Tag: Ridley Scott

  • It’s the end of the world in Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain

    It’s the end of the world in Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain

    Michael Crichton’s novel The Andromeda Strain was first adapted into a feature film in 1971, and now into a television miniseries from executive producers Tony and Ridley Scott. This 2008 incarnation is part feel-bad thriller, part wish fulfillment. As we thrill to the speculative illustration of how civilization might suddenly come to an end, we…