If anyone is really wanting to watch a spiritual successor of The Abyss with a massive dash of Alien to tide you over until this come out, you need to check out Underwater (2020) starring Kristen...
If anyone is really wanting to watch a spiritual successor of The Abyss with a massive dash of Alien to tide you over until this come out, you need to check out Underwater (2020) starring Kristen Stewart, it's truly fantastic and imo might be better than The Abyss conceptually (and I love The Abyss).
I really enjoyed it too. It’s the closest to The Abyss that I’ve seen any movie come. The outside exploration scenes are so tense…they reminded me a lot of the spacewalk scene from 2010.
I really enjoyed it too. It’s the closest to The Abyss that I’ve seen any movie come. The outside exploration scenes are so tense…they reminded me a lot of the spacewalk scene from 2010.
Not exactly related, only tangentially due to being in the ocean, but have you seen the show "The Rig" on Prime Video? It's fairly decent and tense at times, horror on an oil rig. It's a short...
Not exactly related, only tangentially due to being in the ocean, but have you seen the show "The Rig" on Prime Video? It's fairly decent and tense at times, horror on an oil rig. It's a short show (6 episodes).
A Scottish oil rig in the North Sea is enveloped in an unnatural fog that cuts them off from outside communications. Spores found in the fog cause infected crew members to experience behavioural changes. After examining the spores, a scientist onboard the oil rig suspects that [redacted due to spoilers].
Season 2 was greenlit and is set to go into production any time now.
I am beyond excited for this. The Abyss is one of my favorite movies and this is the first time the special edition has been available in any form of HD besides a low quality recording of the time...
I am beyond excited for this. The Abyss is one of my favorite movies and this is the first time the special edition has been available in any form of HD besides a low quality recording of the time it aired on Chinese television and had hardcoded subtitles.
It’s basically been finished for three or four years and just sitting on a shelf because James Cameron was too busy with Avatar 2/3 to give his final approval.
I really really hope this will become available on physical media, hopefully with the theatrical cut included, but I'm bracing myself for disappointment.
I really really hope this will become available on physical media, hopefully with the theatrical cut included, but I'm bracing myself for disappointment.
The Abyss, Aliens, and True Lies are all getting remastered in 4K, and released on Blu-ray: https://www.thewrap.com/the-abyss-aliens-true-lies-4k-blu-ray-release-dates/ And you're in luck, because...
And you're in luck, because The Abyss Blu-ray will supposedly also include the Theatrical cut as well:
The Abyss Ultimate Collector's Edition 4K Blu-ray details:
TECHNICAL SPECS:
4K Blu-ray Theatrical Version & Special Edition: English Dolby Atmos, English 2.0 DTS-HDMA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio, French 5.1 DTS-HDHR, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
This is a remaster of the "Special Edition", one of the very few extended editions I've seen of a movie that I really dislike, despite liking the theatrical cut. (Cinema paradiso also has an...
This is a remaster of the "Special Edition", one of the very few extended editions I've seen of a movie that I really dislike, despite liking the theatrical cut. (Cinema paradiso also has an extended version I don't like at all, despite loving the theatrical cut.)
Not who you asked, but a lot of people seem to really dislike the Special Edition... mostly because of the extended ending, I suspect. I personally prefer it to the theatrical cut, but to each...
Not who you asked, but a lot of people seem to really dislike the Special Edition... mostly because of the extended ending, I suspect. I personally prefer it to the theatrical cut, but to each their own.
Ending Spoilers
In the theatrical cut, Bud (Ed Harris) is rescued by the NTIs (Non-Terrestrial Intelligence) after diffusing the nuclear bomb, is taken aboard their ship, and shown his final message to Lindsey where he explained that he knew it was a one-way trip and says he loves her. Then the NTIs take Bud and the Deep Core with the rest of the crew safely back to the surface.
However, in the special edition, Bud is similarly rescued after diffusing the bomb, and taken aboard an NTI ship. But he is instead shown footage of gigantic tsunami waves all around the world which are set to wipe out human civilization. Bud realizes it's the NTIs doing, since they can control water, and asks them why they're doing it. The NTIs then show Bud footage of a nuclear explosion. Bud asks them how they can judge all of humankind for that, and in response is shown footage of other human atrocities and war crimes. But despite that, the waves suddenly freeze in place, and then retreat back into the ocean. When Bud asks them why they didn't wipe humanity out, his final message to Lindsey is played. Bud and the Deep Core + crew are then brought back to the surface.
So the special edition ending is way more on-the-nose and preachy, which I think is why so many people dislike it. But I prefer it, since I also found it a lot more hopeful too. With the threat of extinction looming over us coming from a powerful species also living on Earth, who are clearly monitoring our actions and disapprove of them, maybe humanity would have stopped being such horrible shits after that. If only that were the case in real life. :(
I saw the special edition very long ago (and many years* after seeing the theatrical cut), so I can't remember exactly why anymore, but I think it just seemed like the added elements (actually the...
I saw the special edition very long ago (and many years* after seeing the theatrical cut), so I can't remember exactly why anymore, but I think it just seemed like the added elements (actually the elements cut from theatrical version) were really badly written, especially the
spoilermegatsunamis.
*I may have been outside the special edition's target demographic by the time I saw it. I think I was also too old for Avatar, which may have contributed to why I disliked that so much.
I was young when I saw The Terminator, Aliens, and T2, so it may just be nostalgia, but the last 2 are still some of my favorite films of all time and I enjoy re-watching them. I also like their special editions which I first saw many years after seeing their theatrical cuts.
Older movies get one-night engagements like this all the time, especially when they get remastered. I doubt the strikes had anything to do with it. Avatar and Titanic had full theatrical re-issues...
Older movies get one-night engagements like this all the time, especially when they get remastered. I doubt the strikes had anything to do with it.
Avatar and Titanic had full theatrical re-issues before their 4k blu-ray debuts.
If anyone is really wanting to watch a spiritual successor of The Abyss with a massive dash of Alien to tide you over until this come out, you need to check out Underwater (2020) starring Kristen Stewart, it's truly fantastic and imo might be better than The Abyss conceptually (and I love The Abyss).
I really enjoyed it too. It’s the closest to The Abyss that I’ve seen any movie come. The outside exploration scenes are so tense…they reminded me a lot of the spacewalk scene from 2010.
Not exactly related, only tangentially due to being in the ocean, but have you seen the show "The Rig" on Prime Video? It's fairly decent and tense at times, horror on an oil rig. It's a short show (6 episodes).
Season 2 was greenlit and is set to go into production any time now.
I am beyond excited for this. The Abyss is one of my favorite movies and this is the first time the special edition has been available in any form of HD besides a low quality recording of the time it aired on Chinese television and had hardcoded subtitles.
It’s basically been finished for three or four years and just sitting on a shelf because James Cameron was too busy with Avatar 2/3 to give his final approval.
I really really hope this will become available on physical media, hopefully with the theatrical cut included, but I'm bracing myself for disappointment.
The Abyss, Aliens, and True Lies are all getting remastered in 4K, and released on Blu-ray: https://www.thewrap.com/the-abyss-aliens-true-lies-4k-blu-ray-release-dates/
And you're in luck, because The Abyss Blu-ray will supposedly also include the Theatrical cut as well:
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=33549
FINALLY! I’ve been waiting on Aliens getting a 4k remaster! So excited. Might have to pick up all 3 of these…
Oh my goodness that is good news!
I will be voting with my wallet and adding both the abyss and aliens to my non delete-able, physical collection.
interesting that the english audio is stereo but the french and spanish audio are surround.
That's surround sound, isn't it?
Somehow I missed that in the list, I blame dyslexia
This is a remaster of the "Special Edition", one of the very few extended editions I've seen of a movie that I really dislike, despite liking the theatrical cut. (Cinema paradiso also has an extended version I don't like at all, despite loving the theatrical cut.)
What don't you like about this one, out of curiosity?
Not who you asked, but a lot of people seem to really dislike the Special Edition... mostly because of the extended ending, I suspect. I personally prefer it to the theatrical cut, but to each their own.
Ending Spoilers
In the theatrical cut, Bud (Ed Harris) is rescued by the NTIs (Non-Terrestrial Intelligence) after diffusing the nuclear bomb, is taken aboard their ship, and shown his final message to Lindsey where he explained that he knew it was a one-way trip and says he loves her. Then the NTIs take Bud and the Deep Core with the rest of the crew safely back to the surface.
However, in the special edition, Bud is similarly rescued after diffusing the bomb, and taken aboard an NTI ship. But he is instead shown footage of gigantic tsunami waves all around the world which are set to wipe out human civilization. Bud realizes it's the NTIs doing, since they can control water, and asks them why they're doing it. The NTIs then show Bud footage of a nuclear explosion. Bud asks them how they can judge all of humankind for that, and in response is shown footage of other human atrocities and war crimes. But despite that, the waves suddenly freeze in place, and then retreat back into the ocean. When Bud asks them why they didn't wipe humanity out, his final message to Lindsey is played. Bud and the Deep Core + crew are then brought back to the surface.
So the special edition ending is way more on-the-nose and preachy, which I think is why so many people dislike it. But I prefer it, since I also found it a lot more hopeful too. With the threat of extinction looming over us coming from a powerful species also living on Earth, who are clearly monitoring our actions and disapprove of them, maybe humanity would have stopped being such horrible shits after that. If only that were the case in real life. :(
I saw the special edition very long ago (and many years* after seeing the theatrical cut), so I can't remember exactly why anymore, but I think it just seemed like the added elements (actually the elements cut from theatrical version) were really badly written, especially the
spoiler
megatsunamis.*I may have been outside the special edition's target demographic by the time I saw it. I think I was also too old for Avatar, which may have contributed to why I disliked that so much.
I was young when I saw The Terminator, Aliens, and T2, so it may just be nostalgia, but the last 2 are still some of my favorite films of all time and I enjoy re-watching them. I also like their special editions which I first saw many years after seeing their theatrical cuts.
Oooh pumped for this! It hasn’t been available to stream anywhere in Aus for quite a while.
Gotta recover some of the lost profits from the writers strike I'm assuming lol
Older movies get one-night engagements like this all the time, especially when they get remastered. I doubt the strikes had anything to do with it.
Avatar and Titanic had full theatrical re-issues before their 4k blu-ray debuts.