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[theenglish]

I saw the Abyss before seeing The Terminator. It was the first Cameron movie I watched and I loved the movie. The rat scene was totally impressive and relevant to the story. No animals were harmed in the making of the movie.

 

[Christopher]

I loved how Cameron did The Abyss authentically, filming actually underwater instead of faking it with wires and smoke like the other three underwater movies that different studios rushed into theaters that year to compete with The Abyss. (Which were all horror movies, because that's what the filmmakers expected the next film from the Terminator/Aliens guy to be.) And I loved the credible tech and the realism of how the underwater stuff was handled. Unfortunately, the realism and grounding of most of the film just made it hard to swallow the sheer fantasy of the alien stuff and the physical impossibility of what the aliens did in the climax.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

The Abyss is a great movie, but the Special Edition was a distinct improvement that represents the finished film. It's extremely unfortunate that such controversy over one scene can bury such a significant and important work.

 

[Jayson1]

I’m still waiting for the Honey I Shrunk the Kids tv show

You can buy it off Youtube if you want to spend money on the show.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Unfortunately, the realism and grounding of most of the film just made it hard to swallow the sheer fantasy of the alien stuff and the physical impossibility of what the aliens did in the climax.

I actually walked out of the theater thinking to myself that I had just watched 2001: A Sea Odyssey. They're not one to one comparisons, of course (such as 2001 introducing the alien element right at the beginning), but that was my immediate first reaction when the movie was finished.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I actually walked out of the theater thinking to myself that I had just watched 2001: A Sea Odyssey. They're not one to one comparisons, of course (such as 2001 introducing the alien element right at the beginning), but that was my immediate first reaction when the movie was finished.

The moving reflections on Ed Harris's helmet when he's taken into the ship seem to be a direct allusion to 2001.

 

[Noname Given]

Sorry for the thread necromancy, but in my defense has been barely two years since this one was touched and I didn't think that this warranted starting its own thread.

Disney+ removes "totally gripping" '80s thriller following criticism of "unacceptable" scene

The sci-fi film is from a legendary director.

www.digitalspy.com

I am sure that I've seen the scene in question, but I can understand that it hasn't aged well.

The scene was in the version I saw (in the U.S.), and it didn't linger or show the animal struggling much, (they were proving to the Civilians that the liquid thar would by used by a Diver at extreme depth to avoid death by compression could be 'breathed'.) It was a quick second of 'rat anxiety' and then the rat was calm and breathing it.)

Did D+ remove the film worldwide, or only in the British locale?)

 

[tomalak301]

The scene was in the version I saw (in the U.S.), and it didn't linger or show the animal struggling much, (they were providing to the Civilians that the liquid thar would by used by a Diver at extreme depth to avoid death by compression could be 'breathed'.) It was a quick second of 'rat anxiety' and then the rat was calm and breathing it.)

Did D+ remove the film worldwide, or only in the British locale?)

I just did a search for it and it is there.

 

[theenglish]

Unfortunately, the realism and grounding of most of the film just made it hard to swallow the sheer fantasy of the alien stuff and the physical impossibility of what the aliens did in the climax.

I loved the idea of grounding the humans in "real science" while there was an extraterrestrial presence. However, I agree about the ending. It's been several decades, but I seem to recall that Cameron had to rewrite the ending due to budget constraints.

The Abyss is a great movie, but the Special Edition was a distinct improvement that represents the finished film.

I'll have to check out the Special Edition!

I actually walked out of the theater thinking to myself that I had just watched 2001: A Sea Odyssey. They're not one to one comparisons, of course (such as 2001 introducing the alien element right at the beginning), but that was my immediate first reaction when the movie was finished.

There were definitely a few nods to 2001 in this film. I had a similar feeling when I walked out of the movie. Was there ever a specific reference that these were extraterrestrial aliens, or was this an earth based advanced undersea society?