A Hokey New Attraction
1983
It has been a long time coming, but we are here with our 150th induction and considering how far my sanity has been pushed at times, it is a huge surprise I have made it this far without quitting. I mean, when I have had to deal with villains who starve babies to death and being allowed to live in the end, as well as studios making a mockery of your favorite film with a shitty prequel, I probably should have quit. But no, because despite all the complete garbage and complete questioning of Hollywood, I get stuff likes sharks in tornadoes, killer turkeys, little creatures being goofy, space chickens that are made out of space pollen, monsters shooting killer rainbows out of their back, funny ass killer leprechauns, a shark-octopus hybrid getting overshadowed by Eric Roberts in a boat with some booze, birds that look like complete puppets, as well as so many other things that make this hobby/job so much fun.
Which
brings us to what has been chosen for the 150th induction, the film
that was the film that my 8th induction Jaws: The Revenge basically
omitted from the Jaws continuity and considering that I definitely made sure to
induct Jaws: The Revenge first, you can obviously see what I thought of that
piece of crap. But because Jaws: The Revenge was way worse, it doesn’t exactly
mean that Jaws 3 was good. In fact, Jaws 3 was rather hokey and it definitely
looks worse now than it did back in 1983.
So
why was Jaws 3 so much of a hokey experience? Well….a letter/number combo can
definitely answer that question, which is 3D.
You see, back in the late 70s/early 80s, there was a resurgence in 3D
and specifically in 1983, there was three horror films that were on their third
film and were all given the 3D treatment because of it, which Jaws 3 was one of.
But unlike today, where 3D is a lot better, early 3D involved was anaglyph,
which mean you had to have these special glasses (normally made of cheap
cardboard and some small blue and red filter strips) to see these films and if
you didn’t have these things to see the films, they were completely
unwatchable. But the good part is that if you had the glasses, things would
seem like they were popping out of the screen, which in some ways, was fun. But
unfortunately, it was a gimmick and like all gimmicks, they would die. And when
stuff had to get made onto video, the 3D would have to disappear because you
couldn’t put 3D on VHS so you would have the goofy effects meant for 3D, but
instead they would just be goofy in 2D, which ruined things.
But
enough of 3D, let’s look at the film itself. After the huge success of Jaws and
the sort of lesser success of Jaws 2, Jaws 3 was put into production and
originally, it was going to be a complete spoof like National Lampoon films and
be called Jaws 3, People 0. Now as much as an awesome and fun potential idea
that could be….it was killed by the company that I have hated so many times in
Universal Studios because there were some gentlemen running them with sticks up
their ass who thought spoofing their own property would “fouling in their own
nest”. The directing duties were first offered to an experimental film director
in Murray Lerner, but he hated the script and with an art director in place, he
declined which was probably for the best since the last time an experimental
film director was given a sequel to a film that wasn’t experimental, we got
Exorcist II: The Heretic.
So
the film directing instead went to Joe Alves, who was production designer for
the first two films and was second unit director in Jaws 2. Richard Matheson also
had wrote an interesting script, but his script was changed to include the two
Brody sons (because Roy Scheider made damn sure he would not be available as he
immediately signed up for Blue Thunder so they wouldn’t bother him about the
idea so Chief Brody was out) and Matheson’s idea about the shark being the same
shark that was electrocuted in Jaws 2 was also declined. The script advisors
also messed with the script so Matheson was once again screwed by Hollywood. As
for actors, they got a very young Dennis Quaid, who was in The Night The Lights
Went Out In Georgia and the comedy Caveman to star as Mike Brody. They also got
Beth Armstrong to be the female lead as she had just been nominated for a
Saturn Award for Best Actress in High Road To China. We also got Simon
McCorkindale (who at the same year was in a show Brad Jones (who plays the
Cinema Snob) loves in Manimal).
He
Also Somehow Found His Ass In The Terrible Wing Commander Movie Too, But I Wont
Hold That Too Much Against Him
And
finally, they got Louis Gossett Jr, who had just won an Oscar for Best
Supporting Actor for Gunnery Sgt. Emil Foley in An Officer And A Gentlemen.
Nothing
More To Say About Him Other Than He Is A Great Actor And I Really Wish He Was
Still In Mainstream Films
As far as other people besides McCorkindale who were in films I had inducted previously, we had Barbara Quinn (who was the Sheriff’s Girl in Squirm), and that’s about it. So with that all done, let’s get to inducting this hokey film.
We
start from a viewpoint from the bottom of the ocean and we see that we are in
first person view of something, most likely the shark, when suddenly this
grouper gets eaten.
We
then get the title card.
After
the credits, we then see that the shark is looking at a water ski team.
This ski team is practicing a double pyramid move and…
And not only is that Lea Thompson from the Back To The Future Series, but this is Lea Thompson’s theatrical feature debut. In fact, the only thing Lea Thompson did before this was a video for an Interactive VHS Game called MurderDisc: Murder, Anyone? So yes, before Lea Thompson was playing a mom from the past who had the hots for her futuristic son or a rocker having feelings for a fucking duck…
Before
all of that, she was in Jaws 3 so interesting way to start off your career, Ms.
Thompson. And not only that, but after Jaws 3, she actually was engaged to the
star of this film Dennis Quaid for 3 years so we may have had another situation
where people meet their significant other in Monster Crap (Others being Robert
Englund when he directed 976-EVIL and Reb Brown when I think he met his wife in
Space Mutiny…proving that even the worst of movies in your filmography may have
some huge positive come out of them).
But
back to the movie and as they are practicing, we see them getting ogled by
mechanic Shelby Overman.
As
the skier fall over, you might be expecting our killer shark to eat one of
them, but you would be wrong as this shark is patient and a meal like this
would be too easy. So we have a moment where the skiers get ready to try again
with their pyramid move and enter the lagoon, the engine drowns out and takes a
few minutes to get started again. The shark camera gets close to them, but the
engine starts and they get going.
Meanwhile,
we see that this lagoon is part of an all new Sea World theme park that is
being opened up called Sea World Undersea Kingdom.
Moving
on from the Sea World thing, we also notice that the Sea World guides are
getting trained and told that if they hike up their shorts anymore then they
are now, they will get fired because they made sure that you have to be modest,
but not too modest enough to wear pants in the hot sun, although if you are
wearing a costume, good luck to your ass in that heat magnet.
We
also learn more about this attraction which has the main attraction of allowing
you to go underwater via tunnels in this man made lagoon, which is connected to
the ocean by a channel (which we saw the gate to). We then meet Calvin
Bouchard, who is the owner and entrepreneur to this whole attraction.
As
the gates start closing, our shark enters the lagoon before it closes and its
bumping of the gates causes it to be stuck.
They
decide that they need to get Mike Brody up here, who is the chief engineer of
this Sea World park. Calvin looks at his ski team and calls them his pride and
joy. And personally, it is at this point that I start noticing that the quality
of this film has not aged very well to DVD, which may also be because this film
was completely first shot in 3D and then had to be reconfigured to a 2D
version.
Calvin
tells the media that he will be welcoming celebrity hunter Phillip Fitzroyce,
which considering that Sea World was meant to be a place of the conservation of
sea ligfe, that doesn’t seem like the best PR move now, but again…this is the
80s. Then Mr. Bouchard invites all the media members to join him at the bar for
drinks and assures them that the drinks are free. Of course, the media people
follow him because who wouldn’t pass up a free drink.
Back
at the gate, Shelby (after an underwater inspection) tells Mike Brady that the
gate somehow got off the track so it is going to need to be fixed.
In
fact, based on how most 80s films went at the time, you would believe that our
main characters were either Calvin Bouchard or Shelby Overman, but you would
know by the Brody name that he has to be the main character and as far as
Shelby is concerned, well, you’ll have to see for yourself why he isn’t the
main character. Anyway, Mike just wants the damn gate fixed and he leaves them
because Mike has his own things to do.
Elsewhere,
one of the workers Dan notices that the dolphins are trying to get out of the
gate again. Mike passes him by and looks for Kay, who Dan says is with Shamu.
On Mike’s way, he also runs into Liz, who is training two dolphins named Cindy
and Sandy.
Mike
reveals that he wants to take Kay to dinner with him to pick up his brother Sean,
who will be arriving at the gate. Dan and Liz tell Kay that it seems that Cindy
and Sandy don’t want to go in the lagoon at all, even though they need to do so
to get some exercise. Mike asks if he is going to lose Kay to a bunch of
neurotic fish and Kay has to remind him that dolphins are mammals, which since
Mike also realized is mistake shows that Mike thinking that whales are mammals
may be a regular occurrence. Kay just says on the Cindy and Sandy situation
that if the two dolphins don’t want to do their play time, then they will have
to learn they can’t pick and choose so put them back in their pens. Kay tells
Mike that she accepts his request to join her for dinner. Mike makes a joke
about it being sushi, but Kay just looks at him in annoyance for that.
We
then meet celebrity hunter Phillip Fitzroyce as he is greeted by clapping from
the media and a handshake from his good friend and owner of this Sea World
Calvin Bouchard. Phillip also has with him his friend Jack Tate
And
you can see why I told you to not really believe that Shelby would be a main
character at all since he is the first human dead. We also see the gate move,
but it doesn’t open meaning that the shark now realizes that he can’t back out
the way he came.
At
the bar, a waitress who is obviously Shelby’s live-in girlfriend Charlene asks
where Shelby is and Mike has no idea. We also see that Charlene has suspicion
that Shelby might be messing around with “that little bitch at the souvenirs
stand”. We also see that Kelly Ann (played by Lea Thompson) is doing pretty
well at the game of Stand Off, which is basically a balance game, and since
Sean says he is the champ at this, he decides to make the next challenge.
That
night, two guys sneak into the lagoon with a raft to steal some coral since it
pays good money now and since now there is news of the Great Barrier Reef being
officially considered dead by scientists due to bleaching thanks to warmer
temperatures, this may be cheap coral these days, but back in the 80s, this may
have been a bit more expensive.
We
also get to see some other animals here like.
Meanwhile
at the beaches of the yet to be opened Sea World park, we learn that Sean hates
the water via a bad experience. It honestly is very good continuity since in
Jaws 2, Chief Brody had to save Sean from a shark attack while he was a boat
with his friends (several of whom died including his girlfriend) so you could
expect Sean has some scars about going in the water again (heck, he goes to
school in Colorado). Hey, it’s better than in Jaws: The Revenge (the film that
says Jaws 3 didn’t count in canon) where Sean was a sheriff and was on the
water without any fears only just so he could get eaten by the shark that
wanted to kill all the Brodys for some reason.
We also learn that Mike got a job in Venezuela for a year and a half, but it would mean that he might be separate from Kay, who needs to stay here for six more months and is looking at a job at the Scripps Institute. Mike half casually makes a joke about giving up her dreams to follow him, which she laughs off as she knows he isn’t serious about that. When Kay wonders what they are going to do, Mike just says they should just enjoy the time they have.
Also,
we see Sean playfully chasing Kelly through the sands and Kelly is surprisingly
able to get Sean to enter the water so they can make out. Unfortunately for
them, they get caught and pranked by Mike and Kay, who act like cops with a
bullhorn.
But
then we get the dumb as the shark decides to destroy the raft too just to make
sure there is no evidence.
The
next morning, Sean is dealing with a hangover while Mike and Kay are getting ready
for work.
There
is a small issue of Kay and Mike not knowing which beeper is which so they just
choose one because it doesn’t matter, I guess. We then go back to Sea World as
both Cindy and Sandy do flips. That’s when Phillip shows up. They of course
have met before at a Save The Whales Conference in Helsinki, where Kay somehow
made Phillip a hero. Kay then wonders why he did ram that Japanese Whaler.
Phillip admits he didn’t do it for any pure reason and instead just did it
because the boat got in his way and ruined his best shot. He offers to take her
out for drinks, but she says drinks isn’t a behavior that she does.
Mike
wants to talk to Kay, but gets interrupted by Charlene who throws a bag full of
Shelby’s clothes at him, telling Mike that she is dumping Shelby as he never
came home last night. Mike then reveals that he never came to work either so he
figured he was just hung over at home. Kay asks what is going on and Mike says
that Shelby is AWOL again, which means he has done this before. Of course it
starts not making sense that he would do that because he left behind his
passport, credit cards, and ID.
Hell
no, Dixie…you are already getting sued for maxing out one credit card company
with your debt, TNA doesn’t need another lawsuit as you already have tax issues
with Tennessee. You fix your shit or you go bankrupt. Now don’t bother another
one of my inductions again.
Back
to the film, they all just assume that Shelby is just curled up drunk somewhere
since they really don’t want to fear the worst right now. So they go into the
submersible to check for Shelby…in the bottom of the LAGOON. Okay, if your
first place to look is in the bottom of the lagoon, you definitely assume he is
dead (from drowning, at least). It’s like someone going missing in a dungeon,
assuming they are alright, but the first place you look is in the pit of
spikes.
While
in the submersible, Cindy and Sandy show up, trying to get Mike and Kay to turn
around and go back as something in the water is dangerous in their minds. Mike
radios control that they are heading to the Spanish Galleon part of the park to
check for Mike.
Mike
then says that he was told that Shelby went to fix the gate alone and said that
if anything were to happen to him, he would wind up here because of the currents.
Well, I guess we definitely are assuming the man with the awesome mustache is
dead. Kay asks about the filtration tanks, but Mike says that is impossible as
it is too strong a current going out instead of in. Remember that for later.
Mike
and Kay decide to get out of the submersible to see if Shelby’s body was in the
Spanish Galleon structure. The dolphins once again try to get them to go away,
but the humans are persistent. They don’t find Shelby, but they do find a great
white shark.
Mike
and Kay decide that with a great white shark in the water, they may want to get
the hell out of there so they ride the dolphins back to shore, despite leaving
a probably expensive submersible behind. They get out and have the two
assistants Dan and Liz close the cage so the shark can’t get at the dolphins.
In the restaurant, Calvin is dining with Phillip and Jack, when he gets told
about what happened so he has the hunter and his assistant come with him as
this doesn’t constitute as rather important to interrupt this meal.
When
showing Calvin the damage to the cage the shark caused, Phillip gets an idea
that he thinks might be to the benefit of this place. He wants to broadcast on
National TV, him hunting and killing this great white live. Once again, this
was the 80s and not now as this would never be allowed because of the PR
nightmare Sea World would suffer (and Sea World already has enough bad PR as
is). Calvin considers the idea, but Kay thinks this is a terrible idea and says
they should try and capture the shark instead, using the idea of having the
first ever live great white in captivity as persuasion. Calvin goes with that
idea instead.
Now
one problem with her idea is that this would be the first white shark in
captivity as it has been fucking tried 2 years before this move was made by Sea
World in 1981 and they had to release it after 16 days because the damn thing
wouldn’t eat in captivity. And that wasn’t even the first attempt as 1955 with
Marineland and because of the same issues, they had to release it in less than
a day. In 2004, Monterey Bay Aquarium in California exhibited a great white
shark for 198 days and were able to actually able to feed it in captivity, but
the shark killed two other sharks so they had to release it. In Japan, they
tried this recently, but again…the shark wouldn’t eat and it died.
So
they set up injections for the shark to be tranquilized with and try their plan
in the middle of the night, probably the worst time to try this idea because of
visibility.
Kay
of course has a rather steel chain overcoat to her jump suit and Phillip
assures Mike that the only thing that she would feel is a little squeeze. Mike
wonders why she needs to do this and Kay reminds Mike that it is her job as a
senior marine biologist to take care of this type of capture. Kay then reminds
Mike of the deal that he builds the stuff and she swims around in it. Phillip
tries to bring grenades in case they get into a pinch, but everyone tells him
no on that one as it would damage the structure of the lagoon.
So
they all finally go into the water as Kay reveals she needs one clean belly
shot and if she misses, she will have to reload and hopefully make it the next
time. Everyone seems to be in position, but the shark decides to change things
up by attacking Kay directly from behind.
Phillip
immediately has to go into action and uses his knife to stab the shark, merely
getting it to let go of Kay and try to go after him. Kay goes up and tells Mike
that the shark is making a run and Mike has a harpoon gun with a rope, which he
shoots at the shark.
He
gets the shark’s fin with the harpoon and the fact the shark has to pull the
rope does help the shark slow down and Kay is able to hit the shark with the
needle to tranquilize it.
It’s
now opening day of Sea World and everyone is excited, even Shamu.
We
also see Phillip taking pictures through dangerous means.
We
then go to Mike with Calvin and some other guy where he talks about where they
were when the shark showed up because yes, people…despite the find of a great
white, they are still looking for poor Shelby. Calvin asks about the filtration
pipes and once again, Mike has got to say that the current would be too strong
for his body to end up there. Oh yeah and despite all of this time, they still
think Shelby is alive as Calvin says he is fired and Mike tries to convince
Calvin against that as Shelby is a good man. Calvin says then he will hold Mike
responsible even though 1) Shelby is most likely dead and 2) even if he was
alive, Calvin is at this point within his damn right to fire the man for
no-showing.
As
Calvin is leaving, he gets word that there sales are better than any of their
other parks. Calvin decides that with this big day, they should put the great
white shark on display in one of their pools. Now I have been to Sea World
several times and putting that display pool is a terrible fucking idea as those
pools are only a few feet deep, which is shallow water and great whites rarely
are in shallow water unless they are really desperate in their hunting. Even
the assistant thinks this is a bad idea as they thought they were going to wait
for Kay’s word for when that is ready, but Calvin says he is the boss so his
word is the last word and he will be in line to see it before 3 pm.
We
then get more Sea World highlights from their shows as we get back to the story
with Sean meeting Kelly after her act and since her next show isn’t for a
while, they decide to spend some time together…on the bumper boats, which Sean
is kinda iffy on. Yeah, just because he ignored his fear for a bit of nookie
(even if it was ruined by Mike), phobias like that are still not completely
gone so you can understand his concern for this ride.
Meanwhile,
some people go to the attraction of the Undersea Kingdom, where they go into
glass tunnels to see how things are underwater.
Also
some of it is like a fun house where stuff pops up to scare you.
Sorry....
...*Sigh*
Mike and Kay feed the porpoise and talk about how they will miss each other when Mike moves to Venezuela. Mike also says they will need to have a serious talk about their relationship in the future and Kay knows. Mike gets called to work and Kay gets word through the PA that the great white is being shown in a display tank.
We
go to the display tank and Kay runs in not happy about this, but her assistant
said it was Calvin’s call and there was nothing he could do. So the great white
is brought to the display tank and despite the best efforts of Kay and her
assistant, the great white does what most great whites have done in captivity
(or in this shallow ass pool) and dies.
Kay
despondently tells Phillip to photograph it for his kill, even though he was
merely there to try and comfort her about the whole bad luck. We then go back
to Sean still being hesitant on the bumper boats, but Kelly tells him to trust
her and they decide to go in a boat together.
Then
we go back to the Undersea Kingdom attraction and the girls we have been
following through this attraction get a scare that isn’t part of it.
Oh
and some asshole pushes a girl into the glass near the body.
Kay
and Mike go to a place where they are holding Shelby’s body that they have
gotten out of the water off-screen and both look at the body.
Back
at the HQ, they get some contradictory readings from filtration pumps with some
blockage that is in Filtration Pump 2. Calvin’s decision when he gets word of
it is to close Pump 2 and just open Pump 1 to get whatever is in there out of
it. And that proves to be a bad idea as Pump 2 is where the bigger great white
is hiding, so shutting it down means that it has to leave to keep itself alive.
Mike
realizes that people are in the lagoon on rides and shows so he and Kay try to
get them out while Calvin gets on the telephone, demanding that people in the
Undersea Kingdom attraction tunnels get out. We then go to shows and Mike after
a few minutes demands everyone to get out of the water because there is
dangerous shark in it. Of course the shark’s fin also shows up so you don’t
have to tell people twice.
Calvin
then gets on the PA speaker and tells those in the tunnels that they need to
leave as the park will be closed temporarily due to technical difficulties. A guide
tries to get a group out in an orderly fashion, but the great white shows its
ugly head and attacks one of the tubes.
Well,
I stand corrected because I forgot that with a tight space, there is no oxygen
so they need to conserve the air they have. This means that it will be very
valuable to somehow go in the lagoon and fix the tubes, but with the shark also
in there, someone will have to get the beast out of the way. But we have to now
find out about Mike and Kay’s relationship as Kay decides that she may follow
Mike to Venezuela as they may need someone to train some whales. And next year,
Mike have to follow her back to her studies at the Scripps Institute, which
Mike easily agrees to.
Calvin’s
assistant tells the press that Calvin is busy supervising the rescue of the
people trapped in that section of the Undersea Kingdom so he will not be here
for this statement. He also reveal that seven people were injured in the beach
area. He then says that is all for now and will tell the press anything, when
he gets word of it. Meanwhile in the trapped section, the guide to this group
gets them to calm down and form into a bunch to keep warm.
That
night, Phillip forms a plan that he and Jack will go into one of the filtration
tanks and lure the shark there, hoping to kill it in the crowded tank.
Meanwhile, Mike will go to the glass tunnels and fix the leak caused by the
shark so the trapped group can finally evacuate safely. Phillip of course gets
to bring his grenades this time because this is a giant shark so fuck the whole
structural integrity stuff. Calvin goes to the control room and Kay joins him
so they can see in all angles the operation at work. Back with Phillip and
Jack, Phillip wants his partner to have the camera so they can capture this
kill and have retirement annuity, instead of you know…be there to help Phillip
if he is in a real pinch that grenades won’t solve.
Phillip
and Jack go into the tunnel and use small bottles to create so chum so they can
attract the shark’s nose and make metallic sounds so they can attract the
sharks other senses to movement. They don’t have to wait long as the shark
comes after them. Phillip then lures the beast into the tank while Jack
successfully closes the tank, trapping the two. With the shark locked in, they
signal Mike to go and weld in the replacement part to fix the glass tunnel.
Unfortunately
for Phillip, the rope he and Jake used to get themselves to the exit snaps so
Phillip has to deal with the shark because like it or not, he can’t outswim the
damn thing. He puts up a valiant effort, but gets swallowed hole. Seeing this
to be the end for him, he tries to get pull the pin off the grenade, but the
pressure of the shark’s jaws crushes him so he dies.
Jack
gets up and realizes that Phillip didn’t come through the other exit to the
filtration tank. He wants to go in after him, but with the shark down
there….all he can do is be heartbroken over his pal’s death.
Sharks can’t swim backwards. Well, a small number of sharks can, but not most and certainly not great whites. Their pectoral fins cannot bend so they are stuck in forward motion. That also means that great whites can’t stop swimming and stand there, which somehow this film broke a long time ago when it had the shark be in that pump. In fact, a film called Deep Blue Sea made the fact that the mako sharks swimming backwards might have made them smarter (because sharks are dumb) and even that his physically impossible because brains doesn’t equal the fact that their fins can’t bend. Now if the tank was big enough that the shark could turn around and get himself out of it, I would be okay. But this film doesn’t understand this huge physical impossibility.
Calvin
wants Kay and Mike to be pulled up, but they can’t get pulled up for some
reason. Well, Mike and Kay find out that the shark is out and seemed to be
screwed, but the dolphins Cindy and Sandy come in.
You can guess what happens next.
Mike
and Kay get to the surface and are happy about the death of the beast and they
even get joined in their celebration by one of the Dolphins.
So
yeah with both dolphins alive and both of our main couple alive, we end our
film on a still shot of everyone celebrating.
When
the film was released into theaters, it got #1 in the box office, but it got
lower returns than Jaws 2. With that and the critics hating it, the people
decided that Jaws: The Revenge would ignore this film from continuity (and we
all see how that went). Back to the critics hating it, the film got nominated
for a number of Razzies, although it didn’t win a single one.
Now
as far as those who were in the film. Director Joe Alves went back to art
directing and never directed another film again. Bess Armstrong (who played Kay
Morgan) went on to be in Nothing in Common and starred in the ABC drama My So
Called Life. Louis Gossett Jr. (who played Calvin Bouchard) went on to be in the
film Enemy Mine (which he was also in with Dennis Quaid) and Iron Eagle, and
was also the voice of Vortigaunt in Half Life 2. John Putch (who played Sean
Brody) went on to become a director and has directed episodes for TV series
like Cougar Town, Scrubs, and Ground For Life.
The
biggest were Dennis Quaid (who played Mike Brody), as he has a great career in
film acting as in the same year as Jaws 3, he was in a great role in The Right
Stuff and films like Frequency, The
Rookie, Traffic, Wyatt Earp, and so many other films; and Lea Thompson, who
found success as Marty McFly’s mother in the Back To The Future series and as
Caroline in Caroline In The City.
Sadly
some people have also passed away since this film. Simon McCorkindale (who
played Phillip Fitzroyce) married Susan George a year later and was in plenty
of British TV series like Falcon Crest and Casualty, before sadly passing away
of colorectal cancer in 2010. Kaye Stevens (who played a character named Mrs.
Kallender) was an actress who was in plenty of game shows like Match Game,
Tattletales, and Hollywood Squares, before passing away in 2011 due to breast
cancer and complications from blood clots. Steve Mellor (who played the PA
announcer) died in 2008.
My
thoughts on this film is that it is okay in my mind, but then again…I saw it
when I was young for the first time. I will admit that looking at it now, this
film has really aged terribly with bad effects. It is definitely a film of its
time and will age worse in the upcoming years. But compared to Jaws: The
Revenge, this film is good. But I will say this: if you have not seen this film
yet, I wouldn’t suggest you watch it now because you will see the age of the
film. However, if you have seen it as a youngling, you will learn it is not as
good as you remember it, but I still find some type of charm in its hokey ways.
I will also say that most of the underwater camerawork is good too.
So
with that done, I wonder what is next.
Well,
I guess curiosity won out so now you get to see…
