Movie Trivia – 2008 Andromeda Strain
Memorable Movie Quotes
General George W. Mancheck: We suspect a biological agent now code named Andromeda. Whatever Andromeda is it killed those two soldiers so quickly they didn’t even have time to jump out of their vehicle.
Trivia
Originally aired as a two-part miniseries, but has also been edited into 4 different parts intended for airing as hour long episodes with commercials.
Goofs
When the helicopter with the scientists goes to the secret base, it is visible through the helicopter windows that one of the F-16s escorts them. This is impossible, because the F16 has a stall speed of about 250 mph while that helicopter has a max. speed of only 135mph – a difference greater than 100 mph.
Dr. Angela Noyce reports that what connects the three survivors is acidosis. Dr. Jeremy Stone says, “So, you’re saying they survived Andromeda because they had the same level of stomach acid? That’s brilliant.” What’s not brilliant is that acidosis has nothing to do with stomach acid. Acidosis is the acidity level of the blood.
When comparing the victim diagnoses, Dr. Noyce states, “If Sylvie breathed rapidly long enough, carbon dioxide would build up in her system and she would become acidotic.” This is incorrect. Rapid breathing (hyperventilation) causes carbon dioxide blood levels to decrease, creating alkalosis, which is essentially the opposite of acidosis.
When the Predator drone is scanning the town with thermal imaging, dead bodies show up as if they have just died and are still warm. Assuming how long it would have taken to note the missing soldiers, quarantine the town, get the predator into the air, etc., it should be hours since they died and the bodies should have cooled to the same color as everything else.
Box Office Info In USA
Budget $15,000,000
Filming Locations
Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada
Hedley, British Columbia, Canada
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Thompson-Nicola Region, British Columbia, Canada
Cache Creek, British Columbia, Canada
Savona, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada