The Abyss-Close Encounters of the Deep Kind

The Abyss

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 …


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PFCWallahs, Cast Your Terminators

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PFCWallahs, Cast Your Terminators

I just came across one very very good piece of news, one more piece of good news and one really, really bad piece of news. The very very good news is James Cameron’s finally coming up with another film - Avatar, a sci-fi/action/adventure film scheduled to release in May 2009.

The other piece of good news is Christian Bale has signed on to restart the Terminator franchise with a movie titled Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. The really, really bad news is that the director is going to be McG, the guy behind the extremely irritating Charlie’s Angels movies.


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There’s something in me that …


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