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Lords of the Deep

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Lords of the Deep	label	Lords of the Deep
Lords of the Deep	page	LordsOfTheDeep
Lords of the Deep	comment	Lords of the Deep is a 1989 American Sci-Fi Horror film, co-produced by Roger Corman and directed by Mary Ann Fisher, about an underwater colony being attacked by alien life forms. Actors included Bradford Dillman and Priscilla Barnes.The film has since gained new life thanks to being featured in the second reboot season of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Tropes pertaining to that episode can be found here.
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Lords of the Deep / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
Lords of the Deep / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Dobler's superior is disgusted with what he sees as Dobler needlessly killing everyone on the crew except for the one person they asked him to eliminate. Dobler tries to justify his actions, but his superior still plans to replace him once the new people get there.
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Lords of the Deep / int_31c5e7fb	type	Starfish Aliens
Lords of the Deep / int_31c5e7fb	comment	Starfish Aliens: The Lords of the Deep have body designs similar to manta-rays.
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Lords of the Deep / int_420c50b7	type	A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Lords of the Deep / int_420c50b7	comment	A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Trilby, the station's central computer, is programmed to follow its commander's orders without question or hesitation, even when those orders involve murdering other members of the crew. No compliance with Asimov's laws here.
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Lords of the Deep / int_4782e60f	type	Jerk with a Heart of Jerk
Lords of the Deep / int_4782e60f	comment	Jerk With A Heart Of Jerk: Dobler again.. When he goes Axe-Crazy and starts killing people, and attempting to kill O'Neill and Claire.
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Lords of the Deep / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
Lords of the Deep / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Dobler is in an odd position as he's the film's main antagonist AND The Dragon. While he's responsible for every death, he begins his murderous rampage at the behest of Roger Corman's corrupt executive, who shows disgust at Dobler method. Not only does he fail he gets killed in the end.
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Lords of the Deep / int_6ca5a8c2	type	Master Computer
Lords of the Deep / int_6ca5a8c2	comment	Master Computer: Trilby has control of every vital system on the research station, which is fine right up until Dobler starts ordering her to lock members of the crew into various compartments and cut off the oxygen...
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Lords of the Deep / int_6ec4232f	type	Casting Gag
Lords of the Deep / int_6ec4232f	comment	Casting Gag: Co-producer Roger Corman's video appearances are very similar to the character Martin, played by Meg Foster in Leviathan (1989). Also, the character escapes unscathed, and doesn't even get a punch of retribution in the end.
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Lords of the Deep / int_890d4ef2	type	Humiliation Conga
Lords of the Deep / int_890d4ef2	comment	Humiliation Conga: Dobler manages to kill off multiple people except for his intended target in order to keep his position as the undersea lab's commander and avoid being on Earth's toxic surface. His superior is so incensed that he killed the wrong people and not the one he was told to that he tells him that he's being replaced anyway. Dobler, completely nuts by this point, keeps trying to kill O'Neill and Claire, but fails. The alien presence saves O'Neill and Claire and leaves Dobler to die when the undersea lab implodes. Also, a number of characters Dobler thought he killed were saved by the aliens.
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Lords of the Deep / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
Lords of the Deep / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Despite the corrupt executive ordering Claire's execution, he takes no responsibility or heat when the plan fails, and isn't in the lab to pay the ultimate price like Dobler.
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Lords of the Deep / int_aed65980	type	All for Nothing
Lords of the Deep / int_aed65980	comment	All for Nothing: Dobler wipes out most of the crew to save his job and prevent being relegated to Earth's toxic surface. His superior is pissed and makes it clear he's out of a job, and then later, Dobler dies for his troubles. Also, a number of people he thought he killed were saved by the benevolent aliens.
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Lords of the Deep / int_b2d8059f	type	Innocent Aliens
Lords of the Deep / int_b2d8059f	comment	Innocent Aliens: The Lords of the Deep are actually benign, as they are trying to find a way to save humanity from itself.
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Lords of the Deep / int_b41acf08	type	AxeCrazy
Lords of the Deep / int_b41acf08	comment	Axe-Crazy: Dobler ends up this way. Whist trying to eliminate Claire, he manages to get just about everyone BUT Claire killed. His in-film justification is that apparently the Earth is a toxic shithole on the surface and being underwater and in command of the undersea station is FAR superior to being on land.
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Lords of the Deep / int_c605da88	type	Establishing Shot
Lords of the Deep / int_c605da88	comment	Establishing Shot: The movie is full of them, despite almost all of it taking place in the same underwater base.
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Lords of the Deep / int_d429d0f6	type	Canada, Eh?
Lords of the Deep / int_d429d0f6	comment	Canada, Eh?: The whiff of Canada in O'Neill's line readings is (along with his unfortunate mustache) the main thing that differentiates him from the rest of the movie's mostly interchangeable cast of brown-haired white men.
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Lords of the Deep / int_eb8e4fa8	type	Jerkass
Lords of the Deep / int_eb8e4fa8	comment	Jerkass: Dobler.
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Lords of the Deep / int_f7d4f121	type	Mushroom Samba
Lords of the Deep / int_f7d4f121	comment	Mushroom Samba: With a dash of Acid-Trip Dimension feel when the aliens try to use images to explain their plan to Claire.
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Lords of the Deep / int_ff7e9adf	type	Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Lords of the Deep / int_ff7e9adf	comment	Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Priscilla Barnes as Claire, who's nothing but innocent the whole movie.
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Lords of the Deep	hasFeature	Eldritch Ocean Abyss / int_8237b2a2
Lords of the Deep	hasFeature	Sci-Fi Horror / int_8237b2a2
Lords of the Deep	hasFeature	Space Is an Ocean / int_8237b2a2

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