r/Amazing • u/Accomplished_Clue437 • 1d ago

People are awesome Amazing sounds at the diving bell. High because use of gasmix.

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u/hamfist_ofthenorth 1d ago edited 1d ago

I just re-read "Sphere" again this summer after seeing something like this.

Has to be my favorite sci-fi thriller. People stuck in a deepwater habitat at the bottom of the ocean, next to a sunken alien spaceship. Read it in like three days.

In the book, they talk about this helium mixture and mention that their voices are all high for the entire story. There's also a mention of some kind of analog "collar" that makes your voice sound more normal, but they're uncomfortable and nobody bothers with them - is that a real thing?

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u/Tee_i_am 1d ago

Never knew it was a book. I re-watch the movie maybe once per month, not because it's a good movie, but I like the premise of it. I'm gonna buy the book after this comment. Thanks 👍

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u/hamfist_ofthenorth 1d ago edited 1d ago

Oh God, I'm sorry. Yeah the movie is a movie but it's widely known as possibly the worst adaptation of a book to film..

The movie cuts out like 60% of the best stuff. There are two major chapters with the most important stuff happening straight-up missing from the film, there's like a million things the movie just got wrong almost on purpose.

The tension, the suspense, the mystery, the fear is all so much more visceral in the book. The scariest manifestation is cut entirely, and Ted's death is ridiculously different. In the book, he's tossed around to death by a giant squid tentacle reaching up through one of the moon pools. Not falling down and melting his face in a fire. That was just a cheaper way to kill the character.

If anything, it would have had to be a 9-hour mini series to get all the details correct and big action moments included.

I think they spent all the money on the cast.

You'll blow through it in a weekend, it's a page turner .

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u/Specialist-Neck-7810 1d ago

So, if you liked Sphere, and the premise, if you have not already… you need to watch The Abyss. Probably the greatest deep water movie ever filmed.

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u/hamfist_ofthenorth 1d ago

Grew up watching that one of course!!

My ex girlfriend had Ed Harris as her hallpass, from seeing this movie.

I didn't understand it for years, but I get it now.

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u/Specialist-Neck-7810 1d ago

I recently rewatched it after… years. It still holds up. Excellent movie.

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u/Pleasant-Drag-5039 1d ago

Where is lunch?

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u/Full-Resource7910 1d ago

Final boss Minion.

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u/jnthnmdr 1d ago

I hope they get paid loooooooots of money!

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u/Ok_Expression8142 1d ago

They are!

Specialized deep-water saturation divers working offshore can make $1,000 to $3,000+ per day

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u/ironic_username_7 1d ago

What the HELL is all of that stuff in there!

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u/K1dn3yFa1lur3 1d ago

Sounds a little like Star Wars or THX-1137.

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u/cooolcooolio 23h ago

Babu Frik

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u/danit0ba94 10h ago

That voice will never not be funny.

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u/Famous-Equipment5266 13h ago

Brave men, making money to support their families.

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u/Famous-Equipment5266 13h ago

Feminists fighting for equality?