Is anybody watching 'The Andromeda Strain'? - GoFuckYourself.com

GrouchyAdmin · 05-27-2008, 11:29 PM

I recorded half of it yesterday. The DVR fucked up and recoded all 4 hours tonight, but it didn't record the HD stream. It looks like ass.

Is it worth looking for and re-recording, or should I just watch the mpeg-to-fuck-480i version?

GrouchyAdmin · 05-27-2008, 11:48 PM

I guess that's a 'No, you're the only one who watches anything on A&E.'

GrouchyAdmin · 05-27-2008, 11:57 PM

Also, it's pretty boring, even with the 4 months of ads the assholes ran for it. Fuck you, A&E. Bring back some good shows.

BusterBunny · 05-27-2008, 11:57 PM

ive been watching it but i don't have hd...so i can't tell you if its worth it i'm used to regular assey tv...

CDSmith · 05-28-2008, 12:02 AM

It's on again on A&E later this week, thursday I think. Twice.

I still need to watch the 2nd half. 1st half wasn't bad.

GrouchyAdmin · 05-28-2008, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by CDSmith

It's on again on A&E later this week, thursday I think. Twice.

I still need to watch the 2nd half. 1st half wasn't bad.

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Originally Posted by BusterBunny

ive been watching it but i don't have hd...so i can't tell you if its worth it i'm used to regular assey tv...

Second half is almost as bad as the last part of "The Stand" so far. I liked that made-for-tv movie, but this is just turning into quazi-nonscientific-crap. The Was Once On Law and Order guy figured there's a binary code and maybe it came from a wormhole and it's made by NASA. I think I'm gonna look for reruns of Pop-Up Video.

CDSmith · 05-28-2008, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by GrouchyAdmin

Second half is almost as bad as the last part of "The Stand" so far. I liked that made-for-tv movie, but this is just turning into quazi-nonscientific-crap. The Was Once On Law and Order guy figured there's a binary code and maybe it came from a wormhole and it's made by NASA. I think I'm gonna look for reruns of Pop-Up Video.

Thanks for the warning.

but dammit I need closure!

MikeSmoke · 05-28-2008, 12:14 AM

Forget the made for TV version, it was stupid.
Buy the book, it was sensational.

BusterBunny · 05-28-2008, 12:15 AM

it is pretty bad but i'm so far in i think i must finish...and after wasting $10 on outbreak in theaters i am stoked this is on tv........shit fuck now they just killed the monkey it is turning into outbreak what the hell

BusterBunny · 05-28-2008, 12:19 AM

ps ricky schroeder annoys the fuck out of me

GrouchyAdmin · 05-28-2008, 12:23 AM

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dammit I need closure!

2 more hours of Crap, starting Benji Bratt. Then, credits.

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Originally Posted by BusterBunny

ps ricky schroeder annoys the fuck out of me

It'd be funny as fuck if they made him sit atop of a train and 'ride it into town' though, after so many years of Silver Spoons.

GrouchyAdmin · 05-28-2008, 12:25 AM

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it is pretty bad but i'm so far in i think i must finish...and after wasting $10 on outbreak in theaters i am stoked this is on tv........shit fuck now they just killed the monkey it is turning into outbreak what the hell

I paid for Sphere.

I was expecting to get laid, but.. I paid for Sphere.

I walked out of 'A Simple Plan', though. No pussy was worth that.

CDSmith · 05-28-2008, 12:29 AM

I just watched 28 Weeks Later the other night, and it annoyed the shit out of me.

Watching the last half of this should be a walk in the park compared to that.

GrouchyAdmin · 05-28-2008, 12:29 AM

Andre Braugher is pretty damn awesome, though. He can make anything suck a little less.

GrouchyAdmin · 05-28-2008, 12:30 AM

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I just watched 28 Weeks Later the other night, and it annoyed the shit out of me.

I made it 8 minutes through that, including the main menu.

Tat2Jr · 05-28-2008, 12:31 AM

It was one of Michael Crichton's worst books. Absolutely awful, and I like Michael Crichton, so No.... I'm not watching it.

BusterBunny · 05-28-2008, 12:44 AM

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It'd be funny as fuck if they made him sit atop of a train and 'ride it into town' though, after so many years of Silver Spoons.

he demanded a car bed for his trailer so he could take naps between shooting scenes...

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I paid for Sphere.

I was expecting to get laid, but.. I paid for Sphere.

I walked out of 'A Simple Plan', though. No pussy was worth that.

i paid for titanic and after laughing at leo dying a girl i was dating for 3 years broke up with me...

i paid for truman show 3 times and had sex the whole time still have yet to see the movie...

GrouchyAdmin · 05-28-2008, 12:46 AM

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he demanded a car bed for his trailer so he could take naps between shooting scenes...

i paid for titanic and after laughing at leo dying a girl i was dating for 3 years broke up with me...

i paid for truman show and had sex the whole time still have yet to see the movie...

Hahahahaha what a pussy. I never did sit through Titanic.

I sat through Truman show twice, though. Other than Carey's shitty acting, it was an OK story. It is great to show paranoid people, or the severely stoned.

GrouchyAdmin · 05-28-2008, 12:48 AM

I wish I spent the last two hours watching tapes of "Cop Rock" instead.

What a pile of shit. The funny part is that they were running the 2 semi-custom ads for this release yesterday, and by 1/2 hour through, it was Gold Bond commercials. Wonder how much Ford shit away thinking that people would watch A&E.

AHahahaa, they're hawking the DVD already, too.

BusterBunny · 05-28-2008, 01:06 AM

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Hahahahaha what a pussy. I never did sit through Titanic.

I sat through Truman show twice, though. Other than Carey's shitty acting, it was an OK story. It is great to show paranoid people, or the severely stoned.

sadly i must admit to liking titanic

and i had to edit my last post, cause i did pay for truman show 3 times...had sex all 3 times, the third time the chick called me the wrong name...i stopped we left i never saw her again

GrouchyAdmin · 05-28-2008, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by BusterBunny

sadly i must admit to liking titanic

and i had to edit my last post, cause i did pay for truman show 3 times...had sex all 3 times, the third time the chick called me the wrong name...i stopped we left i never saw her again

Dumbass.. if she had your name wrong, and didn't know where you lived - you could have had more unattributed kids! I can't believe anyone paying for Truman Show 3 times, though.

Varius · 05-28-2008, 01:31 AM

I'm recording it right now because it started while I was busy playing Wii Fit......so I'll watch it on Thurs or something and let ya know

BusterBunny · 05-28-2008, 01:31 AM

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Dumbass.. if she had your name wrong, and didn't know where you lived - you could have had more unattributed kids! I can't believe anyone paying for Truman Show 3 times, though.

drive in here costs like 5 bucks ;)

she is a friend to this day now married and does have kids if one is mine he thinks its his i'm cool ;)...but a total slut i knew that when it all went down...she had recently broken up with a professional skateboarder which i happen to look alot alike and happens to be my friend lol...i was drunk decided to fuck her so i wasn't surprised... by "see again" i meant date

GrouchyAdmin · 05-28-2008, 01:32 AM

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I'm recording it right now because it started while I was busy playing Wii Fit......so I'll watch it on Thurs or something and let ya know

Dude, get on the leopard pants and go out, instead. It really fucking sucked. They didn't even bother any superficial character development. Ben Bratt is the hero, the rest all die, or almost die. Everything's a coverup, yadda yadda.

Seriously, watch some Universal TV. House in Spanish is kind of amusing.

GrouchyAdmin · 05-28-2008, 01:58 AM

I can't possibly bump this enough to elate what a worthless fucking waste this movie was.

It was like... any other scifi you've ever seen without any good parts and a shitload of commercial breaks.

BusterBunny · 05-28-2008, 02:01 AM

the cop shooting people in the diner and the chick lighting herself on fire were nice...but yes it sucks pretty bad outbreak owns this shit and that's a sad statement

GrouchyAdmin · 05-28-2008, 02:03 AM

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the cop shooting people in the diner and the chick lighting herself on fire were nice...but yes it sucks pretty bad outbreak owns this shit and that's a sad statement

Well, there's 10 seconds out of 4 hours.

Yeah. It really. really. Really.. REALLY fucking sucks.

The last 15 minutes were worse than the last 5 of "Session 9". The difference? Session 9 was still a somewhat-ok movie, even if the ending made it blow dead goats.

This one has no hope.

jollyperv · 05-28-2008, 02:47 AM

Had high hopes for this remake, but of course they fucked it up BAD. Terrible acting and poorly executed.

jollyperv · 05-28-2008, 02:50 AM

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ps ricky schroeder annoys the fuck out of me

I didn't even know that was him until my girlfriend sat down and said "hey, silver spoons guy...looks like shit..." haha

Martin · 05-28-2008, 05:26 AM

I recorded it too... Was going to watch it maybe this weekend.. We'll see now.

crockett · 05-28-2008, 05:33 AM

I recorded it and tried to watch it twice.. Fell asleep both times about 30 mins in..

ajrocks · 05-28-2008, 05:54 AM

I thought it might be good but it was ass. Ricky Schroder plays a gay guy! LMAO

Barefootsies · 05-28-2008, 06:07 AM

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Also, it's pretty boring, even with the 4 months of ads the assholes ran for it. Fuck you, A&E. Bring back some good shows.

It can't be any worse than that Donnie Wahlberg, nightclub/drug movie, based on a real lift story they had a year ago. Complete waste of time, and one of the worst I've seen in I can't remember when.

MikeSmoke · 05-28-2008, 07:17 AM

The most interesting part of the whole thing was the discussion I had with my wife during the credits:
"I thought that Ricky Schroder didn't want to be called Ricky anymore, that he was now Rick Schroder."
"Yeah, so did I."

Seriously, if you're into both SF and science, the book was worth it. This was just a "2008 relevant movie" with the "Andromeda Strain" being the excuse to make it.

absolutfl · 05-28-2008, 06:31 PM

Read the book, saw the original, and after seeing all the previews I was really looking forward to seeing the remake. The first half was pretty good, but the second half was fucking terrible. I know its a scifi film and all, but the second half was just bending reality and turning it into some shitty scifi tv show. The part where the scientist cuts off ricky schroeder's finger and throws it up to benji bratt was just hilarious. If that wasnt the end of the film and I had already wasted over 3 hours of my life...I would have turned it off right then. Nice job fucking up a classic.

BusterBunny · 05-28-2008, 06:34 PM

so yeah after my last post in here i layed down and watched the las 20 minutes or so....lolll that was some cheese fo sho...they shoulda cut it to two hours and used the left over money for a script and decent actors

BusterBunny · 05-28-2008, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by absolutfl

Read the book, saw the original, and after seeing all the previews I was really looking forward to seeing the remake. The first half was pretty good, but the second half was fucking terrible. I know its a scifi film and all, but the second half was just bending reality and turning it into some shitty scifi tv show. The part where the scientist cuts off ricky schroeder's finger and throws it up to benji bratt was just hilarious. If that wasnt the end of the film and I had already wasted over 3 hours of my life...I would have turned it off right then. Nice job fucking up a classic.

yeah that was some serious shit...then benji goes from the one steam pipe that magically bursts when he passes and has to be guided....i was just cussing at the tv the whole time cause it was so lame

GrouchyAdmin · 05-28-2008, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Barefootsies

It can't be any worse than that Donnie Wahlberg, nightclub/drug movie, based on a real lift story they had a year ago. Complete waste of time, and one of the worst I've seen in I can't remember when.

So, you didn't get any good vibrations from that movie either.

Andromeda.. really, really, really, really, really sucked.

The whole 'irradiated coolant' scene had me just glowering - I couldn't believe they shot that scene. it was like any Mary Sue fanfic ever written.. all the way down to the poor afflicted guy dying after tossing up Benji Ricky's finger. Oh lord.

So, who's up for a Silver Spoons reunion?!

05-27-2008, 11:29 PM	#1
GrouchyAdmin Now choke yourself! Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12,085	Is anybody watching 'The Andromeda Strain'? I recorded half of it yesterday. The DVR fucked up and recoded all 4 hours tonight, but it didn't record the HD stream. It looks like ass. Is it worth looking for and re-recording, or should I just watch the mpeg-to-fuck-480i version? __________________ AIM: GrouchyGfy

05-27-2008, 11:48 PM	#2
GrouchyAdmin Now choke yourself! Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12,085	I guess that's a 'No, you're the only one who watches anything on A&E.' __________________ AIM: GrouchyGfy

05-27-2008, 11:57 PM	#3
GrouchyAdmin Now choke yourself! Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12,085	Also, it's pretty boring, even with the 4 months of ads the assholes ran for it. Fuck you, A&E. Bring back some good shows. __________________ AIM: GrouchyGfy

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BusterBunny perverted justice decoy Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: unborn still in the womb connected via blackberry Posts: 19,291	ive been watching it but i don't have hd...so i can't tell you if its worth it i'm used to regular assey tv... __________________ my sig caught gonoherpasyphilaids and died

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BusterBunny perverted justice decoy Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: unborn still in the womb connected via blackberry Posts: 19,291	it is pretty bad but i'm so far in i think i must finish...and after wasting $10 on outbreak in theaters i am stoked this is on tv........shit fuck now they just killed the monkey it is turning into outbreak what the hell __________________ my sig caught gonoherpasyphilaids and died Last edited by BusterBunny; 05-28-2008 at 12:17 AM..

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05-28-2008, 12:48 AM	#19
GrouchyAdmin Now choke yourself! Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12,085	I wish I spent the last two hours watching tapes of "Cop Rock" instead. What a pile of shit. The funny part is that they were running the 2 semi-custom ads for this release yesterday, and by 1/2 hour through, it was Gold Bond commercials. Wonder how much Ford shit away thinking that people would watch A&E. AHahahaa, they're hawking the DVD already, too. __________________ AIM: GrouchyGfy

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05-28-2008, 01:58 AM	#25
GrouchyAdmin Now choke yourself! Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12,085	I can't possibly bump this enough to elate what a worthless fucking waste this movie was. It was like... any other scifi you've ever seen without any good parts and a shitload of commercial breaks. __________________ AIM: GrouchyGfy

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BusterBunny perverted justice decoy Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: unborn still in the womb connected via blackberry Posts: 19,291	the cop shooting people in the diner and the chick lighting herself on fire were nice...but yes it sucks pretty bad outbreak owns this shit and that's a sad statement __________________ my sig caught gonoherpasyphilaids and died

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jollyperv Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NYC Posts: 3,927	Had high hopes for this remake, but of course they fucked it up BAD. Terrible acting and poorly executed.

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05-28-2008, 07:17 AM	#34
MikeSmoke Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SoCal Posts: 3,233	The most interesting part of the whole thing was the discussion I had with my wife during the credits: "I thought that Ricky Schroder didn't want to be called Ricky anymore, that he was now Rick Schroder." "Yeah, so did I." Seriously, if you're into both SF and science, the book was worth it. This was just a "2008 relevant movie" with the "Andromeda Strain" being the excuse to make it. __________________ icq: 541-739-92

05-28-2008, 06:31 PM	#35
absolutfl Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Boca Raton, Florida Posts: 38	Read the book, saw the original, and after seeing all the previews I was really looking forward to seeing the remake. The first half was pretty good, but the second half was fucking terrible. I know its a scifi film and all, but the second half was just bending reality and turning it into some shitty scifi tv show. The part where the scientist cuts off ricky schroeder's finger and throws it up to benji bratt was just hilarious. If that wasnt the end of the film and I had already wasted over 3 hours of my life...I would have turned it off right then. Nice job fucking up a classic. __________________ Prepare for the victory of the echo over the voice.

05-28-2008, 06:34 PM	#36
BusterBunny perverted justice decoy Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: unborn still in the womb connected via blackberry Posts: 19,291	so yeah after my last post in here i layed down and watched the las 20 minutes or so....lolll that was some cheese fo sho...they shoulda cut it to two hours and used the left over money for a script and decent actors __________________ my sig caught gonoherpasyphilaids and died