Roving Mars
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Movie Reviews of Roving Mars
Movie Review: Not enough Mars
Summary: 3 Stars
The DVD had a lot of interesting information about the development of the probes, but I had expected a lot more of the footage from Mars. But most of the scenes of Mars were studio recreations. So I was disappointed in the product, although the background information was interesting.Movie Review: Too Diluted
Summary: 2 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.
Movie Review: Rent It First
Summary: 2 Stars
First of all I was disappointed not by the fact that there was very little scientific information like one of the reviewers but by the fact that there is almost no actual Mars footage! My guess is 60 percent is about the troubles of building the rovers, and then perhaps 35 percent is CG images of the rover landing on Mars, coming up to a rock, etc, and maybe only 5 minutes of this film (if that) actually contains any actual footage of the planet itself -- the real reason I wanted to watch this film! The movie that I would love to see is one without any narrator, but with just images capturing the sublime grandeur of space (in this case Mars) paired of with some kind of subtle music by someone like Brian Eno.
That said, the CG images were nicely done, and some of the scenes of them building the rovers were interesting. My final advice, rent it first (I did) before you decide if you really want to buy it. I'm going to save my money for something else.
Movie Review: Roving Mars
Summary: 2 Stars
The title of this DVD is a bit misleading. I was expecting to see actual images of Mars as seen from the Mar's rovers. Granted a few actual images were displayed but nothing that couldn't be obtained on the net.
The dvd largely concentrates on the planning of the rovers up to launch. Animation then takes over with the landing of the rovers and exploration of the surface.
Non the less the Dvd is enjoyable with great attention paid to the accuracy of the animation. Obviously it could not be expected to see the actual landing and deployment of the rovers if it weren't by animation.
If you are wanting to see real images of the Mars surface forget this DVd and wait until a Dvd comes out that does show the real images obtained from the rovers.