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Robert Wise's The Andromeda Strain, based upon the novel by Michael Crichton is a fence-sitter.
Neither an actual documentary, it plays more akin to a docu-drama, but isn't really that, either. It's pure sci-fi, blending the genres.
Without getting into specifics, for fear of spoiling what fun there still might be, Andromeda doesn't quite work, as it's difficult to take it seriously. Possibly more so going on almost half a century after its release. What the uninitiated might notice is lots of signage, which may have been a tip of the hat to 2001.
As a Blu-ray, Arrow's new edition, that comes with their normal pot of extras, is quite lovely, as it's been harvested from the original camera negative. Audio works equally as well.
Image - 5
Audio - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Upgrade from DVD - Definitely
RAH
Neither an actual documentary, it plays more akin to a docu-drama, but isn't really that, either. It's pure sci-fi, blending the genres.
Without getting into specifics, for fear of spoiling what fun there still might be, Andromeda doesn't quite work, as it's difficult to take it seriously. Possibly more so going on almost half a century after its release. What the uninitiated might notice is lots of signage, which may have been a tip of the hat to 2001.
As a Blu-ray, Arrow's new edition, that comes with their normal pot of extras, is quite lovely, as it's been harvested from the original camera negative. Audio works equally as well.
Image - 5
Audio - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Upgrade from DVD - Definitely
RAH
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