I wonder if the people who made this Andromeda Strain bothered to read the novel? Talk about a creative team (and I use that term loosely) not trusting their material and "borrowing" every nonsensical and inane plot device from every film of the last twenty years - they should give the money back that they were paid to make this tripe. I can't imagine Mr. Crichton was thrilled but he probably didn't bother watching. If he had the same sort of deal Mr. Matheson had with Universal on I Am Legend, then he received nothing for this remake, unless he has a piece of the profits and let me tell you this piece of crap is a total writeoff. I've got twenty more minutes to go and I have no doubt they will be just as excruciating as the 160 minutes that preceded them.