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The Andromeda Strain (1971)

A military jet crashes near Piedmont after the pilot radios that his plastic face mask is dissolving.


3 posted on 05/15/2018 11:05:50 AM PDT by donna (Jimmy Dean died in 2010. Why is he on TV selling sausage?)
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To: donna

“What could possibly go wrong?”


4 posted on 05/15/2018 11:06:22 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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There was a bright flash and brief, instant heat.

We were left with a light ash covering our entire bodies.

“Proceed to Level 4.”


10 posted on 05/15/2018 11:10:56 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: donna

Good movie.


11 posted on 05/15/2018 11:11:20 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: donna

Actually, I think the facemask (and a number of other critical airplane components) were described as a sort of synthtic rubber.

I loved that movie and the book.


16 posted on 05/15/2018 11:24:13 AM PDT by IronJack (A)
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To: donna
"The Andromeda Strain (1971)"

First thing I thought of when I saw the headline.
Read it when it first came out and again a few years ago.

22 posted on 05/15/2018 12:02:53 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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The Andromeda Strain (1971)

"Capt. Morton: [code phrase] There's a fire, sir."

Oh oh.

23 posted on 05/15/2018 12:12:02 PM PDT by Oatka (tHE)
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That’s exactly what i was thinking.

What with all the plastic in our lives and so many things that depend on it, I could see this easily backfiring.


27 posted on 05/15/2018 1:15:43 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: donna

Thanks - I was trying to remember what classic movie that was from.


35 posted on 05/15/2018 2:00:42 PM PDT by 21twelve
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