The Andromeda Strain Part 2

Season 1, Episode 2, Aired
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While the team of scientists are still frantically searching for a cure, investigative reporter Jack Nash literally comes under fire.''The president has to make a difficult decision and in order to prevent a nuclear disaster that would actually strengthen the "Andromeda Strain", the team have to overcome the building's safeguards aimed at preventing contamination.moreless
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  • pretty good

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    By sfviewer, Jun 04, 2008 Report Abuse
    the team races against the clock to find a cure for the extra terrestrial virus called andromeda. the team of scientists working for on the project find some interesting stuff about andromeda. this episode takes scenes from the movie, they change it a bit, but never quite right. i enjoyed watching it though. it ends almost in the same manner of the movie but not quite as fantastic. the effects were good, but i think the story needed a much better focus. too much effects were used, almost as if it's making up for a strain in production budget. it's a good mini series, it's worth watching it.moreless

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  • Everything blows up. Scientists down in in the lab start making out, while people die. They stop making out long enough to discover that the strain is a coded message from Joey Greco. Steve Bartman fumbles Ricky's flying thumb, & the world is destroyed.moreless

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    By Scagnetti66, May 28, 2008 Report Abuse
    For the most part...I liked it, it was a sci-fi thriller in the purest sense...however, I think all would agree that computer graphics just never do the job...in any movie no matter what the budget...it always looks cheesy. If I were a director, I would NEVER USE THAT. I'd be like...'get me an F-16, or forget it. The movie will be nominated for some special effects awards, as it was over the top for its robotics and the lab in general. The only major problem I had was the ending...throwing up Ricky's severed thumb was ill-advised...I am sure the audience, cast, crew, directors, and producers could not help but giggle once they saw that flying thumb on the screen for the first time...I mean...it was great until the dude throws the freaking thumb. I would have 'cut' that right out of the script...and gotten upset if anyone complained about it. Man..I wish Steve Bartman was there to fumble it away...and the lab got nuked at that point. I mean...What would Fonzy think? I mean it was great until that thumb went 'air-borne'...pun intended. What would Edward Scissorhands think?moreless

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    • Part two's opening titles included only the production company credits (A&E, Universal Pictures, Scott Free and Traveler's Rest) and the name of the miniseries. The full credits ran at the end of the broadcast so as not to distract from the resolution of the previous night's cliffhanger. Edit
    • International Air Dates: Australia – April 27, 2008 on Showcase United Kingdom – May 11, 2008 on Sky Movies Premiere Denmark – July 30, 2008 on TV3+ Czech Republic – January 23, 2009 on Prima Finland - September 6 (part 1), September 7 (part 2), 2010 on MTV3 Edit

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    • Major Bill Keane: (to Jeremy) If you set out to deliberately exterminate mankind, you couldn't do better than Andromeda. Edit
    • Jeremy Stone: (discussing time travel) It would be nice, though, wouldn't it, to be able to go back and change things? Angela Noyce: I-I think a linear time frame is a key part of what it means to be human. If our really important choices could be sampled like a box of chocolates, then… our decisions would lose their meaning. What would be at stake? Edit
    • Maj. Bill Keene: You're missing the point! Whether Andromeda is the newspaper, or it's the delivery boy who is dropping it off, the message is loud and clear: drop dead. Edit

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    • Maj. Bill Keene: If you don't ask, I won't tell. A direct reference to the U.S. military policy known as: "Don't ask, don't tell". This policy forbids homosexuals or bisexuals from disclosing their sexual orientation while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Edit
    • President Scott: "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?" This line is attributed to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft who was responding to a question about how his life had changed post September 11, 2001, aside from his focus on terrorism. Ashcroft was referring to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln who was shot while he attended the play, Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre. Edit

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