's biography also provides this explanation.

The hyping up of this event to make it look like some unknown mystery craft really annoys me.