The Abyss

[Rubycon]

This is probably one of my favorite movies. I have a LOT of respect for the Sea and know without notice you can go from "kosher" to FUBAR in less than a blink of the eye...

Of course no scifi flick has an absence of plot holes (they would be boring) but two things always stood out here, one obvious and other not so obvious.

Near the end of "Bud's big dive" when he loses light and cracks open a bundle of chemical lightsticks. The obvious thought is the pressure would have folded them long ago or at least ruptured the inner capsule activating them prematurely. That failing, at such great depth water temperatures would be frigid and as anyone that's played with lightsticks knows - put them in the freezer to slow the reaction (less light).

The other is the nuclear warhead itself. Could the detonation mechanism stay intact and in fact work at such depths? The original design of these was to fly on top of a missile towards a population center, right?

Obligatory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfhSJNoyoYs&feature=g-vrec&context=G27e7b3dRVAAAAAAAAAA

 

[Greenman]

It seems as though water being inside the thing would screw up the basic physics of the detonation, not to mention the damage done to electronics.

 

[darkswordsman17]

It was pretty good. The special edition kinda goes too far off the deep end for me (too cheezy), and I actually think the regular one could have been better being either more or less sci-fi (as in if the aliens had more worthwhile presence throughout instead of feeling contrived as a way to save him at the end; or if they'd dropped them altogether and just had other real sea creatures to take their place).

As for the warhead stuff, how deep were they again? There have been plenty of nuclear detonations under water, although I'm not sure what the deepest is (not to mention I would expect they put it in some sort of vessel that could withstand the pressure). The warhead was on a sub, so I would think it would have some changes for that. I know the subs surface, but I think they are actually capable of launching sub-surface, I could be wrong though.

 

[Jeff7]

"How many atmospheres can this ship take?"

"Well, it's a spaceship, so I'd say anywhere between zero and one."




Several thousand psi of pressure on something that wasn't designed for more than the stresses of launch is probably going to do some damage.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I keep mistaking this movie with "The Sphere" with Sam Jackson.

 

[Lifted]

I keep mistaking this movie with "The Sphere" with Sam Jackson.

I think your thinking of another movie that was based under water and had some alien ship the crew was visiting. I don't remember the name, but it was much more like The Sphere than this was.

 

[jszklany]

Samuel L Jackson only ever did one move. Snakes on a Plane.

 

[0roo0roo]

The alternate ending on the dvd is pretty damn terrible though.
http://videosift.com/video/The-Abyss-Alternate-Ending

 

[Number1]

I loved the movie.

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[NFS4]

One of my favs!

 

[K1052]

Description in the movie would be fairly consistent with a W76 warhead. I'll go with maybe provided the detonator and neutron pulse tube aren't compromised by submersion at those depths.

Not that I'd want to be playing "Operation' with one sitting in my lap under a few miles of ocean when I found out.

 

[Rubycon]

Description in the movie would be fairly consistent with a W76 warhead. I'll go with maybe provided the detonator and neutron pulse tube aren't compromised by submersion at those depths.

Not that I'd want to be playing "Operation' with one sitting in my lap under a few miles of ocean when I found out.

Ah yes the part where color rendition is crucial and the only source of illumination he has is spectrally narrow. It's a coin toss and he won.

 

[coloumb]

Description in the movie would be fairly consistent with a W76 warhead. I'll go with maybe provided the detonator and neutron pulse tube aren't compromised by submersion at those depths.

Not that I'd want to be playing "Operation' with one sitting in my lap under a few miles of ocean when I found out.

I honestly though it looked like something from an AGM-69 Short Range Attack Missile [Perhaps they were the same design?] - reminded me from my nuke days in the Air Force:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/agm-69.htm

/agree - an awesome movie - the ending was a bit "meh" [I always cringe when the crew starts laughing [out of joy] when they see Bud walk out of the alien ship.

 

[BoomerD]

I liked it...and I've seen it with the "alternative ending" on DVD.

Like most movies, it's full of "logical holes" in the plot, but hell, I usually just ignore them and enjoy the movie if it's otherwise well done...which this one was.


"Zoom in...enhance." Logical? Realistic? Fuck no...but it still makes for good entertainment.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

The Abyss was just a tech demo to see if T2 could be made. yawnnnn

 

[zinfamous]

I freaking love this movie.

Around the time the Special addition was released, one of our local, super awesome indy theaters back home did a weekend midnight showing.

IT WAS 3 HOURS OF AMAZING!


Oh, How I wish Cameron would make good movies again.

 

[BoomerD]

I freaking love this movie.

Around the time the Special addition was released, one of our local, super awesome indy theaters back home did a weekend midnight showing.

IT WAS 3 HOURS OF AMAZING!


Oh, How I wish Cameron would make good movies again.

:biggrin:

 

[SKORPI0]

Another movie that I've enjoyed watching countless times. Common Cameron please release a HD version soon. D:

 

[ImpulsE69]

Another movie that I've enjoyed watching countless times. Common Cameron please release a HD version soon. D:

LOL if he does it will be in 3D

Good movie, now I gotta watch it again.

 

[conehead433]

I really liked this movie and wish it were out on BD. Best I remember the DVD was hard coded Letterbox with pillars on each side, non-anamorphic. A shame it didn't get a better treatment.