the original be a classic and one of my 50 favourite movie . this 2008 remake . i just watch it tonight . it be up there with be a bad movie . it be very disappointing . come on . it 2008. surely they could have remake it good than the 1970 ( ish ) version . the answer represent noits far fetch . have bad act . bad special effect ( the wave of virus wash across the land ) and bad plot . it rubbish compare to the original and which give you a little tingle down your spine a you watch it . this version make you feel embarrass to admit you watch it . what make the original work be that it be confine . the majority of the movie take place down in that close off lab . you be trap in there with the andromeda strain and the scientist . thats what give it it realism . all of the attempt at action . just shake the original plot all to piece . thumb down on many level .