The Abyss
James Cameron's Close Encounter with Method Acting
Episode 3 of the Science at the Movies podcast, hosted by Abigail James and Freda Werdiger, titled "The Abyss" was published on September 14, 2023 and runs 93 minutes.
September 14, 2023 ·93m · Science at the Movies
Summary
This episode is as packed and chaotic as the movie itself, due to Abi and Freda being exhausted from bootlegging and Freda being in an crisis of science faith. Anyways, we finally get to discuss Oceangate. Also, offshore drilling hab(itats), underwater nuclear testing and breathing liquid oxygen strongly features. Finally, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio never felt the need to shorten her name.*****Some stuff you might be interested inInterview with Joseph B Keller about underwater nuclear testing: https://www.ams.org/notices/200407/fea-keller.pdfProduction hell of The Abyss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RyLikHFh78Liquid breathing: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2021/08/can-humans-breathe-liquid-like-in-the-abyss/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
This episode is as packed and chaotic as the movie itself, due to Abi and Freda being exhausted from bootlegging and Freda being in an crisis of science faith. Anyways, we finally get to discuss Oceangate. Also, offshore drilling hab(itats), underwater nuclear testing and breathing liquid oxygen strongly features. Finally, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio never felt the need to shorten her name.
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Some stuff you might be interested in
Interview with Joseph B Keller about underwater nuclear testing: https://www.ams.org/notices/200407/fea-keller.pdf
Production hell of The Abyss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RyLikHFh78
Liquid breathing: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2021/08/can-humans-breathe-liquid-like-in-the-abyss/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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