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- Though the poster made The Abyss look nearly indistinguishable from Deep Star Six and Leviathan, is anything but another Alien rip-off set beneath the waves. It does, however, borrow a bit from Cameron’s Aliens.
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They did talk about the drone. They drew a parallel between their submersibles and ROVs and how the aliens versions acted in similar capacity. Yep, they were aliens. The ship that surfaces at the end was the heart of their colony. The aliens were stuck between a rock and a hard place.
- The Competing Cuts
- Why The Split?
- Theatrical Cut
- Special Edition
- The Deepest Cut
Yet The Abyss didn’t really go away. It’s been revisited and defended over the years as Cameron’s subsequent work has assured his place as a major filmmaker. Its effects now look even more like a turning point, particularly the CGI-driven sequence in which the characters encounter an alien probe made out of water. (Cameron’s next film, Terminator 2...
The Special Edition is aptly named. Like Steven Spielberg’s “Special Edition” re-release of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, this is less an instance of a filmmaker restoring a film to his original vision than finishing a job he felt was left undone the first time around, especially a finale whose effects could not be completed to his satisfacti...
Though the poster made The Abyss look nearly indistinguishable from Deep Star Six and Leviathan, is anything but another Alien rip-off set beneath the waves. It does, however, borrow a bit from Cameron’s Aliens. Set among deep-sea oil workers, it aspires to achieve the same hard-working, rough-talking, deeply affectionate camaraderie that made Alie...
Then again, some of the greatest strengths of The Abyss in either cut are mundane. That’s especially true of the Special Edition. Here, the supporting cast has more room to come to life, and the crew of the Deep Coreresembles a family bonded by their difficult situation. Two characters in particular benefit from the added time: Hippy (Todd Graff), ...
This is a tough call. The additional character work makes the Special Edition a superior film, but it also means accepting the new humanity-on-trial-via-stock-footage ending, which introduces problems not found in the original version’s ending. Cameron’s inability to complete the tidal-wave shots to his satisfaction in 1989 influenced his decision ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Critics and audiences rejected ‘The Abyss,’ James Cameron’s underwater ‘nightmare,’ in 1989. But it’s a work whose imperfections only add to its deranged grandeur.
Aug 10, 2024 · Cameron removed scenes that heightened the tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the point of possible nuclear conflict — which is what brings the aliens out of hiding.
- Don Kaye
Dec 15, 2022 · Cameron’s obsession with the ocean and filming things underwater is well-known now. But in The Abyss this novelty sets the movie apart from his other films, and from alien movies in general.
- Ryan Britt
Aug 13, 2024 · Released in between 1986’s Aliens and 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Abyss is an underwater sci-fi thriller that has consistently flown under the radar for the past 35 years. While it...
Dec 6, 2023 · At Beyond Fest, you told a story about almost drowning on “The Abyss.” Over the years, many of the cast members have been very candid about the challenges shooting this film.
