It was almost impossible: on earth, proteins were part of the cell wall, and comprised all the enzymes known to man. True, every living thing on earth had at least some proteins – but that didn't mean life elsewhere had to have it.įor a moment, he tried to imagine life without proteins. Because they had no reason to believe that either the rock or the green organism was composed even partially of proteins. Yet it was a short in the dark, this machine. And that, in turn, would give a great deal of information.
But it would give a rough percentage composition: so much valine, so much arginine, so much cystine and proline and leucine.
The machine would not, of course, give the precise order of amino acids.
TV Guide gave a "jeer" to Eric McCormack's (Will & Grace) wooden performance as a drug-adled reporter, and rightly so. It featured Benjamin Bratt (Law & Order), Christa Miller (Drew Carey, Scrubs), Daniel Dae Kim (Lost), Ricky Schroeder (NYPD Blue, 24 - yes, he's back to his Silver Spoons name) and Viola Davis (L&O: SVU) as scientists that are trying to find the reason a town all but died, making all who initially didn't die suicidal or homicidal. Whereas I hated, hated the A&E remake of The Andromeda Strain. I was watching the movie for a number of minutes when I had to look at the package Will Smith IS in this, isn't he? Yup, billed first, no less.Īll the electronic alien encounters was done better in Contact, the meeting of the First Lady with another character stretch credulity, and the President would have been tackled by the Secret Service before getting into the plane. But I never got all that invested in the characters - well, maybe Randy Quaid's drunken alleged former alien captive. I will say that in the July 2 segment, things got blowed up real good. Apparently lots of people really liked this film, as it was a big hit in the summer of 1996. Another co-worker, seeing that I had the tape, brought me the DVD of the film. Independence Day: One of my co-workers lent this to me on VHS. There is a movie trailer included but DON'T watch it until after you see the film, as it essentially REVEALS THE ENDING.
Still, I liked it, as I found it quite thought-provoking. It's a comedy, but it did not have many big laughs for me. Brooks' character meets and falls for another of the recently deceased, played by Meryl Streep. But everyone gets to see the highlights and lowlights of their past and have to explain their actions. Movies I've seen recently, two on DVD, one recorded on the DVR.ĭefending Your Life (1991), lent to me by a co-worker, is an Albert Brooks movie, by which I mean he directs, writes, and stars in a film that's about what happens after one dies, a vaguely familiar version of one's earthly existence.