There's a lot to criticize in this episode. For one, the portrayal of Aldrin as some humorless, nervous-nellie is as inaccurate as can be. Yes, Aldrin was very serious about his work, but in interviews and the flight transcripts he shows himself to have a pretty wicked sense of humor. And although he was never comfortable talking to the media and the press , he almost always gave a good accounting of himself.
The portrayal of Armstrong as an eye-rolling commander toward his LM pilot is also assinine. Armstrong said many times that he always gave great weight to what Aldrin said, whether he agreed or not. And here, when Aldrin is partaking in communion after the landing, Armstrong is shown giving a mocking, eye-rolling look at Aldrin. NOT TRUE. According to Neil, Buzz asked him before the flight if this was okay, and Armstrong told him it was fine, that he had no problem with that whatsoever.
I'll leave my criticisms there - I don't have the ambition to write a book on this rather poor episode. How can Hollywood - once again - take a compelling, historic, true-story and so badly screw it up?
