The Medium is Not Enough TV blog: Microfeed for "Review: A for Andromeda" http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/2006/04/a_for_andromeda_mindnumbingly.php Comments for the entry "Review: A for Andromeda" en-us Movable Type v4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:26:24 +00:00 Comment from HolyhosesRob Was that really cut down from 6 episodes? Ho ho! As you say, quite a good central plot idea, but executed so badly. Given that it was a BBC4 production, they should have gone for the intellectual high ground and not had all the scientists asking each other what was going on the whole time. And why didn't her hair ever dry?

]]> 1494@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c927 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:26:24 +00:00 Comment from Rob Buckley Oh yes. Six 45 minute episodes. There's an episode guide over here if you can stomach it.

Her hair never dried because between scenes, she was always going swimming. Aliens with genomes like to go swimming. That's scientific fact.

]]> 1494@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c938 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:32:40 +00:00 Comment from Dave Andrews Seven episodes actually; and it was one of the first serials with episodes that ran more than the then 'statutory' 30 mins.

'Seriously though but' ... don't judge the original by this remake. In retrospect the good thing about the original was that there was time between the episodes to think about it, and talk about it.

]]> 1494@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c1104 Fri, 12 May 2006 13:06:42 +00:00 Comment from Rob Buckley Actually, I was basing my opinion on the two episodes of The Andromeda Breakthrough that I watched. Since there's only one surviving episode plus a few clips and the scripts left of the original, it's a bit hard to do anything but!

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