Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Zeus and Roxanne

["Gregory Snyder" <snyde032@tc.umn.edu>]

Dear Ray -
This movie was a farce for several reasons.  #1 - the sportssub DOES have a
hole in the back ( you enter in from under the water line ), #2 the sportsub
does not even come with a hatch - I contacted the company who informed me
that it was a mock up just for use in the movie.  #3 - That little dog made
me want to chop it up and use it as chum ( so I have a thing against little
dogs).
What I found most amusing is that the Sportsub people pointed me to the
movie as it features their sub - So I rent it and snuggle in with my woman,
trying to get her excited about P-subbing - THEN the movie ends with the
main character almost geting killed in one. Needless to say, not the best
publicity or PSUB endorsement film.  WQHich reminds me of the Kitteridge
film.  With all due respects to the master, towards the end of the lecture
on his sub he gets into the drop weight parts and says something like"...And
if the first weight doesn't work, then pull the second weight. Now if BOTH
weights don't work, well, um, err...That's pretty unlikely. Lets talk about
something else..." (another glowing endorsement for subbing - actually a
great homemade film!)

In defense of the SportSub - I plan that this will be my first Sub, and had
intended on building one, when you could still get the parts ( Now, I just
have to save some cash instead).  I bought the Sportsub video ( Two Thumbs
Up and with the exception of a little dopey part about "Could that be a UFO
in the water?"), it showed off the sub with great detail.  SOrt of geared
for resort owners, but some awesome underwater footage and a little virtual
reality ride showing off the controls.  The folks over there are great, and
I had a correspondence with one of them - a good guy.  I like the feature
that you can actually sweim out and grab ( or mark ) stuff, but it is
ambient and thus limited in depth/time.

In response to your question about hte "smart scientist", I mewan come on -
she was in love with Steve Guttenberg ( isn't he the poor man's tom hanks?
How smart can that Be?)
Sincerely
Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Keefer" <Ray.Keefer@ebay.sun.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 6:07 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Zeus and Roxanne


> Hi,
>
> I saw cute family movie over the weekend called "Zeus and Roxanne".
> So what does that have to do with PSUBS. One of the stars was a SportSub.
>
> This SportSub was different. It had a top hatch!. I couldn't tell
> if the bottom, rear swim hole was still there or not. So it was a
> dry ambient design.
>
> Anyway in one scene this lady research scientest and son of next door
neighbor
> rock musician, you have to see the movie, were cruizing just off the
> bottom and we see some nets. The scientest says these are drift nets and
very
> dangerous for Dolphins.
>
> The whole movie revolves around a dog Zeus and a dolphin Roxanne. Any way
my first
> thought was then get your sub out of there you fool. Well they didn't get
snared by
> the nets.
>
> Later this scientest is alone and frantically looking for Roxanne and you
guessed it.
> She gets trapped in the net. The water being pulled through the prop
litterally
> sucks the net right into the props. A few turns later and both motors jam.
>
> That's ok our scientest thinks. I'll just open up the hatch and swim to
the surface.
> Unbeknownst to her the net also fell on top of the hatch. So when she
opens up a big
> bubble of air leaks and  the incoming water that comes in washes some of
the net
> under the hatch rim and tightens the net. So now the air is leaking out
due to
> the hatch being wedged open with net and she can't open the hatch all the
way
> due to the net holding it closed.
>
> See the movie for the exciting climax. I have a few comments:
>
> 1. SportSub with hatch. A dream come true.
>
> 2. I would have a bottom hatch where the swim hole was just in case.
>
> 3. I was amazed at how the net got sucked into the props. Made me a
believer
>    out of debris guards.
>
> 4. Why didn't this smart scientest have a scuba tank in the sub with her?
There was
>    all kind of cyliders on her boat.
>
> 5. I had a hard time believing the little crane on her boat could of
lifted up a
>    SportSub. They didn't actually show it.
>
> 6. The only smart thing this lady did was to hoist a diver down flag on
her boat.
>    No crew top side.
>
> Anyway enjoy the movie.
>
> Regards,
> Ray
>
>