13 Unanswered Questions in Jaws : Unanswered Questions Episode 11

[@movietimelines]

It has officially been pointed out about 100 times in the comments that the wires are the lines from the barrels, which is actually pretty awesome and some great attention to detail on the movie’s part. No reason to point it out anymore!

[@colindanger3396]

Did you notice an assistant director’s head appear in shot around 9:14 (right edge of frame) as the camera moves. He’s crouching down behind a desk

[@elphaba4674]

🤣

[@the_narthex]

@@colindanger3396 According to Erik Hollander, director of the documentary "The Shark is Still Working," the crouching figure is that of Roy Scheider. In the film he's standing behind the pulpit as Quint talks but, while shooting Quint's speech, he crouched down to cue Robert Shaw when it was time to start talking. I don't know why Roy volunteered himself for this but since Erik and Roy worked together on The Shark is Still Working documentary, I assume the information is from Roy himself.

[@alancoleman7489]

In the 90s when this company remastered their movies they added the shooting stars

[@colindanger3396]

@@the_narthex I did not know that! Thank you.

[@fstopcornea]

Michael Caine has said in the past, he's never seen Jaws IV, but has seen the house it bought him.

[@MsTruthhurts007]

🤣🤣🤣👍 thats great. I think I heard Angela Lansbury thought Murder she Wrote was silly but it paid the bills. If Im wrong about that someone let me know.

[@Destroya7961]

Correction he said I have never seen the movie but by all accounts it was terrible however I have seen the house that it built and it is fantastic

[@thelstanedwardsson4374]

@@MsTruthhurts007 Murder She Wrote was cringey horrendous.

[@MaryBrownIsTheBlairWitch]

@@MsTruthhurts007 Silly in that murder seemed to follow her; 'Good Lord, here we go again!'. In of themselves though, most episodes were good.

[@jayfonz5765]

I always saw that "wire" when Bruce jumps on the boat. I've always assumed it was the rope from the barrel attached to him.

[@Scottocaster6668]

I'll go with that theory. I never noticed that until watching this.

[@tracesbasses2423]

Yeah same I’ve always thought that

[@DarthCompton]

Yep, same here.

[@KolozII]

I personally never saw the wire until watching this video, and I thought at first that it was a goof, but then it started lookng like the barrels hanging off him. If you look carefully, you can see the harpoons jutting out of the shark's body, and the "wires" are attached to them.

[@tonytoes0]

Fonz commenting on a shark jump, this is so meta

[@bleeneo101]

"It's as if God created the Devil and gave him...JAWS." I'm 41 and been obsessed with everything Jaws since I was 2 years old. 👍 Love the video

[@yankee9niner400]

Quint has ptsd. The crazed Quint only truly surfaces after he relives the ordeal of the sinking of the Indianapolis.

[@KeithDec25]

He was doomed. A modern Capt Ahab character.

[@frtillmanYT]

HEY! I resemble that!

[@alchemypotato]

Yeah, my conclusion from Jaws 4 is that the shark is 100% supernatural. And honestly, it's very appropriate for the film along with Ellen's psychic powers. Fun movie.

[@movietimelines]

i like jaws 4 probably more than i should.

[@alchemypotato]

@@movietimelines I like to embrace my dark horse faves.

[@bleeneo101]

@@movietimelines you and me both. More than I should ever admit.

[@ferox965]

In the JAWS 4 novel, the shark is definitely supernatural.

[@jonnywires11]

i watched the joke retrospective video too

[@lfroncek]

Bruce Jr didn't eat Michael Caine because he was going to but then realized it was THE Michael Caine and was confused about why he would be in Jaw IV and it hurt his shark brain so much, he just couldn't get to him in time.

[@zzzombie888]

Bruce Jr needs to realize it was the 80s and Michael Caine couldn't be stopped!!!

[@LudditesRUs]

That brain hurt is what caused the shark to explode too. #science

[@pharmboy730]

That all checks out...

[@williamshafer1996]

Bruce Jr. realized that British food is terrible.

[@raythackston1960]

The tank goes in the sharks mouth Bottom first. But when it starts for the Orca it has mysteriously turned completely around and has the tank in his mouth top first. Amazing.

[@augierivera3290]

1:52 The shark in the Martha’s Vineyard footage is definitely a Basking Shark. They often get confused with white sharks. The dorsal fin is a dead giveaway.

[@halomultiplayermoments]

Wrong! It’s head shape isn’t that of a baskin shark but a great white, even a blind person can see that.

[@coffeefan841]

Great video for a great movie series. As a kid during the 80s Jaws 3 was on cable a lot, and I never got tired of watching it.

[@therosebride]

"Am I right ladies?" I laughed out loud XD In terms of the "It's happened before" line, the history nerd in me always thought they were referencing the 1916 Jersey Shore shark attacks (I was kind of obsessed with attacks by ocean wildlife as a child, specifically cryptids but I didn't really discriminate XD) I kind of love the voodoo shark idea. That is priceless! Excellent video, Josh! Happy Birthday Month!

[@otanguma]

Same.

[@mikes5637]

Peter Benchley loosely based Jaws on the 1916 Jersey attacks so I always assumed that the Mayor's comment was like an Easter egg

[@stevegoodale6161]

No because when he says that he's backing the mayor who's pitching the chrissie's death as a fishing boat accident scenario. "summer girl goes swimming, she tires, fishing boat comes along"..."ITS HAPPENED BEFORE".

[@eddiebranden1]

I absolutely LOVE Jaws 3. It's the ultimate Sunday Afternoon movie pleasure.

[@mangoglounge7977]

Uhm, no.

[@lutherheggs451]

@@mangoglounge7977 I mean I hate to break it to you, but.....Some people don't actually need the internet or other people to tell them if something is hip and kewl....Some people are actually totally capable of free thought and might actually enjoy watching things even when they aren't Shakespeare

[@salud7432]

Its still a bad Movie

[@ferox965]

I love JAWS 3 in a so bad it's good way.

[@davidl570]

Edward Brandenburg *guilty pleasure.

[@willy565]

"Quit playin' with yourself, Hooper!"

[@bunnyhop5483]

I recently listen to the Audio Book Wow was it horrible !! So glad they didn’t stick to the boom it was so bad ! Jaws is also my favorite movie. Saw it the first time when I was 13 I’m now 58. Just watched it the other day with my 13 year old Great nephew. Also had a screening ( with a projector on the fence) while in the pool , really cool 😎 Thanks for this ❤️

[@Scottocaster6668]

1:45 my favorite part of the movie. Also, in the sharks defense, I'd go after the "Banana Boat" girl also. Happy 🎉 Birthday Josh🎉

[@generalzod7959]

I'd say that if we were to look over just the last 10 thousand years, long enough to look at the time before man started putting a strain on the oceans, it is quite possible that some great whites have indeed hit that 25 foot mark.

[@yeldarbarrow3172]

Absolutely

[@justinp5661]

Mayor Vaughn was the only one to vote not to fire Brody. (Deleted scene) He gets a bad rap.

[@Sith_Lord_Sweetheart]

Just found your channel, glad I did! Jaws is my 3rd favorite movie of all time, right behind Jurassic Park and The Thing. I was always so impressed with the acting in Jaws, particularly the part where Quint is telling the story of the USS Indianapolis (spelling??). Also the mechanical shark still looks real and terrifying to me. Awesome movie.

[@movietimelines]

welcome aboard! the Thing is also probably in my top 5. i love Jurassic Park as well. i'll probably do some JP stuff to time up with Dominion when it comes out.

[@jimbowlan5804]

That was probly the footage of real great white sharks bruce was hardly used because it was alway malfunctioning but when it is used it was filmed in a way where you can’t tell between the real and Bruce shots

[@BulletTooth504]

Michael Brody: "I just cannot believe any of this voodoo bullshit." Childs: "I know, right?"

[@guywgane3]

The "wires' are actually from the barrels. It was a good detail to remember, since focus is now on his mouth/head, but the barrels would still be attached to his body/dorsal fin.

[@DyenamicFilms]

I saw Jaws in the theater in 1975 (and 1976, 1979 and 1981). Speaking of things you didn't notice until several viewings later, the one I never noticed right away and first noticed on home video was the final shot where the credits roll. I first thought it was just a shot of the ocean and never noticed that Hooper and Brody are swimming to shore and finally reach it as the film credits fade out.

[@the_sixxness]

I don't think Quint wants to lose to the shark. But when he destroys the engine he is clearly scared.

[@mojosodope45]

Jaws is my favorite movie of all time as well!

[@Ma121Hunter]

I've always just saw Quint as a parallel to Captain Ahab, with Jaws being his White Whale. Then again, Pride cometh before the fall. Who knows ultimately but the guy who wrote the novel?

[@Robp787]

In the book their deaths are similar

[@jdub1371]

Yes! I've felt for a long time that Peter Benchley's novel was an homage to Moby Dick - Quint is *obsessed* with catching the shark, bordering on craziness, and that makes him act irrationally (like when he smashes the radio).

[@EetFuk81]

Congratulations, you actually did it. You showed me something new about Jaws. I never considered "it's happened before' so have so much potential significance

[@CAMPBLOODMEDIA]

Im totally cool with the 4th one being supernatural. The mental link with the shark is enough to convince me

[@brookeyounh1459]

Me too

[@richards1010]

Quint def smashed the radio for the money

[@Playitstraight44]

Quint smashes the radio because he's facing off against both his past and the present. He's afraid of the shark, but he remembers what it was like to be defenseless in the water with one, and he's not backing down while he thinks he still has the upper hand. He's not waiting for someone to come save him again. But as the shark defeats him at every turn, his fear begins to overtake him. When he tries to run away from the shark, he panics and burns up the motor sealing his fate.

[@jimbowlan5804]

Good therory one that I always thought was his reason

[@nathanielbacon2661]

I'm really excited for your Jaws content! And thank you for talking about Jaws: The Revenge with an open mind. I'm one of the few who actually love it!

[@movietimelines]

how can you not love it, right? it's so goofy and fun. there's some good discussion about it on the Dead Last episode coming up.

[@nathanielbacon2661]

@@movietimelines Agreed. And the cast is great. I can't wait!

[@tonycardone990]

Those wires in the scenes with Bruce attacking the boat look like the barrel ropes because you can see where it goes from the harpoon wire to the larger barrel rope a few feet back near the dorsal fin.

[@vgovger4373]

The wires coming out of the shark when he jumps on the boat.....those are from the barrels that are still stuck in him.

[@Anthony-vc2fd]

I don’t think the book is crap at all, it was a detective novel a romance novel, a thriller novel, a disaster novel I liked it, loved it Evem

[@usyr343]

Its definitely not as good as the film, but it's still readable

[@Anthony-vc2fd]

I think it was better than the book in some spots, and it really had what the movie had but more and the only thing people bring up when hating it (apart from the affair) was the way less climatic death of the shark. Which much I remind you was an amazing ending which I enjoyed with that huge drop in tension as it disappeared and how it just floats down into the depths with quints body going down after it. All I can really say is, the book started the film and a book doesn’t need an exploding shark because it’s a book. It’s all About story and description. It would be so unrealistic for such an accurate thriller to just have the shark explode or get its head sliced clean off at the end. Because books are built on the foundation of story and not practical effects.

[@Anthony-vc2fd]

@@usyr343 but I still respect another readers opinion so here’s a like

[@Brennen6199]

The movie is about a town with a shark problem. The book is about a town with a bunch of problems, one of which is a shark. I love the book, but the movie more

[@Brennen6199]

Man I’ve been telling people about the 2 endings to Revenge for years. Thanks for making me feel not crazy

[@georgekappos3222]

I guess my love for jaws is unconditional. I love all 4 movies

[@MartinT5600]

It's the perfect film with the perfect characters played by the perfect actors. Couldn't have been better.

[@caladamson7281]

Those pictures of the dead caught sharks made me sad

[@Chrisdrumz]

Same here😢 Also makes me mad😡

[@willy565]

@@Chrisdrumz I wish more people would be upset about this. Sharks are extremely vital to our dying Oceans.....It's beyond my understanding that no one cares.

[@Speculativedude]

This is awesome. My son just turned 2 at the beginning of the month and my birthday was the day after you uploaded. And this is one of my favorites too, my son just calls it "Big Shark movie" and he loves it.

[@KamenRiderGumo]

Scuba diver here and I can shed some light on the exploding tank. From the invention of scuba until the 1970s, all tanks were made of steel. They were tough as nails - case in point, my dad still wns six tanks from the era in working order. But in the 70s they started making them out of aluminum because they could be made lighter, cheaper and easier to maintain than steel. In an effort to minimize cost as much as possible, the alloy used for tanks made by U.S. Divers (which is the brand shown on the tanks in the movie) contained lead. Under normal circumstances this would be a non-issue, but a number of tanks were manufactured that had a defect: during the pouring of the liquid alloy into the tank molds the softer lead would "pool" into one area of a tank and create a weak spot which would expand and contract over time as the tank was used and refilled, stored in a nn-climate controlled shed or garage, etc. And eventually, that weak spot would no longer be able to hold the pressure in and the tank would rupture quite violently. Modern aluminum tanks (those made since the 90s) use a different alloy process which omits the soft lead entirely and thus any attempt to get a modern tank to explode in that manner will fail. Even if you had a tank from the time period there is no guarantee that you would be able to find one with the flaw, much less know where exactly the flaw would have settle on the tank to be able to target and blow it up. Tanks did randomly rupture in the 70s and 80s and there were injuries and deaths because of it, but it wasn't known why for over a decade so the overall attitude was "aluminum tanks can just explode for no reason", which kept a lot of divers using their old steel tanks due to not trusting the newer tanks. Also, a final note: you cannot scuba dive with pure oxygen below 45 feet (give or take). The reason is called "oxygen toxicity" - if you breathe nothing but pure oxygen at a pressure of greater than 1 atmosphere, it tends to concentrate rather than disperse which can cause far too many problems to list here. Jacques Cousteau, the inventor of the scuba system, experimented with oxygen in his early days as a researcher but twice nearly died. For any sort of real diving you need to used normal compressed air containing a mixture of gasses. I have rarely seen a non-scuba diver actually know any of that, though - everyone I speak to who doesn't dive just assumes it's oxygen in the tank.

[@plan9fromsyracuse]

Great analysis. I'm going to tackle the exploding tank issue soon and this was one of the details I needed. Excellent info. Also, in the 70s, divers were experimenting with mixed gas diving to stay down longer. What Hopper was using was a mixture called Nitrox...nitrogen and oxygen and it was extremely volatile. The extra nitrogen, would decrease the level of oxygen in the air mixture to allow a diver to go super deep and for longer periods and not feel the effects of oxygen toxicity. Modern day deep sea divers use HeliOx, a mixture of helium and oxygen, to lower the oxygen level and go deep. Take an old aluminium tank, load it with Nitrox gas mixture and shoot it with an M1. There will be an explosion. The mythbusters never were divers from that era so they wouldn't know.

[@ryzardt]

Quint’s killing of sharks is a personal vendetta because of the Indianapolis incident. I feel he does it to avenge his comrades that lost their lives.

[@davebooshty299]

10:51 I always thought it was out of Obsession Quint smashed the radio.

[@mandielee0930]

RIP to little Judith Barsi who played Thea

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodUnclePete]

Very awesome video Josh, you can see your love for this movie. Great work my friend.

[@movietimelines]

Thanks a ton!

[@halbleavy9900]

3:47 Chief Brody could have also said "we're gonna need a bigger boat", that's a huge Cadillac on that ferry.

[@davebooshty299]

23:30 in the book of Jaws 4 the shark was supposed to be Voodoo inspired storyplotwise.

[@DarthCompton]

I always figured the wires seen when Bruce jumps out of the water on the boat were the barrel ropes...

[@Project-Jaden]

I’ve always noticed the wires when Bruce jumps on the orca..at first I thought it was just to help him get on the boat but I think what it actually is, is the barrel wire from the harpoon

[@volcanoVol2]

I learned so much about jaws 4, it's so absurd that its making me want to try watching again.

[@movietimelines]

do it! it's one of those movies that's so ridiculous that it just becomes fun to watch.

[@judd5936]

I think, after his experience at the Indianapolis, he just wanted to kill sharks, and Brody was going to get in the way by calling the coast guard. That's why he smashed the radio.

[@DeidreL9]

I agree, I always felt it was what he meant to do no matter what,

[@lokithecat2712]

Dam jaws 3 people 0 is a film that should have been made Chevy Chase should have been Chief Brody

[@ryandonagheylovescash4710]

Randy Quaid as Quint

[@Haplo699g]

The "It's happened before." line references a girl swimming out a little too far, getting tired and a boat comes along. The guy that says that actually specifically states that they've never had trouble like that (shark attack) in those waters. Great video anyway always love me some Jaws content!

[@otanguma]

I watched Jaws last year on the big screen and it was awesome!! Pandemic forced some theaters in Texas to show oldies but goodies and this was one I saw! Yes Texas was open all along, ;) ....I personally think she was not having flashbacks at all, but it was a "synchrony" and bridging the events on her family. I did like the idea of a psychic connection to the shark. This movie portrayed it as an embodiment of some demon or other paranormal entity and I see how the plot of Voodoo could have come into play. On Jake's final scenes, I remember he died when I watched it as a kid in the 80s but then vaguely remember watching him survive later in years so I assumed I had simply forgotten he survived all along.

[@domomitsune5920]

I love how Jaws is so obviously incorrect about sharks. I love the idea of a great white who thinks and hunts its victims. The fact of shark can have Revenge Vendetta is a smart and interesting idea for its time. At least it's more creative than Sharknado series. I just love the suspense and unknowing of who would be the unknowing victim on First Watch. Even on my probably 100 watch, I still enjoy the Jaws series. I always make it a challenge to binge watch the whole marathon of movies. I have yet to be disappointed by the movies. Although the more I watch them, I have noticed unanswered questions and plot holes , but I guess that's par for the course, the more you watch something repeatedly.

[@thomashumphrey4953]

In the book at the end of Jaws the revenge the shark is impaled on the steel bow spirit of the boat and that is how it dies, without any explosion.

[@lynettejohnstone8366]

I started my Jaws journey with watching Jaws the Revenge when I was young so I’ll always have a soft spot for it but then I finally watched the first one and loved it and 2 as well, 3 took me a while to get over it scaring me because of what happens to the photographer guy, that still somewhat freaks me out. But I love them all and love rewatching the making of jaws documentary as well

[@dbeane43]

I remember when Jaws 4 came out there was an Entertainment Tonight Piece about the ending. According to that piece the studio changed Jake's death for the European release of the film because American audiences were upset at Jake's death. Not sure if I'm misremembering that or not though.

[@kevint1719]

That's true. I saw it in a cinema in Ireland and Jake definitely lived. I remember it got some laughs because WTF.

[@dbeane43]

@@kevint1719 Yeah. And I saw in the theater and he definitely died. That's funny as hell.

[@simondiplo4230]

Well regardless of not seeing him die in the film how do you have several upper and lower huge teeth pierce your torso and not bleed out before you and your buddies get help. Like they're in the middle of nowhere clinging to wreckage and he's bleeding a lot... it's a nice happy ending but Jake totally bleed out in my mind :P

[@jerryallenvideographer7796]

Quint DOES smash the radio because of his desire to get revenge for the Indianapolis story.

[@WitWP359]

The Shark 🦈 in Jaws 2 was electrocuted to death, not blown up like his predecessor

[@GEEKICIDALTENDENCIES]

You don't really come across as a "JAWS" guy!...More of a "The NOTEBOOK" guy for sure LOL Great Vid Movie Timelines love the content

[@movietimelines]

i mean, I’m not gonna deny the baby goose’s dreaminess.

[@GEEKICIDALTENDENCIES]

@@movietimelines IKR.

[@tonytoes0]

You need to read Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo, it's about the real life inspiration of Jaws the shark attacks of 1916, and you'll have a new respect for the scene where the shark jumps

[@DJK63]

Also puzzling is how Michael Brody played by Dennis Quaid was in charge of the maintenance and construction crews of the underwater park in J3-D. His wife was the marine biologist. But in J4 suddenly he is the biologist!

[@ThatJohnKillion1970]

Since Sheriff Brody was busy dealing with that shark, were those hooligan kids karate chopping people's fences still a thing?

[@jedifonz7684]

And nine years later they were called cobra Kai bullying Daniel... Lol

[@daverobson3084]

Ray Nagin was the mayor of New Orleans when Katrina hit and did an absolutely horrible job during the cities darkest hours( he ignored offers of help from the state and federal governments prior to the hurricane striking and ignored early calls for mandatory evacuation until the last moment, then was eventually convicted of over twenty counts of fraud and corruption charges involving the rebuilding of the city) but was reelected in 2006.

[@cistric317]

Yeah. Supernatural. It exploded in an attempt to kill her with its final breath. I think. (:

[@kevint1719]

Here's another: Why do Brody and Hooper not mention finding Ben Gardner's body when they are arguing with Mayor Vaughn the next morning, instead of just talking about the tooth Hooper dropped? Answer: Because the moment with Gardner's head popping out was added at the last minute during post-production, after all the other scenes had been filmed. It's such a great scare that you can forgive that it creates a plot hole.

[@el_bearded_vato_6613]

That’s the only scene to this day that makes me jump

[@halomultiplayermoments]

Filmed in Spielberg’s swimming pool as well.

[@saramealing740]

they do mention it though, right after hooper says he grabbed the tooth the size of a shot glass out of the hull of a boat out there and it was a tooth of a great white!" Brody adds" it was ben Gardner's boat, it was all smashed up, you should have seen him!" not trying to be that guy but they do mention this

[@johnkennethwiseman5460]

@@saramealing740 you are right about that bud

[@Derrick-hz4bh]

Still unease when im swimming in a lake or even the sea. Thank you jaws!!! Thank you Josh for the great vid on one of my top 3 fav Movies! Der weisse Hai rules.

[@movietimelines]

yeah. i don't go in the ocean beyond my knees because of jaws.

[@TheSaneHatter]

I'm glad to see that I'm not the ONLY one who thinks that the voodoo-doctor plotline should have been left in for J4! It really does make more sense of everything.

[@illerac84]

I saw this film when I was quite young at my grandmother's house. The last scene with it's stabbed and all that blood. I said that's a lot of blood, and she said they likely did it with ketchup. For years after that I thought sharks had bags of ketchup inside of them. Yep.....

[@Speculativedude]

I'll be honest, I never saw the Ellen "flashback" as an actual flashback. I just saw it as the film makers trying to draw a parallel with the original movie.

[@johnpatz8395]

Maybe she was remembering watching the original movie? 🤪

[@Rosedaughter]

Or the product of her mind imaging the horrors experienced by her family. What we imagine as parents and spouses is often far worse than fact

[@lordvlygar2963]

Those Disney artists not only drew in the shooting stars and flashing light on the barrel. They also drew highlights in the water around the barrels.

[@dizzy1369]

I think that red streak that briefly appears after that "shooting star" gives it away that it's not real 🤣😂🤣

[@liv1228]

Omg!!! Just discovered your channel!! Where have you been all my life? I know what I'm binge-watching tonight!!

[@theminx386]

Thank you for answering the Question on Why Quint smashed up the radio?....Been bugging me for years. Great video. Thanks .

[@jackshittle]

BTW - the "wires" you see on the back of the shark are what was holding the barrels onto the shark. You can clearly see them underwater as well as Bruce is on his final attack run before leaping out of the water.

[@Psychopunk696969]

Feels like you’re more enthousiastic in the recent videos you’ve done. I like them better than other videos where it looks like you’re very tired because you watched a bunch of bad movies in a row haha

[@movietimelines]

i will alway be enthused if i get to talk about jaws.

[@Psychopunk696969]

@@movietimelines Thanks for the reply. You’re good. I’ve just subscribed to the channel but I’ve been watching for a while. I really like videos where you’re having fun; they are more amusing. Hugo Desjeans Montréal, Québec, Canada.

[@movietimelines]

yeah, it's always interesting because although a lot of times, i've seen the movies i'm covering, it's pretty frequent that i'm seeing them for the first time, and we're not always gonna have winners. the secret is, though, that i enjoy making the videos where the movies are terrible probably as much as i enjoy making the ones that are great. the only videos that i don't enjoy are where the movies are just kinda boring. sort of middle of the road ones that aren't good enough to be good, but aren't bad enough to be fun.

[@chatanugadotorg]

#2 - Years ago, I asked this on a Jaws message board somewhere. People pretty much told me that the "It's happened before" comment by Meadows was regarding swimmers getting run over by boats. The points you make have me wondering again. #4 - Personally, I thought the night scene on the Orca was supposed to be a night sky lit up by an off-camera full moon. #5 - I think Quint's smashing the radio has more than one reason. I think it's a combination of pride (wanting to be the one to get the claim to fame of saving the town), greed (not wanting to split the bounty with anybody else), and personal revenge (the great white is much bigger than the shark jaws in his home, and killing it would be like going after the granddaddy of his past traumas from the Indianapolis). #6 - I think the shark came up at the Orca like it did at the end to attack this thing that was tormenting him with shooting barrels into him and chasing after him, refusing to leave him on. The wires that you referred to were the lines for the barrels that were shot into his back. Having those attached like that would probably send the shark into a fury, causing it to lash out at the closest thing, which was the Orca. #7 - There were no flames, indicating that it wasn't flammable in them like oxygen. While it was most likely not possible, perhaps he hit the tank in such a manner that caused the tank structure to fail? #8 - I think the shark in Jaws 2 was simply another great white. In the novel, there were seals around Amity, which are a popular food for great whites in California and south Africa. Another possibility is in a "Jaws 5" script that somebody posted part of online years ago, and that is that Amity Island was on a migratory path that great whites used. #9 - Mayor Vaughn was well involved in the real estate development on the island. The disaster of the Fourth of July in the first movie probably got downplayed that they believed that the tiger shark that was caught was the culprit and that the nightmare was over. One scene that I wish would have gotten left in Jaws 2 (it's in the deleted scenes on the DVD as well as put back in for the ABC airing of the movie) was when the town council goes into Vaughn's office and votes to fire Brody. Everybody but Vaughn raises their hands. When asked if anybody opposes, Vaughn raised his hand, indicating that while he felt Brody was overreacting, he knew what had happened before when he should have listened to Brody. #11 - I think the shark was passing through Amity (if I want to really put any thought into a movie that shouldn't have been). After the attack on Sean (I think it was attracted to the noise of the dock piling hung up on the buoy, and when it investigated, it saw the police boat as another "animal" moving in on potential prey), it continued on its way heading south, getting a few days head start on the Brody family. I think the fact that it ended up in the Bahamas at the same time was just coincidence. I don't think the shark was "stalking" the Brody family or set a trap for Sean. As for the roaring shark and its exploding in the dumb reshot ending, I'm biting my tongue on the poor movie making. #12 - It's possible that Martin could have vividly described the killing of the sharks, and that was what Ellen was remembering. Again, that's if you really want to put any thought into that movie. As for seeing Sean killed, she probably played out what she imagined happened in her head after the attack, which is what she was "remembering". For the attack on Thea, she was on the beach, but rather than reshoot the attack from the beach, they just replayed the attack from earlier. #13 - Reshooting the ending was the dumbest part of the movie, even dumber than Hoagie getting out of the water with a dry shirt. I saw the impalement version in the theater and when the movie aired on FOX. I heard about the altered ending, and when I saw it, all I could do was laugh at how bad it was. As far as the change with Jake surviving, I think it was dumb. He was getting crushed in the shark's mouth and would have been bleeding profusely from the teeth going into him.

[@movietimelines]

damn. those wires being the barrel lines makes perfect sense!

[@flywheelshyster]

I think I'm addicted to this channel now

[@prokesuk]

The JIV shark obviously blew up due to spontaneous combustion. After the whole revenge business was taken care of he was supposed to be off to Branson, Missouri to play drums in a Spinal Tap reunion.

[@daverobson3084]

You can indeed see shooting stars during the day. They need to be bigger to be seen during the day, but, it does happen.

[@alexispinero5779]

The shark is part Vampire. It did the explodey.

[@DavidDrouant]

sure why not

[@alice_evermore]

I always liked the nurse that we see once Michael is taken to the hospital in shock in "Jaws". She had an uncredited speaking part of one line. In her few seconds on screen, she had an intriguing presence.

[@sherrywrst2058]

You and I are on the same wave length with this movie! Awesome!

[@foroneanotherwinningtogeth1142]

John Hughes? And Peter Benchley eaten? What a missed opportunity. Wow, never knew they were involved! Nice deep cut!

[@rbailey1240]

Small quibble: I worked for a basic cable channel in the late 90s and the version of Jaws 4 we showed had the exploding shark. I wasn't even aware there was a different version until now.

[@fredleggett923]

Something else that isn't often mentioned wrt the air tank in Jaws 1 is that it (magically?) makes around a 100 degree turn inside Bruce's mouth. Brody shoves the tank inside the shark with the bottom away from him and it winds-up jammed diagonally in its mouth, but that wouldn't present the chief with something flat to hit with his rifle and also probably wouldn't have been ideal cinematically. The shark jumping into the air is a pretty common hunting tactic and is called breaching. Whales also do it. They can get their entire body out of the water, so Bruce's final attack on the Orca is highly plausible. Quint smashed the radio because he wanted the prize of the kill for himself and wanted a sort of revenge on the sharks that attacked the crew of the doomed Indianapolis. The money was a distant second. And he DID want to kill it and was NOT trying to commit suicide, as he tries to drown the shark in the shallows, but the Orca's engine fail due to being immersed in seawater long before the boat gets there. He also relents to Hooper's plan to inject the shark with some concoction that'll kill it. The shark in III is actually much larger/longer than Bruce at 35 feet. I kinda like III, as it has a "lightness" to it and the score by Alan Parker is remarkably good and thematic. Plus, it's fun seeing Dennis Quaid high on nose candy during almost all of his scenes. I really don't get people complaining about Ellen's "remote viewing" flashback in Revenge. It's obviously just a dramatic sequence solely for the audience's benefit as a visual callback. It's not suppose to be psychic voodoo. And I doubt Martin would've been announcing how he killed the shark to anyone within shouting distance, as that doesn't fit his character. Mayor Vaughn was reelected since the shark WAS located and destroyed during his tenure, so it was a clear socioeconomic win for the town. Hell, he probably ran unopposed.

[@rafaeltogami]

The shark exploded in the Revenge because that tracker had radioactive material, the impact of the boat triggered the chain reaction of the radioactive material causing the explosion, of course… 😂 I saw Jaws: The Revenge on TV when I was a kid. Even at early age I was very critical about movies… and I thought it would be a really good movie if they removed the weird stuff, like the flashback, mental link… maybe leave just a bit of supernatural elements. The version I saw had the shark sinking, didn’t know about the exploding version… Thanks for the video, Jaws is one of my favorite movies!

[@creepyskulldini581]

#8 - Well I always assumed that there was just an ENTIRE BREED of those giant-sized sharks dwelling around that island setting, thus accounting for the one in part 2. #12 - Who says that flashback was supposed to be a recollection by that character? .. . seems to me it could've merely been for the benefit of the viewing audience (to remind THEM).

[@mikeforshaw8966]

My question I'd throw in here is: Why was there a geyser of blood coming out of the shark's mouth in Jaws the Revenge before it even makes contact with Sean Brody?

[@movietimelines]

even its mouth is psychic!

[@mikeforshaw8966]

@@movietimelines Haha! I also love how the 'fear' of the shark gave Martin Brody a heart attack...not the life style that included alcoholism, chain-smoking, lotsa coffee etc

[@jimbowlan5804]

A lot of things in that movie it goes against a lot in the franchise I don’t hate the movie but it’s definitely got a lot of problem so I see why people hate it if I would have seen it as a teen or adult I might have hated it but I was real young the first time I saw it on tv sometime in the late 80s

[@Sir_Master_Kaino]

Quint destroyed the radio because Robert Shaw got drunk 😂😂😂

[@scottaznavourian540]

Vaughn isn't even the human antagonist in jaws 2...ellen's boss is...Vaughn in fact is the only one who votes not to fire Brody ((tv-deleted scene)

[@davebooshty299]

7:29 Supposedly That scene was an insert scene added and filmed in a Dark inside tank type swimming pool instead of outside.

[@DyenamicFilms]

This was indeed filmed later at Universal Studios, but at night on the 'lake' where the Jaws attraction currently is. The original version of this scene was one of the first scenes filmed for the movie. It was shot on a smaller boat and included the character Meadows (Carl Gottlieb) along with Brody and Hooper. There's a famous blooper of the original scene (filmed in daylight on the ocean) where Carl Gottlieb accidently falls in the water.

[@Chimpmanboom]

I always thought he smashed the radio because he just wanted the thrill of the hunt and him calling the coastguard was basically giving up

[@gonk4689]

I think a more reasonable explanation for #12 would be that it wasn't a memory or recollection from Ellen. It was more then likely just a trope the director used to call back and show similarity and symmetry between the ending of '75 and the ending of The Revenge. A final nail in the coffin and a fan service piece to come full circle.

[@fredleggett923]

Holy hell, someone who actually gets it. Thank you!

[@orvillewright122]

Great white shark can reach speeds of up to 35 mph when attacking or chasing prey for short bursts. Also they have to keep swimming to breathe

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

1. I always took it that when they say "It happened before" he means the New Jersey 1916 shark attacks. 2, The lines we see on the shark when he attacks the boat are the lines from Quint's harpoon gun.

[@geordischmidt]

Another question: How did the shark in Jaws: The Revenge, after expertly executing a trap for Sean, just completely whiff on Thea on the banana boat and get some random extra instead? The kid was more open than Sean was. And don't say the shark was just toying with Ellen, like it's suddenly Freddy Krueger (although that might be possible).

[@bridgethaines7127]

Shooting stars can occur in the daytime you know? We just can't see them because...well, we aren't looking at them through filters like the camera was when shooting day for night. It was probably an effect, but at least rely on the animators saying it was, and not the day for night stuff. Also in the book, it wasn't the wounds that killed the shark, it drowned from the barrels, it eventually tired it couldn't pull against them and couldn't get water through it's gills and died inches from Brody.

[@stefanlundin9649]

They missed the best bit out of the book The chief’s wife Ellen sleeping with Hooper 😂

[@Droodog127]

Why did Quint leave behind his experienced deck hand who knew the Orca and it's equipment? and did he inherit Quints Shack and still??? LOL

[@homeaccount5943]

I have seen close to a 30 foot (or maybe bigger) Great White. Made me seriously glad I was in a boat. This was off the coast of North Carolina.

[@Bosspayne1]

Maybe Just Maybe In Jaws 4 The Shark Wanted To Take A Jamaica Vacation Too Cause He Was Stress Out 😆🤣

[@kevindavis296]

Loved the questions I'm an ultimate Jaws Fan too. Here's a Jaws question I have: Were the Brody family cursed with encounters with great white sharks? In every Jaws movie Martin, Michael, Sean and Ellen encounter and see almost devoured by these monster sharks. Why? Even before the end of the franchise Jaws The Revenge. I'm thinking the first shark that Martin destoryed was bad luck that caused Amity to have another shark problem in Jaws 2. Now was the second shark bad luck as well when Martin fried it? Also in the first Jaws when Bruce rises fast out of the water and slams on the Orca boat, he is getting his revenge on the three guys that keeps picking at him. Now remember he devoured quint so that's your answer that the shark wanted revenge because quint hurt the shark the most and was the first one to.

[@jimbowlan5804]

I think it was explained in the books the jaws 2 is the first sharks wife and jaws 4 is their baby I don’t remember where I’ve seen it

[@kevindavis296]

@@jimbowlan5804 it was in the Jaws The Revenge novel that it's exsplained that the JTR shark is the grown up baby of the first and second shark