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Title: Andromeda Strain 1971 - WIldfire intro
Post by: Homer J Simpson on January 14, 2019, 07:56:31 am


Way ahead of its time.........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgDmJzaSd40 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgDmJzaSd40)
Title: Re: Andromeda Strain 1971 - WIldfire intro
Post by: German_EE on January 14, 2019, 03:29:25 pm
Not seen that movie since film club in college, 1976.
Title: Re: Andromeda Strain 1971 - WIldfire intro
Post by: Stray Electron on January 14, 2019, 06:59:27 pm
  They made a new version of it about 10? years ago.  From what I recall, it wasn't bad but it was never as popular as the original. 
Title: Re: Andromeda Strain 1971 - WIldfire intro
Post by: raptor1956 on January 14, 2019, 07:46:41 pm
There were parts of the movie I hated, but all-in-all a much smarter movie/story than was or is typical of Hollywood.  Michael Crichton was apparently something of a dick as a human being, but he was in the upper echelon of writers in the science area.  Most of the problems I had with the movie was down to Hollywood and there tendencies to dick with the story.


Brian
Title: Re: Andromeda Strain 1971 - WIldfire intro
Post by: coppercone2 on January 17, 2019, 02:16:38 pm
 In stark contrast to the predator

I want the next one to be like a full on comedy like the first scary movie now lol.. they included basically a doofy troop without it being a parody. I dont know how to raise the bar further, maybe predators riding around on war elephants with cassette players.. not a bad movie but i was expecting some serious gritty action thriller.. similar dna concept to the andromeda strain though.

The andromeda strain had a realistic vibe to it. A tripple remake would have president brump tweeting about the plane crashes lol.

Sometimes it sucks how these good movies are stuck in the past... its like yea you want a plausible movie? Fuck you go to 1950 again.

I do think maybe critics did get harsher with scifi though, because its easy to get top level knowledge about a theoretical system,on the internet in 30 seconds and formulate an opinion based on that without taking the considerations which resulted in pecularities which can actually make it more interesting.

I got a backlog of film reviews that irritated me going back like a decade that need debunking... the biggest hurt to scifi is that people dont realize there is literarly  an office space behind every new technology..

Yea that part of the battlemech s not armored because a tps report was not filled in in time.get over it.
Title: Re: Andromeda Strain 1971 - WIldfire intro
Post by: MT on January 17, 2019, 06:52:49 pm
Rated G, But may be too intense for younger children.
These where the days long before Iraq and Syria ISIL's chopped heads 24/7 availability on internet.  :scared::popcorn: :horse:
Title: Re: Andromeda Strain 1971 - WIldfire intro
Post by: vtwin@cox.net on January 18, 2019, 12:42:36 pm
Sometimes it sucks how these good movies are stuck in the past... its like yea you want a plausible movie? Fuck you go to 1950 again.

Aliens in giant space ships travelling through wormholes to come and steal our "molten core" sell more tickets.
Title: Re: Andromeda Strain 1971 - WIldfire intro
Post by: coppice on January 18, 2019, 12:48:40 pm
Rated G, But may be too intense for younger children.
These where the days long before Iraq and Syria ISIL's chopped heads 24/7 availability on internet.  :scared::popcorn: :horse:
Of course its intense for younger children. The plot rests on seals being harmed.  :)