Bruce the original animatronic. These videos are so interesting to learn from since my family loves hearing what I know about stuff like this so thanks lol.
If I were one of those actors that got pushed out of a boat by that frickin scary ass animatronic shark, there’d be no need for me to act scared because I’d honestly be terrified.
@@xxdhxxmotion bro don’t hate on sharks, dude. I get that it’s more like a phobia hatred from you but I still feel kinda bad how people demonize sharks like that..
Yeah but sadly the mechanics of the underwater shark at Universal Florida was as much of a nightmare and pain to deal with as the movie one was. It broke constantly, got stuck, didnt get the timing right... if they could bring it back and not have it be such a pain to work with then it would be great.
@@xBloodxFangx EDGE INNOVATION ! That's the compagny that made a lifelike realistic dolphin that swims and moves like a real one. You should check it out... Maybe that's the solution
@@xBloodxFangx, they did get it right...at Universal Studios Japan (USJ). I was working there in FL when the Japanese came and worked with us, and, was in Japan afterwards. They took everything we did wrong and made it right! ~Skipper Elaine
@@shiannemcneil1107 same. It’s partially the thought that you can get stuck in the animatronic and partially the feeling of the water being dirty or contaminated
I watch the most fear inducing movies sleeping alone in my house I’m not scared of the dark or ghosts or things that go bump in the night not even tea great whites but that animatronic gives me goosebumps and I’d be more petrified to get in with that thing then a real one idk why
No you don’t. It might make you feel uneasy but a true phobia would have you paralysed with fear from any media and you couldn’t even watch this video.
To be honest I think the mechanical shark is scarier looking than a real shark. I think I must have this submechanophobia as the idea of swimming underwater and coming across that is terrifying.
SAME HERE- thank you for stating this fear so clearly for me- I have spent my.entire.life. swimming in secret terror that I will go off the diving board AND SEE THE VISUAL of the thing RIGHT behind me!! Even in a deep bath tub, I’m not joking!🙂
Of course the mechanical shark is scarier than a real one. It reached 25 feet and the only reason why a real shark attacks us is because they mistake us for seals and fish.
@@turtlejeepjen314 It didn't help either that people used to say that Jaws was shot in a pool. I would always imagine it was beneath the drain vents at the bottom in the deep end. I'd dive off the board and it would bust through the vents looking just like the poster coming up under me. Even though I knew that was completely not real, it was still frightening in the "what if" thing you did as a child.
I am SO grateful that I got to experience the Jaws ride twice before it closed down. I'll never forget the first time because it was raining hard and we were dressed in yellow ponchos getting drenched by the rain. It was only me and my grandmother that went on the ride. We were horror movie buddies and we loved Jaws. The heavy rain we were in really enhanced the experience, making it WAY more terrifying! And the fact that we were also in yellow ponchos was the subtle icing on the cake that made it even scarier because in one of the sequels at the very beginning of the movie, a guy gets eaten by Jaws and he's in a yellow poncho/raincoat. I got to experience the ride one other time in my life before it closed down. The weather was clear that day so I got to experience it the "normal" way but it wasn't the same for 2 reasons...1. The bad weather the first visit actually added to it and made it better. 2. and more importantly...my grandmother was no longer with us 😥 She was all I could think about during the ride and it just wasn't the same. She died May 1st 2014. In a strange way...experiencing that ride for the last time felt like a way to say goodbye to her. Because I never had the chance to in person. I miss you so much Glinda Gilreath! 🥲💓
We'll never witness the true terror that these "Bruce" animatronics could really inflict on ppl unfortunately...If they had the same technology used for the Makos in Deep Blue Sea, both the films and amusement park rides would be way more frightening
@@ethancox9737 Deep Blue Sea's animatronics could glide thru water like real sharks. All of the Bruce's were attached to a steel sled that guided them. Big difference in the technology used to control these monsters
There is a concert venue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin named the Rave/Eagles Club that has an abandoned pool inside it. Normally when bands play there they always end up going to the pool and taking pictures
@@philofthesouth6019 I am sure there are probably pictures online somewhere but I know about it because I had an ex who was a tour manager and he told me about it
Also, in one of the making of Jaws documentaries, there's a clip of them filming in a backlotted pool for the hooper in the cage scenes and you get a really good glimpse of just how big and terrifying Bruce actually was as the water is quite clear and it's of them testing the bite and head movements of him, really neat stuff.
I remember going on the Jaws ride at Universal Orlando when I was 7 and being terrified to the point of not wanting to ride it again. Of course, when I was older I wanted to give it another try and I enjoyed it a lot more the second time. Sadly, years later when I finally got to go to Universal again, I found out it closed earlier that month. I couldn’t believe it and to this day hope they bring the ride back, or at least that I get a chance to go to Universal Japan to ride it there.
I have submechanaphobia too, theres this game I love torturing myself with, stranded deep. You should try it out all the ship wrecks make me sooo anxious.
When you experience submechaniphobia what are you thinking about that leads you to these feelings of anxiety/nervousness/fear? Is it about the possibility of becoming trapped on or in the object resulting in drowning? The object itself causing the damage, like pinchpoints and stuff similar to a workshop injury? The knowledge that aquatic life accumulates around underwater "cover"? I can think of many ways that being around something in the water like that would make me pay more attention to the surrounding water for safety sake, but i cant think of any reason it should induce any specific panic instincts. Though i do understand everyones got their own things going on up stairs and dont necessarily run the same way
Jaws 3-D also had a large 35 foot shark as well as the miniatures. It held the honor of being the Largest practical effects prop at the time of its creation.
@@TboneTenEightiesme either, besides some photos which can be close ups of the miniature models, they had to of had a full size for some of those scenes. That was my favorite shark as a kid. I still love it.
The Jaws ride at Orlando was so awesome. The boat house part was terrifying, the pyrotechnics were awesome & there was an actual charred flesh type smell when the shark got fried at the very end.
Am I the only one who hates Universal Studio for getting rid of there popular ride to make way for another Harry Potter attraction they could have put in Islands of Adventure along with the other HP attractions?
I hate that it’s gone, yes. But I have to admit, I get it. The ride broke down way more than it worked and it was one of the two only attractions in that whole area. (Earthquake/Disaster being the other) and now they have this whole magical area with gift shops, Gringott’s, candy and butterbeer shops, places to use magician wands available for purchase, and they’re making BANK. It’s entertaining even if you’re not a fan of Harry Potter where as before Jaws and Disaster were attractions you had to beg somebody to ride with you. Like you, I much prefer the classics. I really miss the Psycho house/Bates Motel, the Hitchcock 3D show, Jaws, Back to the Future, I Love Lucy, Twister, etc. I understand from a business standpoint why they did it to keep guests interested but I completely agree that it sucks.
Fun fact: for jaws they never told the actress who played the first victim in the first movie that there was gonna be a machine pulling her under the water so her screams of pure terror were real
I have submechaniphobia exclusively for this subject. Sunken boats, planes, whatever, I'm cool. But underwater animatronic sharks is like my worst fear.
I absolutely loved the Jaws ride at Universal. I was so sad when they got rid of it. I think the Harry Potter world thing is where Jaws originally was. I still remember seeing the original ORCA and Ben Gardner boats.
My love of Jaws always leads me to videos like this. Ever since I was little, I grew to fear the ocean because I knew creatures as enormous and powerful as the Great White lurked in them, so while I have a deep love and respect for sharks, I don't know when or if I may ever set foot in deep water again. I can only imagine what being in the water with one of these animatronics must have been like...
A wet toast to those of us that were alive for the opening of the movie JAWS, saw all the sequels, experienced the heat of the ride at Universal and were sad to see it close!
14:11 that scene was really great with the shark bursting through the wall and the ladder, it looked very realistic. Probably the only realistic looking shot of the shark in all movies. Edit : also at 0:32 this isn't Bruce, it's Revenge.
This was ride is so amazing! It was so scary to me as a kid. I’m a huge Harry Potter fan and I’m glad we have diagon ally now! I just wish they could’ve put it somewhere else so we could’ve kept the jaws ride as well!
Great video but a quick note, they did indeed use a full size animatronic shark in Jaws 3D just like the previous two films. I miss the Jaws ride a lot!
I am a Harry Potter fan but I have to say I’m also a little bitter that they replace the jaws ride with the Wizarding world. I rode it when I was a little kid. Memories of a happier, simpler time
I think a Jaws themed float through at one of the water parks would be amazing. I’m not sure I would like to be in the water with the animatronics, but I’m sure that there are others that would.
yeah I remember being terrified of this ride when I was little, and I don't actually think it was 100% because of the shark, but also largely due to submechanophobia
I was always afraid of Bruce in Jaws 1. Not just because I was afraid of getting eaten by Sharks but also how the animatronic looked in my opinion it's actually more terrifying than a real life great white shark and after learning the true facts about actual Great White Sharks I became less scared and felt more sorry for them. That's how I first learned I had submechanophobia and it's also why I pretty much never went to Chuck E. Cheeses or any other place with animatronics because I was afraid of them. Of course my phobia isn't as bad as it was when I was like 9 years old but even to this day some animatronics unnerve me a bit. I guess just because of how unnaturally they move since they are essentially robots it just makes me feel weird.
Seriously I’m 45 and still occasionally have nightmares about ‘the plastic shark from jaws’ I didn’t see jaws until I was older, so Imve worked out I must have seen the shark from the universal Back lot tour on some travel show on the TV as a Kid. Still sh*ts me up! Lol
@@mauricefuqua1947 Well, I was a wee child of 11 and Jaws has been my favorite movie since I can remember, so when this ride came out, I was BEYOND excited to go on it. I lived in Florida at the time and going to Disney or Universal was expensive and a long drive, but totally doable, so I just had to bide my time until an excuse came up. My Girl scout troop decided to do a troop outing and we voted and Universal won - yay! It's based on a scary movie, but it's just a variant of a river boat ride, so all the adults were find with us going on it. Everyone was really ambivalent about the whole thing, except excited me and my safety buddy, who was ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED. She didn't even want to go on it, but none of the chaperones would sit out with her. Looking back as an adult, that wasn't cool of them. So, we get on and I FLY into an outside seat, because I MUST be as close to the action as possible. She's next to me, saying, "I'm just gonna cover my ears and shut my eyes the whole time and not look and blah blah." Everyone on board, the ride gets going. We go through the whole spiel, touring Amity, talking about tourist stuff, and OMG A SINKING BOAT! A FIN! WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE! RAWRSPLASH! Big fake shark head surges out of the water just feet from where I sit - this is the best day of my life! SCREAM OF ABJECT TERROR! My buddy jumps OUT of her seat and, since I'm leaning halfway out of the boat already, GAH! History here I come! Thankfully, my iron grip on the low side railing and a good Samaritan who grabbed my shirt, kept me from actually tumbling out of the boat and getting sucked into the mechanics. I don't remember if there were no belts (because it was the 90s) or if I just wasn't wearing mine because I wanted to sit as close to the edge as possible. They have better, higher side railings now, tho. lol Would have been such an ironic death, since I'm also afraid of real sharks. lol
Sounds like a hassle, but I gotta admit, it would be fun to work on a Jaws animatronic
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I must say that the jaws ride in japan was really awesome. Never was able to see jaws in orlando, because it was already diagon alley. But glad to experience the classic in Japan
The shark that is being talked about at 20:58 looks more like a Mako shark than a great white shark because of the parts of the side of the shark at the tale.
Such an incredible well done documentary.. Amazingly and clearly lovingly assembled. I could watch each one of your episodes over and over again. Thank you SO much.
I am not afraid of sharks. It's really easy to redirect them, and theyre essential to the ocean. However, the animatronic won't find you gross or move on if you redirect it. It's just going to keep chomping and moving it's gears about.
I remember reading about these sharks, especially Bruce, and how much the engineers and crew hated them because they were "assholes" and pains in the butts
I was lucky enough to visit Universal Orlando in ‘03. Knowing that most of the park I knew has been erased to make room for something I have no interest in is sad :-( Jaws the ride was amazing.
Ironically, Bruce is also the name of the “fish are friends…not food” Great White in Finding Nemo. Gotta wonder what that shark was eating if not sea life.
Okay, I love these....but, we need one for people like me, I'm afraid of these hanging above me! I love love love them, but the thought of all that gear falling down while I'm going under it had always gotten me! 🤫😆
I watched this video before going in my pool and when I went underwater I jumped up immediately cause I saw a leaf move and I thought it was a Bruce animatronic lunging at me
If only the original sharks on Jaws: The Ride worked properly...it was such a better experience! The "newer" animatronics moved and looked like painted logs!
Of course these animatronics are terrifying HOWEVER I believe experiencing that great white with the exaggerated huge teeth that basically flys/glides completely above the water line during the jaws area of the universal tour would have me dying of pure laughter, not fear as it's just so ridiculous, both the movement and overall look of it 😂😆
When I was at Universal in 1991 in California they also had the set on the tour of Jaws 4. I was a humongous pool with a backdrop that looked like the sky.
This is a sweet channel! And can you make a list of the newest to oldest animatronics in Disneyworld, Universal Hollywood, Universal Orlando or in Disneyland?
Out of all the Jaws mechanical videos I have senn, this one has to be my favourite or atleast top three. Great, excellent job. Thanks! - Toronto, Canada.
While the first film is my favorite of all time, I really liked the main antagonist prop from 4. I always thought it had a great look and was fortunate to see it in person multiple times in the boneyard. Unfortunately it was scrapped and there’s a sad photo of it on the back a truck amidst garbage. 🥺
Now, maybe I'm crazy, but as a kid I remember there being a second shark 19:45 that jumps out perpendicular to the tram from beneath the dock? It was around the time Shrek 4D was a thing.
I went to universal in early 2000s in Florida and the shark that was caught was on land where you could stand next to it and take pictures. They had the fire but had the boat and boat captain fire grenades at it too. Jaws and the terminator ride were my favorite at that time.
I went on the Jaws ride here in Cali when I was just a little kid, I think in 1996 or 7. It was scary as HECK and I LOVED it! Hopefully someday I will have the opportunity traumatize my own kid with it ;)
Call me old but the original Bruce will always look the best. The guy who designed Bruce was clearly obviously talented. Also recently my child just saw jaws for the 1st time and immediately caught the Jaws easter egg in finding Nemo where the great white shark is named Bruce. And now she's wondering why we never named our youngest kitten Jaws because the kitten loves the movie and even circles the kitchen with her tail tryin to make it look like a shark fin. Hell she even comes to us when we play the jaws theme now. Side joke; I always thought the malfunctioning Bruce was a sign from God helping on set with the film crew telling Spielberg what would sell more tickets. That or the Devil trying to show from his experiences what would scare more people. Either way it was an act from the other side who is a huge fan of Spielbergs work.
My Grandmother took me to US Hollywood as a young boy. Very fond memories. Jaws, Psycho house, "The A-Team" had a show, and they were filming one of the "Back to the Future" movies or had just finished up, when the train took us through the back lot, the streets had the "Back to the Future" facades on them. Very neat, will never forget, RIP Grandma and thank you. However, the absolute best place she took me was Golf and Stuff where "The Karate Kid" was filmed. I still have dreams about that place.
For the actors of jaws who had the bad luck to see from a very close distance that animatoric beast they made it is a complete scary and terrifying feelings on them than any cgi 3d virtual thing
1. Jaws 2. Jaws 3D (it’s my guilty pleasure, sue me) 3. Jaws 2 4. Jaws the revenge Edit: I love your profile picture, I might despise Jaws the Revenge, but “Veangence” deserved better than what happened to him :(
@@beauthaxton27 I have posted this on many other Jaws videos. But I really do believe if they do a reboot (because a reboot is inevitable once Spielberg is gone let’s be fair) they should leave the original alone, and remake Jaws 3D instead, the concept is fantastic and whilst I love Jaws 3D, (for all the wrong reasons mind you) a remake could truly fulfil the original concept’s potential and not piss off hardcore fans. A much better option than tarnishing the original.
@@horrorfanandy4647 I like where your coming from, a remake could do well in Jaws 3 but the others are fine, but once Jaws 3 is remade (if they even do one) it would make the series come together. But t you also have to remember every remake turns out worse than the original but I’m not saying your wrong I like your theory. 👍
@@beauthaxton27 I mean, not necessarily, I can give you examples: Scarface, The Thing, (all though technically an adaption of the book rather than the 50’s movie, it is miles better than said 50’s movie) Invasion of the body snatchers, the fly, King Kong, Friday the 13th (controversial I know) Suspiria, (it does it’s own thing) I could go on. Remakes nowadays are pretty bad because there is no creative thought put into them, but many of the best 80’s movies are remakes.
Thank you for such a well-researched video. God knows how you found out this amount of detail. It now makes sense of my 1992 trip to Universal, Orlando, where sadly the ride was closed. Man, I was disappointed. Now I need to go to Universal, Japan!
Like the video said, when making the first Jaws film, the shark had to the bottom of Nantucket where they were filming and so they sent divers to retrieve the fake shark. I wonder how scared they were when they were swimming in the murky waters and all of a sudden see a 25 foot great white. If I was one of the divers, I probably would have crapped my pants. Lol
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What music do you use in this video.
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The original and First Bruce!? 1975! 🦈😁👍🏻
Thanks for Posting this Broski, love from the South!?
Bruce the original animatronic. These videos are so interesting to learn from since my family loves hearing what I know about stuff like this so thanks lol.
If I were one of those actors that got pushed out of a boat by that frickin scary ass animatronic shark, there’d be no need for me to act scared because I’d honestly be terrified.
I would just start crying pls hahaha
Same
I hate sharks, so my story would be the same!
@@monda7806 me too and I’m not even that scared of sharks
@@xxdhxxmotion bro don’t hate on sharks, dude. I get that it’s more like a phobia hatred from you but I still feel kinda bad how people demonize sharks like that..
Removing Jaws from Universal studios is like removing "its a small world" from Disneyland
Yeah but sadly the mechanics of the underwater shark at Universal Florida was as much of a nightmare and pain to deal with as the movie one was. It broke constantly, got stuck, didnt get the timing right... if they could bring it back and not have it be such a pain to work with then it would be great.
@@xBloodxFangx I've heard of a compagny that makes amazing underwater animatronics, could work
That is the most true thing i have seen all day
@@xBloodxFangx EDGE INNOVATION ! That's the compagny that made a lifelike realistic dolphin that swims and moves like a real one. You should check it out... Maybe that's the solution
@@xBloodxFangx, they did get it right...at Universal Studios Japan (USJ). I was working there in FL when the Japanese came and worked with us, and, was in Japan afterwards. They took everything we did wrong and made it right! ~Skipper Elaine
I love how all of us with this phobia will still watch these videos, even though they scare the crap out of us lol
Yes lol
True
I really love torturing myself
I would like to go there with this phobia lol
Yasss
Lets be honest. Our true fear is falling in with it.
Exactly
@@shiannemcneil1107 same. It’s partially the thought that you can get stuck in the animatronic and partially the feeling of the water being dirty or contaminated
@@mocha1759 Yeah, caught in the conveyor belt… being pulled down.
Oh god yes. That terrifies me
And then you see the shark coming at you from underwater 🙊
Bruce is without a doubt, the undisputed king of submechanophobia.
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I watch the most fear inducing movies sleeping alone in my house I’m not scared of the dark or ghosts or things that go bump in the night not even tea great whites but that animatronic gives me goosebumps and I’d be more petrified to get in with that thing then a real one idk why
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You. Got. That right. Jaws. Is. The. Best. Best. Movie. Ever. I. Really. Love. Jaws
I have submechanophobia, I live for the thrill so I may have nightmares but this vid will have been worth it!
Good luck if you get nightmares, brother.
Relatable
@@arrowpirate9011 lol
@@allen-castle GL to you as well
No you don’t. It might make you feel uneasy but a true phobia would have you paralysed with fear from any media and you couldn’t even watch this video.
To be honest I think the mechanical shark is scarier looking than a real shark. I think I must have this submechanophobia as the idea of swimming underwater and coming across that is terrifying.
SAME HERE- thank you for stating this fear so clearly for me- I have spent my.entire.life. swimming in secret terror that I will go off the diving board AND SEE THE VISUAL of the thing RIGHT behind me!! Even in a deep bath tub, I’m not joking!🙂
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I was the same too.
Of course the mechanical shark is scarier than a real one. It reached 25 feet and the only reason why a real shark attacks us is because they mistake us for seals and fish.
@@turtlejeepjen314 It didn't help either that people used to say that Jaws was shot in a pool. I would always imagine it was beneath the drain vents at the bottom in the deep end. I'd dive off the board and it would bust through the vents looking just like the poster coming up under me. Even though I knew that was completely not real, it was still frightening in the "what if" thing you did as a child.
@@jakekaufman8302 No, it's not just the size. It's the overall look of it is scarier looking than what a real shark looks like.
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I am SO grateful that I got to experience the Jaws ride twice before it closed down. I'll never forget the first time because it was raining hard and we were dressed in yellow ponchos getting drenched by the rain. It was only me and my grandmother that went on the ride. We were horror movie buddies and we loved Jaws. The heavy rain we were in really enhanced the experience, making it WAY more terrifying! And the fact that we were also in yellow ponchos was the subtle icing on the cake that made it even scarier because in one of the sequels at the very beginning of the movie, a guy gets eaten by Jaws and he's in a yellow poncho/raincoat. I got to experience the ride one other time in my life before it closed down. The weather was clear that day so I got to experience it the "normal" way but it wasn't the same for 2 reasons...1. The bad weather the first visit actually added to it and made it better. 2. and more importantly...my grandmother was no longer with us 😥 She was all I could think about during the ride and it just wasn't the same. She died May 1st 2014. In a strange way...experiencing that ride for the last time felt like a way to say goodbye to her. Because I never had the chance to in person. I miss you so much Glinda Gilreath! 🥲💓
😢she will be miss
I'm so sorry that she died. We will miss her. R.I.P Grandma 😢😢
We'll never witness the true terror that these "Bruce" animatronics could really inflict on ppl unfortunately...If they had the same technology used for the Makos in Deep Blue Sea, both the films and amusement park rides would be way more frightening
What technology did they have?
@@ethancox9737 Deep Blue Sea's animatronics could glide thru water like real sharks. All of the Bruce's were attached to a steel sled that guided them. Big difference in the technology used to control these monsters
@@jeremyboyd8659 Wow, got it.
Completely agree! Deep Blue Sea is forgotten about. The movie was great especially for being filmed in the 90s. Scary and realistic for the most part
an abandoned indoor pool with one of these in there is literally the scariest thought.
The weirdest thing is I love water and diving! 😂
Me too, but stuff that’s not supposed to be there freaks me out.
There is a concert venue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin named the Rave/Eagles Club that has an abandoned pool inside it. Normally when bands play there they always end up going to the pool and taking pictures
@@flyingveda I gotta check that out!
@@philofthesouth6019 I am sure there are probably pictures online somewhere but I know about it because I had an ex who was a tour manager and he told me about it
@@flyingveda you guys seriously keep the coolest things, in the U.K. it lasts 5 minutes before it gets demolished! I just checked it out!
Also, in one of the making of Jaws documentaries, there's a clip of them filming in a backlotted pool for the hooper in the cage scenes and you get a really good glimpse of just how big and terrifying Bruce actually was as the water is quite clear and it's of them testing the bite and head movements of him, really neat stuff.
I must see this. Thanks for sharing. 🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽🔥🔥🔥
I found it. Thanks you. If you haven’t see it you should check a video called rare photos of Bruce.
I remember going on the Jaws ride at Universal Orlando when I was 7 and being terrified to the point of not wanting to ride it again. Of course, when I was older I wanted to give it another try and I enjoyed it a lot more the second time. Sadly, years later when I finally got to go to Universal again, I found out it closed earlier that month. I couldn’t believe it and to this day hope they bring the ride back, or at least that I get a chance to go to Universal Japan to ride it there.
I hope that they bring it back too,i never got to ride it:(
I’m going to universal tmrw and I wish it was still there :(
I've been on the Japan one and it's great.
I hate having submecanaphobia,but I like watching these videos even though I nearly throw the phone ;-;
Same
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I have submechanaphobia too, theres this game I love torturing myself with, stranded deep. You should try it out all the ship wrecks make me sooo anxious.
When you experience submechaniphobia what are you thinking about that leads you to these feelings of anxiety/nervousness/fear?
Is it about the possibility of becoming trapped on or in the object resulting in drowning? The object itself causing the damage, like pinchpoints and stuff similar to a workshop injury? The knowledge that aquatic life accumulates around underwater "cover"?
I can think of many ways that being around something in the water like that would make me pay more attention to the surrounding water for safety sake, but i cant think of any reason it should induce any specific panic instincts. Though i do understand everyones got their own things going on up stairs and dont necessarily run the same way
Jaws 3-D also had a large 35 foot shark as well as the miniatures. It held the honor of being the Largest practical effects prop at the time of its creation.
Wish there was some footage. I can't find much of anything on the full size mother shark from 3-D.
@@TboneTenEightiesme either, besides some photos which can be close ups of the miniature models, they had to of had a full size for some of those scenes. That was my favorite shark as a kid. I still love it.
Was it animatronic?
@@aerofan89 Yes. I believe it was.
The scariest part of the Jaws part 2 ride for me would have been the fact you're supposed to nearly fall in the water, especially in the tram.
You mentioned that one of the guys who made the animatronics for Jaws also worked on Free Willy. I’d be super interested in a deep dive in this.
Is that an intentional pun?
If so great execution.
The Jaws ride at Orlando was so awesome. The boat house part was terrifying, the pyrotechnics were awesome & there was an actual charred flesh type smell when the shark got fried at the very end.
Bruce is THE big boi in submechanophobia
Am I the only one who hates Universal Studio for getting rid of there popular ride to make way for another Harry Potter attraction they could have put in Islands of Adventure along with the other HP attractions?
I hate that it’s gone, yes. But I have to admit, I get it. The ride broke down way more than it worked and it was one of the two only attractions in that whole area. (Earthquake/Disaster being the other) and now they have this whole magical area with gift shops, Gringott’s, candy and butterbeer shops, places to use magician wands available for purchase, and they’re making BANK. It’s entertaining even if you’re not a fan of Harry Potter where as before Jaws and Disaster were attractions you had to beg somebody to ride with you. Like you, I much prefer the classics. I really miss the Psycho house/Bates Motel, the Hitchcock 3D show, Jaws, Back to the Future, I Love Lucy, Twister, etc. I understand from a business standpoint why they did it to keep guests interested but I completely agree that it sucks.
Fun fact: for jaws they never told the actress who played the first victim in the first movie that there was gonna be a machine pulling her under the water so her screams of pure terror were real
That’s honestly terrifying, especially knowing the movie you’re in is a killer shark movie lol
@@chasevids14 yeah lmao
I heard they accidentally broke her ribs, they were so violent pulling her around!!
@@turtlejeepjen314 that’s awful!
Of course she knew, she was in a harness. Dont be silly.
I have submechaniphobia exclusively for this subject. Sunken boats, planes, whatever, I'm cool. But underwater animatronic sharks is like my worst fear.
Bruce the shark, hmmm feels like pixar referenced this somehow.
Can't remember how. Anyway "Fish are friends, not foods!"
Good one XD
The tragedy of original props getting trashed over the course of 30 years breaks my heart
I absolutely loved the Jaws ride at Universal. I was so sad when they got rid of it. I think the Harry Potter world thing is where Jaws originally was. I still remember seeing the original ORCA and Ben Gardner boats.
For a long time in the 80’s and going into the 90’s it was a mix of Amity island from “Jaws” & Cabot Cove from “Murder, She Wrote.”
@@darkknights4703 awesome I didn’t know that.
My love of Jaws always leads me to videos like this. Ever since I was little, I grew to fear the ocean because I knew creatures as enormous and powerful as the Great White lurked in them, so while I have a deep love and respect for sharks, I don't know when or if I may ever set foot in deep water again. I can only imagine what being in the water with one of these animatronics must have been like...
Jaws. Is a really. Good. Movie. I really. Love it
A wet toast to those of us that were alive for the opening of the movie JAWS, saw all the sequels, experienced the heat of the ride at Universal and were sad to see it close!
That carrot tooth shark model is nightmare fuel. The fact that it doesn't look like a real shark is scary as hell lol.
14:11 that scene was really great with the shark bursting through the wall and the ladder, it looked very realistic. Probably the only realistic looking shot of the shark in all movies. Edit : also at 0:32 this isn't Bruce, it's Revenge.
This was ride is so amazing! It was so scary to me as a kid. I’m a huge Harry Potter fan and I’m glad we have diagon ally now! I just wish they could’ve put it somewhere else so we could’ve kept the jaws ride as well!
I know
Bruce from the second jaws is so freaking terrifying. :(
Fun fact that is Bruce's mate . Google * is the shark from each jaws movie the same shark*
It looks more angry and violent than the OG shark from Jaws 1
@@jeremyboyd8659 because her boyfriend died bruh
Great video but a quick note, they did indeed use a full size animatronic shark in Jaws 3D just like the previous two films. I miss the Jaws ride a lot!
I know right. I've seen pictures of Brucetta.
I am still bitter Harry Potter killed the Jaws ride. But its okay.
Bitter to say the least...I will never forgive them for it.
Same. I always make a point to find the Easter eggs left behind when I visit.
I am a Harry Potter fan but I have to say I’m also a little bitter that they replace the jaws ride with the Wizarding world. I rode it when I was a little kid. Memories of a happier, simpler time
How is it ok when you say ur bitter?
I never got to ride it :(
0:28 that duck do be vibin tho
I think a Jaws themed float through at one of the water parks would be amazing. I’m not sure I would like to be in the water with the animatronics, but I’m sure that there are others that would.
yeah I remember being terrified of this ride when I was little, and I don't actually think it was 100% because of the shark, but also largely due to submechanophobia
I was always afraid of Bruce in Jaws 1. Not just because I was afraid of getting eaten by Sharks but also how the animatronic looked in my opinion it's actually more terrifying than a real life great white shark and after learning the true facts about actual Great White Sharks I became less scared and felt more sorry for them. That's how I first learned I had submechanophobia and it's also why I pretty much never went to Chuck E. Cheeses or any other place with animatronics because I was afraid of them. Of course my phobia isn't as bad as it was when I was like 9 years old but even to this day some animatronics unnerve me a bit. I guess just because of how unnaturally they move since they are essentially robots it just makes me feel weird.
You have such a nice soothing voice its very nice to hear. Love your guys channel.
Agreed. Some videos are hosted or narrated by Australian people. And their accents always annoy me big time.
Seriously I’m 45 and still occasionally have nightmares about ‘the plastic shark from jaws’ I didn’t see jaws until I was older, so Imve worked out I must have seen the shark from the universal Back lot tour on some travel show on the TV as a Kid. Still sh*ts me up! Lol
I almost fell into one of those sharks back in 1993. Good times, good times.
Wow how?
@@mauricefuqua1947 Well, I was a wee child of 11 and Jaws has been my favorite movie since I can remember, so when this ride came out, I was BEYOND excited to go on it. I lived in Florida at the time and going to Disney or Universal was expensive and a long drive, but totally doable, so I just had to bide my time until an excuse came up. My Girl scout troop decided to do a troop outing and we voted and Universal won - yay!
It's based on a scary movie, but it's just a variant of a river boat ride, so all the adults were find with us going on it. Everyone was really ambivalent about the whole thing, except excited me and my safety buddy, who was ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED. She didn't even want to go on it, but none of the chaperones would sit out with her. Looking back as an adult, that wasn't cool of them.
So, we get on and I FLY into an outside seat, because I MUST be as close to the action as possible. She's next to me, saying, "I'm just gonna cover my ears and shut my eyes the whole time and not look and blah blah." Everyone on board, the ride gets going.
We go through the whole spiel, touring Amity, talking about tourist stuff, and OMG A SINKING BOAT! A FIN! WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!
RAWRSPLASH! Big fake shark head surges out of the water just feet from where I sit - this is the best day of my life!
SCREAM OF ABJECT TERROR! My buddy jumps OUT of her seat and, since I'm leaning halfway out of the boat already, GAH! History here I come!
Thankfully, my iron grip on the low side railing and a good Samaritan who grabbed my shirt, kept me from actually tumbling out of the boat and getting sucked into the mechanics. I don't remember if there were no belts (because it was the 90s) or if I just wasn't wearing mine because I wanted to sit as close to the edge as possible. They have better, higher side railings now, tho. lol
Would have been such an ironic death, since I'm also afraid of real sharks. lol
@@DerpDevilDD wow yeah that would've been awful 😖 😱 I'm glad u still here to explain what happened 🙏
@@mauricefuqua1947 Me, too. lol
I think all of the jaws animatronics were made really well but if I had to choose 1 the original shark would be my favorite
I'm learning Japanese specifically so one day I can go to Universal Studios Japan and see my boy Bruce!!
I love how the shark in the fourth movie always looked like it was about to sneeze because of its nose mechanics.
😂😂
Hahaha!
I'm honestly amazed that you keep putting out anamatronic videos!!
Sounds like a hassle, but I gotta admit, it would be fun to work on a Jaws animatronic
I must say that the jaws ride in japan was really awesome. Never was able to see jaws in orlando, because it was already diagon alley. But glad to experience the classic in Japan
I really like jaws 3. I think it's my fave actually. But I also really love Dennis Quaid in it too.
Our man was soooo coked up in it. Read his interviews 🤣
I didn’t know that submechanaphobia was a thing but I definitely have it! I’m more freaked out by the animatronic that a real great white lol
The shark that is being talked about at 20:58 looks more like a Mako shark than a great white shark because of the parts of the side of the shark at the tale.
Such an incredible well done documentary.. Amazingly and clearly lovingly assembled. I could watch each one of your episodes over and over again. Thank you SO much.
Jaws (1975) is very Influential and my favorite animatronic is the one where the shark is coming up and it looks dead 💀❤️.
"more goofy than scary"
Hell nah. That shark looks like something I would have seen in my nightmares as a kid. nah. It's scary asf
I am not afraid of sharks. It's really easy to redirect them, and theyre essential to the ocean. However, the animatronic won't find you gross or move on if you redirect it. It's just going to keep chomping and moving it's gears about.
My heart is skipping-I clicked so fast! I’m so excited for this video... I love this, because I hate underwater animatronics! 😅
I remember reading about these sharks, especially Bruce, and how much the engineers and crew hated them because they were "assholes" and pains in the butts
I screamed so much on this ride the actor had to break character and look back at me to be sure I was okay. This was the most horrific ride ever.
I was lucky enough to visit Universal Orlando in ‘03. Knowing that most of the park I knew has been erased to make room for something I have no interest in is sad :-( Jaws the ride was amazing.
Ironically, Bruce is also the name of the “fish are friends…not food” Great White in Finding Nemo.
Gotta wonder what that shark was eating if not sea life.
I feel like fastpass facts is 50% interesting facts and 50% pure nightmare fuel
100% accurate :)
So happy I had the chance to ride the jaws ride twice before it was torn down! It was one of my favorites.
Truthfully I don't have submechanophobia but this is just so interesting to watch lol
Okay, I love these....but, we need one for people like me, I'm afraid of these hanging above me! I love love love them, but the thought of all that gear falling down while I'm going under it had always gotten me! 🤫😆
I watched this video before going in my pool and when I went underwater I jumped up immediately cause I saw a leaf move and I thought it was a Bruce animatronic lunging at me
If only the original sharks on Jaws: The Ride worked properly...it was such a better experience! The "newer" animatronics moved and looked like painted logs!
They worked great in the 90s. Universal stopped maintaining them properly.
Do part 2 of Jaws! I would REALLY LOVE to see it! 😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩
Of course these animatronics are terrifying HOWEVER I believe experiencing that great white with the exaggerated huge teeth that basically flys/glides completely above the water line during the jaws area of the universal tour would have me dying of pure laughter, not fear as it's just so ridiculous, both the movement and overall look of it 😂😆
I’m a Harry Potter fan myself but I miss JAWS…
When I was at Universal in 1991 in California they also had the set on the tour of Jaws 4. I was a humongous pool with a backdrop that looked like the sky.
This is a sweet channel! And can you make a list of the newest to oldest animatronics in Disneyworld, Universal Hollywood, Universal Orlando or in Disneyland?
Out of all the Jaws mechanical videos I have senn, this one has to be my favourite or atleast top three. Great, excellent job. Thanks! - Toronto, Canada.
Thank you so much 😊
It’s amazing that the original 1975 Bruce still looks the best.
I think the idea of a ride where a mechanical shark pushes our tour boat around sounds awesome.
While the first film is my favorite of all time, I really liked the main antagonist prop from 4. I always thought it had a great look and was fortunate to see it in person multiple times in the boneyard. Unfortunately it was scrapped and there’s a sad photo of it on the back a truck amidst garbage. 🥺
going on the Jaws ride back in the 90s is where my submechaniphobia all began..
Now, maybe I'm crazy, but as a kid I remember there being a second shark 19:45 that jumps out perpendicular to the tram from beneath the dock? It was around the time Shrek 4D was a thing.
I love ALL of your videos about animatronics!!!
All we wanted ♡
I went to universal in early 2000s in Florida and the shark that was caught was on land where you could stand next to it and take pictures. They had the fire but had the boat and boat captain fire grenades at it too. Jaws and the terminator ride were my favorite at that time.
I went on the Jaws ride here in Cali when I was just a little kid, I think in 1996 or 7. It was scary as HECK and I LOVED it! Hopefully someday I will have the opportunity traumatize my own kid with it ;)
@9:52 you can see there is still a legacy prop on the tour. Tina’s Joy still rots away on the backlot to this day.
Call me old but the original Bruce will always look the best. The guy who designed Bruce was clearly obviously talented. Also recently my child just saw jaws for the 1st time and immediately caught the Jaws easter egg in finding Nemo where the great white shark is named Bruce. And now she's wondering why we never named our youngest kitten Jaws because the kitten loves the movie and even circles the kitchen with her tail tryin to make it look like a shark fin. Hell she even comes to us when we play the jaws theme now.
Side joke; I always thought the malfunctioning Bruce was a sign from God helping on set with the film crew telling Spielberg what would sell more tickets. That or the Devil trying to show from his experiences what would scare more people. Either way it was an act from the other side who is a huge fan of Spielbergs work.
I use to go to Universal Studios Orlando all the time as a kid and I sure do miss Jaws the Ride.
I want Walt the duck back
Same:(
dont we all?
What happened to Walt?
We must bring him back
He’s coming back! In an extraordinary way! We’ll make the announcement soon!
My Grandmother took me to US Hollywood as a young boy. Very fond memories. Jaws, Psycho house, "The A-Team" had a show, and they were filming one of the "Back to the Future" movies or had just finished up, when the train took us through the back lot, the streets had the "Back to the Future" facades on them. Very neat, will never forget, RIP Grandma and thank you. However, the absolute best place she took me was Golf and Stuff where "The Karate Kid" was filmed. I still have dreams about that place.
I'm so glad they are embarrassed about the jowls of the movie shark
They should be. No real shark has that.
I love all of them. Sharks are my favorite, I don’t find any of them to be creepy just really cool and cute
We're gonna need a bigger comments section
#ducksquad
Did you know if you received jaws it would be a nice story of a shark giving disabled people limbs 😂
JAWS 1 IS THE LEGEND!!!
Absolutely!
For the actors of jaws who had the bad luck to see from a very close distance that animatoric beast they made it is a complete scary and terrifying feelings on them than any cgi 3d virtual thing
Jaws list from best to worst:
1. Jaws
2. Jaws the Revenge
3. Jaws 2
4. Jaws 3D
This is all in my opinion comment if you disagree or like of you agree
1. Jaws
2. Jaws 3D (it’s my guilty pleasure, sue me)
3. Jaws 2
4. Jaws the revenge
Edit: I love your profile picture, I might despise Jaws the Revenge, but “Veangence” deserved better than what happened to him :(
@@horrorfanandy4647 I don’t like Jaws 3 but the story was great except for the movie itself thanks for the compliment🙃
@@beauthaxton27
I have posted this on many other Jaws videos. But I really do believe if they do a reboot (because a reboot is inevitable once Spielberg is gone let’s be fair) they should leave the original alone, and remake Jaws 3D instead, the concept is fantastic and whilst I love Jaws 3D, (for all the wrong reasons mind you) a remake could truly fulfil the original concept’s potential and not piss off hardcore fans. A much better option than tarnishing the original.
@@horrorfanandy4647 I like where your coming from, a remake could do well in Jaws 3 but the others are fine, but once Jaws 3 is remade (if they even do one) it would make the series come together. But t you also have to remember every remake turns out worse than the original but I’m not saying your wrong I like your theory. 👍
@@beauthaxton27
I mean, not necessarily, I can give you examples:
Scarface, The Thing, (all though technically an adaption of the book rather than the 50’s movie, it is miles better than said 50’s movie) Invasion of the body snatchers, the fly, King Kong, Friday the 13th (controversial I know) Suspiria, (it does it’s own thing) I could go on. Remakes nowadays are pretty bad because there is no creative thought put into them, but many of the best 80’s movies are remakes.
Oh good, some of my two biggest fears in the exact same video; why am I still watching? 😂
Ah yes the first horror movie i ever watched ( I was 11 years old ) I have been fascinated with sharks ever since
Thank you for such a well-researched video. God knows how you found out this amount of detail. It now makes sense of my 1992 trip to Universal, Orlando, where sadly the ride was closed. Man, I was disappointed. Now I need to go to Universal, Japan!
I have a feeling bruce will become a cgi model in a distant future
Like the video said, when making the first Jaws film, the shark had to the bottom of Nantucket where they were filming and so they sent divers to retrieve the fake shark. I wonder how scared they were when they were swimming in the murky waters and all of a sudden see a 25 foot great white. If I was one of the divers, I probably would have crapped my pants. Lol
.... I mean I love Harry potter.... but I'd rather have Amity back... I like the beachy feel it had
The JAWS 4 shark is behind the natural disaster ride. I saw it last year before COVID.
There were definitely large size mechanical sharks built for Jaws 3. I don't think it has any CGI in it though it definitely has the models.