Post #96861 by Tiki-bot on Thu, Jun 17, 2004 12:33 PM

I have finally had the time to watch (and re-watch) this DVD and it is just about the greatest thing ever. As a mild fan of Disney, but a huge fan of retro-futurism, this 2 DVD set is a goldmine of solid science and wonderfully fanciful conjecture.

Ward kimball's animations in the Mars segment are astounding in their beauty, surrealism and mid-century modernism.

The Man and the Moon segment has an incredible "dramatic" live action staging of a trip to the moon and it's like a Collier's magazine spread come to life. It's pure gold when the captain asks a crewman to enter something into the computer and he uses an old-fasioned telephone dialer to do it! ZAZ! Everyone stares into oscilliscopes that magically tell them everything they need to know. It may be campy and amusing, but the underlying concepts are solid and even pretty accurate in some cases. It's shocking that this moon segment is almost 50 years(!) old, but holds up very well as a presentation of science mixed with entertainment.

An absolute must-own for any Disney, space, or mid-century modernism fan. I'd love to hear anyone else's comments on these shows.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000BWVAI/002-7112213-5729638?v=glance#product-details