Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Film / Waterworld

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Set InAWorld [[AfterTheEnd where the polar ice-caps have melted]] due to havoc caused by a geomagnetic reversal. [[TheGreatFlood The world is now covered by water]]. What's left of humanity is surviving on ramshackle crafts tied together to make Atolls (villages). The Mariner (Costner) enters one of these Atolls to trade, but is discovered to be a mutant and sentenced to death. A gang of raiders known as ''Smokers'', led by Deacon (Hopper), attacks the Atoll. A woman named Helen (Tripplehorn) and her adopted daughter Enola (Creator/TinaMajorino) bribe the Mariner to take them to the mythical Dry Land, which no one has ever seen. Conveniently, Enola's back has been tattooed with a map indicating the alleged way to Dry Land. However, with The Smokers hot on their tail, their journey encounters more than a few bumps along the way. And the Mariner is not your traditional plucky hero. He'd prefer just look out for himself.

to:

Set InAWorld [[AfterTheEnd where the polar ice-caps have melted]] due to havoc caused by a geomagnetic reversal. [[TheGreatFlood [[FloodedFutureWorld The world is now covered by water]]. What's left of humanity is surviving on ramshackle crafts tied together to make Atolls (villages). The Mariner (Costner) enters one of these Atolls to trade, but is discovered to be a mutant and sentenced to death. A gang of raiders known as ''Smokers'', led by Deacon (Hopper), attacks the Atoll. A woman named Helen (Tripplehorn) and her adopted daughter Enola (Creator/TinaMajorino) bribe the Mariner to take them to the mythical Dry Land, which no one has ever seen. Conveniently, Enola's back has been tattooed with a map indicating the alleged way to Dry Land. However, with The Smokers hot on their tail, their journey encounters more than a few bumps along the way. And the Mariner is not your traditional plucky hero. He'd prefer just look out for himself.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* SeaMonster: The giant, three-jawed... thing that the Mariner kills for food using himself as a bait.

to:

* SeaMonster: The There's a brief shot of giant, three-jawed... thing that three-jawed fish creature, which the Mariner kills for food using himself as a bait.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


''Waterworld'' is a 1995 ScienceFiction film and the second major collaboration between actor Creator/KevinCostner and director Kevin Reynolds after ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''. It also stars Jeanne Tripplehorn and Creator/DennisHopper.

to:

''Waterworld'' is a 1995 ScienceFiction film and the second major collaboration between actor Creator/KevinCostner and director Kevin Reynolds after ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''. It also stars Jeanne Tripplehorn Creator/JeanneTripplehorn and Creator/DennisHopper.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


It also had a tie-in game that holds the distinction of being the only movie-licensed game to be released on the infamous UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy.

to:

It also had a tie-in game that holds the distinction of being the only movie-licensed game to be released on the infamous UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy.
Platform/VirtualBoy.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Essentially, it's ''Film/MadMax'' with the opposite problem: ''too much water'' instead of a barren land.

to:

Essentially, it's ''Film/MadMax'' with the opposite problem: ''too much water'' instead of a barren land.
Earth.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Essentially, it's ''Film/MadMax'' with the opposite problem: ''too much water''.

to:

Essentially, it's ''Film/MadMax'' with the opposite problem: ''too much water''.
water'' instead of a barren land.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
added a little to Artistic Lisence - Physics. Well, we could write a book there.

Added DiffLines:

*** Actually three orders of magnitude worse than that. According to that other wiki there are about thirty-five million cubic kilometers of fresh water on Earth. A shell, with inner radius of the Earth and thickness 30,000 feet (to cover Everest), has a volume of forty ''billion'' cubic kilometers.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

[[caption-width-right:300:''[[TagLine Beyond the horizon lies the secret to a new beginning.]]'']]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->'''Nord:''' So which way are we rowing?\\

to:

-->'''Nord:''' -->'''The Nord:''' So which way are we rowing?\\

Added: 457

Changed: 4

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->'''Deacon:''' It ''DOES'' look like shit!

to:

-->'''Deacon:''' -->'''The Deacon:''' It ''DOES'' look like shit!


Added DiffLines:

* IndyPloy: A rare villainous example. The Deacon has no idea how to find Dry Land, and even after capturing Enola, he is unable to interpret the map on her back. Yet he keeps venturing forth anyway. Lampshaded after he gives a RousingSpeech to his minions that went over exceptionally well:
-->'''Nord:''' So which way are we rowing?\\
'''The Deacon:''' I don't have a goddamn clue. Don't worry, they'll row for a month before they figure out I'm faking it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** While going through the Mariner's belongings, the Atoll's citizens assume that a yo-yo, flute, and exercise machine are garrote wire, a spy listener, and a torture device.

to:

** While going through the Mariner's belongings, the Atoll's citizens assume that a yo-yo, flute, clarinet, and thigh master exercise machine are garrote wire, a spy listener, device for "listening to the unsuspecting", and a torture device.

Top