The Andromeda Strain (1971)

The future kind of sucks. (431 movies items)

"Reason why the future sucks: A space station satellite, has crashed down on Earth, carrying a deadly virus with it. Year it takes place: 1970ish."

Watched in 2021: Movies (152 movies items)

" Director: Robert Wise His 34th movie My 5th movie watched from the director Added to Lists: Best Pandemic Movies The Michael Crichton Collection __________ Location: Texas, USA"

“(OK) Wise man Wise, his direction accompanies Crichton intuitions on machine, war and security systems, there´s no manicheism here, there´s something else in the long description fo tehnical proceedings, there´s a sort of observation of future...” read more

Watched in 2020 (284 movies items)

" 19.12. VERENKUVA - MINUN VALINTANI Kuten tasan viikkoa aikaisemmin, oli päivän ohjelmistossa kaksi kuratoitua mysteerivalintaa, jotka päätettiin Wikipediassa etusivulle nostetun artikkelin mukaan. Päivän teemana toimi siis verenkuva (complete blood count). Teeman soveltaminen oli jälleen kerran vapaata, kunhan valinnan pystyi jotenkin perustelemaan. Oma valintani oli Robert Wisen tiede-elokuva, jossa avaruudesta syrjäiseen kaupunkiin saapuneessa satelliitissa on jotain ihmisten kuole"

The Best Pandemic Movies (25 movies items)

"Scientists investigating an infectious organism that fell to Earth from space. "

Some of the better killer virus films rated (10 movies items)

"A virus from space mutates too fast to destroy the world. "

RS: 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 1970s (50 movies items)

"A precursor to the biohazard thrillers that have occasionally infected multiplexes over the past 20 years, Robert Wise’s adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel about a deadly space pathogen trades in the genre’s cosmic pulp and head-trippiness for a procedural-like seriousness. Having discovered a downed satellite has brought back a spore — code name: Andromeda — that threatens to wipe out humanity, a team of scientists have to contain this lethal visitor or die tryin’. The era’s p"

2019 Movie Journal (42 movies items)

"Watched: 06/20/19"

Films Watched in 2019 (328 movies items)

"29.4 Movie science bros. "

Academy Award for Best Production Design: 1970s (50 movies items)

"Boris Leven and William Tuntke (Art Directors), Ruby Levitt (Set Decorator) "

2017: Films I've Watched in June (24 movies items)

"First Watched 6/11/2017"

Collection: From Novel to Film (780 movies items)

" TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Andromeda Strain PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel AUTHOR/CREATOR: Michael Crichton ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1969 HAVE I READ: Yes NOTES: The Andromeda Strain is the first novel Michael Crichton released under his own name, having used two pseudonyms for prior publications. "

Bioweapons (9 movies items)

" Although the microbial threat in this science fiction film is a natural one returning to earth with a satellite, the scientific response team comes across germ warfare simulations, strongly indicating that the responsible US government projects were designed to actively search for harmful bio-agents for use in BW."