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Roving Mars [Blu-ray]
Roving Mars
Blu-ray
Actors: Robert Manning, George Butler, Paul Newman, Steve Squyres, Dr. Charles Elachi
Director: George Butler
Genres: Documentary
G     2007     0hr 40min

Action. Drama. Anticipation. Exultation. Experience it all as you join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet. Through the eyes of these two intrep...  more »

     

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Actors: Robert Manning, George Butler, Paul Newman, Steve Squyres, Dr. Charles Elachi
Director: George Butler
Creators: T.C. Christensen, Philip Glass, Nancy Baker
Genres: Documentary
Sub-Genres: Space Exploration, IMAX
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Format: Blu-ray - Color,Full Screen,Widescreen - Closed-captioned,Dubbed,Subtitled
DVD Release Date: 07/31/2007
Original Release Date: 01/01/2006
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2006
Release Year: 2007
Run Time: 0hr 40min
Screens: Color,Full Screen,Widescreen
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 2
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Languages: English, French, Spanish, French, Spanish
Subtitles: French, Spanish
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Movie Reviews

Too Diluted
Mike Blaszczak | Mercer Island, WA, USA | 12/11/2007
(2 out of 5 stars)

"I'm very excited about science and engineering. We can't take for granted the courage and brilliance it took NASA and its contractors to design, implement, and deploy the equipment for this mission, then exercise the robots for this mission. And they did it all for less than what we pay for a baseball stadium!

This 40-minute film is disappointing, however. It's short on science; there is no discussion of the launch planning, the path of the rover as it travels to Mars, or any interesting facts. What is its weight? How did the timing work? How did the engineers design the rover, and measure its performance? What materials were used in its implementation? What diagnostics did it have? How much power did it use? What challenges were involved in surviving the harsh Martian atmosphere, its cold, the dust, and its chemistry?

The questions I have are simple, and endless. This film addressed none of them, I'm afraid. Worse, as others have pointed out, there's very little actual footage from the rovers. Most of the CGI scenes are flawed -- seeing stars through the shadowed surface of the moon, for example.

I admire the engineers and explorers in our space programs as heroes. This film does them disservice by failing to tell their wonderful story."
Great for the whole family
K. Kidder | 06/19/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"We saw a clip of this video at the National Air & Space Museum--my kids, ages 3 and 5, were riveted! We searched the gift shop for the video but were disappointed that it had not yet been released. Several weeks later I came across it quite by accident on TV and taped it for my older son, who loves outer space and has been fascinated by Mars and the rovers since our trip to the museum. Most general audience space documentaries do not keep his attention, but he loved this one. The narration is almost conversational, not your typical dry, boring voiceover. The video is informative enough for adults and yet still accessible for kids. The images are amazing, no matter what your age. I look forward to adding this video to our collection so I can stop fast-forwarding the commercials on our tape!"
This Exit: Mars Toll: Twenty-Bucks
Peter R. Gerbert | Dade City, Fl United States | 01/03/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I don't know how anyone could rate this film lower than five stars; unless they watched the film on a cheap TV with a small screen. `Roving Mars' on blu-ray blew me away by the quality of the IMAX HD cinematography focusing on the manufacturing of the rovers. I was captivated by a realistic depiction of what it takes to get a spacecraft to make a 300 million mile hole-in-one landing.

I had read a review on Netflix where the wannabe critique stated that they didn't like all the CGI; they probably didn't know that some of the extraordinary footage of the mars terrain was actual footage from the HD-quality cameras on-board the rovers. It might have helped the common laymen if the filmmakers had indicted where the CGI stopped and the actual footage from mars began. I've been so engrossed by the rover missions (NASA made all the rover stills, panoramas and video available for download to the public, ever since the missions began http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html) I knew when I was when observing actual film-footage from mars, but I hadn't witnessed the utter clarity of the videos by playback on the computer. I'm astounded by the fact that the rovers are still up there working after four years, and this DVD will have a special place in my heart and in my imagination for the rest of my life imprisoned here on the earth.

In reference to the low ratings listed here: pretty much all IMAX documentaries are less than 60 minutes because of the giant-size of the actual IMAX film used for projection in IMAX theaters. I think its well worth twenty-bucks. It's something you'll proudly enjoy showing to your friends; providing you have a quality TV screen or projector."
Even for those of us who aren't space savvy...
Lyndsay Ortiz | Los Angeles, California | 08/04/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I admit I'm a bit overwhelmed even by a bit of math...and yet intrigued by the night sky and the beauty of the planets and stars. This charming DVD leads even the astronomy-ignorant of those of us by the hand. Not for the die-hard scientists, because it was made with the IMAX team cameras which tend to add drama...but geez...it's so fun to watch! Think MISSION TO MARS at Disneyland...but realistic."