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Early Access: The Andromeda Strain [YouTube Edit]

🕑 Added 2026-02-10 18:08:36 +0000 UTC

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Charley Sheets says TRANS RIGHTS

Love this one. Loved the book, too.

Gary Cameron

All the lab equipment in this movie was real. That adds so much to the feel.

Gary Cameron

When I was in high school, I asked my microbiology teacher to show this in class. He did, and I loved it - totally fascinated me. One of the great hard-science movies. I also thought about this movie during COVID.

Jen M

Project Hail Mary was my fav book of 2021 by a mile!! I cried!

Ken Schneyer

Great reaction, Jen! I read the book too, and yes, the film is a very faithful adaptation. I agree with your assessment that this is “hard“ science-fiction with a capital H. Interestingly, I’m speaking at a panel this weekend discussing the upcoming film adaptation of the novel “Project Hail Mary“. A lot of that novel is about scientific research and procedure, and part of the question is how that will be portrayed and film. I intend to use this film as an example.

TheNeonRabbit

To film the monkey scene they replaced it's oxygen with Carbon dioxide and immediately switched it back after it passed out. It looked pretty horrible but didn't actually hurt it.

Stephen Malloy

The possibility of an infection from space was a genuine concern. The first three Apollo moon landing crews were quarantined for 21 days in a sealed container.

TheNeonRabbit

I kept thinking about this movie when I went out for groceries during the worst of COVID

Darryl Low

This was certainly a gripping reaction Jen. I've remembered another 70s sci-fi movie that is very scientific in approach and has a similar vibe to this movie and it's called Phase IV. Excited to watch your edit for this movie 😊