Real Submarine Miniature From James Cameron's The Abyss!
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Жыл бұрынFor James Cameron's classic science fiction film The Abyss (1989), the filmmaker and his team had real working miniature submarines built for the underwater exploration and chase sequences! Adam encounters one of the surviving miniatures at Propstore, where he takes a look at the incredible interior detail, working lights, and real weathering this remote controlled effects prop sustained during filming.
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@tested 11 ай бұрын
Check out this prop and others from the upcoming EMLA: Los Angeles 2023 auction at propstoreauction.com/auctions/info/id/347
@gorgonzola86 11 ай бұрын
Two of the first things that caught my eyes were the police badges of Axel Foley and Billy Rosewood fro the Beverly Hills Cop movies. Such iconic scenes those props were used for. Is there any chance that Adam ever would try to replicate one of those as a project?
@eu3145 11 ай бұрын
Wow! Yes! How much?!?
@MadJustin7 11 ай бұрын
The behind the scenes footage on the filming of that insane film shoot is worth the watch. They literally don't make movies like that anymore.
@Samlowry27B-6 11 ай бұрын
Life's abyss and then you die.
@massapower 11 ай бұрын
YUP !! Too much crap USELESS CGI 😏👎
@Three_Random_Words 11 ай бұрын
It’s been called The Hardest Movie Shoot Ever, or something like that, according to the DVD extras. I always thought a retelling of its difficulties and the stress everyone was under (a movie shoot within a movie) could make for some great cinema. But for cost and safety reasons you can’t really go back to that unfinished reactor site in SC to shoot the shoot. IIRC that place was eventually demolished. It could only be recreated with today’s very best CGI production values. But who would play James Cameron of 30 yrs ago?😮
@Del-Canada 11 ай бұрын
"The Abuse". Cameron is a real pr*ck in real life, allegedly. I believe it. Seems like that any time you see him talk.
@Don_Johnson521 10 ай бұрын
Life’s abyss and then you die baby
@aaronversiontwo4995 11 ай бұрын
Me: "Why am I getting so many recommendations for submarine videos today?" *Checks Internet* "Oh"
@wirelesmike73 11 ай бұрын
I really hope that movies start using miniatures again. It's just so good. This is a great piece.
@gorillaau 11 ай бұрын
Until there is recognition that CGI looks too polished and new, we will not see phsucial models used again. Watching that chase scene in The Abyss, it feels like you are there. You feel like you were in the sub and being hit by the other sub. Doubt the suspension of belief would have been there with CGI.
@jool5941 11 ай бұрын
Sorry man but in the future all movies will be 100% cgi and created by ai
@wirelesmike73 11 ай бұрын
@@jool5941 Not likely.
@wirelesmike73 11 ай бұрын
@@gorillaau There are still directors who use Miniatures regularly, and even more are warming to the idea that they look so much better for some applications. Most people don't even realize how often they are used because they look so real, or because everybody just assumes that "it's CGI" when they see them. They will be coming back, it's just a question of when.
@robertpaulson2052 11 ай бұрын
@@gorillaau This is a statement about 10 years out of date. Modern CGI in movies is essentially indistinguishable from real life. Miniatures look stupid and no modern audience would buy practical effects like that.
@thebluemonkey2051 11 ай бұрын
I keep getting more and more jealous of Adam's ability to be up close to these amazing film artifacts. Abyss is an amazing movie, and what an incredible FUNCTIONAL SUBMERSIBLE scale action model!
@ibanezleftyclub 11 ай бұрын
Ughhhhh I could just live there. This is easily my favorite series of Adam’s.
@shubus 11 ай бұрын
The Abyss is also one of my favorite films of all time and like Adam, I enjoy watching it again & again. It's so great to see great miniature of this great classic film.
@liamatsutv 11 ай бұрын
great 👍
@MrNategeo 10 ай бұрын
They're Gggrrrrrreeeaaatttt!
@nnaheim. Ай бұрын
Directors cut though
@onedaystudios1 11 ай бұрын
Ron Cobb Directed a film called 'Garbo' in Melbourne, about a robotic AI garbage truck. I got to do work experience on it waaaaay back in 1990, but nobody told me on set that the guy directing was one of my favourite designers. Looking back, the truck was distinctly a Cobb design, but I guess it would have seemed very unlikely that he'd be in Australia. Not a bad film, and a ripper soundtrack!
@aboutface7961 11 ай бұрын
Great designer concept artist, and director.
@spacemissing 11 ай бұрын
Long ago I bought the deluxe LaserDisc edition of The Abyss. Watching the movie and all the extras, including reading the script, took about nine hours. Phenomenal work.
@Phaota 11 ай бұрын
The supposed Blu-ray version of "The Abyss" classic film has been said to be coming out ever since Blu-rays first began, and yet, nothing so far. There is an HD digital version (which I have stored away in my collection of films in that format) that is excellent, but an actual 1080p or 4K disc has been desired by fans for many years now. I really don't see what the hold up is considering all the other Cameron movies have been released in that format now.
@superjimnz 11 ай бұрын
The DVD is an embarrassment, I really don't understand how it happened as the menus and special features clearly had huge effort and care, but the actual film is a non-anamorphic disaster.
@thecompletekaratekatas15 2 ай бұрын
available now
@scottbruner9266 11 ай бұрын
The Abyss….. my favorite movie of all time. I LITERALLY know every line by heart.
@aasic3952 11 ай бұрын
The timing of this video...
@MrJeetro 11 ай бұрын
One of the best movies ever made in my opinion! I believe Ed Harris got a legend-status by many in Hollywood due to the stress he endured during filming. I can't wait to see this in 4k!
@Frooderick 11 ай бұрын
Looking forward to the blu-ray release. I just hope it’s the director’s cut.
@elevown 11 ай бұрын
Me too- it makes a lot more sense with the extra bits.
@stephenrobertson6025 11 ай бұрын
I'm amazed they only ever released the DVD in letterboxed non-anamorphic, which lowered the resolution even more, and never did the film justice. Can''t wait for the blu-ray release.
@jeanious2009 11 ай бұрын
0:21 OUCH that high five was DENIED!!
@SeanBZA 11 ай бұрын
Power transistors are there for motor drive, for that big brushed motor used there to drive it. 8 power transistors, probably 2N3773 or 2N3055, so you need 2 in parallel, and then 4 of those pairs, to make the H bridge that provides the motor drive. Likely there are smaller transistors attached at the back to provide drive for them, along with more there to power the smaller motors used for attitude control as well.
@kinuorthel8096 11 ай бұрын
Great to hear we're getting a high res version of this classic soon!
@markjolliff3668 11 ай бұрын
The unreal timing of this video coming out just before the Oceangate catastrophe makes me think your in some secret society perhaps???
@MaxFleye 11 ай бұрын
It's been 'Coming Soon' On Blu-ray for like 10 years 😵😵
@mooncaketin 11 ай бұрын
Last time I heard anything about it was last year when Ryan Reynolds and Rian Johnson basically tweeted at James Cameron "True Lies Blu-ray? The Abyss Blu-ray? WHEN?", to which he basically replied "Soon." 😞
@c1ph3rpunk 11 ай бұрын
Well, “soon” is relative… Cold fusion will be here “soon”, in relation to all of human history. The moon will be closer to the earth “soon”, in relation to when Mars is.
@andyprompt 11 ай бұрын
The timing on this......
@norbis3939 11 ай бұрын
Right?
@tuhkathri9126 11 ай бұрын
I love these prop store videos. I get to see props I wouldn't otherwise
@roryoutdoors5431 11 ай бұрын
"Driven every kinda rig that's every been maaaade Sneaking on backroads so I wouldn't get weeeeeighed And if you give me... Weeed whites and wine, and you show me a sign I will be willin To be movin" Such a beautiful movie but that singing scene is just a beautiful human moment in a very =alien= setting :D
@mwoofficial1348 11 ай бұрын
Verry cool! I own the arms/hands of the abyss alien used in the film and the tunnel system . This movie was great in special effects!
@asordidreality 11 ай бұрын
Wow. I never knew The Abyss was a James Cameron movie... I've loved that movie since I was a kid, and I just finally understood the South Park episode where James Cameron dives to the depths to raise the bar... I never made that connection before, that's awesome!! I guess Trey Parker and Matt Stone like that movie too, because there is more than one reference to it.
@undrneath 11 ай бұрын
Awesome and all but I keep focusing on the Tardis in the background
@MakeitZUPER 11 ай бұрын
That was an awesome presentation. Thanks so much for sharing it. Personally, I didn't like the exposed tie wraps holding the wiring. They were probably added after the lighting changes, but they could have at least hidden the knot.
@MrRandomcommentguy 11 ай бұрын
The Abyss is by far the best James Cameron movie and to be honest, it is the only film of his that I really like with no reservations.
@azteclady 11 ай бұрын
I love The Abyss as much as I despise how badly Cameron treated the actors, most especially Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
@bedfordshiremodeller4491 11 ай бұрын
And Ed Harris refuses to this day talk about James Cameron onset of that film because of how badly James Cameron treated him/his character
@Mountain_Man 11 ай бұрын
LOVE THE ABYSS!! I have it on an old Laserdisk and and still love to watch it often
@toyfreaks 11 ай бұрын
Amazing when you think The Abyss was at the very dawn of simple CG effects and everything had to be real!
@ksavage681 11 ай бұрын
Cameron himself invented super powerful waterproof underwater lights so they could film underwater better.
@michaelripley4528 11 ай бұрын
Love that movie💯 Waiting for it to come on My streaming services!!!
@paulmcnamara2908 11 ай бұрын
So cool I've been waiting for you to feature this little puppy! 😁👍
@Justusson 11 ай бұрын
This episode’s timing, or at least title, was very unfortunate considering the event with the catastrophic failure of Titan,..
@miksstudio 11 ай бұрын
Awesome it must be to get to see the original props in person.
@OldMysticFantasist 11 ай бұрын
My favorite quote from The Abyss will always be "She's doin' it. She aint diggin' it." 😎
@TheOneSoulMate_ 11 ай бұрын
I love that movie. I have seen over 12 times at least. It was pretty fantastic. This miniature, Cav 1 is awesome to see. I didn’t know how they shot it. It looks so cool. Great content. It’s fun learning a little more of how they did it.
@donfisherjr.2404 11 ай бұрын
Very cool model! Love all the details.
@JohnSmith-gm4fj 11 ай бұрын
For the underwater RC you have to use a really low freq system to penetrate the water. Tons of info in the RC sub world on this stuff.
@deuscaffeum526 11 ай бұрын
Yes the USN used 40-60 khz to comm with underwater subs. HUGE antennas and transmitters in places like Hawaii.
@glyph2011 11 ай бұрын
Absolutely jaw dropping. So amazing 👍
@TesserId 11 ай бұрын
Gonna have to do a re-watch of the movie. I remember it being quite beautiful.
@Blazer02LS 11 ай бұрын
The transistors are likely the control system for the various motors and actuators. A pair would allow for reversed rotation of each motor and actuator using remote control with PWM.
@kaboom-zf2bl 11 ай бұрын
back then they didnt have the pwm ... they had to use transistors to provide that functionality ... and those ones are heavy duty .. which makes me think they cover the RC signal and the voltage regulation
@Blazer02LS 11 ай бұрын
@@kaboom-zf2bl pwm has been around in electronics since the 60s as practical voltage control. It was used even earlier in steam engines as speed control in a mechanical system.
@GhostPirateChuck 11 ай бұрын
Awesome to the max
@kjpphotography4764 11 ай бұрын
That is a cool miniature! I really can not wait to get The Abyss on 4k/blu-ray!
@missyd0g2 11 ай бұрын
I’m speechless, so cool.
@aboutface7961 11 ай бұрын
Ahh. Bring back real models. The craft. The art. = The love.
@SyntheticFuture 11 ай бұрын
That looks so good. There's really something special with old skool model makers.
@MichaelEilers 11 ай бұрын
How did this survive, incredible!
@woodsro 11 ай бұрын
Favourite Cameron movie and still holding out hope we’ll get a proper hd home release soon!
@josephkrug8579 11 ай бұрын
My favorite viewing of the abyss since I missed in theaters was the version I bought on laserdisc, it was the special edition with the giant tidal wave scene left in that made the movie make much more sense, I do not remember if it was pan and scan, but that version with the big wave at the end totally made the movie make more sense.
@barcham 11 ай бұрын
That version is also on the collector's DVD set. I have it. The problem was that due to the length of that version, the audio is only in 2 channel instead of full Dolby surround. So to get the full audio experience you have to watch the shorter version. Hopefully that will be corrected once the Blu-ray and 4k versions are released.
@josephkrug8579 11 ай бұрын
@@barcham The laserdisc audio was awesome :) I may have to break out the laserdisc player and my copy of the abyss and watch it again.
@guyrivers1143 11 ай бұрын
The Abyss Is the Best underwater Movie Ever
@colinmacdonald3931 11 ай бұрын
So Cooool. Loved that movie.
@EGOS42 11 ай бұрын
Hey Adam. Love the content. I believe neutral buoyancy is consistent at various depths. As long as the body's volume resembles the density of water you're good to go. With a rigid body like this model it shouldn't change. Remember water compresses very little so adding more atmospheres pressure at depth doesn't throw buoyancy off.
@_The_Archive_ 11 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: The Abyss is the first feature film to have used an early version of Adobe Photoshop.
@sjcprojects 11 ай бұрын
I thought the first use was for Willow in 1988, for the animal morphing scene, though they're pretty close together in time, so you may be correct...
@pixiniarts 11 ай бұрын
Pre initial release! If Abyss was 1989, Photoshop was initially released in 1990, I think there was a tiny run in '89. Wonder what they used it for, it was incredibly basic back then! I think the earliest versions were for photoscanning? I used it in '93 before that I was using Deluxe Paint...
@sjcprojects 11 ай бұрын
@@pixiniarts For Willow they basically created a frame-by-frame animation using photo files edited in Photoshop, so cutting out and essentially some laborious pixel-painting, I imagine.
@pixiniarts 11 ай бұрын
@@sjcprojects Having done frame by frame photo pixel editing for animation that sounds miserable, but, on the earliest versions of Photoshop with only one undo and basic tools... Hell I think they must have allowed the artists at least three screams a day, made a special corner for crying in and had a therapist on standby.😂😂😂
@leftymcnally6913 11 ай бұрын
First movie I ever watched in surroundsound. One of my favorites
@GuyMarsdenMakesStuff 11 ай бұрын
I worked on the VFX for Jaws 3D (totally forgettable movie). I was doing motion control shots of the small yellow submersible and we refered to it as: "smoke for wet". I built a precision smoke density controller that we called the Cyclops that used a 10-foot lightbeam to measure smoke density and control the smoke machine which was a classic Mole fog machine.
@stevemuzak8526 11 ай бұрын
Better build than Titan
@laspector 11 ай бұрын
Cinefex was such a great mag for movie making.
@jdkgcp 11 ай бұрын
Great timing.
@roughwaves 11 ай бұрын
6:10 Slight correction: buoyant force does not alter with depth provided your object isn't deformed or compromised by the pressure.
@sealdoggydog 11 ай бұрын
Yikes. Topical
@alexkhuri3967 11 ай бұрын
@@sealdoggydog yikes is right
@nicksmith5374 11 ай бұрын
Amazing
@robertsontirado4478 11 ай бұрын
I have The Abyss on laser disk. They should rerelease The Abyss in theaters, awesome film.
@joshmcdonald9176 11 ай бұрын
My dad had a book of Cobb's political cartoons, which I loved as a kid, albeit despite missing the point of about a third of them. I was amazed when I got older and discovered just how many of the things I'd loved from movies growing up were also his creations. A true legend.
@markwelch7975 11 ай бұрын
“Touchdown The Crowd goes Wild” best movie line ever!
@eliotbrown4506 11 ай бұрын
Come with the RC controller? Super cool movie artifact.
@SuperPress23 11 ай бұрын
Awsome, love that movie!
@cbspock1701 11 ай бұрын
I can't wait for the 4K of Abyss
@iwantmyvanback 11 ай бұрын
Wow, i haven't seen or heard of this movie but now i want to see it. Hopefully i can find it streaming somewhere
@joejackson4202 11 ай бұрын
Wild movie. So good!
@steprockmedia 11 ай бұрын
Ooh, I love that movie!
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 10 ай бұрын
Beautiful model.
@DailyDrivenBikes_1 11 ай бұрын
That is so cool that it actually works.
@olsonspeed 11 ай бұрын
Damn, that is a unbelievable prop, I hope it finds a new home where is can be appreciated and viewed by the public.
@gwynn1104 11 ай бұрын
Love this movie 👍
@ThatVideoGuyTom 11 ай бұрын
So much of this was shot by Anthony Lenzo and Val from ValsTech. It's such a great film.
@Durwood71 10 ай бұрын
One of my all time favorite movies and an amazing prop... and what's up with the TARDIS in the background?
@RDJ134 11 ай бұрын
The movie that made Morphin mainstream (first was in Willow) en the effects where incredible, i seen it in the theater and was mindblown.
@RobReadControlledProjects 11 ай бұрын
This looks more likely to survive visiting the titanic...
@michaelminch5490 11 ай бұрын
I have the 2-disc Special Edition with both versions of the film. I haven't watched it in a few years...might need to fix that next weekend.
@donivanpotter2762 11 ай бұрын
One my friends her boyfriend worked on building the set of the abyss. Really cool seeing one of the miniatures.
@tardiscommand1812 11 ай бұрын
Imagine the future of prop collecting. I imagine it’ll be a bunch of green screens and printed out faces on sticks that actors use as eye line reference
@bobbfredd 11 ай бұрын
so. cool!!
@Warshipmodelsunderway 11 ай бұрын
That group of transistors reminds me of the big speed controls we used back in the day for high current ship model motors. I wonder if Vantec or a similar company had a hand in this.
@jeromethiel4323 11 ай бұрын
Agreed. Those look like the power stages for motor control. Which they would have needed for the main thrusters and the steering thruster. Not to mention switching on and off lighting, if it was halogen, it would have been moderately high current.
@SeanBZA 11 ай бұрын
@@jeromethiel4323 Halogen lighting would have been via a relay, easier to drive, and no need to dim them either.
@jeromethiel4323 11 ай бұрын
@@SeanBZA Perhaps. But you are correct that if you don't need to dim them, then a relay is a better choice.
@nathkrupa3463 11 ай бұрын
Awesome machine sir nice
@martinmcguire172 11 ай бұрын
Just an FYI for all you fellow Abyss fans who may not have read the book, as this was quite a shocker to me. Coffey the movie Antagonist is actually a really great and super cool guy. It is just the HPNS that makes him an ahole. The book is a great and easy read that explains a lot of the details not covered in the film.
@erebus1964 11 ай бұрын
When I saw the movie the first time I felt like being left with lots of questions. By chance I came across the book and many things made more sense to me. Especially the view on Coffey as you pointed out. The original cinema version was so "castrated" that some things didn't really made sense. At least the directors cut filled that gap. Such a great movie in many aspects. As many others here, this is one of the movies that I can re-view from time to time without getting bored.
@jacoolckers6465 11 ай бұрын
My specials edition of The Abyss have the making of the movie. In it the wet for dry models are explained. I will never forget when I came face to face with the RC model of the tank from Aliens. It was in the Planet Hollywood in Paris.
@doughudgens9275 11 ай бұрын
A popular t shirt on the set: Life’s Abyss, then we dive!
@electronicsaxman1 11 ай бұрын
Alright bud when is that 4k coming that this dude speaks of, I've been waiting for a damn upgrade over the laserdisc version of this movie for 2/3rds of my life
@almerindaromeira8352 10 ай бұрын
Just to be pedantic, and simply because I can: for a rigid object such as this model, the depth doesn't play a role in neutral buoyancy. The density of the water is the same (it does increase slightly with depth but it isn't enough to be relevant here), the volume displaced and gravity too. Adam is right when talking about divers though. The vest/ inflation bladder, the human soft tissues and of course the lungs do compress and expand according to pressure.
@briandonovan5434 11 ай бұрын
As a 40yr old who’s built model cars for 33yrs, I’m floored. Just flabbergasted.
@OldKingCole29 11 ай бұрын
I read something that they also filmed scenes of the abyss in the underwater cave part of bon terre mine in Missouri because of the darkness water and water clarity
@EKEinc 11 ай бұрын
Hello tested team! Bon tardi from curaçao 🇨🇼 That model is based on the Nuytco Aquarius submersible. Of which we have the sister sub, in operational state right here on curaçao! We still operate it on a regular basis to 1000ft. If your team or Adam ever find your way to our island… We will take you for a dive!! Greetings from Substation Curaçao
@hoyteq 11 ай бұрын
The sub is cool wonder is any one in the rc world has built a replica, but I kept getting distracted by the blue box back in the corner lol
@JinKee 11 ай бұрын
This movie had a better submarine than the OceanGate Titan.
@TesserId 11 ай бұрын
4:50 5:22 Eight power transistors (or such). Might be nice to figure out if they were motor control or lamp control (my preferred guess). And, might be nice to know the part numbers. Some will want to speculate on the circuitry, though it's unlikely a circuit diagram would suddenly appear. And, I can't help but wonder if they were digitally controlled or analog.
@paulbennett4548 11 ай бұрын
they look like the old 2N3055 in the TO-3 case good for 15 amp at 60 volts, its fascinating how an image can trigger a very old memory :o)
@TesserId 11 ай бұрын
@@paulbennett4548 I never did anything on the power side myself. My main thing is line-level audio and basic digital. High power digital is outside my area. But yea, the case was obvious. And, I was assuming they were transistors. Thanks for the comment.
@SeanBZA 11 ай бұрын
Probably all for motor control for the main drive motor, as that probably drew 20A from the 12V battery. So 8 2N3055 or 2N3773 there, so you could have both speed control and reverse. Smaller motors driven by a TIP3055 probably on the back of that aluminium panel or the other side of the heatsink tunnel. Lights would be simply a relay, driven by one of the spare channels on the RC remote that can be used to give multiple digital outputs.
@SeanBZA 11 ай бұрын
@@paulbennett4548 But not at the same time, SOA limited and also limited by Hfe droop, so that you could expect 5A and 10V across the transistors, unless you wanted to drive them with 5A base current, then you could saturate them at 15A, with 1V across them. 90W if you can keep the case at 25C, but in reality only 30W with a heatsink about the size of a dinner plate.
@aserta 11 ай бұрын
The transistors are likely attitude control under water. If they either (in pairs) or alone match the number of thrusters, that's what they are.
@aserta 11 ай бұрын
@@2000jago First part is an opinion. Last part is "if that's the case, that's what they are". It's an IF sentence. I forgot to say number of functions, because it was late when i made the comment. I've been playing with old school RC for two decades now. Not the first time i've seen them used for that.
@theuniversewithin74 11 ай бұрын
Yeh, the 4K bluray is coming out before August 1st, 2223!
@JetsetDruid 11 ай бұрын
I remember reading about some urban explorers tracking down the abandoned set of the abyss movie years back, I think the blog was from the mid 90s and they had a bunch of pictures from the rusting remains of the set
@JetsetDruid 11 ай бұрын
I tried to post a link earlier but KZfaq deleted my messages if you search for "Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant" you'll quickly find them though
@CAP198462 11 ай бұрын
That submersible is definitely inspired by the Alvin DSV. The resemblance is uncanny.
@Roboman5e15 11 ай бұрын
i still have the VHS and its case
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