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A Trailer For The Ridley & Tony Scott Produced Remake Of THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN In Now On The Net!!
Merrick here...
A longform trailer for the Ridley & Tony Scott produced television remake of THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN is now online.
I've never felt Robert Wise's 1971 original film was in need of an updating, but...as far as unnecessary remakes go...this one doesn't appear to bring with it too high a suck factor.
For old time's sake (and for comparison), here's a bad ass trailer for the original film:
..and here's a longer promo:
..and you can find the trailer for the new miniseries
HERE!!!
The new project is directed by Mikael Salomon (cinematographer of THE ABYSS and BACKDRAFT & a director on ROME and ALIAS and the feature film HARD RAIN) and stars Benjamin Bratt, Christa Miller, Andre Braugher, and Eric McCormack. It will air on A&E....when?
HERE!!!
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I imagine the music from 2001 in the background
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Absolutely breathtaking...madness Salomon didn't win the Oscar that year. Far superior to Russell Carpenter's work on Titanic, which did win an Oscar. Go figure.
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I loved the Michael Crichton novel when I was younger, and the movie was good too. I will be tuning in for this one.
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Covered in foam.
I'm there. -
I'd buy THAT for a dollar!
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When do they start remaking bad Sean Connery movies from the '70's.
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i mean it couldve been a lot worse right?
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It really does. Somebody call Hell; see if they're putting on parkas or anything...
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and was pleasantly suprised at how well it holds up. Wise knew how to fill that widescreen frame. If you think about it, it was the CSI of science fiction at the time.
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As in the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. It's up for Best International TV Program vs. Californication, Family Guy and My Name Is Earl.
And for the Apatow fans on here ;), Russell Brand's Ponderland is nominated for Best Comedy Program (as opposed ti Situation Comedy). -
It was long and stuff and can see most ppl not enjoying it, but its got to be one of truest adaptations of a book i've ever seen(granted Im not much a reader). That was a terrific trailer albeit the movie moves about a fraction of the pace the trailer does.
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Okay, that was wrong. I'm kidding. KIDDING.
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They have my attention. I'll at least watch one night.
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How cool would it be to have the original author direct the adaptation/remake?? And although Yul Brenner would be impossible to recast, wasn't there talk of a Westworld remake?
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I recognised quite a few lines in there, and the story doesn't seem to have been fucked with too much either. Fingers crossed this comes out well.
I also agree the original didn't really need updating but if it had to be updated it looks like it's been done well. Although I'll miss the creepy '70s "score" of the original film which basically used lots of weird noises to unsettle the audience. -
Man, they did something right back then. Why bother with a fucking remake?
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I read somewhere that Frank Darabont was co-producing this along with the Scott brothers, but his name no longer seems to be attached to the project. What gives?
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Speaking of bio-hazard movies, another that was WAY ahead of its time and has me surprised it hasn't been selected for a remake (since Hollywood is remaking everything these days, including 3 year old films), is the 1965 movie The Satan Bug. An absolutely top notch thriller that dealt with home-grown American terrorism and deadly pathogens.
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...some of the most suspensful, intense scenes in cinema history. And looking at Paula Kelly wasn't too bad, either.
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Bummers. Wanted to see Christa covered in foam.
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that is all
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I'll have to look out for this.
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..always loved the line "NO ONE WILL BE SEATED DURING THE LAST TEN MINUTES OF THIS MOTION PICTURE"..who the hell walks in near the end of the previous showing??
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned (other than the new trailer) the fact that Mikael Salomon directed The Grid. That was a absolutely phenomenal mini-series which was expertly written, directed and paced, and extremely well-acted. (Although the last 30 minutes ended with a bit of a whimper, not a bang.) Still, if the new Andromeda Strain is anything near the quality of The Grid, I don't think we have anything to worry about. And honestly, while I own the original film, and it holds up really well, this is one remake I don't have an issue with. It's a good story, and as long as it's not embellished with a lot of gratuitous Hollywood crap, it should be fine.
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Where's all the cool cinematography of the original? Okay, I understand what remake means, but this looks like 24 with an alien virus in it. Ho hum. Like many other remakes, might as well watch the original.
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I too am giving this a pass, just to see if can be as good as the original. But you gotta love that Wise's version had schlubby character actors playing the scientists as opposed to Ben Bratt, and Eric McCormick looking scruffy and butch.
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I'll watch this -- as much as I love the original film, it is starting to get a little dusty, based on a recent viewing. I'm willing to give this slick, superficial-looking remake a chance.
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...that trailer looks unappealing. However, I hope this prompts a nice new DVD release of the original film.
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This shit looks good... but when the fuck does it air??
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The orginial was boring, this looks interesting.
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The original was the best. You had the fate of the planet depending on a bunch of shabbby science geeks and old fuddy-duddies.
now of course the new cast has to look like a photo spread for health and fitness magazine. Ugh -
Book was good, movie let me down some.
PS: is anyone else sick of the same old tired cliche of the military industrial complex trying to coopt a deadly virus/weapon/species for their own ends? I mean, I get that liberals hate the military and want it nothing but defeat, but as movie watchers don't you get tired of a predictable plot twist/crisis in every movie like Outbreak and such? -
the original movie had a claustrophobic feeling about it, as the majority of the movie took place in the underground lab...kept up the intensity
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I'll be watching this for sure...or at least picking up the DVD
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Breast Milk saves them from alien bacterium.
And epilepsy just about dooms us all. -
All are one-hit wonders from TV shows that lasted a few seasons. Looks great! (But I wouldn't mind taking a chemical shower with Christa Miller!)
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I can't believe how bad it was when I finally checked it out a couple of years ago.
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It keeps "saying" come back later...
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Robert Wise did some great movies.
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I'm curious.
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I thought that the original was good but almost maddeningly slow/boring in some parts. This new version looks exactly like what I would expect if Ridley Scott got ahold of it and that's definitely a good thing.
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What was the matter? Not enough explosions/boobs/quick-cut-action-scenes for you? Actually I 'm suprised what they got away with for a G rating back then.
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The book is excellent. I even liked it better than Jurassic Park.
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... a run-of-the-mill horror movie. The original, while dated, treated the subject realistically. There were no push ins for dramatic effect, or cliched one liners. And why is Andre another military/authority figure? Why couldn't he be a scientist? And when did Rick Schroder go back to Ricky (I'm sure that'll change)? Maybe it's just the way they cut the trailer, but it looks really weak.
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Maybe the next version Hollywood makes will take place in a middle school science lab so they can skew even younger.
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Wow... looks like exactly the same movie... same SCRIPT even (I know this since the trailer gave up the ENTIRE story, pretty much). Both must be true to the novel I'm guessing. The main difference seems to be that everybody is "attractive" in this one, because it is now illegal to have ugly people on TV or something. In the original movie, the scientists mostly looked like boring frumpy smart people, but at least it was believable that way.
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with the actors and their characters. It's just like those cheesy disaster and politcal thrillers from the '70s..." with George Kennedy as Burt Huffington ... and Jose Ferrer as The President"
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Why bother doing that?
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When some screenwriters are brought in to rewrite someone else's script, one of the first things they do is change the character's names. It makes it feel more like their own work instead of a rewrite.
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Fucken finally
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...George Lucas retouch the original with the ILM treatment. Just like with the original trilogy... I mena nobody had anything bad to say about that, right?
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so sick of that look and i don't even watch csi or whatever the hell that nasty looking remake is ripping off. the original contained the great lines "Look at his buttocks." "Not funny."
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Mar 18, 2008 6:41:41 PM CDT
Double Feature: The Andromeda Strain & Star Trek: The Motion Pic
by anakin whoopass
It's a Robert Wise color-coded concentric corridor coupling!
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It had the one thing that was missing from the other Star Trek movies - scope. It felt like a big movie. The others all felt smaller like a tv episode. Khan is the best of them all, no question, but the Wise movie looked grander.
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Big fucking surprise, the scientists are now you and good looking! Fuck I hate the Hollywood of today.
This looks like total shit!
God forbid ugly people in a movie.
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candidate. They could really do something with VR and amusement park theming. And I would definately cast Elisha Cuthbert as some kind of nympho robot that wants to bang nonstop.
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ifff588c2bae9eaffc6505faefe8825e4
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The orignal Movie.. and I thought book, had them just being scientists doing awesome science in a futuristic science hole... and it was great. They are reaching a bit with this.
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He's back to "Ricky" now?
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Is USA doing direct to DVD movies? I like how Eric McCormack is butched up to prove he's not gay in real life.
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Cold, perfect Michael Crichton procedural brilliance, before he went all crazy. Also, great work by Robert Wise.
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is how it reads on the trailer page.
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yeah seriously what is the point? I like Itchy's idea about doing Westworld instead - the original was one of the few book-film adaptations that was actually just as cool as the book was. Will THIS version be able to make the same claim??
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this looks dated already. What I like most about the Robert Wise picture ist the "in broad daylight" atmosphere and the actors in a hyper-clean bunker. Only reason to watch this would be Mister Kim. What got the Scott-free bros. into this?
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This should be balls out. I hope the ending is a little more clear than the old one, though.
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Now we know we can just discount everything you say from here on in.
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....WTF?? The original beginning was moody and creepy, with the two soldiers searching for the satellite and the speaker audio. Now some teenagers spot it crashing to the ground like some '50s B-movie? Bet they were necking in some secluded area..It looks like they've retained the core idea, but have now opened it up with the virus spreading outside the compound ala Outbreak/28 Days Later. Again...WTF??
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I know Crichton's directing record is pretty spotty..Looker, Runaway...but also Westworld and The Great Train Robbery. I just thought the idea of the novel's author actually directing his own work would be cool. Although didn't Norman Mailer do that once, with disasterous results ..
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No wait, he doesn't.
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...better films came after, but when I think about what it would have been like to be one of those Trek fans from the sixties waiting twelve or so years and finally seeing the film, I would rather have had that experience than the sixteen years I had to finally see "The Phantom Menace". If you aren't a big fan of the movie, next time you watch it, try imaging yourself as one of those people who waited all those years. ST: TMP is the ultimate "made for the fans" film. It may have had its flaws, but its strengths (including its most important: handling the characters) far outweigh the negatives. Oddly enough, the failure of the last few Next Generation films have a lot of people reassessing their opinions of ST: TMP. Fine by me.
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I dont't know if this has already been addressed but the westworld remake has been kicking around for a few years now and at one point, Tarsem Singh (The Cell) was attached but not anymore. IMDB still has it listed. It was one of my boyhood favorites and although I hate remakes, I'd like to see this one attempted. As far as Andromeda, haters for that movie are tools. the original owns.
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Not many may be aware, but I believe that it was the first film to use digital generated imagery in the robots POV scenes. And as fond as I am of the original, its low budget betrays the grandeur it wanted to imply. And Yul Brenner..?? Tho impossible to recast, I keep thinking a low key brooding Jason Strathem..he would look cool in all black cowboy gear.
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Why would anyone with a functional brain cast Ricky Schroder in a serious film? All the lines he says in this trailer suck monster horse cock. Talk about taking a potentially decent film and wiping your ass with it.
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"When some screenwriters are brought in to rewrite someone else's script, one of the first things they do is change the character's names. It makes it feel more like their own work instead of a rewrite."
That's all very well and good with an original work still being developed, but this is an adaptation of an existing work and makes no sense! (Such is Hollywood.)
I expect the rewriters will make other changes to make the work 'their own':
Introduce an affair between two of the task force (maybe a love triangle!)
Have a gorilla escape instead of a smaller primate so the however-he-'s-named-now Mark Hall will have to FIGHT TO THE DEATH!!! with the animal while dodging the curare darts...
I'm soooo looking forward to this now. Except not so much.
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