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 Abyss, The
Deepcore. Actually, it's Deepcore II, but I wonder, whatever happened to Deepcore I?
| What song do One Night (in Flatbed), Bud, and Hippy start singing when they are moving Deepcore to a site closer to the Montana? | 'The Abyss'- The Ultimate Movie
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'Willing'. Listen to the lyrics to get the answer for this one... (or just read the script, like I did! Yes, I know that's cheating!).
Beany. I love the part when he puts Beany into a Ziploc baggy to make sure she doesn't get wet or drown... his devotion to her is amazing!
Lindsey's and Bud's. If it weren't for the characters actually saying 'It's Bud...' or 'It's you, Lindsay', I wouldn't be able to tell. The computer animation isn't all it's cracked up to be!
Garth. The last is Coffey... I thought that was funny until I saw how it was spelled... oh, well!
Virgil . 'Oh, Virgil, you weiner! You never could stand up to a fight!' It's true... he still can't stand up to the fight (but he can at the end of the movie!)
oxygenated flurocarbon emulsion. Did I spell that right?
N.T.I.'s. Non-terrestrial intelligence... I think it's cute.
Bud. He's lucky the N.T.I.'s save him...
Hippy. He says it to Bud after he comments about how much he hates Lindsey.
Catfish. To Hippy, when they get in a bit of a fight.
| 'It's WWIII in a can!' (This is not said in the theatrical version of the film, only the Special Edition. So, here's a hint: It is said in response to Coffey when he is stating the explosive power held by the USS Montana. Who was he telling that to?) | 'The Abyss' Quotes
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Lindsey. In response to Coffey telling her how much explosive power the USS Montana holds: 'Your MIRV is a tactical nuke, uh... 50 kilotons nominal yield. Say, five times Hiroshima.'
Coffey. To Hippy, after he catches him looking at the MIRV attatched to Big Geek.
| This quote appears at the very beginning of the movie: "When you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you...". To what famous philosopher is this quote attributed? | Ultimate "The Abyss", Part One
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Friedrich Nietzsche. It's a pretty deep quote (no pun intended!). I'm not quite sure what it's supposed to mean, but it IS a good quote for a movie named "The Abyss." This quote was removed from the theatrical version because the same quote had been used in the movie "Criminal Law" just a few months before "The Abyss" opened in theaters.
USS Montana. The power systems on the sub fail when the mysterious unidentified vehicle comes near, but by the time power is restored it's too late to reverse course. The sub crashes into the wall of the trench and sinks.
"Launch the buoy". He orders a buoy launched that gives the sub's position to rescuers. It is shown on the surface with a blinking white light after it has been launched. In reality, the position of nuclear subs, and the cargo and information they carry, is so secret that they do not carry such buoys. It often takes months, or even years, to locate such a wreck.
| In the scene that introduces us to Deep Core and its crew, Bud tells Harry to clean up. What does Bud say about how dirty it is? | Ultimate "The Abyss", Part One
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"It's starting to look like my apartment.". Bud issues this order as he is heading to the tool pusher's office to take a phone call from the surface. The phone call is from a Benthic Petroleum supervisor who is calling to tell him about the sub sinking, and to recruit the Deep Core team for the rescue operation. If it looked like his apartment, then I wonder why he wanted it cleaned up?
New York Yankees. He wears it in all the scenes in the first third or so of the film, then doesn't wear it anymore for the duration of the film. I think he got separated from it in the chaos of the rig being dragged, although you never actually see this.
Operation Salvor. This codename is only mentioned once, when the Navy commander is briefing Brigman about the situation via a video conference. Brigman is less than enthusiastic about the offer to participate in the operation.
Frederick. The movie was set in 1994 (which shows on monitors when the crew enters the submarine), yet the name "Frederic" (slightly different spelling) was retired as a hurricane name in 1979, when a hurricane with that name slammed into coastal Alabama. Of course, this is fiction, so they can get away with that! On a similar note, US/USSR tensions play heavily in the plot of the Special Edition, but we all know the USSR no longer existed in 1994!
orange. It's an orange jumpsuit. As the submersible is released from the Benthic Explorer and splashes into the water, Lindsey announces "Touchdown! Crowd goes wild." Her military passengers do not seem amused.
Navy SEALs. They are led by Lt. Coffey (played by Michael Biehn), a dead-serious and brash man, who rubs the Deep Core crew the wrong way almost immediately. Catfish says "They don't look so tough. I've fought plenty tougher guys than them."
High Pressure Nervous Syndrome. Referred to as "HPNS," the symptoms include tremors and psychosis. Lt. Coffey adds "a partridge in a pear tree" as a symptom, in an attempt to downplay the risk of the team falling victim to the disorder. He says they've all "checked out" fine. Ironically, Lt. Coffey himself is the only member of the team who actually becomes afflicted by this syndrome.
pressurizing. Deep Core is an ambient pressure environment, meaning the pressure inside Deep Core is the same as the pressure outside at that depth. They must slowly adjust the pressure from the surface level to the level for Deep Core's depth. This allows divers to exit Deep Core for dives, and re-enter afterwards, without having to go through pressurization adjustments. In the real world, however, ambient diving requires much longer compression/decompression times. To compress to the estimated 87 atmospheres felt at Deep Core's depths, they would probably have needed to spend a few weeks compressing. But of course this would have killed the plot line, so the writers fudged a little bit!
Cayman Trough. It actually sinks right on the edge of the trough, not all the way into it. This trench lies in the western Caribbean, between Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. It is the deepest point in the Caribbean Sea. In the film, it is referred to as a "trough," but either term, "trench" or "trough", is acceptable.
The Hammer. When telling Hippy that the Navy SEALs don't look so tough, Catfish balls up his fist and says, "See this? They used to call this The Hammer." The term "hands of stone" was a nickname given to 70's/80's era boxer Roberto Duran!
Neutron counter. As they initially approach the sub, Coffey asks Lindsey for radiation readings. She replies, "Neutron counter's not showing much." When first issued the devices, Hippy says that although they're getting paid triple-time for the mission, the money wouldn't be worth much in six months when certain body parts fall off because of radiation.
Crypto. All of the other answers I gave describe the contents of the notebook. It also says "US Navy" and "USS Montana" in smaller letters underneath "Crypto." A key part of Coffey's mission is to remove such classified information from the wreck.
| When Bud and Lindsey are examining the photos she took of the mysterious underwater object, what is stuck to the window in the background? | Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Two
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a suction-cup Garfield the Cat doll. Later in the movie, Coffey takes the nuclear warhead to this same room, and Garfield is still there! The room is maintenance room B, by the way.
| What is the name of the news reporter who does a live report on board a ship? (His name is flashed onscreen at the beginning of his report.) | Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Two
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Bill Tyler. The Deep Core crew see this report while watching the TV news (they get TV feeds from the surface). The reports focus on increased US/USSR tensions in the area where the sub went down. The news reports alarm the crew greatly, as they begin to understand the implications and seriousness of their situation.
| While surveying the damage done to Deep Core from being dragged, what crew member's dead body do they see via the security cameras? | Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Two
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Perry. While surveying the damage via video cameras after the crisis, the surviving crew members find the body of Perry. Bud says, "So that's it, then. Finler, McWorter, Dietz and Perry."
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