There is SO MUCH movie magic in "The Abyss". It's kinda overwhelming.
These are real helicopters, but they're not landing on a tanker in the middle of the ocean with a rainy, overcast sky.

They're landing on terra firma and that's a giant gray wall behind them.
All of Bud Brigman's texts in "The Abyss" (1989).
I reached out to Van Ling, who was Jim Cameron’s creative & technical researcher and visual effects liaison for “The Abyss” to get more detail about how Van “live-performed” Bud’s text messages on camera.
i have no new information

this is just a lovely frame
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