i read michael crichton’s the andromeda strain about a year ago and enjoyed it so much, i sought out the 1971 film based off the book that followed the storyline very closely. the film also looked very much as i had imagined many of the scenes.

so i was again excited to hear that there was now a new version of the movie out on a&e. for some reason it was 4 hours long, but with tivo it was only about 3 and change, so i recorded it and watched it last night. what a dumb fucking movie. first of all the cast was comprised of washed up tv and b-rated movie actors. benjamin bratt (of miss congeniality) was probably the biggest star, accompanied by eric mccormack (will & grace), rick schroeder (silver spoons), christa miller (drew carey show/scrubs), and daniel dae kim (jin on lost).

the acting was terrible and the storyline was very different than the book or the original film. they added extra storylines like the reporter that was trying to get the story, and the rouge military unit that was trying to get a sample of the bacteria, and started killing anyone that knew anything and then the ending made no sense. they also for some reason killed off ricky and jin, even though they were fine in the book. anyway, retarded movie. stay away.