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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Amongst other changes on the film, Beth obtains some additional hostility with Norman because on this version of the story [[NoodleIncident it appears (but it's not detailed much)]] that Norman had a tryst with her when she was his patient. Nothing of the sort occurs in the book.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Amongst other changes on the film, Beth obtains some additional hostility with Norman because on this version of the story [[NoodleIncident it appears (but it's not detailed much)]] that Norman had a tryst with her when she was his patient.patient and [[AdaptationalJerkass he is not particularly remorseful about it]]. Nothing of the sort occurs in the book.
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* NotOfThisEarth: A sample of the hull of a supposed alien ship is analyzed and found to be made of common elements, but they've been worked into a composite form that nobody yet knows how to duplicate.
* NothingIsScarier: Due to budget constraints, the giant squid is never actually seen in the film (unlike in the novel). The characters only ever see its outline via the base's sonar system, and there's a tense scene where Norman and Beth are forced to escape back to the habitat while the squid tries to close in on them from afar.
* NothingIsScarier: Due to budget constraints, the giant squid is never actually seen in the film (unlike in the novel). The characters only ever see its outline via the base's sonar system, and there's a tense scene where Norman and Beth are forced to escape back to the habitat while the squid tries to close in on them from afar.
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* NotOfThisEarth: Zig-zagged. A sample of the hull of a supposed alien ship is analyzed and found to be made of common elements, but they've been worked into a composite form that nobody yet knows how to duplicate.
duplicate. [[spoiler: It turns out that the ship is from the ''future'' and was built on Earth by (more advanced) humans after all... but ''then'' the titular extraterrestrial artifact is found in the ship's cargo hold. The protagonists can tell just by looking at the sphere that it's "something alien".]]
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** Due to budget constraints, the giant squid is never actually seen in the film (unlike in the novel). The characters only ever see its outline via the base's sonar system, and there's a tense scene where Norman and Beth are forced to escape back to the habitat while the squid tries to close in on them fromafar.afar.
** Until deep into the story, the protagonists receive only the most vague clues about what's inside the Sphere or what happens when you enter it, with even Harry (the first to enter the Sphere) only being able to deliriously babble about what he saw before he's already forgotten. This serves only to make the Sphere seem even more ominous and alien. [[spoiler: In the end, we never learn who created the Sphere or why.]]
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** Due to budget constraints, the giant squid is never actually seen in the film (unlike in the novel). The characters only ever see its outline via the base's sonar system, and there's a tense scene where Norman and Beth are forced to escape back to the habitat while the squid tries to close in on them from
** Until deep into the story, the protagonists receive only the most vague clues about what's inside the Sphere or what happens when you enter it, with even Harry (the first to enter the Sphere) only being able to deliriously babble about what he saw before he's already forgotten. This serves only to make the Sphere seem even more ominous and alien. [[spoiler: In the end, we never learn who created the Sphere or why.]]
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* TheRival: Ted and Harry (but especially Ted) act as rivals over the course of the story. Their sniping at each other is ''mostly'' friendly.
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* {{Technobabble}}: In-universe. In the novel, Norman's narration recounts how he was told to revise the title of his report on potential contact with extraterrestrial life to sound more scientific. This leads to it being retitled "Recommendations for the Human Contact Team to Interact with Unknown Life Forms (ULF)".
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* Dr. Norman Goodman (Hoffman), a psychologist.
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* Dr. Norman Goodman (Hoffman), a psychologist. psychologist who wrote the US Government's FirstContact protocol
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* GasLeakCoverup: Norman is told he's needed to counsel survivors of a plane crash. When he starts bitching that time is tantamount to dealing with SurvivorGuilt, the true story comes out.
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* GasLeakCoverup: Norman is told he's needed to counsel survivors of a plane crash. When he starts bitching that time is tantamount to paramount for dealing with SurvivorGuilt, the true story comes out.
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* SpheroidDropship: [[spoiler:The mysterious sphere is revealed to be able of autonomous flight at the finale.]]
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* SpheroidDropship: [[spoiler:The mysterious sphere is revealed to be able capable of autonomous flight at the finale.]]
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Soon the crew are contacted by a mysterious entity calling itself "Jerry," which they assume to be an alien and related somehow to the mysterious sphere. Before much more can be learned, a powerful typhoon suddenly arrives, trapping all below until it blows over. Within the following days, things go horribly wrong. Strange sea creatures menace the station, crew members die in a series of bizarre incidents and communications from "Jerry" have inexplicably become irrational and hostile. As the situation grows worse, the surviving team members make a shocking revelation as to the true nature of both "Jerry" and the sphere, but has it come too late to help them escape a living nightmare?
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Soon the crew are contacted by a mysterious entity calling itself "Jerry," "Jerry", which they assume to be an alien and related somehow to the mysterious sphere. Before much more can be learned, a powerful typhoon suddenly arrives, trapping all below until it blows over. Within the following days, things go horribly wrong. Strange sea creatures menace the station, crew members die in a series of bizarre incidents and communications from "Jerry" have inexplicably become irrational and hostile. As the situation grows worse, the surviving team members make a shocking revelation as to the true nature of both "Jerry" and the sphere, but has it come too late to help them escape a living nightmare?
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* AdaptationNameChange: Minor example: Beth Halpern's last name is change to ''Halperin'' on the film.
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* AdaptationNameChange: AdaptationNameChange:
** Minor example: Beth Halpern's last name is change to ''Halperin'' on the film.
** Minor example: Beth Halpern's last name is change to ''Halperin'' on the film.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Vocal regulators so that the audience isn't forced to listen to Munchkin talk the entire film.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Vocal regulators so that the audience isn't forced to listen to Munchkin talk the entire film.film[[note]]In a deep sea environment, the nitrogen-rich air we breathe on the surface becomes toxic due to the differences in gas density. Therefore, deep-sea divers breathe a gas mixture where some of the nitrogen has been [[HeliumSpeech replaced by helium]].[[/note]].
