Fun fact Megelodons are in the same family as Makos also i understand that it was most likely a joke but no brain can make you automatically know the inner workings of a machine you need to either be taught that or figure it out.
I know that DBS is not the best Shark movie, but now looking back at it... it's actually not that bad, it use Animatronic with little of CGI (Since there's tons of Bad CGI looking shark), the Animatronic itself wasn't bad either Yes the story is kinda cramped/since its only 1.30 hour long movie, need some more backstory for Shark modification (Maybe gen from other shark) and development for each character, the Movie did implied that Shark can't Swim backwards which it kinda tried to say these aren't normal shark (Since its genetically modified) but they could've just stick with Realism a bit more
Eve nif the laws of physics woork differently in thie universe of this movie, how did the shark know that it could do that? Sure, they're super smart, but that doesn't mean it has knowledge and a depp understanding oif phsycis. Being intelligent means that it could learn and understand physics, but it still has to learn it first.
@@Riceball01 Children don't understand physics, but they can still throw a ball. Some things, basic physics especially, are learned intuitively long before we learn the words for them.
That was definitely funny, but I thought it was funnier when he converted miles to kilometres for his “friends in the US” 😂 No one in the US has a clue what kilometres are!
@@johannahoneyman697There’s actually one who knows. We’re not totally ignorant, and they do actually teach the metric system in school for science purposes. Also you do realize that Americans do vacation in places where there is direct contact with the metric system in use. Like europe
The characters themselves are also blown away about the sharks going backwards as it’s not possible and say it themselves, and that it must be one of the many side effects of the treatment so I don’t think this was an accident or them not doing some research at least haha
My pet peeve with movies like this is they say that the shark can now swim backwards but all it’s fins and it’s tail are completely normal for a shark so essentially the shark is so big brain that it bends reality and physics which would have made this movie so much cooler if it wasn’t just an oversight
In movie logic it makes sense, but physically sharks like Makos and Great Whites can’t swim backwards. It’d be like the movie saying that human is so smart he managed to figure out how to fly by flapping his arms.
The sharks swimming backwards was supposed to be the first clue that there was something “evolved” about the sharks. They even say in the movie when it happens that sharks can’t do that and everyone that doesn’t know about the genetic tampering seems surprised and worried at what they just saw. Now I’m not sure if any amount of “gene therapy” could actually make it possible for sharks to swim backwards but the movie does let you know that it’s something they shouldn’t be capable of under normal circumstances. I actually loved when it first happens because if you know about sharks it makes you stop and say hold on a minute something is off here. And later you find out why. Seemed a bit odd to criticize that part so heavily since it is somewhat explained .
You're absolutely right, they do reference this in the movie, although I suppose my main criticism was, like you say, gene therapy changing physical morphology. I'd get it if the gene therapy had caused them to develop additional fins that allowed backwards swimming motion.. maybe.
@@SHARKBYTES I forget whether it was Hawaiians or another group of Pacific Islanders, but apparently people once made special shoes out of sharkskin to climb palm trees.
This movie literally traumatized me FOREVER! This is the only movie that gave me nightmares for months on end. I do love sharks but I’m still freaked out by them 24 years LATER!
THANK YOU for referencing the "tiger" shark being a repurposed animatronic mako. I remember being a kid seeing this in theaters and thinking "oh cool, they've got some mako-leopard shark hybrid" and then one of the characters refers to it as a "normal" tiger shark. Also, near the end of the film the CGI mako shark has nictitating membranes, which of course actual makos don't have. Always drives me nuts when I watch it again!
SHARK BYTES tbh anything with sharks I can get behind!! haha - as long as it’s fun..not afraid to admit that i’ve enjoyed a few of the sharknado movies, or movies like “two headed shark attack” or “sharktopus” you should check out a few of those.. the reactions would definitely be hilarious I already know 😂😂❤️
@@unrealtalks7242 I'm the same really! I'll definitely be doing some of the sharknado's for movie commentary, and maybe even some of those outrageously ridiculous ones when i'm scraping the barrel hahahah
I’m very happy with the results! This movie may be ridiculous and cheesy at some moments but it might actually be one of the coolest films I’ve ever seen. Deep Blue Sea is my favorite (non-jaws) shark horror movie
For the last couple of hundred years, Shark skin or shargin has been used on the handles of British Military swords. I have one that is 170 years old and the skin on the grip is still in good condition and not at all slippery in the hand.
@@SHARKBYTES Shark skin sword grips were chosen because if blood runs down the sword and onto the hilt, the blood does not make the handle of the sword slippery in a sword fight.
I wonder if the writers meant for that scene with Samuel J getting destroyed by the shark to be funny? Either way, I've never laughed so hard at a shark attack in my life!
I know right. When I saw this scene in the movies it had me in stitches. The way it was built up with his snakes on a plane speech was a piece of cinema gold.
Way too smart. I don't care how smart any animal or human is, there are some things that they wouldn't know. Inteilligence isn't knowledge, it's more like the ability to understand and learn things. Sure the shark is super inttelligent, but it's never seen an over used before so how would it know that turning on the oven would flush LL out becfause it would get hot in there? And how would it know how to turn it on since it's never seen an over before, much less someone turning it on.
Nah, it was just an accident. If she knew what an oven was, she'd get away when Preacher got out his lighter. And as Riceball01 has said, she's never seen an oven before, so there is absolutely no way she knows what it can do.
@@SHARKBYTES I'm just surprised she didn't also adjust the oven temp. (Or did she? I haven't seen it in awhile.) They are genetically modified, so I guess she could've evolved some opposable thumbs just for the occasion.
Hi Kris, I am a double amputee, and I had to do a stint in rehab afterwards. When the scene with the shark biting the guys arm off everyone in the room grabbed different parts of their bodies and squealing! LOL
Every time I see that scene where the sharks first swim backwards on camera and SLJ says “tell me I didn’t just see that” I’m convinced he’s talking about the sharks swimming backwards. But then he says “the sharks recognized that gun” and I’m like 🤦🏼♀️ But yes, Deep Blue Sea is one of my favorites. And LL Cool J and Thomas Jane were the two who definitely should have survived. Satisfying ending.
Just found your channel recently, and I've been very entertained. Great channel. Deep Blue Sea was the first shark movie I saw in the theaters. My sister was manager of a movie theater. I worked across street from it and would go over after work on preview nights. Midnight showings back then were for employees. They had to splice the reels together and watch them to make sure it was done correctly. A family friend was previewing this one, and no one wanted to watch it with him. I decided to stick around. I loved Jaws and Jaws 2, didn't like Jaws 3 or Revenge, but figured give a shark movie a shot. I didn't catch the license plate Easter egg. I did predict the Samuel L Jackson death though. He started his speech, and I turned to my friend, "hey, they always have a speech like this in a movie. It's inspirational, and gets them through it. Not saying it'll happen, he is standing somewhat close to that water though, wouldn't it be cool if a shark jumped out and got him?" "That would be funny, but no one does that in a movie like this." After it happened he looked at me, "you aren't allowed anymore 'cool' ideas during this movie." We both still jumped from it. I broke his 'cool idea' rule later in the movie. You mentioned the mama Mako death being a straight rip off of Jaws, did you notice all of them were? First shark is killed by a gas explosion (Jaws) Second shark is killed by electricity (Jaws 2) Third shark underwater explosive (Jaws 3) After the first two sharks died, I said to my friend, "they have not once mentioned underwater explosives, but they're going to find some underwater explosives and use that to kill the third shark." "They won't do that. Why would you think that?" Told him the Jaws endings, "and they're at an old WWII submarine base. They'll find some explosives, watch." When they found the explosives, he just looked at me with a "are you fucking serious" look. I still love the movie. It is so bad, but so damn entertaining. I loved sharks as a kid, Bull Sharks are my favorite, and they were followed by Makos. I was expecting the sharks to be Great Whites, and was pleasantly surprised to see them go with Makos.
I was waiting for you to mention the sharks are meant to be MASSIVE yet they're still under water in the corridors that barely cover the characters waist
@@ExtremeMadnessX the easiest explanation for anything in this film. Why can they fit in the corridors, turn on ovens, swim backwards, stay stationary, use hunting techniques that aren't natural to this species of shark? Writers say because they're genetically modified. I say because the writers are lazy.
@@ExtremeMadnessX Oh yeah I know that, I've watched the movie quite a few times, I just mean that it's a lazy way to explain things that are biologically inaccurate. The turning on the oven part I can sort of let slide due to the "bigger brains" but equally I don't know any human that could spend there entire life chilling in the ocean and then instantly know how to turn on an oven as soon as they encountered one for the first time.
Thanks for your suggestions Lena and your kind words! Both of these films are definitely on the list and hopefully we'll have at least the first one for you in Season 3 - so keep your eyes peeled :D
Brilliant analysis i am from the era of jaws went to see it twice when it came out with my best friend who is no lo ger with us and i remember everyone jumping out of thier seats when the bead appears from the hole in the fushermans biat happy days and of course it was filmed on marthas vinyard. Love this chanel sharks are facinating animals . Its mankind thats the biggest threat to them and all animals banning shark fin soup would be a start great presentation i am a big fan you should be on television with your own show .
@@SHARKBYTES Though I do remember from an episode in “Untamed and Uncut”, that Mako Sharks actually store oxygen within their cells for a considerable amount of time when they’re not moving.
Rewatching this 2 years later, because I've just rewatched the movie. I remember going to see it at the cinema when I was 12, and I loved it, so I still do, because... nostalgia.
This movie was what instigated my love of sharks, and may be the reason why makos are my favorite living species of shark. Those teeth were so cool! Their speed, sleek bodies, and graceful movement are just absolutely beautiful!
I agree with your ratings for Deep Blue Sea! I love that movie! I do love quite a few shark movies like Jaws, Deep Blue Sea, Blue Demon (it was a shark horror/sci-fi movie that was released back in 2004. It was a cheesy low budget film but Blue Demon is still one of my favorites). I've always loved sharks and shark movies. There's just something about them that has always grabbed my attention. I wish I was smart enough to go to college and become a marine biologist. I most likely won't ever get that chance. Anyway I'm glad I came across this video. I love watching shark scientists and marine biologists react or critique shark movies.
Thanks Terry - i'm glad you enjoyed. I've never seen Blue Demon before, perhaps i should add it to the movie commentary list! What I would say is never give up on your dreams, if you want something badly enough you'll always find a way. I'll hopefully be making some "How i became a shark scientist" videos next season, these may be of interest to you! So i hope to see you again in the comments sections for the videos :)
I’m not a big movie going and never knew there were soooo many shark movies. But I love these commentaries you do. Makes me want to find a copy of the movie. 🦈
hey, weird suggestion but, my little cousins always watch the octonauts (like i did as a child), from what i can gather its actually pretty accurate. However i'd like to know what you think :)
Hi! I think I was definitely the generation before Octonauts, so missed it, but from the small amount that I have seen it does appear streets ahead of most other children's education programmes. Perhaps I could do an Octonauts review episode in season 3 of Shark Bytes? Specifically an episode that contains shark info!
Just subscribed after watching a few of these. I totally like that you can differentiate between an entertaining film and a rubbish shark depiction. lots of giggles and information. Thanks and keep it up!
I'm only 3 minutes in and I already want to say thank you for your bit about dermal denticles - I have watched a few (more than I care to admit, lol) marine biologist movie reactions and you are the first to mention that the shark's skin IS in fact smooth in one direction. I remember learning that in marine biology years ago but literally everyone else has just said "it's like sandpaper", leaving out the directional tidbit. It's the little things in life :). (Oh, and also thank you for saying it means "skin teeth", not "tiny teeth" like someone else did....)
Need to do all the Jaws movies. Love to see your reaction on Jaws: The Revenge due to its being bad and that infamous Banana boat scene. Another one is 47 Meters Down: Uncaged! So dumb but fun. Love the shark carnage with Nicole being ripped in half by two sharks. Do sharks even fight over prey?
Hahah you're right, I will 100% be doing all the Jaws sequels, and definitely the two 47 metres down films - so much content to rip into! Hope you subscribe to the channel :D
It’s just ludicrous in so many respects but honestly, one of my favourite shark movies. Thomas Jayne, LL Cool J, Samuel L Jackson, and crazy sharks totally make up for the ridiculous plot and Saffron Burrows’ wooden acting.
I watched this in a Harlem theater when it first came out, and the place went absolutely nuts after the Samuel Jackson scene. One of the best theater experiences I've ever had.
Love Deep Blue Sea, such a fun movie. I thought the same thing watching this. About them swimming backwards. But they were genetically modified. But still ....
Love your content! Have recently discovered your channel and love all your in depth analaysis. I am a big shark fan and love to hear about the more in depth science behind a shark. Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much for subscribing, great to hear you enjoy the channel! Please do let any friends know who you think might enjoy it too, and keep dropping by in the comments to let me know your thoughts on the videos :D
The funny thing about you talking about the sharks swimming backwards being impossible is that one of the characters straight up said as much 5 seconds after the fact more or less.
Great vid, learnt a few things but funnily enough Imma point out how around halfway into the video you said “that’s about 74km/hr for our American friends”. I’m not American but I’m pretty sure they’re the ones who count speed/distance in the imperial system
Oh come on, the sharks swim backwards to show that they have developed skills through their 'treatment' that normal sharks just do not possess... Can't know them down for that! I'm with you on the watchability (yes that is a word 😅). I love it! I've watched it so many times, one of my favourite shark films!
A few people have mentioned this to me actually, i think i'd really enjoy it, I'll need to read up on how to stream videos while playing xbox because it could be a lot of fun
i love marine creatures including sharks, this channel needs to grow bigger. if i may be so bold, could you make a video about shark's misconceptions and myths? you could go more in depth analysis in each and every myth.. also, i've been curious about those saving shark videos, releasing fish hooks, saving beached sharks, i mean..you could react on em and explain what should and shouldnt be done in those kind of situations..please?
@thedailyjaws sent me! One thing I think you missed on this. The queen shark was ripping the guy in half, yes, but what it was REALLY doing was destroying the bank of electrical breakers they just switched on. It was deliberately smearing him all over the wall. Then it spit him out and didn't even eat him!🤣🤣
This was by far my favorite shark movie as a kid I loved jaws too and as an adult I’d put that first but when I was a child there was something about deep blue sea that I was just absolutely fascinated with.
this underwater base of theirs would be doomed purely by design alone... it has a direct line access to the surface, while it also has underwater opening for the sub... you know, the room where samuel l jackson's character ended up shark food, that pool can only work if its perfectly sealed to maintain enough air pressure to keep the water out, but with a direct line access to the surface thru that elevator shaft, all the air in the base would be pushed out thru that shaft as the water floods in thru that pool. that room would have to be completely and perfectly sealed from the rest of the base to work, no pipes, no nothing, wires could be allowed as long as you make a perfectly airtight seal that can withstand the same pressure as the water has at that particular depth, it would have to be perfectly sealed off, the way in and out would have to be a air lock, like that you would find on a space station or space ship.
Not sure if anyone noticed that the 3 sharks in Deep Blue Sea ALL 3 sharks died the same way Jaws sharks were killed in the first 3 movies! Explosion Jaws 1, Electrocution Jaws 2 and Explosion Jaws 3. I have seen this movie 100 times today was the first time I heard about license plate and Hooper from Jaws. Very cool thanks!!!!
04:17 did u watch it with sound? If I remember well they were talking about them swimming backwards at that moment in the movie. Like, the team was surprised by it as well. Still bad of course, but you make it sound like the movie didnt even mention it.
Yes they do mention it, although my dramatic reaction looks like its drowned that out hahahah. Looking at the science behind it though i'm not quite sure how modifying their brains, also changes the capabilities of their physical morphology. Sure it could make them smarter and hunt more tactically etc... but physical changes in how they move? I'm not convinced! It is a movie after all :P
One of the most entertaining movies of all time. Holy mother of christ I love Deep Blue Sea so goddamn much. I prefer The Shallows by just a little bit and I do prefer both that and Deep Blue Sea over Jaws. I adore Jaws but I just prefer these two. And there’s something so frightening about sharks in a hallway. Deep Blue Sea STILL being the only film to ever use this concept is just ridiculous. Complete Bollocks. And god the first 30 seconds or so of that score is sooo haunting. In my opinion it’s the best score in a shark film. And come on we all know how good that Samuel L. Jackson kill is. It’s honestly a masterclass in effective jump scares. It’s completely unexpected and it really set a new bar for jump scares. Sadly we still get truly awful jump scares in some horror films. (Side-note: the characters in the film mention that sharks can’t swim backwards. It’s a side effect of their new biological make-up and enhanced intelligence. This also goes hand in hand with why they are able to stay still, which by the way I love that they’re so smart that the massive one at the end stood still waiting to attack knowing that the other guy was going to jump in and try to save her. And maybe it also did that to make him watch her die? Anyway it’s a movie explanation but it’s a good one. It’s the same reason for their massive size. Admittedly it’s ridiculous that none of the other characters notice this and freak out when they find out that Dr. McCallister was using growth hormones on the sharks.) But yeah Deep Blue Sea is seriously great and I watch it every year.
Having a bit of a shark bytes binge as I'm a new subscriber, but I thought that the film was pretty neat as it wasn't a great white as the villain but a mako
Hello mate i got a question for you, does mackerel shark is the only shark family that cant stop mid water meaning they have to constantly swimming in order not to get drown?
Hi Leonellus, I would safely say there are no shark species that can physically stop moving midwater column and stay completely stationary. The manta ray is one of the only species i can think of, off the top of my head that performs a somewhat "hover" motion mid water, to allow itself to be cleaned by cleanerfish. There are lots of sharks that can stay stationary however on the seafloor and pump water across their gills using their spiracles. Hope this answers your question, and please do feel free to ask as many as you'd like!
This movie was a guilty pleasure for me as well. I'm mostly proud of young me figuring out that sharks moving backward looked totally wrong (I was a Discovery Channel and Nat Geo kid). And then of course as you pointed out, also the horrid lame attempt at a tiger shark. And have we ever figured out why cinema is addicted to doing shark roars? I'm really binging your channel now that I've found you (and I also have other shark films to catch up on!).
I know there was a National Geo show called Shark Wranglers about scientists catching sharks to tag them. But there are actual shark wranglers as a job. They are part of an Australian tuna fishing company that catch tuna in a circular net and tow them back to Australia live. On the trip back small sharks get into this net and these guys go inside the net and 'wrangle' them out over the top of the net instead of killing them. Watched a documentary about it. These guys are nuts!
When this movie came out, it was a pretty big deal in the scary movie genre, because it was the first to do one thing...can you guess what? It was the first ro have a Black character, survive ro the end of the movie...that's right, LL Cool J made history by being the first Black actor and character, to live through the entire scary movie!
Please react to Street Sharks sometime! It’s just a fun 90’s show and as a kid I wanted to watch it but didn’t have cable and watching it as an adult finally it’s amazing, and ridiculous, definitely just a fun watch that would be entertaining to watch a reaction to! 😄
Check out our latest movie commentary on 'The Shallows' right here: th-cam.com/video/ipKAQZGYua4/w-d-xo.html
Fun fact Megelodons are in the same family as Makos also i understand that it was most likely a joke but no brain can make you automatically know the inner workings of a machine you need to either be taught that or figure it out.
I know that DBS is not the best Shark movie, but now looking back at it... it's actually not that bad, it use Animatronic with little of CGI (Since there's tons of Bad CGI looking shark), the Animatronic itself wasn't bad either
Yes the story is kinda cramped/since its only 1.30 hour long movie, need some more backstory for Shark modification (Maybe gen from other shark) and development for each character, the Movie did implied that Shark can't Swim backwards which it kinda tried to say these aren't normal shark (Since its genetically modified) but they could've just stick with Realism a bit more
LL Cool Jay in an oven = LL Warm Jay
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Lmao this made me crack up at my work desk 😂
Winning comment!
Lmfao😂
Funniest thing he said was “ the shark defies all laws of physics by comfortably YEETING that bed through the water” lmao
Hahaha!
Eve nif the laws of physics woork differently in thie universe of this movie, how did the shark know that it could do that? Sure, they're super smart, but that doesn't mean it has knowledge and a depp understanding oif phsycis. Being intelligent means that it could learn and understand physics, but it still has to learn it first.
@@Riceball01 Children don't understand physics, but they can still throw a ball.
Some things, basic physics especially, are learned intuitively long before we learn the words for them.
That was definitely funny, but I thought it was funnier when he converted miles to kilometres for his “friends in the US” 😂 No one in the US has a clue what kilometres are!
@@johannahoneyman697There’s actually one who knows. We’re not totally ignorant, and they do actually teach the metric system in school for science purposes.
Also you do realize that Americans do vacation in places where there is direct contact with the metric system in use. Like europe
My biggest pet peeve in shark movies if when they make them roar lol
sharks roaring has never made sense to me hahah
*Cough Jaws: The Revenge *cough
The characters themselves are also blown away about the sharks going backwards as it’s not possible and say it themselves, and that it must be one of the many side effects of the treatment so I don’t think this was an accident or them not doing some research at least haha
Hahah yes they do say this, although sharks swimming backwards is still something I felt I had to get very grumpy about! :D
They recognized that gun!
My pet peeve with movies like this is they say that the shark can now swim backwards but all it’s fins and it’s tail are completely normal for a shark so essentially the shark is so big brain that it bends reality and physics which would have made this movie so much cooler if it wasn’t just an oversight
In movie logic it makes sense, but physically sharks like Makos and Great Whites can’t swim backwards. It’d be like the movie saying that human is so smart he managed to figure out how to fly by flapping his arms.
@@SHARKBYTES Maybe but at least they reckongize it at least, so credit where it's due.
Fun Fact:
Each of the shark deaths were an homage to each Jaws movie.
Impromptu explosion with whatever is around, electrocution, planned explosion.
Thats an amazing fact - did not know this, but LOVE it!
Thank you! I picked up on this in the theater but, I've never heard anyone else mention it.
@@waystaff76 I'm grinning that there is someone else who noticed this! It always seemed obvious so I never understood no one noticing!
The sharks swimming backwards was supposed to be the first clue that there was something “evolved” about the sharks. They even say in the movie when it happens that sharks can’t do that and everyone that doesn’t know about the genetic tampering seems surprised and worried at what they just saw. Now I’m not sure if any amount of “gene therapy” could actually make it possible for sharks to swim backwards but the movie does let you know that it’s something they shouldn’t be capable of under normal circumstances. I actually loved when it first happens because if you know about sharks it makes you stop and say hold on a minute something is off here. And later you find out why. Seemed a bit odd to criticize that part so heavily since it is somewhat explained .
You're absolutely right, they do reference this in the movie, although I suppose my main criticism was, like you say, gene therapy changing physical morphology. I'd get it if the gene therapy had caused them to develop additional fins that allowed backwards swimming motion.. maybe.
I didn't realise shark skin was like sandpaper, really cool fact!
Amazing, perfect for reducing drag and also for protecting themselves!
yea, in fact, when you scrapped your skin against their skin, it's called "shark burn".
@@SHARKBYTES Also protects from parasites and any sea creatures that would stick on them otherwise.
@@SHARKBYTES I forget whether it was Hawaiians or another group of Pacific Islanders, but apparently people once made special shoes out of sharkskin to climb palm trees.
@@ExtremeMadnessX Apart from those pesky remoras!
This movie literally traumatized me FOREVER! This is the only movie that gave me nightmares for months on end. I do love sharks but I’m still freaked out by them 24 years LATER!
THANK YOU for referencing the "tiger" shark being a repurposed animatronic mako. I remember being a kid seeing this in theaters and thinking "oh cool, they've got some mako-leopard shark hybrid" and then one of the characters refers to it as a "normal" tiger shark. Also, near the end of the film the CGI mako shark has nictitating membranes, which of course actual makos don't have. Always drives me nuts when I watch it again!
don't care how silly it is, this will always be one of my favorite shark movies
I definitely have a massive soft spot for DBS
SHARK BYTES tbh anything with sharks I can get behind!! haha - as long as it’s fun..not afraid to admit that i’ve enjoyed a few of the sharknado movies, or movies like “two headed shark attack” or “sharktopus” you should check out a few of those.. the reactions would definitely be hilarious I already know 😂😂❤️
@@unrealtalks7242 I'm the same really! I'll definitely be doing some of the sharknado's for movie commentary, and maybe even some of those outrageously ridiculous ones when i'm scraping the barrel hahahah
"Bootsstrap Bill loses his arm!" cracked me up!🤣
I’m very happy with the results! This movie may be ridiculous and cheesy at some moments but it might actually be one of the coolest films I’ve ever seen. Deep Blue Sea is my favorite (non-jaws) shark horror movie
I'm definitely a big fan of DBS!
@@SHARKBYTES Thanks!
@@SHARKBYTES the second and third fell off tho and I don't think if those as actually deep blue two and three
For the last couple of hundred years, Shark skin or shargin has been used on the handles of British Military swords. I have one that is 170 years old and the skin on the grip is still in good condition and not at all slippery in the hand.
Wow thats a pretty amazing fact, i didn't know that!
@@SHARKBYTES Shark skin sword grips were chosen because if blood runs down the sword and onto the hilt, the blood does not make the handle of the sword slippery in a sword fight.
I wonder if the writers meant for that scene with Samuel J getting destroyed by the shark to be funny? Either way, I've never laughed so hard at a shark attack in my life!
Absolutely cracks me up every time
I’m guessing it was meant to be because of the way they’d set him up as the hero of the piece.
@@solidflyer286 a hero of the piece, not THE hero as it was pretty evident that the pretty blonde guy was going to be the hero through out all of it
I know right. When I saw this scene in the movies it had me in stitches. The way it was built up with his snakes on a plane speech was a piece of cinema gold.
The Mako defo turns the oven on on purpose, they are so smart 😂
Classic clever Mako shark!
Way too smart. I don't care how smart any animal or human is, there are some things that they wouldn't know. Inteilligence isn't knowledge, it's more like the ability to understand and learn things. Sure the shark is super inttelligent, but it's never seen an over used before so how would it know that turning on the oven would flush LL out becfause it would get hot in there? And how would it know how to turn it on since it's never seen an over before, much less someone turning it on.
Nah, it was just an accident.
If she knew what an oven was, she'd get away when Preacher got out his lighter.
And as Riceball01 has said, she's never seen an oven before, so there is absolutely no way she knows what it can do.
She makes a good Tuna Casserole too.
@@SHARKBYTES I'm just surprised she didn't also adjust the oven temp. (Or did she? I haven't seen it in awhile.) They are genetically modified, so I guess she could've evolved some opposable thumbs just for the occasion.
Hi Kris, I am a double amputee, and I had to do a stint in rehab afterwards. When the scene with the shark biting the guys arm off everyone in the room grabbed different parts of their bodies and squealing! LOL
Every time I see that scene where the sharks first swim backwards on camera and SLJ says “tell me I didn’t just see that” I’m convinced he’s talking about the sharks swimming backwards. But then he says “the sharks recognized that gun” and I’m like 🤦🏼♀️
But yes, Deep Blue Sea is one of my favorites. And LL Cool J and Thomas Jane were the two who definitely should have survived. Satisfying ending.
Just found your channel recently, and I've been very entertained. Great channel.
Deep Blue Sea was the first shark movie I saw in the theaters. My sister was manager of a movie theater. I worked across street from it and would go over after work on preview nights. Midnight showings back then were for employees. They had to splice the reels together and watch them to make sure it was done correctly. A family friend was previewing this one, and no one wanted to watch it with him. I decided to stick around. I loved Jaws and Jaws 2, didn't like Jaws 3 or Revenge, but figured give a shark movie a shot.
I didn't catch the license plate Easter egg. I did predict the Samuel L Jackson death though. He started his speech, and I turned to my friend, "hey, they always have a speech like this in a movie. It's inspirational, and gets them through it. Not saying it'll happen, he is standing somewhat close to that water though, wouldn't it be cool if a shark jumped out and got him?" "That would be funny, but no one does that in a movie like this." After it happened he looked at me, "you aren't allowed anymore 'cool' ideas during this movie." We both still jumped from it. I broke his 'cool idea' rule later in the movie.
You mentioned the mama Mako death being a straight rip off of Jaws, did you notice all of them were?
First shark is killed by a gas explosion (Jaws)
Second shark is killed by electricity (Jaws 2)
Third shark underwater explosive (Jaws 3)
After the first two sharks died, I said to my friend, "they have not once mentioned underwater explosives, but they're going to find some underwater explosives and use that to kill the third shark." "They won't do that. Why would you think that?" Told him the Jaws endings, "and they're at an old WWII submarine base. They'll find some explosives, watch." When they found the explosives, he just looked at me with a "are you fucking serious" look.
I still love the movie. It is so bad, but so damn entertaining. I loved sharks as a kid, Bull Sharks are my favorite, and they were followed by Makos. I was expecting the sharks to be Great Whites, and was pleasantly surprised to see them go with Makos.
I was waiting for you to mention the sharks are meant to be MASSIVE yet they're still under water in the corridors that barely cover the characters waist
Totally, those Mako's are faaaar too huge!
@@SHARKBYTES Well they are genetically modified sharks so...
@@ExtremeMadnessX the easiest explanation for anything in this film. Why can they fit in the corridors, turn on ovens, swim backwards, stay stationary, use hunting techniques that aren't natural to this species of shark? Writers say because they're genetically modified. I say because the writers are lazy.
@@adamhawthorn4091 Well in movie they discovered that they made sharks super intelligent because they made their brains bigger.
@@ExtremeMadnessX Oh yeah I know that, I've watched the movie quite a few times, I just mean that it's a lazy way to explain things that are biologically inaccurate. The turning on the oven part I can sort of let slide due to the "bigger brains" but equally I don't know any human that could spend there entire life chilling in the ocean and then instantly know how to turn on an oven as soon as they encountered one for the first time.
I'd love to see you commenting on 47 Meters down and 47 Meters Down Uncaged! Love those videos, they are really informative!
Thanks for your suggestions Lena and your kind words! Both of these films are definitely on the list and hopefully we'll have at least the first one for you in Season 3 - so keep your eyes peeled :D
Brilliant analysis i am from the era of jaws went to see it twice when it came out with my best friend who is no lo ger with us and i remember everyone jumping out of thier seats when the bead appears from the hole in the fushermans biat happy days and of course it was filmed on marthas vinyard. Love this chanel sharks are facinating animals . Its mankind thats the biggest threat to them and all animals banning shark fin soup would be a start great presentation i am a big fan you should be on television with your own show .
11:06 the breathing technique should be called RAM ventilation
Extra credit for Troll Sword for getting ram ventilation!
Ram Ventilation
Forced induction 😂
@@SHARKBYTES Though I do remember from an episode in “Untamed and Uncut”, that Mako Sharks actually store oxygen within their cells for a considerable amount of time when they’re not moving.
Rewatching this 2 years later, because I've just rewatched the movie. I remember going to see it at the cinema when I was 12, and I loved it, so I still do, because... nostalgia.
‘You ate my bird’ 💥 💥
Love those LL cool J one liners
In an interview, Saffron laughed about how the filmmakers contrived that scene just to get her in her underwear. :)
i'll have to have a look to see if i can find the interview!
@@SHARKBYTES May have been on the DVD.
@@Christobanistan I've got some digging to do in the old DVD collection then!
This is my favorite Shark Movie ever. Hands down.
This movie was what instigated my love of sharks, and may be the reason why makos are my favorite living species of shark. Those teeth were so cool! Their speed, sleek bodies, and graceful movement are just absolutely beautiful!
I agree with your ratings for Deep Blue Sea! I love that movie! I do love quite a few shark movies like Jaws, Deep Blue Sea, Blue Demon (it was a shark horror/sci-fi movie that was released back in 2004. It was a cheesy low budget film but Blue Demon is still one of my favorites). I've always loved sharks and shark movies. There's just something about them that has always grabbed my attention. I wish I was smart enough to go to college and become a marine biologist. I most likely won't ever get that chance. Anyway I'm glad I came across this video. I love watching shark scientists and marine biologists react or critique shark movies.
Thanks Terry - i'm glad you enjoyed. I've never seen Blue Demon before, perhaps i should add it to the movie commentary list! What I would say is never give up on your dreams, if you want something badly enough you'll always find a way. I'll hopefully be making some "How i became a shark scientist" videos next season, these may be of interest to you! So i hope to see you again in the comments sections for the videos :)
I’m not a big movie going and never knew there were soooo many shark movies. But I love these commentaries you do. Makes me want to find a copy of the movie. 🦈
Glad you're enjoying them!!
hey, weird suggestion but, my little cousins always watch the octonauts (like i did as a child), from what i can gather its actually pretty accurate. However i'd like to know what you think :)
Hi! I think I was definitely the generation before Octonauts, so missed it, but from the small amount that I have seen it does appear streets ahead of most other children's education programmes. Perhaps I could do an Octonauts review episode in season 3 of Shark Bytes? Specifically an episode that contains shark info!
HOLY SHIT! That IS the guy who played bootstrap Bill. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 DAMN I love this channel
Do Shark Tale next!!!!!
Shark Tale - what a great shout, its now on the list!
Just subscribed after watching a few of these. I totally like that you can differentiate between an entertaining film and a rubbish shark depiction. lots of giggles and information. Thanks and keep it up!
Great to have you onboard Frank, hope you're enjoying the channel!
I'm only 3 minutes in and I already want to say thank you for your bit about dermal denticles - I have watched a few (more than I care to admit, lol) marine biologist movie reactions and you are the first to mention that the shark's skin IS in fact smooth in one direction. I remember learning that in marine biology years ago but literally everyone else has just said "it's like sandpaper", leaving out the directional tidbit. It's the little things in life :). (Oh, and also thank you for saying it means "skin teeth", not "tiny teeth" like someone else did....)
You're more than welcome Seth, glad you enjoyed the video!
8:27 I almost fell off my chair laughing xD Gotta rewatch this right away
Need to do all the Jaws movies. Love to see your reaction on Jaws: The Revenge due to its being bad and that infamous Banana boat scene. Another one is 47 Meters Down: Uncaged! So dumb but fun. Love the shark carnage with Nicole being ripped in half by two sharks. Do sharks even fight over prey?
Hahah you're right, I will 100% be doing all the Jaws sequels, and definitely the two 47 metres down films - so much content to rip into! Hope you subscribe to the channel :D
The animatronic sharks the made for this movie were VERY cool... for their time.
The CGI wasn't THAT bad, but it wasn't ground breaking either.
Jaws + Jurassic Park = Deep Blue Sea.
so true
It’s just ludicrous in so many respects but honestly, one of my favourite shark movies. Thomas Jayne, LL Cool J, Samuel L Jackson, and crazy sharks totally make up for the ridiculous plot and Saffron Burrows’ wooden acting.
This commentary gives me a solid lol every time 😂
I watched this in a Harlem theater when it first came out, and the place went absolutely nuts after the Samuel Jackson scene. One of the best theater experiences I've ever had.
I just finished watching the Meg reaction and thought about this movie and saw this in my recommended perfect
Hope you enjoyed it!
This video made me laugh out loud multiple times. Keep it up!
Thank you!
Love Deep Blue Sea, such a fun movie. I thought the same thing watching this. About them swimming backwards. But they were genetically modified. But still ....
Yeah true, I know the mention it, but it never made any sense to me 😂
Love your content! Have recently discovered your channel and love all your in depth analaysis. I am a big shark fan and love to hear about the more in depth science behind a shark. Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much for subscribing, great to hear you enjoy the channel! Please do let any friends know who you think might enjoy it too, and keep dropping by in the comments to let me know your thoughts on the videos :D
A helicopter flew over my house as the opening scene started lol that was trippy
Yayy thanks so much for doing my request!
You're more than welcome, keep suggesting more!
Cracked me up, swimming with the Tiger shark removing the plate out of its mouth, only for it to be food, he was a show off 👀🤣
The funny thing about you talking about the sharks swimming backwards being impossible is that one of the characters straight up said as much 5 seconds after the fact more or less.
Great vid, learnt a few things but funnily enough Imma point out how around halfway into the video you said “that’s about 74km/hr for our American friends”. I’m not American but I’m pretty sure they’re the ones who count speed/distance in the imperial system
A few people have pointed this out to me hahaha, I clearly can't get my head round units of measurement!
I, as an American, can only dream of us someday using a measurement system that actually makes sense... Perhaps someday! ;P
deffo agree with your ratings! 👏🏻👏🏻 also how sick is the ending credits rap
Can't beat a solid 90's LL cool J rap, especially when its about sharks
hope you get more subscribers my dude! enjoyed this one lol
Thank you! Remember to share the channel with anyone you think might enjoy it, and keep on engaging with the videos as and when you feel like it :D
You need way more subscribers, at least 10k (hopefully by Spring season)
Thank you!
I have watched this so many times. Love LL
I liked this movie! And your review.
Thanks Pamela!
Just want to say that you should have much more subs. You are doing a great job keep it up, its only a matter of time.
Thank you - glad to hear you're enjoying the channel!
I have never heard of this movie before, looks fun!
How about Sharknado? Haven't seen it though.
I really like your movie commentaries
Theyre interesting
I've learned a bit although I did know a few facts before watching
Glad to hear you enjoyed! Thanks :)
Oh come on, the sharks swim backwards to show that they have developed skills through their 'treatment' that normal sharks just do not possess... Can't know them down for that! I'm with you on the watchability (yes that is a word 😅). I love it! I've watched it so many times, one of my favourite shark films!
I just found your channel Love it!! I absolutly get my shark fix 😁👍 The most beautiful fish in the ocean 💖
Thank you so much, remember to share the channel with anyone else who you think might enjoy it!
@@SHARKBYTES I have alredy done that 😁👍💖
@@4everMrsB Brilliant - thank you!
Another great video!
Thanks so much - please do share with any friends who you think might enjoy it!
This was one of my favorite shark movies 🦈 growing up! Glad you enjoyed it too! 😅
I love the movie, but I love the facts you added which were cool. 💙
As a kid I watched jaws so many times. I somehow missed this film. I have to watch it now.
"You ate my bird..." 😂
The thing is in the fillm the scientist are equaly baffled at the sharks swimming backwards
Thats right, it is briefly mentioned in the film!
I love this show! Please do The shallows next.
Thank you so much, The Shallows might be coming up this season... Keep your eyes peeled!
The movie was both scary and hilariously funny 😂
It'd be really cool and interesting to see you play Maneater. Its a game where you play as a shark and id love to hear what you got to say!
A few people have mentioned this to me actually, i think i'd really enjoy it, I'll need to read up on how to stream videos while playing xbox because it could be a lot of fun
Where have you been? I’ve never laughed so hard in my life.
I've been here the whole time!! :D - glad you enjoyed!
I can't wait for you Meg 2 review.
i love marine creatures including sharks, this channel needs to grow bigger.
if i may be so bold, could you make a video about shark's misconceptions and myths? you could go more in depth analysis in each and every myth..
also, i've been curious about those saving shark videos, releasing fish hooks, saving beached sharks, i mean..you could react on em and explain what should and shouldnt be done in those kind of situations..please?
Great ideas Faisal! I'd 100% love to do some videos on those, I'll make sure to add them to my list. Hope to continue to see you on the channel :)
@thedailyjaws sent me! One thing I think you missed on this. The queen shark was ripping the guy in half, yes, but what it was REALLY doing was destroying the bank of electrical breakers they just switched on. It was deliberately smearing him all over the wall. Then it spit him out and didn't even eat him!🤣🤣
Queen Mako's evil plans know no-bounds hahahah!
@@SHARKBYTES lol!
One of my fave B movies!
A definite cult classic
"From hell's heart I stab at thee!" is what LL should have shouted as he stabbed the shark with the cross.
This was by far my favorite shark movie as a kid I loved jaws too and as an adult I’d put that first but when I was a child there was something about deep blue sea that I was just absolutely fascinated with.
this underwater base of theirs would be doomed purely by design alone... it has a direct line access to the surface, while it also has underwater opening for the sub... you know, the room where samuel l jackson's character ended up shark food, that pool can only work if its perfectly sealed to maintain enough air pressure to keep the water out, but with a direct line access to the surface thru that elevator shaft, all the air in the base would be pushed out thru that shaft as the water floods in thru that pool.
that room would have to be completely and perfectly sealed from the rest of the base to work, no pipes, no nothing, wires could be allowed as long as you make a perfectly airtight seal that can withstand the same pressure as the water has at that particular depth, it would have to be perfectly sealed off, the way in and out would have to be a air lock, like that you would find on a space station or space ship.
Some cracking physics knowledge here!
Not sure if anyone noticed that the 3 sharks in Deep Blue Sea ALL 3 sharks died the same way Jaws sharks were killed in the first 3 movies! Explosion Jaws 1, Electrocution Jaws 2 and Explosion Jaws 3. I have seen this movie 100 times today was the first time I heard about license plate and Hooper from Jaws. Very cool thanks!!!!
Yup and the correct explosion type. Gas explosion for the first kill and grenade explosion for the 3rd kill.
04:17 did u watch it with sound? If I remember well they were talking about them swimming backwards at that moment in the movie. Like, the team was surprised by it as well. Still bad of course, but you make it sound like the movie didnt even mention it.
Yes they do mention it, although my dramatic reaction looks like its drowned that out hahahah. Looking at the science behind it though i'm not quite sure how modifying their brains, also changes the capabilities of their physical morphology. Sure it could make them smarter and hunt more tactically etc... but physical changes in how they move? I'm not convinced! It is a movie after all :P
I would love to see you do 1982's Great White. It's a legendary Italian Jaws and Jaws 2 knock off.
" I remember the scene as a kid" thanks for making me feel old😂
i believe you called it RAM ventilation but ive also what nurse sharks do as RAM ventilation
Nurse sharks are great because they can breathe via both ram ventilation and buccal pumping! Well remembered though.
@@SHARKBYTES Buccal pumping sounds right. i always get those terms
10:28 defeating shark with Jesus
Hahahah good ole LL cool J
One of the most entertaining movies of all time. Holy mother of christ I love Deep Blue Sea so goddamn much. I prefer The Shallows by just a little bit and I do prefer both that and Deep Blue Sea over Jaws. I adore Jaws but I just prefer these two. And there’s something so frightening about sharks in a hallway. Deep Blue Sea STILL being the only film to ever use this concept is just ridiculous. Complete Bollocks. And god the first 30 seconds or so of that score is sooo haunting. In my opinion it’s the best score in a shark film. And come on we all know how good that Samuel L. Jackson kill is. It’s honestly a masterclass in effective jump scares. It’s completely unexpected and it really set a new bar for jump scares. Sadly we still get truly awful jump scares in some horror films. (Side-note: the characters in the film mention that sharks can’t swim backwards. It’s a side effect of their new biological make-up and enhanced intelligence. This also goes hand in hand with why they are able to stay still, which by the way I love that they’re so smart that the massive one at the end stood still waiting to attack knowing that the other guy was going to jump in and try to save her. And maybe it also did that to make him watch her die? Anyway it’s a movie explanation but it’s a good one. It’s the same reason for their massive size. Admittedly it’s ridiculous that none of the other characters notice this and freak out when they find out that Dr. McCallister was using growth hormones on the sharks.) But yeah Deep Blue Sea is seriously great and I watch it every year.
You left out the greatest movie quote ever from LL Cool Jay about being cooked in his own oven
Having a bit of a shark bytes binge as I'm a new subscriber, but I thought that the film was pretty neat as it wasn't a great white as the villain but a mako
Totally agree Grace! At least they used a different shark this time
Nope its absolutely a white shark combined with mako.
Hello mate i got a question for you, does mackerel shark is the only shark family that cant stop mid water meaning they have to constantly swimming in order not to get drown?
Hi Leonellus, I would safely say there are no shark species that can physically stop moving midwater column and stay completely stationary. The manta ray is one of the only species i can think of, off the top of my head that performs a somewhat "hover" motion mid water, to allow itself to be cleaned by cleanerfish. There are lots of sharks that can stay stationary however on the seafloor and pump water across their gills using their spiracles. Hope this answers your question, and please do feel free to ask as many as you'd like!
This movie was a guilty pleasure for me as well. I'm mostly proud of young me figuring out that sharks moving backward looked totally wrong (I was a Discovery Channel and Nat Geo kid). And then of course as you pointed out, also the horrid lame attempt at a tiger shark. And have we ever figured out why cinema is addicted to doing shark roars? I'm really binging your channel now that I've found you (and I also have other shark films to catch up on!).
3:17 and the director walks by with others and says Hi to another character around then too as well.
All time favorite shark movie
I know there was a National Geo show called Shark Wranglers about scientists catching sharks to tag them. But there are actual shark wranglers as a job. They are part of an Australian tuna fishing company that catch tuna in a circular net and tow them back to Australia live. On the trip back small sharks get into this net and these guys go inside the net and 'wrangle' them out over the top of the net instead of killing them. Watched a documentary about it. These guys are nuts!
When this movie came out, it was a pretty big deal in the scary movie genre, because it was the first to do one thing...can you guess what? It was the first ro have a Black character, survive ro the end of the movie...that's right, LL Cool J made history by being the first Black actor and character, to live through the entire scary movie!
What could possibly go wrong with interfering with mother nature? Um, everything? Jurassic Park meet Deep Blue Sea.
Hahahah what a movie crossover!
Just wanted you to know, we in the US don't use the metric system. We use inches, feet and yards. Love your videos. Love sharks! ❤️🦈❤️
Thank you!! I’ve been getting pelters from the Americans for this 😂😂
lol, I'm constantly using a converter whilst watching these. Was confused when he said kilometers for Americans. I know miles :D
Please react to Street Sharks sometime! It’s just a fun 90’s show and as a kid I wanted to watch it but didn’t have cable and watching it as an adult finally it’s amazing, and ridiculous, definitely just a fun watch that would be entertaining to watch a reaction to! 😄
Look, I appreciate your expert insight and all but "L.L Cool J VS The Super Sharks" is a perfect movie 😉
I’m in total agreement Rebecca 😁
You said Jaws & Deep Blue Sea are in your top 3 shark movies but what's the 3rd? Love the video btw
I love shark biology
Glad to hear it!
Love your channel
Thank you!!