2008 Woodie Awards
'Aliens of the Deep' sinks in the end
Kyle Chidester
Date created: 2/14/05 Section: ENTERTAINMENT
After a few sequences of different vent sites around the world, the film turns to a computer-animated presentation of how the scientists hope to find these vents in outer space. One location they feel might give the best results is one of Jupiter's three moons of Jupiter, Europa.
According to the movie, this moon is similar to our own planet, in that it has a hot magma core, which is enveloped by oceans. The only big difference is that a thick layer of ice, so thick, that scientists have no idea how deep it goes, covers the moon's oceans. The presentation is quite interesting, until it reaches the point of discovering life.
It becomes very apparent that Disney animation was behind this one. The scene reveals an underwater alien city, complete with glowing slug like creatures. It looks like they just pulled out some old stock footage from "The Abyss." Then to make it even cheesier, the scientists hold up the peace sign and the alien then responds with the same gesture. How convenient the alien only has two digits on its tentacle.
Probably the worst ending to a great movie I've seen since "Matrix: Revolutions."
According to the movie, this moon is similar to our own planet, in that it has a hot magma core, which is enveloped by oceans. The only big difference is that a thick layer of ice, so thick, that scientists have no idea how deep it goes, covers the moon's oceans. The presentation is quite interesting, until it reaches the point of discovering life.
It becomes very apparent that Disney animation was behind this one. The scene reveals an underwater alien city, complete with glowing slug like creatures. It looks like they just pulled out some old stock footage from "The Abyss." Then to make it even cheesier, the scientists hold up the peace sign and the alien then responds with the same gesture. How convenient the alien only has two digits on its tentacle.
Probably the worst ending to a great movie I've seen since "Matrix: Revolutions."
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