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I've said it for years.....this film should have been FAR more popular. It is excellent from all angles.

Fun Fact: Real oxygenated fluorocarbon fluid was used in the rat fluid breathing scene. Dr. Johannes Kylstra and Dr. Peter Bennett of Duke University pioneered this technique and consulted on the film, giving detailed instructions on how to prepare the fluid. The only reason for cutting to the actors' faces was to avoid showing the rats defecating from momentary panic as they began breathing the fluid. Now, the breathable liquid scene was just filmed with Ed Harris holding his breath for brief windows of filming. Also, the Special Edition version contains 17 extra minutes that was trimmed out of the theatrical release by the studio against James Cameron's wishes. These scenes are key and totally explain the alien's real agenda. Glad to see you guys doing this version because the director's cut of this film has additional footage that makes the story so much better.

The Abyss is truly one of James Cameron’s best movies, and one of my favorite Ed Harris movies of all time.

At least no one died during production 😅 and Cameron learned a lot about what not to do when filming in water.

The sub wasn't at a depth of 2.5 miles. That was just the drop off from where it was resting. I'm not sure what depth the sub was but it was only 70 meters below the rig so they would be able to be outside the submersibles. So, it's not ALL science fiction. Saturation divers can reach depth up to 500 meteres (1640 feet). That's about 1/3 of a mile. Going down that far require a decompression time of about 7-8 days.

Sorry, there's no medicine for the bends. You need a hyperbaric chamber and an IV to reduce the gas bubbles built up in the blood. At this depth, you'd probably need to spend days decompressing in the chamber. I experienced icy water once in a pool at the top of a mountain waterfall. You lose all capability to think when you hit water that cold. You're running completely on instinct, which doesn't always point you in the right direction. Note: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio reportedly suffered a physical and emotional breakdown because she was pushed so hard on the set. Ed Harris once almost drowned and punched James Cameron; once had to pull over his car while driving home when he burst into tears. Gotta give these actors massive props.

This is one of my favorite movies. Michael Biehn and Ed Harris are such amazing actors.

Man, you really should have watched the Extended Edition. It filled in a lot of the gaps in the theatrical version. The funny thing is, nearly all of the human technology in this movie is completely real. Not only were all of the underwater scenes actually filmed underwater, but it all really worked, too. The submersibles and ROVs and dive suits and helmets were all functional equipment.

Fun facts with this....14.7 psi per 33 feet of ocianic water..typically humans can go about 130 feet deep. At 2 miles down its 330 atmospheric pressures or 4850 psi. Scary!

After dozens of times watching this masterpiece, I still get an emotional gut punch when we see Ed Harris just sitting, waiting to die, before the aliens approach him. A most excellent movie.

*** The Abyss title is from a book by C.P.Idyll ,1964 and denotes the deepest region of the Ocean between 20-30' thousand feet called the Hadal zone after Hades tne Greek name used in Dantes " The Divine Comedy " journey into the underworld and Dantes guide was the poet Virgil .That's the protaganonist "Bud's " name in the film .!!...***

Great reaction! Jim Cameron has been pushing the envelope in terms of visual effects for 40 years...such a great filmmaker! Glad you enjoyed it!

Fun fact, the reason that the door didn’t crush his hand is that the wedding band was made from titanium, according to the novel Lindsey designed the ring in her engineering class.

massively underrated, love this movie when it came out, big fan of Michael Bien and Ed Harris

Great watch ladies! I looked it up and the fastest submarine on record went a max of 44.7 knots, which is just over 50 mph. And apparently we've only explored 5% of the earths ocean. The deepest crewed dive was 10,927 metres into the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench. Keep up the good work, Michelle and Natalie! 5 Hoots to you ladies!

One of Lindsey's(Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) biggest fans was my Dad; of now very beloved memory. As a former military analyst, later a systems engineer, we were watching this movie and all the while people called her Queen Bitch of the Universe he had a big grin on his face. And as the end credits rolled Dad turned to me and said: Lindsey's not a bitch, you know, she's an engineer.

I'm a physical media fan and this just came out on 4k and it looks amazing. The last release was on regular dvd, it never got a blu ray release. I'd never seen the movie before and it was really good.

One of Cameron's underrated movies. Lucky enough to see this in the theater last year.

They couldn't leave the bomb down there because Coffey set it to blow on a timer. It wouldve killed them all. Someone had to go down and disarm it before it detonated. Thats the reason for Buds sacrifice

11:15 Fun Fact: These diving helmets with the BIG face glass were designed by James Cameron so the actors could be seen to show US that the actors were really doing the diving and they were stunt doubles.

The story is that the cast and crew called the move The Abuse. Ed Harris nearly drowned.

The phrase slicker than snot is an old phrase. That I heard a lot when I was a kid.

"knew this was a one-way ticket, but you knew I had to come" always gets me a little bit 😢 You guys are great! 😊😊

"When it comes to the safety of these people, there's me and then there's God, understand?" Fun Fact: Theatrical movie debut of Kimberly Scott. Technological First Fact: The first feature film to have used an early version of Adobe Photoshop. Music Enthusiast Fact: The music heard in the scene where Bud (Ed Harris) and Coffey (Michael Biehn) have a man-to-man showdown was reused in the theatrical trailer of The Fugitive (1993). Movie Magic Fact: The striped wire scene (blue with white stripe and black with yellow stripe) was filmed with two black and white wires to ensure that they looked identical under the colored lighting. US Navy Enthusiast Fact: The Trident submarine at the start of the film is the USS Montana, designated SSBN-741. In reality, SSBN-741 became the USS Maine. The Maine, the 4th ship bearing the name, was laid down in 1990, launched in 1994, and officially commissioned in 1995. The designation of USS Montana would not be assigned to a submarine until May of 2018 when the hull of the Virginia-Class Submarine USS Montana, SSN-794, was laid. She would not be commissioned into the fleet until June of 2022. Science Rules Fact: Real oxygenated fluorocarbon fluid was used in the rat fluid breathing scene. Dr. Johannes Kylstra and Dr. Peter Bennett of Duke University pioneered this technique and consulted on the film, giving detailed instructions on how to prepare the fluid. The only reason for cutting to the actors' faces was to avoid showing the rats defecating from momentary panic as they began breathing the fluid. Ed Harris did not actually breathe the fluid. He held his breath inside a helmet full of liquid while being towed 30 feet (10 m) below the surface of the large tank. He recalled that the worst moments were being towed with fluid rushing up his nose and his eyes swelling up.

Recreational diving is usually down to about 130 feet. Commercial saturation divers go to a little over 1700 feet. Special suits are required below that depth, with some dives going past 2000 feet.

I'm glad we the general public started with the simpler theatrical version. But the extended version gives more context with the aliens, and also a little more backstory on Bud and Lindsay.

That scene with the crane and the crane operator breaking off of the ship was intense. Some great scenes in this film

One of my favorites... filmed in an abandoned nuclear facility in Aiken, SC. So they were all dive qualified including Cameron. A really hard film to shoot but quite memorable. The Director's Cut shows additional scenes where the 'aliens' demonstrated that they could create 1,000 foot high tidal waves to destroy coastal cities. They were about to do it but after Bud disarmed the warhead they changed their mind.

She said "Be useful creature!" I spit coffee laughing! haha

The early CGI effects used in this film for the alien manipulation of water, etc. was sort of a dress rehearsal for Cameron to be able to do all the effects required for Terminator 2 and the liquid metal nature for the T-1000 model.

*BONUS FEATURES: UNDER PRESSURE **_"THE MAKING OF THE ABYSS"_* *EVERYTHING WAS REAL! THE SUBS/THE DIVING SUITS/THE RIG/THE WATER/THE MOON POOL, EXCEPT FOR THE ALIEN CONCEPT, EVERYTHING WAS THE REAL DEAL*

The Abyss was filmed in an unfinished nuclear power plant! They had to fill up the tank with loads of water and then it leaked! It wasn't a fun time for the actors during filming, but it was also a test for the T-1000 special effects that would come a few years later in T2.

Thanks ladies, haven't received the notification on this , but saw it on twitter. This movie was said to be the hardest movie to make , for the cast and crew , months of freezing cold water and being wet , people started getting sick . Snd it took much longer than a normal movie

The finest sci fi movie ever

Thank you for sharing your reaction to "The Abyss." I've liked it since I first watched it in the theater.

The reason Ed Harris had to go down into The Abyss is that the nuclear warhead was on a three hour timer, so it had to be defused. Also, Virgil and Lindsey were separated and were almost divorced. Lindsey mentioned, "Not for long." early on when Virgil mentioned they were still married and why he was still wearing his wedding ring.

Initial contact with Mary Elizabeth reminded me of Close Encounters the way they moved around. Great duel reaction.

They couldn't just leave the nuke down there because the detonator was set on a timer. Three hours when Coffey set it, and just about an hour left when Bud suited up to go down to it. Even if the explosion wouldn't have completely obliterated the rig and any vessels on the surface within a few miles, it surely would have wiped out the entire NTI community. Disarming it was the only option

I only remember the movie because of the intentional drowning scene, i thought about that for years after and in fact ever since i saw it way back in 90'

The filming of this was so bad the actors called it the abuse. The water was freezing cold, they had to put chemicals in the water to stop algea forming which stung their eyes. James Cameroon nearly drowned, the water as you can imagine played havoc with the electrics. Ed Harris refused to do any promotion or marketing for the movie he was so done with it by the end.

“Are they in a submarine?” Although she had seen one 2 minutes before.

The two water tanks used in the filming of The Abyss were specially constructed to hold large amounts of water. The first tank, based on the abandoned plant's primary reactor containment vessel, held 7.5 million US gallons of water and was 18 m deep and 70 m across. At the time, it was the largest fresh-water-filtered tank in the world. Additional scenes were shot in the second tank, an unused turbine pit, which held 2.5 million US gallons of water. As the production crew rushed to finish painting the main tank, millions of gallons of water poured in and took five days to fill. The Deepcore rig was anchored to a 90-ton concrete column at the bottom of the large tank

Natalie Thank You for being you!

The Abyss is a true underrated film and it's one of my favourites

Imagine trying to blow up a balloon that someone was squeezing - that was the sub's issue trying to pump out sea water at that depth.

I love this movie so much, such an underrated gem, I watched it way back in the day when it first came in theaters and loved it… For many years I only saw the theatrical version, but then I bought it on DVD and saw the extended version and loved it even more… This will always be a classic for me and I watch it at least 1-2 times a year, I have just bought the new 4K release with both the 4K and the Blu-Ray and with both the theatrical and the extended version on it… Great reaction ♥️

This was fun to watch! Great job ladies always entertaining!

Ed Harris in the fight fight scene , one of the best acting scenes i've ever seen.

38:25 "They said he can cut the weights off and float back up but I don't know how." The same way a helium balloon floats to the sky. No matter what the pressure is, everything that contains a gas will move toward lower pressure. That means up. That suit basically has liquid oxygen that turns to a gas in Bud's body. It's more complicated than that but that's a simple explanation. That gas in his body is in his suit and will lift him up. He's only going down because of external weights heavier than his gas. Drop the wait, and up he goes like a hot air balloon.

a true accomplishment in film. Even though everyone despised Cameron on set.

What was up with this “lose consciousness” stuff? Lindsey said that she was going to DROWN and then Bud could tow her back to the rig. There’s only one definition for “DROWN” and it ends in death. Also, directly after that, Bud is shown swimming with Lindsey in tow, heading back to the rig and they say it’s impossible? THEY WERE JUST SHOWING YOU HOW “POSSIBLE” IT IS! WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT!

It's almost like they witnessed a "Force Of Light" in the abyss

26:00 "Has anybody discussed how they are going to get out of this predicament?" They are stuck. Lindsay got them enough air from the outside tank that they can breathe until rescue comes. That's it. If they get in their little subs right now and go the the surface WITHOUT taking three weeks to decompress in a hyperbaric chamber they will pop like bloody balloons. The only place with that kind of chamber for them to survive is their ship (the one that lost the crane) but it ran away from the hurricane. So there is literally nothing to do until the hurricane goes away and their ship comes back. Which is why they are all just sitting around waiting. Ain't got nothin else to do.

I like when she played Tony’s sister in Scarface Gina

Have seen the Abyss many times over the years starting in the theater. Glad you ladies enjoyed it and yes consider this one of Cameron's best movies.

We can go deeper with rebreathers, but not by much. Our bodies are too soft to withstand the pressure.

James Cameron and his brother invented some of the deep sea technology they used in this and Titanic. It’s crazy how technical he is and passionate even

35:15 - The reason why Bud didn't start getting Lindsay to go out and waited until she actually drown is because when a person drowns, they thrash about in a panic, making it harder for him to have a hold onto her. By allowing her to drown and then proceeding to drag her, it is the safer and more secure way to get her out of the sub. 36:41 - There's an old saying in the medical field for areas where there are cold temperatures: "You're not dead until you are warm and dead." What Lindsay has described has actually happened several times in real life.

"better use my strong hand"😂😂😂 iykyk

Love this movie. Saw it when I was a kid. I think the reason it's been "lost" for so long is that Cameron is sitting on all his old releases and won't put them out in current formats unless he approves them. I think he's sort of a perfectionist, so this movie only recently came out in HD, along with ALIENS in 4K and others. That's why it recently got put on Hulu -- finally a digital HD release approved by James Cameron.

45:40 All the machinery used is REAL machinery. The only sci-fi stuff in this film was the whole alien concept.

I have the Special Edition of The Abyss on DVD Fantastic film

36:00 i done this in a sharp situation once, with no equipment, just my hand and mouth. The victim just staired out blank, look pretty much dead. One blow in, and the victim just snapped into life and was like "what happened?"

FYI: Filming was an nightmare. At one point during filming Ed Harris punched James Cameron. Michael Biehn almost died because of a power outage while underwater and the set went pitch black. And till this day, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Ed Harris refuse to talk about it.

I would see this on TV growing up from time to time, late at night. It was always one of those movies that would grab my interest, and I'd have to finish the movie. It was years before I finally sat down an watched the whole thing from the beginning. I think it's an average movie. I'd probably give it 3.5 out of 5 or something like that. I'm glad y'all liked it. God bless!

Yes those people last year were crushed trying to look at titanic. Jim Cameron making this got very interested in deep sea and diving, he decided to make titanic, based on his research, he did go and film footage for titanic, and did several documentaries, after that accident he announced he is going to do it again, go back down . . He pushed to get new technology , equipment, underwater cameras, lighting, and those little subs . He became very interested in the oceans , and shipwrecks.

One of my top 3 fave Cameron movie. Saw it the summer before my senior year of high school!!! Michelle saying that she had never heard of this movie killed a piece of my ancient heart a bit. LOL!!!

Orson Scott Card wrote the novelization of this film (his only film adaptation) the first 3 chapters were about each main character during thier childhood years. They were so good that Ed Harris, Elizabeth Masterantonio, and Micheal Biehn used them to base their performancers off of. The Aliens were much more prevelent in his story, they have the ability to actually read minds and save memories, our being in their eyes alone is horrifying to them. But it's a few chars that change thier minds about us. The called us polluting land slugs. The special edition cut added many additional scenes with the aliens, also added to the standoff developing between the Russian and American Navies, and the escalating international response. If you can find the book I would vehemently recommend reading it. Great reaction, glad you liked it ladies. Keep it up

You ladies came upon a good one. I saw it in the theaters when it came out, then bought the dvd soon after.

9:35 "There could be survivors because they sealed themselves off in a compartment." Tragically, no. Not a chance. Once a sub hits "crush depth" it all crushes. All of it. Ever see a guy crush a beer can? Same thing, but it's a human can and none of the humans survive. But even if they did. There is not a single diving suit on that sub. Not for this depth. So no survivor is safely suited up and ready to be saved. That means these Navy SEALs need to open the door to that sealed compartment which will instantly flood AND crush it. Any survivors not crushed will immediately drown and freeze in this 35 degree water - it would be pretty much impossible to put them into a diving suit, even if the Navy SEALs brought one. Which they didn't. This was never a rescue. It was ONLY about getting the nuclear launch codes off of that submarine before the Russians send a diver to get them. They lied about rescuing the men so these oil drillers and their bosses would agree. Most humans agree to save other humans, immediately, as fast as possible. They wouldn't be nearly as excited about saving nuclear launch codes and definitely not in a hurry to do it. They would tell the Navy to send their own divers because there is no real hurry to save a piece of paper in a safe.

When they were checking the sub, humans can go that deep with proper equipment, but it's near the limit. That's why they had to pressurize before getting in the rig and would normally need to depressurize to go back up to the surface. The main sci-fi in this is the beings and the liquid breathing thing. If you want to get another video out of this, you could also react to the Director's Cut Special Edition which has an entire sub-plot that was cut out of the theatrical version. Director's Cut is a much better version and it could be a fun video to compare them.

I hope they made a documentary on the making of this film called: Apiss in the Pool.

This is one of my 15 favorite science-fiction movies. It also has sentimental value to me because it was the last movie that my parents, brother, and I saw together, in the theater when the Director’s Cut was released. The cold-water drowning effect, called the “mammalian diving reflex,” is true. It was announced to the public by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in a 1974 press release (I have an original copy), but weirdly it is still little known by the public. Many people have survived up to half an hour after “drowning,” and I think the record is nearly one hour. The rule is you are not necessarily dead until you are warm and dead.

Just watch Critical Drinkers Production Hell on The Abyss.

I'm the extended cut they explain much more, and dive deeper into the Brinkman's marriage

This is a fantastic film. Michael Biehn, who played Kyle Reese in Terminator and Corporal Hicks in Aliens is fantastic as the films antagonist. Ed Harris is great in this film as well. If you want to see another great film with Ed Harris, I recommend "Radio" a true and wonderful story from 2003 of true friendship. It is about the famous James "Radio" Kennedy and his friend Coach Harold Jones in 1976 South Carolina. Ed Harris plays Coach Jones and Cuba Gooding Jr. Plays "Radio". A great story you do not want to pass up. Great reaction to a great film

Everyone talks about the amazing special effects & such, but I really like the Love story & the INTESNE acting! The whole pre & post drowning scenes just bring tears to my eyes!

Happy Thursday! Awesome reaction! I enjoyed the video! 😊

Just for the record, this movie on a theater screen has some freaking gorgeous scenes. If anyone gets the chance (unlikely) to see it that way, I'd recommend checking it out.

The Abyss is really good, but I haven’t watched it in a long time. Your reaction made me want to re-visit it. Glad you two enjoyed!

Cool reaction as always Michelle & Natalie, you both take care and have a nice day and a good night 🥰❤️😊

25:38 Fun Fact: These CANADIAN special effects of the shape shifting water were the precursor to the liquid Terminator.

Ed had to wait for her to drown first before swimming back with her because had she been conscience and starting to drown during the swim, her body could've had survival instincts kick in and start thrashing around causing much bigger issues for him trying to tow her, which woulda slowed their progress and every minute counts. Irreversible brain damage starts to occur at around 4 1/2 min. Vegetable status at 6 min.

The parts you're assuming are sci-fi are realistic. The sci-fi is that a radio signal could reach to the bottom of the ocean

You should see the documentary on this...The actors went through hell.

Wasn´t very successful when it came out in 1989 but became very famous over the years. Glad you both liked this classic :)

45:25 They were just separated. You might not remember when Lindsey arrived on "Deep Core"...Bud said "Hey, Mrs. Brigman." and she replied "Not for long."

fun facts The maximum depth reached by anyone in a single breath is 702 feet (213.9 metres) and this record was set in 2007 by Herbert Nitsch. you can go much further if you had a oxygen supply.. 332 m (1,089 ft), is the Deepest scuba dive, which is unprotected skin basically .. anything beyond 400 is pretty risky

I’m with you, Natalie. Even in movies I have tired of watching death and tend to avoid movies that feature it. I saw “The Abyss” in 1989 with my wife. We enjoyed it. The theatrical version is a good adventure story but the “cable version” is longer and adds a lot of social commentary that was originally edited out. But overall, a good movie.

So many great moments! Loved this movie...up until the ending. Wish I would have walked out of the theatre with 10 minutes left.

The diving element is pretty realistic until the deep dive into the abyss (other things, like the ring holding open the hydraulic door are not so realistic). That dive into the abyss is based on a theoretical way a diver could survive at much greater depths than normal. Anyone who goes even as deep as the realistic parts, though, requires days of decompression to go back to the surface. The director's cut adds an element similar to _The Day the Earth Stood Still._ It's an interesting watch.

31:22 Way to go girls. I like to think I'm good at predicting the next scene in films but I NEVER figured that other guy was gonna show up. Nicely done.

The Extended Director's Cut adds 15 minutes that explain the aliens' mission, and their motivation in saving Bud, much more clearly and more powerfully. When I watched the longer version (which was not released in theaters), I wondered why it was cut at all because everything makes so much more sense, but that's Hollywood

This was such a great adventure that Cameron took us through. I just bought the 4K dvd for this movie. It is okay Michelle I have been on a Sub it is not that bad. Thanks for reviewing this. Cameron was in his prime here.😊

Always a breath of fresh air to see you two react to a movie. You are both enchanting... 😍

Good sci-fi adventure movie. I was 11 when this came out. I liked it but it wasn't what I though it would be at the time. This came out at a time when underwater "Alien" ripoff movies were all the rage. Movies like "Deep Star 6" , "Leviathan", "Lords of the Deep", and "The Rift" were all out around the same time. I thought this movie was going to be another deep sea horror movie, not a big budget sci-fi movie. I love the deep dive scene and have always found deep sea saturation diving interesting.

31:55 "Do you want to shoot towards a warhead?" Doesn't matter. It's not dynomite. Bullets cannot set off a nuclear weapon. It's impossible. That's kind of like expecting a bullet to start your car. Without the key. You can shoot a car all day long and the bullets cannot start the engine. Same with nuclear weapons.

39:30 "Let the warhead stay down there - nobody can get it." Coffee armed it on a timer. It will blow up. The blast will kill everybody above it so Bud, Lindsey, everybody on the rig will be killed in the blast. And maybe some aliens too. Bud is not going down there to get it. It's too heavy - he can't float up with it anyway. He's going down to disarm it and stop the explosion.

The reason so many of you reactors have never heard of a lot of great movies is because, like this one, they were probably made before, or nearly before, you were born. The Sting, Godfather, & Green Mile are 3 of the best I think you haven't reacted to.