Wires? We don’t need no stinkin’ wires…

One of my favorite movies (by one of my favorite directors) is The Abyss.  The plot was first-rate, the acting was top-notch and the special effects were awesome.

If you’ve ever seen the movie, you’ll certainly recall one of its most memorable scenes;  ‘Bud’ Brigman (Ed Harris) is trying to disarm a nuclear bomb.  He’s being guided by a Navy SEAL who is telling him to cut “…the blue wire with the white stripe, not, I repeat NOT the black wire with the yellow stripe.”  And, of course, the only light he has to work by is a chemical one which renders the colors indistinguishable…

Perhaps this scene was Tom Nugent’s inspiration for the post he recently put up on the LaserMotive blog; “Which Wire Do You Cut“?

And, if that wasn’t Tom’s reference, perhaps it can be found here