# Apollo 13: Survival (Netflix) — a good documentary **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix, documentary-bio\ **Created:** [November 27, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-survival-netflix-a-good-documentary/1010853 "2024-11-27T16:08:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-survival-netflix-a-good-documentary/1010853/1 "2024-11-27T16:08:13Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/CvXqj7I.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/CvXqj7I.jpeg) **Haise, Swigert, Lovell of Apollo 13** The wife and I watched it last night. It’s apparently been available since 06 September. Has anyone else seen it? It was quite good. Fascinating, gripping, enjoyable. I liked hearing the thoughts of Marilyn Lovell and Susan Lovell (daughter). Little to no inputs from the families of Fred Haise (a US Marine, yay) and Jack Swigert. (Funny, but just now as I tried slide-typing Swigert it came out Swinger, which he was) Marilyn Lovell: “I didn’t know if I was a wife or a widow.” Susan Lovell: (a boy at school said to her) “I’m so very sorry that your dad is going to die.” This article described the film as ‘clinical’. Apropo. Article: Apollo 13: Survival review – fascinating, if clinical, retelling of space history ➜ [Apollo 13: Survival review – fascinating, if clinical, retelling of space history | Documentary films | The Guardian](https://amp.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/sep/04/apollo-13-survival-documentary-review) ■ Has anyone else seen this documentary? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-survival-netflix-a-good-documentary/1010853/2 "2024-11-27T18:31:28Z")
I have not seen it, however, in a recent thread someone was kind enough to link to the following site > **[Apollo 13 in Real Time](http://apolloinrealtime.org/13/)** > > A real-time interactive journey through the third lunar landing attempt. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1970. which has all the audio, a corrected transcript, and other media, so you can contemplate having the right stuff to do what you need to survive while not sleeping and freezing your ass off in a malfunctioning tin can. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-survival-netflix-a-good-documentary/1010853/3 "2024-11-27T19:19:17Z")
I enjoyed it, but it’s definitely not as good as the Apollo 11 doc that came out a few years ago. That was also available on Netflix, but only after it was first released on the big screen (wish I’d seen it then because it is spectacular). I do agree with people who say that NASA’s finest hour was not Apollo 11 but in fact Apollo 13 though. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-survival-netflix-a-good-documentary/1010853/4 "2024-11-27T23:04:53Z")
I watched it a few months ago. The most interesting parts for me were the reactions of the mission control team to each event during the flight. That was something even the massive acting talent of Clint Howard couldn’t adequately portray. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-survival-netflix-a-good-documentary/1010853/5 "2024-11-27T23:13:54Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I do agree with people who say that NASA’s finest hour was not Apollo 11 but in fact Apollo 13 though. Apollo 13 was NASA’s finest hour. Well said and I have to agree. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-survival-netflix-a-good-documentary/1010853/6 "2024-11-27T23:49:41Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > it’s definitely not as good as the Apollo 11 doc that came out a few years ago. Yes, that was awesome ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-survival-netflix-a-good-documentary/1010853/7 "2024-11-28T08:57:44Z")
I’ll have to look for the Apollo 11 documentary and watch it again.