The Abyss: Difference between revisions

A novelization of this film was written by [[Orson Scott Card]], based on the screenplay. Mastrantonio and Harris read the first two chapters, which were extrapolated by Card from the script, to prepare for their characters.

 

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* [[Abstract Scale]]:

** [[Actor Allusion|Not the last time]] [[The Rock|a Marine loyal to Ed Harris pwns a Navy SEAL]]...

* [[Sensor Suspense]]: In the opening scene a U.S. Navy submarine is tracking an unknown underwater object by sonar. The sonar blip is projected on a screen, showing the object maneuvering near the sub.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: The writers somehow manage to work in obscure (but real) things like High Pressure Nervous Syndrome and the Mammalian Diving Reflex into the plot.

* [[Someone Has to Die]]: See [[Heroic Sacrifice]], above.

 

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[[Category:Films of the 1980s]]

[[Category:Hugo Award]]

[[Category:Sea Stories]]

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