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E.T. meets Close Encounters Of the 3rd Kind, only difference is instead of a secret location, this time it is deep under the water, or more specifically in The Abyss, James Cameron’s 1990underwater sci fi adventure. After humanoids(Terminator) and nasty aliens( Aliens). James Cameron this time goes into the deep ocean.

The movie starts off with an American submarine USS Nebraska, sinking in the Cayman trough, after it has an encounter with a mysterious moving object. In order to counter the Soviets, who are approaching there, the US Govt, arranges a SEAL team, which would use an experimental, underwater oil rig as a base for their operations. One of the team members is Dr.Lindsey Brigman( Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), who designed that underwater rig. And because this is Hollywood, her ex husband Virgil Brigman aka Bud( Ed Harris), is now …

Considered by many as the foremost authority on mass media and its impact on aliens, Jan Bakuldas Kolesnikov Shukla, has spent the last year analyzing the trends in Indian media. His latest paper “Calvin Was Right: The Surest Sign That Intelligent Life Exists Outside Earth Is That They Have Not Tried To Contact Us” (published by the International Academy of Space Psychology) has raised important questions about the contribution of Indian media in hurting aliens. Jan B.K. Shukla (as he likes to be called) has been instrumental in setting up the NGO ‘Inter-galactic Conference on Alien Rights’ whose theme song, “Hum Sa Ka Bhool Hui, Ki Yeh Sazaa Humko Mili”, has received critical acclaim. Jan B.K. Shukla has a Ph. D in Space Psychology (Stanford), another Ph. D in ‘Economics of Watching TV’ (Columbia) and holds the McLuhan Chair at the Medium Is The Message University. He spends his time …