Comments on: Review: The Andromeda Strain

By: Nelson

Nelson — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:58:49 +0000

“I’m going to download part 2 – I’ve heard it’s even worse!”

Brace yourself, because it gets so much worse. It makes me wish MST3K was still on the air.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:44:46 +0000

you got it. I watched part 1 and could not believe what a terrible, terrible show this was. the character development is forced, unnatural, cliche’d and completely unconvincing.
The team get gathered into an ABSURD secret underground lab, where everything is done via voice controlled computers (somehow they all know exactly how to operate everything, despite never having been there), and they keep telling each other they don’t have much time, yet two of them are sitting down drinking coffee together, while a baby and an old man are lying in quarantine!
An then there’s the science! my GOD! “Bucky balls are theoretical, don’t exist and were named after their inventor Buckminster Fuller”. wrong, wrong,and wrong.
They are real, they do exist, and Fuller did nothing of the sort.

This is easily the worst tv show I have ever seen. and that is saying something. I’m going to download part 2 – I’ve heard it’s even worse!

By: nowhereman

nowhereman — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:03:45 +0000

Perhaps this absoute mount everest of crap should have come with the same type of disclaimer used in many commercials hawking new and improved ways to treat various human maladies…

“Side effects may include vomiting, lack of interest, lack of sleep, dissapointment,smashed television screens, disorientation, and the urge to mutter- “What the hell was that all about?”

A&E really put their stamp on this former classic:

Assinine & Entirely pointless!!!

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:34:51 +0000

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one to think this movie was junk. It had its moments but soon diminshed into that wormhole. Why oh why would an advanced human race from the future send back the very virus that was killing it with a built in message on how to kill it? Why not just send a message saying, “Hey, don’t destroy that bacterium at the bottom of the ocean because you will need it in the future”. AND WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT SYMBOL???!!! Oh, and the coup de gras, the virus actually turned on a nuclear missile; WHO WRITES THIS STUFF???!!!

Kahless, time to charge those disruptors and find some petaQs.

Finally, some real action!! )

By: Paleo

Paleo — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:41:34 +0000

The scene in which the dead chap’s thumb was tossed up the elevator shaft by hero2 and caught by hero3 was the only “thumbs up” for the entire 4 hours. The toss suggested that the mini series may have been a dark comedy conceived by the writer in retribution for having been asked to update the 1971 classic.

By: 790

790 — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:33:08 +0000

Vic allmost a no hitter!
Only 1 positive comment out of 16.
Hahaaaa!

By: Shmendrick

Shmendrick — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:24:08 +0000

I feel like I should be beaten like a red-headed stepchild for falling for that hyped-up promo…PUNCH..PUNCH……….PUNCH!!!

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:40:17 +0000

Hubby and I had been looking forward to this for weeks!! A&E did a massive promo for it and we thought, hmmm, must be good!!

What a waste of 4 hours! crap crap crap

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:03:47 +0000

No one mentioned the same commercials played over and over again. Had to press mute every 10 minutes. I think the movie was at least 50% advertisements.

The ending went over my head. Stupid. Character development, over done. Really graphic violence that I was not expecting. Shocked actually. heads cut off, folks shot point blank in the head. Really, PG? This kind of stuff is in “R” rated movies. How did that slip by the TV rating department? I wasted 4 hours of my time. The original was superior.

By: ET

ET — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:25:33 +0000

What a waste! The Andromeda galaxy is supposed to have a black hole in it’s center but, this entire film was one big black hole that sucked up 4 hours of my time.

By: J.R.

J.R. — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:01:55 +0000

Writer Shenkkan and Director Salomon should receive the “Lead Lemon Award for Worst Mini-series” for the terrible adulteration of the original 1971 version of the Andromeda Strain. At best, the production was pseudo science replete with fourth-rate propaganda that targeted everything from sea-floor mining to ridicule of the U.S. government and its military. Terrible.

By: shmendrick

shmendrick — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:52:48 +0000

While the first half was barely passable, the second was ridiculous crappo. All in all, plain old abusive. Loved the original. Once again, I say to myself “NEVER watch made-for-tv movies!!..NEVER!”

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:28:40 +0000

why even do it if your going to DISRESPECT the original?

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:18:48 +0000

I feel soo dirty for subjecting myself and the woman whom calls herself my wife, the four hours of torture sitting through this kakapupu…

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:07:42 +0000

The first part wasn’t bad, but after watching the conclusion… I want the last two hours of my life back.

By: the old man

the old man — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:51:16 +0000

I can’t believe it. I started out thinking this was a decent remake but they lost me with the wormhole garbage. The reasoning for it seems faulty too. If a far future had technology to send something back in time why wouldn’t it have the technology to engineer a sulpher eating microbe, even if a particular microbe was extinct?? If it was in the far future where biodiversity was diminished to the point of having nothing to work with, storing the solution in a space station wouldn’t be the most reasonable solution either. The world currently has better facilities doing this already on terra firma.

By: 790

790 — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:02:53 +0000

I agree Vic, the original is the inovator here…

By: RJ

RJ — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:24:40 +0000

in my opinion a shab and dismal attempt at capturing the same intensity as the original movie.
The acting was piss poor, the veiled left winged political remarks were totally out of place.
The other unbelievable aspects, such as weather fronts going from Utah to LA(east to west)…sorry folks…just doesnt work that way…at least not on THIS planet.
The PC aspects, the needless , moronic character develoment.
The “undercover” affair between Stone and the Lady “Doc”….geeeze…..and who the Hell is this Nash guy???…and what reason for him to be in the flick…is just beyond me..
Movie was just CRAP…nothin else to say

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:06:47 +0000

I LIKED IT.
Saw the 1st one qnd didn’t care for it then (1971)

By: jerseycajun

jerseycajun — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:39:40 +0000

Only saw the first half last night, but from the looks of it they took a perfectly good sci-fi thriller and bogged it down with a bunch of unnecessary “issue” politics. If that’s what the writers think passes for an intelligent screenplay, it doesn’t bode well for any future work they do.

I remember reading the book and being riveted by it. If the source material is strong, trust it. Only make changes to the story where the difference in medium (reading vs. watching) make it necessary.

It’s a shame, really, because for a while it looked like there was going to have enough in common with the original (they still used many of the same names, and locations based on the names and descriptions in the book) to pull it off, and A&E doesn’t have the reputation of a Sci-fi channel movie, so I expected more. (It was better than that, but not as good as expected).