The Making of 'The Abyss' Page #5

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we're gettin' ?

- I'm not going near radiation. No way !

- Aw, Hippy, you p*ssy.

What good is the money ?

Six months later, your dick drops off.

We'll take readings as we go.

Ifthe reactor's

breached or the warhead's

released any radioactive debris,

we'll just back off.

- Oh, okay.

- Hippy is not going,

so McWorter,

you can run '' Little Geek.''

Goddamn it. You know McWorter

can't run an R.O.V.

-[One Night] Thenyoubettergo.

- I'll go.

- Good !

- What is your problem, huh ?

On this dive, you'll do

absolutelynothing...

without direct orders from me,

and you'll follow those orders

without discussion.

Is that clear ?

Allright.

I want everyone finished, prepped and

ready to get wet in 1 5 minutes.

One ofyouguys givemeahand,

okay?Let'sgetsuitedup.

Guys, guys.

Hold it a second.

Hold it ! Whoa !

Okay, here we go.

All right.

Look, um,

it's 3:
00 a.m.

These guys are running on bad coffee

and about four hours ofsleep.

- Maybeyou could think about

cutting them some slack.

- I can't afford slack.

Hey, you come on my rig.

You don't talk to me.

You start orderin' my people around.

It's not gonna work.

You got to know how to handle

these people. We got a way

ofdoin' things around here.

Right now, I'm not interested

in yourway ofdoing things.

Just getyour team

ready to dive.

These guys got

no sense ofhumor.

Bud, you know

your hand is blue ?

Finler, shut up

and putyour gear on.

Keep it coming.

- Hippy, throw me one

ofthem cyalumes, please.

- Yeah, sure.

- Good. Good.

- Excuse me.

- What is all this stuff ?

- Fluid-breathing system.

Wejust got them.

- You use it when you go really deep.

- How deep ?

- Deep.

- How deep ?

It's classified. Anyway, you breathe

liquid soyou can't get compressed.

-The pressure doesn't getyou.

-You mean you got liquid in your lungs ?

- Oxygenated fluorocarbon emulsion.

- Bullshit.

Check this out.

- Can I borrowyour rat ?

- What areyou doin' ?

- Hey, no, no, no.

- You're gonna kill her !

- It's okay. I've done this myself.

- Areyoujust drownin' her ?

She's gonna be fine.

I've breathed this myself.

It's gonna be fine.

No, man. She's gonna drown !

Look ! She's freakin' out !

-Justgoing through

anormaladjustmentperiod.

- Does this looknormaltoyou ?

-She'sgonna drown !

- He's taking the fluidintohis lungs.

He's taking the fluid

into his lungs.

There he goes.

There's a bit ofanxiety here.

Nowhe'sstarting torelax.

He'sbreathing fine.

Seehis chestmoving ?

He'sgettingplentyofoxygen.

Ha. Damnrat's

breathin'thatshit.

That is no bullshit, hands down,

the goddamnedest thing I ever saw.

See, the fluid's harder to push in

and out than air.

It'salittlemore work tobreathe,

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