The original post: /r/movies by /u/slugbutter on 2024-12-26 20:29:35.
I saw the theatrical version of the abyss when I was a kid. I remembered really liking it.
Many years later, I saw the director’s cut. I remember it being longer, and much better.
Just today I watched the special edition, which is like 30 minutes longer than the theatrical version, but is definitely not the director’s cut I remember.
In the director’s cut I remember, the aliens are making a bunch of tsunamis to wipe out earth, and then they stop, showing bud the texts he sent to lindsay as a reason why they decided not to go through with it.
I’m wondering now if the one I just watched was just the theatrical version mislabeled as the special edition, because I’m not seeing anything on the internet about there being a difference between the special edition and the director’s cut.
Thanks!