The Andromeda Strain on A&E

[rabid1st]

Since I may not be the only one who hadn't heard about this. One of the finest SciFi works ever is being redone as a mini-series for A&E and is showing tonight and tomorrow night. There will probably be encore performances, but I'm going to record the repeat at 1:00 am just to be safe.

The Andromeda Strain is a book by Michael Crichton...the same man who brought us Jurassic Park. The movie was cutting edge for its time and the story is rather timeless. I'm not really a Crichton fan, I don't like his style...but I do like his imagination and his science. Another great movie from that day is The Forbin Project. The book version of Colossus makes the Daleks look like pet poodles.

Rae

Comments

[ladyofgallifrey.livejournal.com]

My parents took me to see both these movies (Andromeda & Colossus) when I was pretty young - I remember being amazed that they showed people's naked backsides! Is it any wonder I started out thinking I would go Pre-Med and end up majoring in computer science? (Yeah, I also grew up watching Star Trek)

Colossus was downright disturbing. It still is.

You bet it was disturbing

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

Leaving out the horrible things that happened to the women, even.

I can't remember if the movie had that scene with the priceless artwork burning or not...but it is still with me to this day.

The one where the art-worshipping guy is on one side of a wall of flame and the priceless painting is on the other and all he has to do to save the art is run through the incinerating fire. I vividly recall his gibbering as he huddled against the wall, wetting himself as he watched painting after painting melted away into nothing.

EEEK!

Rae

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

As for your parents...my mom was the same...she started me reading science fiction. I think I did Dr. Seuss, and then Edgar Rice Burroughs and Andre Norton. I, too, saw Andromeda at a very young age...I feel asleep and woke up at a very scary part--the part with the lasers and the self-destruct mechanism. I didn't see it properly until I was much older...but it was still good the last time I saw it...which was pre-Matrix, I know.

Rae

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

Oh...and Disheveled is finished...if you are brave enough to tackle the bad parts...or you can just hum and overlook the bad parts...and assume I explained stuff there.

Hee!

Rae

[larielromeniel.livejournal.com]

Ohmygosh...on TONIGHT????

**frantically changing the channel***

Darn. Halfway through. I guess I can TiVo the repeat at 1:00 and watch it tomorrow...one good thing about being mostly unemployed. I've nowhere to go!

[auntiesuze.livejournal.com]

Methinks I feel a hole in my sci-fi geekery. I've never seen or read either The Andromeda Strain or Colossus. :\

Actually, I'm not sure I've read *any* Michael Crichton books. *goes to look up book list*

Dude! He wrote and directed Westworld??? I didn't know that! lol Ah, Yul Brenner as a homicidal android gunfighter. Good times...good times... XD

Nope, I never had read any of his books. Seen a few of the movies (Jurassic Park, natch), but that's it.