Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

guyzradio In the 1950's, space sci-fi (movies, Rocky Jones, Captain Video, etc.) were a must see for me. When Men into Space hit television, I was glued to the screen. Ratchet forward 60 odd years, and episodes don't have quite the dazzle they did in 1959. Each episode seems to have the same mix of the following:Relatively mature themes with a hint of soap opera that stressed science, over fiction. These would have appealed to adults as well as kids back then. An moment of clairvoyance, in which they explore, or at least mention a concern of science or space flight that won't become relevant for at least 50 years, women astronauts being an example. One episode has striking similarities to the Apollo 13 mission.Silly science, including floating stars whizzing by, "tanker" rockets for refueling in space, and walking the moon in space suits about as thick as pajamas. The various rockets appear to be about as big externally a mini van, but a Greyhound bus on the inside. In one story, we see meteors pummeling the surface of the moon, and we hear the thud of each impact. A formulaic, fairy-tale ending where the astronauts face some life-threatening ordeal Through clever MacGyver improvisation and a stroke of ever-present luck, everyone lives happily ever-after.Actors we'll see in the coming years becoming stars of note to varying degrees. In Episode 1, McCauley's wife is played by Angie Dickenson. Saturday morning breakfasts now include a segment called "You won't believe who appeared in this morning's 'Men Into Space'." So do I like it after decades? Definitely. Part of the appeal is purely nostalgic, and the other part is looking for examples of the above and how they were woven together in a half hour show in 1959. The show tells us a lot about ourselves two years before Alan Shepard's first US manned space flight, and a mere 10 years before the moon landing. "2001: A Space Odyssey" with its attention to scientific detail is just nine years off. As a kid, I would have given Men Into Space 11 stars, Today, not so many.

sullymangolf We were stationed at Saufley Field NAS in Pensacola, Florida from 1962-64. Dad was a Navy pilot and I liked all things military. I was 9-11 years old when we lived in Pensacola. I don't remember this show being on Wednesday night. I remember it came on Sunday mornings at 11 or 11:30 because our family would usually go to Mass at the base chapel at noon. I would only get a chance to see part of the show. If we attended services out at the Main Base at 5:30 I would get to watch the whole show. The only episode I remember is the one where 3 astronauts were walking around the moon and had only a little oxygen left in their tanks. They had a reserve tank but it needed a wrench to get it open and usable. Well one man had the wrench but it was inside his spacesuit. By the end of the show he had saved the others by opening his space suit (sacrificing himself) and getting the wrench. I remember the colonel talking with the hero's son on earth telling what a hero his dad was. Soon we would be off to Keflavik, Iceland and a new adventure. I never saw the show again, but I do have good memories of it.

djoyjr This ran against Ozzie and Harriet, as I remember, as well as my Cub Scout base ball games. It was a fight against the whole family to let the one sci-fi nut of the group to see the one show he really cared about.Looking back at the tapes from this future perspective, it is still the most accurate portrayal of space flight on TV. It is the space program us baby boomers from the 60's wish we had developed and followed thru.If you get a chance, watch it. For a half hour 50/60's series, it's hard to beat. I still remember wishing my parents had bought me that Colonel McCauliffe space suit from the 1960 Sears catalogue.

t442163 This was a quite good pre-Mercury attempt to show the future of space travel with emphasis on the team work of the crews involved. I recall shows dealing with landing on the moon and what man would find there. As well as working on building a space station and what would be involved. It did try to be factual but took dramatic license on a number of occasions.I am possibly the only one who still has his official Col. McCauley space helmet (still in the original box).