Gorgon
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Also, we know there are bacteria and archaea down there. Google is your friend.
EDIT: beaten.
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James Cameron successfully dives to deepest point on Earth
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Also, we know there are bacteria and archaea down there. Google is your friend.
EDIT: beaten.
I never thought I'd be excited for one of Cameron's projects, but this is fucking cool. I wish you luck, you crazy bastard.
That's not it for me, at all. I've just never been impressed by any of his works. I loved Alien, and then watched Aliens right afterwards and was underwhelmed. Terminator was similarly disappointing, and Avatar, for all of its technical showiness, ended up being a very sterile film. No personal hate for the guy, in fact what the little trip of his is earning some points for him, but his movies aren't my thing.
That's not it for me, at all. I've just never been impressed by any of his works. I loved Alien, and then watched Aliens right afterwards and was underwhelmed. Terminator was similarly disappointing, and Avatar, for all of its technical showiness, ended up being a very sterile film. No personal hate for the guy, in fact what the little trip of his is earning some points for him, but his movies aren't my thing.
You do know any of this "BLAME CAMERON!" nonsense was pulled out of thin air in the first place? People like to pretend there was some massive law suit over the name personally headed by Cameron, but in reality I've never seen a single source that indicated any legal action has ever taken place over the Avatar name for the film and the series.
The film had its name changed well in advance of Avatar ever coming out, and not on any order by Fox, they changed it to avoid confusion. Now that Avatar is such a high grossing film, they are keeping up the name change in the US (not anywhere else, it's still Avatar: Legend of Korra here in Europe, for instance).
The sheer whining I see directed at Cameron because they saw a name change and assumed he was personally is irritating. Then they get childish about it and, based on this random assumption, start bashing Cameron's work and hobbies because...he has work and hobbies and they don't like him.
Real mature stuff here.
freenudemacusers
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What an evil person, helping them change the name to something that is substantially more marketable.
revolverjgw
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Cthulu will find Cameron
DrForester
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We might not know what's down there, but we have a pretty good picture of the terrain of the ocean floors.
Dude is insane, at that kind of depth he wouldn't even notice anymore if the craft imploded.
Foreign Jackass
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It's funny watching the whole Cameron fanboys community get offended when people make fun of him. In a certain perspective, I think it's pretty evident that the guy is at least a little pathetic. I'd have thought Titanic and Avatar, both announced revolutions that ended up being cliched, pandering pieces of shit, would actually have generated more James Cameron haters.
To be honest, I think a real scientist should go. And I think it WOULD be kinda funny (or at least very ironic) to see a billionnaire that's full of himself and drunk on his own "explorer" image pay billions of his own dollars to die at the bottom of the sea. There's a huge difference between James Cameron and, say, Neil Armstrong, for instance. I hope you guys realize this.
I'd also see a lot of irony in Virgin Galactic bringing Branson or other millionaires to die in a crash, or whatever. I mean, going into space for sheer fun because you can pay millions and then crashing back down to earth in a metallic womb is ironic.
To be honest, I think a real scientist should go. And I think it WOULD be kinda funny (or at least very ironic) to see a billionnaire that's full of himself and drunk on his own "explorer" image pay billions of his own dollars to die at the bottom of the sea. There's a huge difference between James Cameron and, say, Neil Armstrong, for instance. I hope you guys realize this.
I'd also see a lot of irony in Virgin Galactic bringing Branson or other millionaires to die in a crash, or whatever. I mean, going into space for sheer fun because you can pay millions and then crashing back down to earth in a metallic womb is ironic.
Why would we realize an opinion, and not a very good one?
Foreign Jackass
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Ok, so you're saying it's an opinion that James Cameron and Neil Armstrong are hugely different?
Wow.
Im responding to the entirety of your post, thus full post coverage in my quote. And i do think Armstrong and Cameron are different.
Foreign Jackass
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My "I hope you guys realize this sentence" was to be applied to the sentence before it, as is usual in the english language. Good god, the sensitivity.
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NinjaFridge
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Maybe he read the posts in this thread taking the piss and has gave up on everything. Curse you GAF!
Possibly Aliens.
I didn't think Avatar was a 'soulless blockbuster' that contributed to the 'dumbing down of modern cinema.' But I do love it when people consider their unpopular opinion to be empirical fact. Keep on keeping on!
Buddha Beam
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It's relevant because you come across in all your posts like a know-it-all 16 year old.
PhoncipleBone
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Well, between this thread and the Game of Thrones is cheap on Blu thread, Oxigen_Waste is already making a name for himself. And not in a good way.
StormyTheRabbit
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I don't mean to come into this thread and waste a post space by saying this, so anyone can feel free to ignore it...
But I could really care less about James Cameron or anything he is doing, even if it is diving to the bottom of the ocean. (mainly because I know it will just lead to another mediocre movie.)
But I could really care less about James Cameron or anything he is doing, even if it is diving to the bottom of the ocean. (mainly because I know it will just lead to another mediocre movie.)
He's been dead to me since T2
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NinjaFridge
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Of course it works both way. People see how much money it made and use that as proof that its good and opinions to the contrary are wrong.
ManDudeChild
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If you didn't mean to come into this thread and waste a post space ... you wouldn't have. You knew what you were doing, but thanks for sharing!
That being said, I can't wait to see pics of this voyage.
My only issue with the movie (though I certainly can see where others might find many others) was that effectively, Jake tamed a creature that few Na'vi had ever done ... by going up. This was the jist of his entire strategy. I mean we are to believe that these people couldn't figure out go higher without this human? So yeah... there's that.
Count Dookkake
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Can't wait to see the documentary. I love Cameron's docs.
Vulcano's assistant
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The strength of a colossal squid is meaningless compared to the pressures those vehicles are build to withstand.
The Take Out Bandit
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Fixed that for you, so now we can agree.
James Cameron and his aquatic fancy have been dead to me since Titanic, which also made buckets of money. So somehow I gotta be wrong.
Hopefully nothing happens to him on his field trip. Unless it's something awesome like a giant octopus eating them. :O
Gorgon
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Depends on what you mean by maped.
we know more about the moon, maybe even mars than we know about the ocean
Byakuya769
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Colosal Squid is going to wreck his shit.
crazy monkey
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no one lives there. It is just land lol.
SCULLIBUNDO
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As I posted earlier in the thread, less than a decade ago he was supposed to go into space with the Russians before the mission was pulled at the last minute. He is on the NASA advisory council and is one of the main benefactors of the Mars Society.
In 3D !!
SCULLIBUNDO
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I want to slap you for being so ignorant. It is amazing how many people will spout off any bullshit - fully aware that they have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.
With that kind of thinking, we won't get anywhere.
Escape Goat
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huh what
SCULLIBUNDO
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I've always just assumed he is a joke character still trying to make people pay attention to him.
Doesn't he write for a film magazine in Montreal or something? I don't think I've ever agreed with any of his opinions, but he must watch a lot of films at least.
Escape Goat
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If James Cameron discovered a new planet and had the means to go there I'd pronounce him winner of all things.
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Vulcano's assistant
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I believe this is what he will be using
I pay for that shit. Here's hoping he gets some decent footage of living things.
Thank you for the info. What is the point of this btw? Science? Or just general awesomeness?
shira
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How does shrimp and flounder withstand that much pressure?
Cameron has the money to do it, Scientists do not. What's the problem?
Team Filler
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How is what Cameron doing any different from some of the pursuits of Howard Hughes?
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