This post contains spoilers And for the versions of 1961 and 2006 on "A for Andromeda".

You Maybe Heard about "A for Andromeda" in 2006, watched by Tom Hardy (then only four years out of Leaving an early impression in "Star Trek: Nemesis") and Kelly Raley (itself similarly away from Explodes in fame thanks to "Yellowstone") Playing its waters (along with the top-perfect Charlie Cox). It is understandable if you are not, however, since this BBC four Theeks (with a duration of only 85 minutes!) He did not make any waves, except to become the highest program on the channel during the week presented the 2006 premiere. But it is also a remake of the 1961 TV series with the same name written by Fred Hoyle and Johnon Eliot. But what legacy did the original "A andromeda" leave?

Well, the seven -part drama of the BBC on Hoyle and Eliot was nothing less than such a way when it first aired, with its plot revolves around a supercomputer that helps create an entity and beautiful and frightening. Now, this was a way before the evil supercomputers to become a recognized mainstream science fiction trophy. Indeed, Harlan Ellison did not create a frightening sensitive supercomputer AM until six years later in his critically valued story, "I don't have a mouth and I have to scream." But while Ellison's AM is powerful enough to almost eradicate humanity, the simple existence of Andromeda in the Hoyle series and Eliot gives new meaning to the definition of life and what it means to be human.

"And for Andromeda" since 1961 does not work with sugar or not beating around the bush. It's a tight, well -written work that combines existential horror with fictional technology to ask an intriguing question: What would happen if people had access to a line of code that a creature that looks and feels organic, but not human in a traditional sense? People's difficult tendency to underestimate what they do not understand (while at the same time adhering to their instinctive mistrust of the unknown) at the end of an accident, and these topics are increasing "and for Andromeda" in Brilliant entry into the genre of hard sciences.

So, circling back to the Hardy and Real TV film, how is the seriously shortened re-story of the story compared to the original?

Strikland's "Andromeda" follows the story of the original series, focusing on a group of scientists receiving a radio signal - one of the galaxy - containing instructions for building a supercomputer. Once this machine is completed, it provides a formula for the creation of Andromeda (Reali), an organic life expectancy that will allegedly act as the savior of mankind. However, one of the scientists, named Johnon Fleming (Hardy), sees Andromeda with suspicion, noting that her intentions remain cryptic as they were on the day she was born. Indeed, Fleming believes that it could actually prove to be the reason for the fall of mankind instead of the catalyst for its advancement.

But while the story of the story is the same, Striceland occupies a vague, superficial approach to executing it. Because of this, scientists appear Working on something too complex for words, however these illusions destroy the moment when you decide to look closer.

Hoyle's original series and Eliot are far from perfect, as it abruptly withdraws from deeper philosophical issues because of the practicality of the conspiracy. But the Strikland version is not even trying to dive deeper, as it deals with the first contact and communication topics of man-especially in the funniest way you can imagine. Moreover, its abbreviated retelling of this story omits the key context, leaving us more confused than intrigued by the central connection that haunted the narrative.

For example, we have never given the chance to understand why Fleming is so untrustworthy of the supercomputer (which he helped build enthusiastically) or what are Andromeda's true intentions. If we aim to criticize Andromeda's claim for a person, we are unable to do so, as it is not given to the interior needed for such moral dilemmas in the first place. The rest is blurred of the technical jargon thrown around it, along with uninspired special effects that make little to convince us of this seemingly futuristic world and the people who inhabit it.

Summary, "A andromeda" of 1961 is clearly the superior version of the story. Unfortunately, it is mostly lost in time, with only one episode of the series currently available for our satisfaction.