stormtruperTK41
Hey, so many of you will remember a post I did a while ago, looking at a
site called what happened in Piedmont. Now most of you were hopefully clever
enough to figure out that the whole story was just that, a story. It said so
right in the disclaimer, if you don't believe me…then fuck you. Anyways, the
point I'm getting to is that the whole point of the site was viral campaigning
for a two part A&E remake of The Andromeda Strain, which is based on the
book of the same name by Michael Crichton. I recently watched both parts and it
was pretty good. It had some familiar actors and half decent special effects.
***SPIOLER ALERT***
So here is a run down of the movie. A US satellite crashes outside of Piedmont,
Utah and is then (stupidly) opened by the yokels who live there. Why they do
this, we don't know but WOW do they pay the price. Inside of this satellite is
the virus/bioweapon code-named Andromeda. It is an airborne virus, which causes
the either instant death via brain clots and blood coagulation or causes extreme
suicidal or murderous attitudes. Such as the guy who cuts his own head of with
a chain saw...or the woman who self-immolates. It’s all good fun though. The
governments reacts with its Wildfire Team, which is a collection of the best scientists
on the subject in the country gathered together into a top-secret super
advanced lab to try and crack the secrets of Andromeda. Two survivors are found
in the small town, a drunk and a baby. Eventually the virus begins to spread
via animals. When the President orders and then cancels a tactical Nuke strike
to destroy the virus, the warhead is accidentally detonated when the virus
attacks...yes attacks, the jet carrying it. Andromeda feeds off the radiation
and spreads. To make a long story short, they eventually find that there is a wormhole
close to earth and that is where the virus came from. The Wildfire team
surmises that the virus was sent to them from a future Earth through the wormhole
so that a past Earth, with more unused resources, could destroy it. The virus
can apparently communicate with itself, mutate to affect all life forms and has
no apparent weaknesses. It is then discovered that there is a message in the
virus itself in binary code, giving them the cure, a bacteria found at the
bottom of the Ocean. It is manufactured and released to annihilate Andromeda.
It is later found as the movie closes that a sample of the virus is kept by the
government in a vault on a satellite orbiting the Earth.
All in all it was a cool movie but left me wanting. Like where did the virus
come from? Why did the government keep some? Why was Jackie Chan not in the
movie?...Sorry about that last one, the TV is on in the background.
In other movie news, I recently watched Strange Wilderness with the guys and
we fuckin laughed! If you liked Grandma's Boy you will love Strange Wilderness.
It is much of the same cast but add in Jonah Hill, Steve Zahn, and Justin Long
(or the Mac guy, yea I hope you like what Mac has done to you Mister Long!?) to
make an even funnier movie. It is basically about a group of guys who do a
discovery channelesk wildlife show...but are really bad at it. The network
decides to cancel the show, but they have a chance to save it when they find a
map that could lead them to the legendary big foot's lair. All I have to say is
that if you watch this movie after having a lot to drink it will most likely be
twice as funny. Disturbingly enough there is a cock shot in the movie but there
are at least some boobage to make up for it. Apparently cock shots are in this
year, or at least Strange Wilderness, Herald and Kumar II, and Forgetting Sarah
Marshal would like us to think so. Hopefully this does not last.
The TV has just informed me that Jackie Chan has his own restaurant and
brand of cookies...I am no longer complete, I must go try these! I hope his
food literally kicks my ass.
What you should take away from this post is that the future Earth is filled
with assholes that send viruses back in time, big foot could save your career,
cocks are in, Jackie Chan makes food for the general public, and Logicalnot's
daemons suck nads...