SeaQuest 2032 (TV Series) Bad Water (1993) User Reviews

Fair underwater thriller

[marcgreenman · 7/10 · 13 August 2020]

I really like the design of the Seaquest, this is a neat looking ship; the producers have a done a good job with the CGI effects, the set design is also excellent; the whole thing looks very organic, kind of like a squid or some other sea creature. the nearest comparison that i can think of is the nautilus from disney's 20000 leagues under the design, another amazing design. having said this, the craft doesn't seem all that advanced as it soon runs into trouble and gets stuck on the sea bed along with another unfortunate craft. the seaquest is not ultra modern like the uss enterprise, far from it it is far more fallible. the use of the underwater element is quite nice, and must have been hard to film, water usually is. i wonder whether the scenes with a dinghy were filmed at sea or in a very large floatation tank? it looks quite convincing whichever it is. i couldn't understand how an electrical charge could penetrate the hull of the craft, haven't the writer's ever heard of the faraday cage effect? apparently not. the acting appeared fair. the production was lucky to get jaws's roy scheider onboard, although i have read that he leaves after season two. his presence has just the right touch of humanity and authority. the whole concept does remind me a little of irwin allen's voyage to the bottom of the sea, a childhood favourite of mine. this show does not seem to share the same irwin allen mix of ambition and tackiness though, at least from what i have seen so far. we will have to see how that develops.

Really bad science

[woodworkergreg · 5/10 · 15 September 2022]

For a show supposedly based on science, there was so much wrong with this episode. Most of it for dramatic effect. 1) Right at the beginning, the caption said the sightseeing sub was on the bottom of the Caribbean, yet the Seaquest is search in the Bermuda Triangle. No part of the Triangle is in the Caribbean. 2) While salt water is more dense than fresh water, a vessel going from salt to fresh would not lose enough buoyancy to make it sink. Also a freshwater current entering a saltwater environment would cause an upwelling current, as the less dense fresh water rises to the surface. 3) If the raft was in the eye of a hurricane, they would be able to see the eye wall all around them.

Race-against-the-clock thrills

[Leofwine_draca · 5/10 · 24 May 2018]

BAD WATER is an example of the usual race-against-the-clock type thriller. A French submarine has been sucked in a collapsed sinkhole, the science of which is pretty interesting. Our guys have to perform an emergency rescue before their air runs out. The story is hampered a little by budgetary constraints but otherwise gets by well enough.

Good for emotional drain, but

[radarfirs7 · 5/10 · 22 April 2021]

This was filmed in 1993, but trying to be in 2032. Another reviewer states that the SeaQuest is NOT as modern as the USS Enterprise. (Which was decommissioned almost 2 years ago). Kind of Correct. Seaquest has "Whiskers", but Ford is still using a Battery (As in type you use for remotes) operated 35mm Film Camera. So Digital is NOT invented yet. Could they at least borrowed a Star Trek Flip Phone. The French Tour Sub appears to have less Oxygen Capability than the Subs of Disney land. It carries 4 Oxygen tanks similar to Divers, or most patients take home. Now Typhoons can last almost a Month, but average 12ish hours. (Typhoons are Hurricanes but at sea). (1) the French Sub goes thru the Oxygen tanks in just a few hours (2) The Tour Guides do NOT know that Crying & Singing use up Oxygen (3) how did the Sub Driver die

Darwin the Dolphin is near surface when a Lightning Bolt hits the Water, ends up with several burns, but soon after they appear healed. The Show is constantly saying Darwin is possibly more intelligent than humans. So, why doesn't Darwin do a Aquaman call out to Whales & Dolphins to assist with BOTH Rescue Missions.

So have to ask again, they have a "Open" Life Raft that does NOT flip when hit by a 20 ft wave, but still use 35 mm Film Cameras but the Camera can be set to do Morse Code.

Did anyone else recognize the "Detective" from the Psych TV Show

in 2032 we still use foil packaged energy bars in the Life raft food kit

This show is really getting me to have memories on how much we believed what happened on the 1960s Batman TV Show.

Now need to google Sea Farer songs.

Bad science

[maria_garcia_us · 5/10 · 1 July 2022]

The doc says that the Sargasso Sea is so salty that there's no use in fishing because there's no fish. WRONG The Sargasso Sea is full of sea life & whales move through it as it's a good food source for them.