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James Cameron in The Journey to the Bottom of the Sea

Mar 27, 2012#1

Dave

I know you've all read about this, but now he's starting to release videos from his trip.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthvideo/9168817/James-Camerons-first-footage-from-the-deep.html

Pretty damned cool of him.

Mar 27, 2012#2

SeraRelm

The special effects were ok, but the acting, premise, and script writing were pretty bad. Pretty much on par with all of his work, honestly.

Mar 27, 2012#3

sixpackshaker

It was already done before, but he uses the 3D camera effects so well it is worth seeing it again.

Mar 27, 2012#4

Dave

You realize that instead of using his vast wealth to do scientific research he could be using it on hookers and blow, right? I'm not a big fan of his movies but I'm respecting the man.

Mar 27, 2012#5

LittleSin

James Cameron has directed more films that I liked than I disliked.

That said, I think he's a dude I would love to hang out with.

Mar 27, 2012#6

Covar

Dave said:
You realize that instead of using his vast wealth to do scientific research he could be using it on hookers and blow, right? I'm not a big fan of his movies but I'm respecting the man.

I loved Terminator and Terminator 2. Dude makes blockbuster films some better than others, and loves oceanography. Pretty awesome. He reminds me of John Carmack in a way. Except with movies instead of games, and the ocean instead of space.

Mar 27, 2012#7

SeraRelm

Mar 27, 2012#8

checkeredhat

SeraRelm said:

Mar 27, 2012#9

SeraRelm

checkeredhat said:
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Mar 27, 2012#10

klew

Private money allows you to have all kinds of fun. According to an io9 article, Cameron calls the current state of ocean research "piss poor". I wonder how many tour groups will ask us (we maintain an oceanographic time series) about his dive and if we do things like that.

Apr 11, 2012#11

fade

Do you guys realize how deep the Challenger Deep is? This is amazing. The latest xkcd has a nice drawing that puts things in perspective. It's actually exactly the illustration I was looking for when everyone was asking me why we didn't just go down and cap off the Deepwater Horizon rig.

http://xkcd.com/1040/large/

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