Have you been watching Helix, the new virus-run-amok-in-remote-Artic-base show on Sci-Fy (Scy-Fi, ScyFy, sheesh!)?
It's from Ronald D Moore, the genius mind behind the recent Battlestar Galactica reboot (one of the top 5 TV shows of the last 10 years in my opinion) so I was very excited to see his take on The Andromeda Strain meets The Thing.
The point at which I (almost) stopped watching and abandoned the whole thing:
10 minutes into the pilot. A crack team of CDC virologists arrives at the Artic Station and prepares to enter. There is an unknown contagion behind the doors they are about to pass behind, something deadly and horrible. The station chief states that they will have full access to all parts of the station via subcutaneous ID chips which he proceeds to implant in each of the team's palm---using an injector delivery device which breaks the skin to deploy the chip into their hands. Which he does...without sterilizing the contact piece or replacing it between applications. Just BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM..All done! Have some ice-cream for the pain.
I wouldn't take an aspirin from these so-called scientists now. I think they are all going to die. Serves them right.
It's from Ronald D Moore, the genius mind behind the recent Battlestar Galactica reboot (one of the top 5 TV shows of the last 10 years in my opinion) so I was very excited to see his take on The Andromeda Strain meets The Thing.
The point at which I (almost) stopped watching and abandoned the whole thing:
10 minutes into the pilot. A crack team of CDC virologists arrives at the Artic Station and prepares to enter. There is an unknown contagion behind the doors they are about to pass behind, something deadly and horrible. The station chief states that they will have full access to all parts of the station via subcutaneous ID chips which he proceeds to implant in each of the team's palm---using an injector delivery device which breaks the skin to deploy the chip into their hands. Which he does...without sterilizing the contact piece or replacing it between applications. Just BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM..All done! Have some ice-cream for the pain.
I wouldn't take an aspirin from these so-called scientists now. I think they are all going to die. Serves them right.
:)