The Andromeda Strain (1971) Part 11

[fiatknox]

And here comes that ominous music again. :)

[flippert0]

Terrific electronic sound track! This was (and is) quite rare for a mainstream Hollywood movie.

[scotpens]

Interesting that the brains behind Project Wildfire assumed that, in a last-resort scenario, any alien microorganism could be destroyed by an atomic bomb. Did it never occur to them that a life-form from space might function the way Andromeda does, by converting energy directly into matter? Exploding a nuclear weapon would only FEED it ! Guess they weren't "thinking outside the box."

[IETCHX]

Ugly and cranky, what a woman...

[wpl955g]

'Alternative directive 7-11 now in EFFECT?!'

I'd be ticked off too. A fine time for the President to be off having a Big Gulp.

[neemz2000]

I should point out that the Dr. Levitt character was male in the book, and made the exact same mistakes.

[PianoScience]

In the book Levitt is named Peter, in the movie it's Ruth. So many other difference like Piedmont in the book was in Arizona, not New Mexico, and the population was 48 not 68.

[scotpens]

And also suffered from epilepsy, and kept it secret for the same reasons.

[robitosmilin]

Dumb bitch almost blew the whole deal.  "Women scientists.."

[ld80061]

She also missed the "no growth" results shown in part 10. Grrr....

[Leechbat]

Shes under big pressure, stress can make you see or think things you can´t even imagine...Tension wouldn´t allow you think and react according...

[GNillePuh]

Whoah, issues MUCH?

In the original book the character was a male, it just got changed to a female for the movie. Feel free to comment on the "dumb wanker" and "man scientist" now, without making an ass of yourself.

[gene15644a]

Untreated Petit Mal Epilepsy. Damn shame she didn't deal with it.

[StyxTBuferd]

Exactly. Her epilepsy basically caused her to forget the no growth result because it involved flashing lights. She seized and didn't even remember having a seizure.

[Pearsey]

Poor "Burke" the guy next to the teletype machine. He was shipped off to the Aleutian Islands next week.

[cvkline]

This made me laugh.