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What WOULD have been cool would be, like a Kraken in the mix. Not no regular Kraken but a Kraken that lives on top of one of them missing nukes. He's enormous. The Cetacean and Squid fight it out. The Kraken inadvertently frees the diver, but somehow bites him, making him radioactive.

The diver emerges from the depths, but with glowing eyes. He don't need no oxygen. He needs Guillermo del Toro.
 
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Gorilla Monsoon said:
What WOULD have been cool would be, like a Kraken in the mix. Not no regular Kraken but a Kraken that lives on top of one of them missing nukes. He's enormous. The Cetacean and Squid fight it out. The Kraken inadvertently frees the diver, but somehow bites him, making him radioactive.

The diver emerges from the depths, but with glowing eyes. He don't need no oxygen. He needs Guillermo del Toro.
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That's not a movie; that's a series. And I'm sold. Without "The Boys" and "Spider Noir" we need something dangit and this idea rocks!
 
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TOOL460002 said:
That's not a movie; that's a series. And I'm sold. Without "The Boys" and "Spider Noir" we need something dangit and this idea rocks!
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The diver swims to an Island. Vancouver Island. He hooks up with the local Orcas, because they know he's a righteous dude, and together they mess up a bunch of boats real bad, because now the diver realizes he can never return to land- the only way that could happen would be to take a boat. So he hates boats.

Mostly, the series would be all about the beautiful scenery and Orcas tearing yachts up. The diver would ride the biggest Orca like a bucking bronco, shouting out orders in whale language, which he's learnt, and man do they mess up some boats real bad.
 
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Gorilla Monsoon said:
The diver swims to an Island. Vancouver Island. He hooks up with the local Orcas, because they know he's a righteous dude, and together they mess up a bunch of boats real bad, because now the diver realizes he can never return to land- the only way that could happen would be to take a boat. So he hates boats.

Mostly, the series would be all about the beautiful scenery and Orcas tearing yachts up. The diver would ride the biggest Orca like a bucking bronco, shouting out orders in whale language, which he's learnt, and man do they mess up some boats real bad.
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Orca saddle? How are you not a bazillionaire? I say if we get approved for a second season it involves Kodiak Island. I'll have my people call your people.
 
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TOOL460002 said:
Fair. Just saying that last part of the trailer shows no regulator in his mouth, so unless it's busted and free-flowing, he is breathing ambient stomach air.. It does now have me wondering if sperm whales hunt deep and feed/finish their meals more shallow. Pretty sure when he got dragged around would be when at least one of his ear drums ruptured. When it's free to stream I could justify it. I also feel like there would be tons of footage of whales fighting squid in kelp forrests if it happened regularly.
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To the best of my knowledge, the only evidence for Giant Squid, and Sperm Whale interaction, is large sucker shaped scars seen along the head of some whales, and the presence of squid beaks in whales hunted for oil / carcasses that have washed ashore.

The only footage of a live Giant Squid that I'm aware of, is a very brief glimpse from an underwater surveillance camera, filmed near Japan.

It's believed that Sperm Whales hunt in very deep water, where the temperature helps them rapidly cool the reservoir of spermaceti in their head, into a solid - causing them to sink like a stone.

I'm not aware of any kelp beds on the edge of a deep water trench, where Sperm Whales, and Giant Squid rise to the surface, and do battle in the shallows.

None of these things will prevent me from suspending my disbelief, and enjoying the movie.
 
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Gorn said:
He was amazing for decades. Not any more. I think Minority Report was his last decent movie.
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I don't think that's really fair. Minority Report was better than decent IMO and Catch Me If You Can, Munich and Lincoln were all very good, and very different from each other. I worked on Bridge of Spies which was a blast (that one having been written by the Coen brothers).

Admittedly, Disclosure Day was middling IMO.
 
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Wood and Wire said:
To the best of my knowledge, the only evidence for Giant Squid, and Sperm Whale interaction, is large sucker shaped scars seen along the head of some whales, and the presence of squid beaks in whales hunted for oil / carcasses that have washed ashore.

The only footage of a live Giant Squid that I'm aware of, is a very brief glimpse from an underwater surveillance camera, filmed near Japan.

It's believed that Sperm Whales hunt in very deep water, where the temperature helps them rapidly cool the reservoir of spermaceti in their head, into a solid - causing them to sink like a stone.

I'm not aware of any kelp beds on the edge of a deep water trench, where Sperm Whales, and Giant Squid rise to the surface, and do battle in the shallows.

None of these things will prevent me from suspending my disbelief, and enjoying the movie.
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I completely and fully respect all of this for so many reasons. Let me know if it's a good watch. I'll be the first on it.
 
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Dynacord said:
I worked on Bridge of Spies which was a blast (that one having been written by the Coen brothers).
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I was about to call this out, as I happen to know it was written by a guy called Matt Charman - who I only know of because he lives somewhere near my parents, and was interviewed on the local news when his screenplay got nominated for an Oscar.

Anyway, I just checked, and it turns out the Coen Brothers were indeed brought on-board to co-write with Matt, after the script got picked up by Spielberg - I had no idea.
 
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Wood and Wire said:
I was about to call this out, as I happen to know it was written by a guy called Matt Charman - who I only know of because he lives somewhere near my parents, and was interviewed on the local news when his screenplay got nominated for an Oscar.

Anyway, I just checked, and it turns out the Coen Brothers were indeed brought on-board to co-write with Matt, after the script got picked up by Spielberg - I had no idea.
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Thanks for clarifying. I did know that but figured too deep a cut for this conversation (apparently not!)
 
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Wood and Wire said:
To the best of my knowledge, the only evidence for Giant Squid, and Sperm Whale interaction, is large sucker shaped scars seen along the head of some whales, and the presence of squid beaks in whales hunted for oil / carcasses that have washed ashore.

The only footage of a live Giant Squid that I'm aware of, is a very brief glimpse from an underwater surveillance camera, filmed near Japan.

It's believed that Sperm Whales hunt in very deep water, where the temperature helps them rapidly cool the reservoir of spermaceti in their head, into a solid - causing them to sink like a stone.

I'm not aware of any kelp beds on the edge of a deep water trench, where Sperm Whales, and Giant Squid rise to the surface, and do battle in the shallows.

None of these things will prevent me from suspending my disbelief, and enjoying the movie.
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Wow! That's less than a year old footage, so big news, but we're still pretty much in the dark.

That Squid looked like it would have been absolutely massive when it was alive.

I remember being given a secret tour of the behind the scenes archive at the NaturaI History Museum, in London, and I'd heard rumours of a Giant Squid (they had a portion of tentacle on public display), so asked to take a peek.

I have to admit, I was a little disappointed, as I think I must have been expecting a body the size of a station wagon, and tentacles the length of a football pitch; what I got was a tank about the size of a couch, housing the limp, deflated body about the size of a large sheep, and it's tentacles all coiled up beneath it. Big eyes, though.

In hindsight it was pretty remarkable, but I think 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea had set my expectations unrealistically high.
 
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I Will Find You is so bad, it's good. Based on a Harlen Coben book- he's apparently like James Patterson if James Patterson was 13 and wrote his books the night before they were due. I L O L'ed multiple times at how predictably bad this is. Its like a straight rip-off of "The Fugitive " except "The Fugitive " was somewhat credible.
 
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Saw Prospect last night. It's a low budget (< $4 million) sci fi, more about the plot and acting than CGI. Rotten Tomatoes gives it 89%, but I thought it was slow to get going. You can see it for free on YouTube.


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Started "The Boroughs" last night (Netflix). This is a sci-fi thing produced by the Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things) with a good cast including Geena Davis and Bill Pullman. OK, but a slow start. We'll see if it can hold its place in our TV watch list.

Meanwhile, Widows Bay continued to deliver right through the season finale.
 
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