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James Cameron is meeting with Aliens in the Abyss... minus the Russian Water Tentacle!
Oh - and the Aliens.
Hey folks, Harry here... At 5:52p.m. ET, James Cameron reached the deepest crevice of the ocean floor. And he tweeted this from there:
That's 35,756 feet down. 10,898 meters down. In the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Upon reaching the spot, he wrote, "All systems OK."
Cameron is only the 3rd person in the history of Planet Earth to do this - and the only one to do it SOLO! The last time this was done was in 1960. The technological leaps we've done in the 52 years since this was last done are enormous - and Cameron in his "vertical torpedo" is gathering information, filming and taking specimens.
The next thing Jim is gonna do is rendevous with the Tardis sized "lander" they sent down that has chemical agents meant to bait the creatures of the depth to it.
To me - this is why James Cameron is the modern badass human! He doesn't need to be doing this. He's doing this because somebody has to and he has the drive. I'm also curious to see how this experience influences his submersible parts of AVATAR 2 which we've heard will involve something of the depths of that far off fictional planet.
However, before we get that film - we'll most likely see the results of this rather spectacular expedition. Now to change the Harry Animation to something appropriate! Click here to read more!!!
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March 25, 2012, 5:47 p.m. CST
Check him for knife marks on his wrists once he depressurises.
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 5:47 p.m. CST
Whoops just outed myself. My oxygen mix must be a little off
by UltraTron
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March 25, 2012, 5:48 p.m. CST
Oh well I guess you might as well know. It's fucking beautiful down here folks.
by UltraTron
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March 25, 2012, 5:49 p.m. CST
There seems to be a strange glow emanating from a crevice a few meters ahead. I'm going to try and get closer..
by UltraTron
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March 25, 2012, 5:50 p.m. CST
Something is preventing me from approach. I think I'm stuck on something..
by UltraTron
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He's got balls. One thing goes wrong and he's fucked big time.
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March 25, 2012, 5:50 p.m. CST
6 miles down is a perfect place to dump all work connected with the CGI GORN on Enterprise. Man in a suit beats it every time
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 5:52 p.m. CST
How the hell can he swoop on his basket crane stuck in a sub...He's King of The World and beats Chuck Norris with his little finger. Fuck with Jim, He'll have you killed.
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 5:52 p.m. CST
There appears to be a large structure protruding from the the crevice..
by UltraTron
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March 25, 2012, 5:54 p.m. CST
Mayday! Mayday! This is deep king calling mothership! Come in mothership
by UltraTron
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Camera with footage of Mystery Beast that killed James Cameron FOUND!
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March 25, 2012, 6:19 p.m. CST
In other words it's approx. 7 miles (11 kilometers) straight down... Here's a great video on it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2tm40uMhDJ
by Cervantes
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Tweets about it. Yep, a lot has changed since 1960.
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March 25, 2012, 6:29 p.m. CST
I hope the fat guy with glasses from Titanic is their with him....got to have a fat guy on a mission like this awaiting on deck like a loyal sidekick.
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 6:30 p.m. CST
Pity he could not dump NUTREK2 down their along with the rest of the shit Hollywood is drip feeding us...
by SmokieGeezer
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But he's had them built about 20 different safety precautions into the submersible just in case something does happen. Still, he's over an hour from the surface on a fast ascent. That's farther than Mt. Everest inverted underwater. About 6-7,000 ft. more.
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March 25, 2012, 6:35 p.m. CST
SmokieGeezer sues HOLLYWOOD for $500m over Black Hole ending....Fuck if they can make a sequel to Midnight Run....ANYTHING can happen
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 6:37 p.m. CST
Mothership if you can hear me I've just awoken from having been knocked unconscious.
by UltraTron
Not sure yet what hit me.. Hold on.. I'm picking up something on radar moving fast. It's big. Over 300 meters in diameter. It's heading straight for me. My ga..
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March 25, 2012, 6:37 p.m. CST
He doesn't need to be doing this. He's doing this because somebody has to and he has the drive
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
No... he's doing this because it's a passion of his and probably a massive adrenaline rush. I'm sure lots of people would love to do what he's doing but unfortunately it costs a whole lot of money.
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March 25, 2012, 6:37 p.m. CST
Sorry Jim dont want to fuck up your head with The Black Hole ending...I hope you give everyone on that boat shit when you get back...because you CAN
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 6:39 p.m. CST
I'd like to be at the Coke and Hooker party when he gets back....even the fat guy gets pussey you can only dream off
by SmokieGeezer
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Call me a socialist but I liked it better when missions like these were carried out by governments on behalf of the citizens, or at least they would make a show out of saying that they were. I'll bet AICN sponsor Richard Branson is pretty jealous though.
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March 25, 2012, 6:40 p.m. CST
This 2010 blu ray is god damn impressive in the sound department...nice recreation of the sets from 2001 too
by SmokieGeezer
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an area 120 times the size of the Grand Canyon!!!
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March 25, 2012, 6:41 p.m. CST
......Sorry Jim....anything happen yet? Dont be going all Micheal Beihn on me
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 6:43 p.m. CST
.....Maybe he's going down their to release THE KRAKEN....send it to 10 DOWNING STREET and relieve England from tyranny
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 6:45 p.m. CST
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA...ATTEMPT NO LANDING THEIR...USE THEM TOGETHER...USE THEM IN PEACE
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 6:46 p.m. CST
Any love for 2010 out their? This baby is rocking my 5.1
by SmokieGeezer
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I'm bringing a few friends with me.
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March 25, 2012, 6:49 p.m. CST
I wonder if whilst he's going down their he's jerking off to Linda Parks outfit in The Mirror episode of Enterprise....
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 6:50 p.m. CST
I miss films like 2010 getting made, Intelligent sci-fi...not an action movie with sci-fi nailed on....JJ/Goon Squad are you listening?
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 6:51 p.m. CST
So what if rich assholes brag about their stunts? I would too.
by zillabeast
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March 25, 2012, 6:51 p.m. CST
Bob Orci how about you try this and let hardcore trekkies supervise your life support
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 6:52 p.m. CST
WATCHA GONNA DO WHEN KING OF THE WORLD DIVES INTO THE OCEAN UNDER YOUUUUUUUUUUU........
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 6:54 p.m. CST
Cameron sends first image from the deepest part of the Ocean! ---> http://bit.ly/H2gFpQ
by Orionsangels
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March 25, 2012, 6:54 p.m. CST
Love...you....Wife....Always knew this was a one way trip....keep pantyhose on
by SmokieGeezer
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March 25, 2012, 6:57 p.m. CST
I thought the deepest you could go was Snooki's Vagina
by Orionsangels
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"man is not good, therefore woman is not satisfied. But by using Love Jet(tm)- No need for foreplay." --Dr NakaMats
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One way.
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At those depths, you could like... develop a permanent condition.
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...he doesn't walk, he rolls.
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March 25, 2012, 7:29 p.m. CST
He's doing this because somebody has to and he has the drive.
by ATARI
And a metric shit-ton of money.
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March 25, 2012, 7:34 p.m. CST
I didn't realize twitter works at the bottom of the ocean.
by cockdiesel
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will sqeeze a little originality back in his brain and we can get the Awsome director we used to have 20 plus years ag o!
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do you mean the inside or the outside?
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"There is water...at the bottom of the ocean! Remove remove remove the water..."
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March 25, 2012, 7:41 p.m. CST
Fine, so now get your ass above water and do the ABYSS and TRUE LIES Blu-rays!
by Mazzer
They're apparently delayed again till 2013, and are already about 100 years overdue.
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March 25, 2012, 7:47 p.m. CST
And then it comes to him 'Must...conclude...Alien...franchise'
by performingmonkey
What better way to complement Ridley Scott's Prometheus than stepping in to finish the whole story, with Sigourney Weaver returning to her most famous role?? Who gives a flying fuck about Avatar 2 when this baby could be in pre-production right now!!!
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The conspiracy theorizing starts here! Check out the shadows--all wrong. . .
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March 25, 2012, 8:20 p.m. CST
antonio_bannederas: my girlfriend is so sweet she thinks you're just a sad fat lonely guy and doesn't want me to thrash you.
by UltraTron
Really you need to work on that attitude.
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What he's doing takes balls of fucking steel, I'll give him that. I'm sure his diving pod is well-built, utilizing the best technology money can buy. But still... I give the man credit. He loves science, always has, and is trying to contribute more than just movies to the world. I tip my cap. Go Jim!
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He's literally passing thru the ass-crack of the world. Congrats to you, Jim. I bet that inky blackness with sporadic bioluminescent flashes will look even better in 3-fucking-D, that lame movie trend you revitalized with that "John Carter with Blue Cat-Injuns" movie. BTW, don't lure any sixty foot glowing Megaladons to the surface when they reel you in. You'll give that CHUD guy a heart attack or something.
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But he didn't know what to do with his money.
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Thank you both for using some of your millions for tech!! I LOVE IT!!!!
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...From James Cameron... ...the man who not only wrote and directed the top two highest grossing films of all time... ...but also is the only man to dive to the deepest point of the ocean all by himself... ...and you thought your life was under pressure...yeah, kill yourself...
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he's wearing motion capture cameras and the inside of the torpedo is all green screen
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you could even tweet from the bottom of the ocean floor. WTF ??? The Abyss is still all kinds of awesome. I friggin love this shit. Don't forget, we know more about the surface of the moon than we do the deep oceans...
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If Ryan Reynolds can be in a movie about one guy buried in a coffin, surely there can be a movie made about one guy's journey to the bottom of the ocean.
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A scientific team of 3 heads to the bottom of the ocean for scientific study of life at those extremes. At the beginning of their accent their vessel shakes and they black out, when they wake up they find themself in a alien scientifc labroratory, the aliens seem lizard like. They believe they have somehow been transported to another world, however we learn they were frozen for over a thousand years, after an alien invasion where humans we defeated and mostly all killed.
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March 25, 2012, 11:08 p.m. CST
Movie possibility - ala the Abyss/Star Trek episode
by Miyamoto_Musashi
A join scientific and military team at the bottom of Mariana Trench encounter a bieng of pure ennergy, one of the team is unknowningly possessed by this being. On the sub the being tries to take control of the nuclear sub, communication is knocked out. The being going from individual to individual in order to avoid being stopped. The crew not knowing who exactly is possessed begins to turn on each other.
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I wanna see that shit...Cameron encased in Maximillion on a burning mountain...Fuck Disney I'm 35 and I still cant get that image out my head
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Anyway, very funny geezer. Had a hell of a laugh.
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March 25, 2012, 11:28 p.m. CST
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD, JIM. PLEASE BE SURE TO TELL ALL THOSE TOPSIDE GREETINGS FROM
by TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION.
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blowhard.
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March 25, 2012, 11:35 p.m. CST
It's unfortunate that there's not enough interest in science to by furthered by a nation or government, so that a filmmaker must take it upon himself to do it for them
by Bobo_Vision
Kudos to Cameron.
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that is all.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKZ4RolQxec
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March 26, 2012, 12:11 a.m. CST
Hey Jim, did you find Harry's Battleship post down there?
by adeceasedfan
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Harry "You sank my Battleship post."
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somewhere half of Hollywood wishes there were an air tube they could cut off, the other half wants the same thing, but only after he finishes Avatar 2 so they can collect their points. Real douchebag...horrible person...but the fucker has balls.
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March 26, 2012, 12:54 a.m. CST
They have the internet at the bottom of the Pacific?
by eveelcapitalist
I keed, I keed. But seriously, if you can't get away from Twitter even at the bottom of the Pacific there's no fucking hope for humanity.
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We're so lucky to have a James Cameron while we're alive. This stuff is WAY more fascinating than even his best films, to me. (not that I don't dig his movies, I usually do... especially Terminator, The Abyss and Avatar, but this is real stuff. I have said *I'm so jealous, I wish that was me*... but sometimes, I dunno. Maybe I don't have the cohones. Some of this stuff is dangerous. AND.... hats off to the man for the work he does just being an inspiration to kids who might have an interest in science.
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*can't get away from it* I dunno. I think there's no hope for humanity if people can't see grey areas.
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Do it before you go to the space station please.
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March 26, 2012, 1:52 a.m. CST
Cameron needs to get his ass up out of the damn ocean and make a film on land again for once!
by Cureguy
With old school FX and explosions. That is what he is best at. I'm so sick of all his deep diving oceanic bullshit.
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March 26, 2012, 2:41 a.m. CST
I bet Cameron found Ed Harris' balls down there too...
by Billy_D_Williams
he lost them during The Abyss shoot.
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and thank you harry for creating a topic of this.you are truly a JC fan.thanks.
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do you know him personally and you say all this shit about him?
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March 26, 2012, 3:02 a.m. CST
=Fine, so now get your ass above water and do the ABYSS and TRUE LIES Blu-rays!=
by KilliK
FUCK YEAH!!!
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from what i have read,he was going to use them to record the depth and use the material for both scientific research and ofc his Avatar sequels.
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March 26, 2012, 3:15 a.m. CST
I'm not seeing another Jim Cameron film until The Abyss is on BRD.
by The Lone Funman
… which I guess means I won't miss much.
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March 26, 2012, 3:41 a.m. CST
The Abyss and True Lies ARE being released next year on Blu
by kwisatzhaderach
You guys ought to read The Digital Bits more often.
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March 26, 2012, 3:43 a.m. CST
Would love to see Nolan, Abrams, Bay, McG etc. doing this kind of thing
by kwisatzhaderach
Iron Jim schools them all yet again.
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I want more motherfucking space marines.
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And a fistful of great movies.
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...trololol
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March 26, 2012, 6 a.m. CST
Looks like The Futurist will need a new chapter added to the end
by lv_426
In today's anti-science, anti-intellectual culture social media addicted society, somebody finally used Twitter for something cool. Unsurprisingly it is Iron Jim Cameron.
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...he's doing this because he dropped his car keys down there and dammit if he's not going to get them back!
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Michael Bay's "imagination" allows him to turn the Ninja Turtles into aliens. James Cameron meanwhile is using his mind to help invent stuff to get to the bottom of the ocean. The gulf between those two intellects is deeper than the trench Cameron is currently navigating.
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You know, if you would have asked me even 6 or 7 years ago if our social-media addicted society would end up anti-intellectual and anti-science, I would have called you crazy. Today, not so much.
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Or is there a two-seater submersible being designed for that for the next dive?
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but I'm still a little surprised by some of the apathy here. Whether he's a horrible person in real life or not, the man has earnt his place in the history books about 10 times over. Congratulations to the man.
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March 26, 2012, 7:29 a.m. CST
in the long way down vid at :18 he gets a skype message
by alienindisguise
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read her tweets: https://twitter.com/#!/suzymusing/status/184042915306287107 https://twitter.com/#!/suzymusing/status/184082349695307776 i dont blame her though. ;) and here are 2 tweets from Alba and Arnie: https://twitter.com/#!/jessicaalba/status/184069047279824896 https://twitter.com/#!/Schwarzenegger/status/184114700940869632 Sorry Arnold but Iron Jim turned out to be a more badass action hero than you.
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March 26, 2012, 7:50 a.m. CST
=YEAH, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE REALIZED HE DIDN'T DIE AND SHE WASN'T GOING TO INHERIT HIS CASH!!!FACT!!!=
by KilliK
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL CREEPY ;)
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SOMETHING TELLS ME THIS IS GOING TO BECOME A MEME.
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You're right, this isn't Nat Geo, but still, come on. If what Cameron's doing here informs his future films, as I'm sure it will, is that not enough to get you interested in this story? Besides, it's possible to be interested in both films AND science right? Copernicus is probably frothing at the mouth right now!
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March 26, 2012, 8:12 a.m. CST
James Cameron searches the globe for people that have refused to watch Avatar......THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE FROM THIS BEARDED NARCISSIST NOW!!!!!!!
by cameron
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Dear creepy thin person, It's clear that you are sad and lonely. No girl will even look at you, much less touch you. Porn doesn't do it for you any more, and there's only so much crappy weed you can smoke. Nobody cares about you in real life, you are basically invisible. We get it. This place, seen by people all over the world, is the only venue you can think of in which to try to make your mark, to carve your initials into the tree of the world before you expire and are forgotten. So maybe you will at least be remembered, right? Problem is, when you finally stop, for whatever reason, the only thing people will feel is relief. So, the only choice you have is to keep doing it, keep on keeping on, day after day, toiling in obscurity, scorned and reviled, but at least people *notice*, don't they? But, just like any other drug, you have to keep upping your dose. Look at what you are doing here. It's got to be exhausting. How long can you keep this up before you burn out? Maybe you should look elsewhere to find your inner peace. This constant barrage, it's destroying you. I say all this only because I care. Get help. Plus, you are extremely annoying.
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Waaay too much time on his hands, a small penis AND still a virgin.
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I don't post here much, but I have to post and add my voice to the choir hating creepythinman. The guy is not funny, and incredibly irritating. I like reading the crazy talkbacks and rudeness here, but it gets hard to find the gold when creepythinman spams every thread, polluting it with inane capslocked garbage and reams of exclamation points.
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If you would have clicked on the "read more" link, it would've been obvious that this is National Geographic. I suspect that they are going to sell a lot of the January 2013 issue.
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March 26, 2012, 9:54 a.m. CST
creepy thin man does not deliver. Can someone with talent have his login?
by Arcadian Del Sol
imagine ChristianBaleTrashedMyLights using that account. That would have been epic.
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There is water at the bottom of the ocean.
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But no one is really paying attention?
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Just putting it out there. I respect his crazy about the ocean. I wonder if, in the back of him mind, he's hoping for something impossible to happen. I would be. Unlikely, unrealistic, a bit insane, but still -- maybe. Maybe there's something down there... Of course it would probably be BATTLESHIPs, which would just go to show everyone.
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March 26, 2012, 10:28 a.m. CST
Wow, a lot of cynical jerks here. Cameron is no attention seeking amateur and this is not a frivolous "stunt"
by atlatl
The man knows his fucking science. If he wasn't a film director, he'd be doing this scientific research all the time.
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YEAH!
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March 26, 2012, 10:40 a.m. CST
Ever since Titanic he has been OBSESSED with deep sea diving
by Ricardo
I think he has a fetish and went down there to masturbate.
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March 26, 2012, 10:55 a.m. CST
Nolan wets his pants when he tries to go in the deep end of the swimming pool.
by Volllllume3
James MOTHERFUCKING Cameron bitches!
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March 26, 2012, 10:58 a.m. CST
What Cameron does just to get out of home and away from the wifey
by AsimovLives
most just drive to the mall or go buy cigarettes. Cameron dives to the deepest sea crevices.
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March 26, 2012, 10:58 a.m. CST
I would say that THE ABYSS is also Cameron's best film.
by AsimovLives
I think everything about Cameron is in that movie.
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Did you not see THE ABYSS?
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March 26, 2012, 11 a.m. CST
^ That was supposed to have quotes on it... He's always been obsessed with diving..
by Autodidact
that's why he made THE ABYSS.
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Was he already doing those actual submarine explorations prior to Titanic's production? If so, I wasn't aware, because from 1997 to Avatar that is ALL he has done, as far as I know.
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March 26, 2012, 11:11 a.m. CST
Jim, we need to look for new drapes for the evening room" "Sorry honey, but i have to... errr. i have to go dive in the deepest ocean crevace. See ya in six months, honey!" "What?
by AsimovLives
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March 26, 2012, 11:17 a.m. CST
Damn, makes the two highest grossing movies of all-time, dives to the deepest spot on the planet
by kidicarus
What am I doing with my life?
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March 26, 2012, 11:41 a.m. CST
Just the thought of being in that little sob freaks me out.
by BilboRing
I am clostrophobic and could not even get in that sub just to have a look at the controls. Let alone get in, have it sealed and flung into the ocean. Hats off to you, Mr. Cameron. Just don't die on us!!!
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Yea, kinda my thoughts exactly. But, if it wasnt for his hugely successful films, he would not be doing this.. But I hear ya, makes me feel like a bum
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March 26, 2012, 11:46 a.m. CST
michael bay buys ferraris, james cameron dives to the deepest place on earth.
by AsimovLives
jezz, i wonder, which of the two should I respect?
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March 26, 2012, 11:49 a.m. CST
after making movies with near girly melodrama, cameron dived to the deepest ocean to find and bring up his balls again.
by AsimovLives
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becoming fat.
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March 26, 2012, 11:50 a.m. CST
^ I think he didn't start doing a lot of deep diving until starting dives for TITANIC in 1995
by Autodidact
But that's different from being obsessed with it which he pretty always has been.
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yep.
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March 26, 2012, 12:07 p.m. CST
Jim did the wisest thing and took a hiatus from HW after his Titanic triumph.
by KilliK
Ιf he had made his new movie immediately after Titanic,the movie critics and the movie audience would have teared both him and his movie apart.people just love to see their idols failing.
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March 26, 2012, 12:08 p.m. CST
what you guys don't realise is that it takes hours to reach the bottom. and even longer to come back.
by AsimovLives
he probably will spend half a day if not more with the dive.
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Steve Alton would be pissed.
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March 26, 2012, 12:20 p.m. CST
@asimovlives lol what? are you serious? pls,tell that you are joking !!
by KilliK
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March 26, 2012, 12:42 p.m. CST
There was enough oxygen on board for 56 hours. And if the sub got stuck in bottom muck, ocean saltwater would eat through straps holding the sphere inside the vertical torpedo, releasing it in about four days.
by bah
um.......
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unfortunatelly there was a hydraulic fluid leak and he had to resurface before taking samples from the deep.but he said that he will dive again,it is not an one-time event for him.
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March 26, 2012, 12:48 p.m. CST
He's feeling the pressure now ..... not to mess up Avatar 2. - playmo.tv is the shit
by Bjarni
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March 26, 2012, 1:21 p.m. CST
"It's unfortunate that there's not enough interest in science to by furthered by a nation or government, so that a filmmaker must take it upon himself to do it for them" - bobovision
by Monroville
You do realize that it's your side that has shifted the government to primarily be welfare support at the expense of national defense (which things like the highway system, the internet, the X program and the lunar mission were designed for) and things like the space program? At the same time, what does Cameron hope to accomplish with this? Okay, he reached the bottom of the ocean.... then what? Is he going to build a research colony down there? Develop some new technology that the rest of society can use? I can appreciate the fact that he did it, but where is this leading to? If nothing else other than to brag about it, then who cares?
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March 26, 2012, 1:21 p.m. CST
@asimov...Yes, it is his way of getting away from the wife while looking for #6...
by conspiracy
plus it gives him a chance to dump the corpses of the last crew he worked to death.
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The X-1 (which broke the sound barrier) through the X-15: http://history.nasa.gov/x1/appendixa1.html
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Heaven fucking forbid someone with a big platform and bankroll romanticizes science and exploration. It might actually interest kids in pursuing careers that expand humanity's knowledge. The horror.
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March 26, 2012, 1:29 p.m. CST
I wonder how long it will take to see this lampooned on Family Guy and South Park.
by v3d
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March 26, 2012, 1:33 p.m. CST
After all these years, Jim has finally caught up with the tip of his cock.
by Robert Evans
There it was, resting on the floor of the Marianas Trench.
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March 26, 2012, 1:39 p.m. CST
choppah...JC has spent a lifetime looking for that elephant snout..
by conspiracy
...because when it comes right down too it, in JC's world nobody is good enough to suck it except himself.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing yourself, is what Big Jim always says.
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March 26, 2012, 1:47 p.m. CST
sure, going to the deepest ocean is fina and dandy, but i'll only be truly impressed if he goes to the moon and back... ALONE!!
by AsimovLives
I dare ya, Cameron! Can you do it? I dare ya, you pussy!!
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March 26, 2012, 1:52 p.m. CST
killik, yeah, going to the deep ocean is very time consuming. and he's diving to one of the deepest part of the ocean.
by AsimovLives
it takes quite a long time to reach it. one talkbacker above said it took him about 2 and half hours. If so, that's a remarkable fast dive. i have no idea what diving technology his sub is using, but that is one fatastically fast dive for such depth. The good thing for him is that since he's in a pressurized capsule, there is no need for decompression. In The Abyss, the underwater rig had atmospheric pressure equalized to the seas, whcih is why the characters are so suprised they surfaced at the end of the movie and didn't all died from embolism. Diving is pretty dangerous and impressive. but harder is the return. it's the return where things can go really wrong. it's the more problematic part of any dive. that he mannaged to do a fast emergency return in 70 minutes is a testement to how well build his sub is, but that's not a normal procedure.
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*sung at the sound of Flight Of The Conchord's Bowie's in Space"*
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March 26, 2012, 1:55 p.m. CST
choppah, actually i think it was his brother who build the sub.
by AsimovLives
it was his brother who designed and build the sub cameras used in THE ABYSS. his brother is a mechanical genious in regard to sea mechanical stuff .
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March 26, 2012, 1:56 p.m. CST
next, Cameron straps himself to a rocket and goes to space to take a sample of space vaccum.
by AsimovLives
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March 26, 2012, 1:57 p.m. CST
wouldn't it be funny if Michael Bay, who's so envious of Cameron, would want to outdo him and jump inside an active vulcano just to show who's boss?
by AsimovLives
news of michael bay's death by vulcano would make me laugh for a whole week.
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March 26, 2012, 1:58 p.m. CST
monroville = cynical,clueless,uneducated,brainwashed moron or some rich capitalist
by KilliK
make your choice.
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but 911 happened and NASA abandoned the mission.
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yeah the Trieste's dive lasted around 4h and it took it another 3.15h to resurface.Apparently submersible technology has progressed a lot since then. You are right that Cameron's brother built the sub cameras for his underwater documentaries but it was Cameron who co-deisgned the Deepsea Challenger submersible.
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it's in this techno stuff that one can truly see how influencial Stanley Kubrick is to Cameron.
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March 26, 2012, 2:19 p.m. CST
more food for thoughs: at the bottom of where he went, water pressure is equivalent of 1000 atmospheres.
by AsimovLives
that means that Cameron's sub was subjected to external water pressure 1000 times stronger then we experience at average sea level altitude. think about that. think of how well build that sub needs to be. and then consider that it also needs to have direction to go down and up, and articulated rudders and arms for sample gathering. it's fantastic stuff.
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Whenever I hear about brave men and women who through ground breaking technology and shear willpower ascend to the great heights of our planet, even into space itself or like Cameron descend into it's darkest depths, I always think of the same thing. What does he do if he has to take a shit?
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they do it before. it's standard procedual. you know, it's the same when you have to do a long distance travel by car, only the scales are different. and no rest rooms.
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a dive seven years in the making.
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i'd like to see more of those "canadians are wimps" jokes, yeah!
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March 26, 2012, 3:12 p.m. CST
Can someone photoshop me James Cameron encased in Maximillion on a burning mountain? Jim Cameron as the crazy scientist in Black Hole remake with the fat guy too
by SmokieGeezer
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March 26, 2012, 3:12 p.m. CST
.....always got to have the fat guy somewhere.....like that dungaree wearing donut from ROADHOUSE
by SmokieGeezer
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the slightest misfire could be problematic... to say the least.
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March 26, 2012, 4:15 p.m. CST
I read about this story on Fox News. The posters on there really hate America huh?
by steve
What a bunch of fucking nazis. They're bitching that he's some spoiled rich guy that's doing it because he's bored. Cunts.
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March 26, 2012, 4:22 p.m. CST
Back To The Future remake or sequel is in the cards!!!
by Billy_D_Williams
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! chud.com reports
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i have grew out of those movies, anyway. used to adore them. nowdaus, tehy are pleasant memories and little else. i bet Zemeckis is involved, and he will make them like those creepy deadeyed cgi cartoons he only makes this days.
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March 26, 2012, 4:52 p.m. CST
James Cameron is hardcore. He's the only director who's got the balls to do stuff like that.
by Mr. Pricklepants
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You did it. Now stop risking your life when you've got movies to make.
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Apparently Zemeckis is not involved, it's the Harold and Kumar guys. Sigh... Back To The Future remains one of the best of the 80s, and definitely one of the best trilogies of all time. It's crossing a line screwing with that franchise to me.
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March 26, 2012, 5:42 p.m. CST
The Back to the Future games was awesome. The 5 part computer game. 1 level is alternate 1986 where there's a LEADER and Jennifers a rebellious punk.
by nobodycallsmcflyachicken
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It's been said "next year" for about 5 years running now. Until I see the disc in person, I'm calling bullshit.
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March 26, 2012, 7:19 p.m. CST
A little surprised they didn't provide for live audiovisual
by Nem_Wan
Obviously James Cameron understands the drama of sound and images. I'm sure there were technical reasons why they didn't provide for this. Adding any more cables for bandwidth means adding 7 miles of more cables. But I must say if Twitter existed in 1969, Neil Armstrong tweeting from the moon would be quite a bit less powerful than hearing him speak.
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March 26, 2012, 7:32 p.m. CST
It seems all JC found was silt due to the hydraulic arm *crashing* : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIYLasB0AnQ
by justmyluck
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So defuck what? James Cameron: Hi blind, weirdly-shaped fish-like things at the bottom of the ocean. I own you, now. Blind, Weirdly-shaped Fish-like Things At the Bottom of the Ocean, in response: Glub. Meanwhile, The World yawns.
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March 26, 2012, 8:21 p.m. CST
Next Week: Christopher Nolan reaches his own lower intestine.
by Subtitles_Off
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I can't even imagine. But I have to ask. He's connected to the surface via a cable. Obviously, he has connectivity also. Why no low-rez video feed? I'm actually sure there is one, just not shared live for whatever reason. Maybe where they are on the ocean makes for spotty connection from the boat, even via satellite. Who knows. All I know is I can't wait to see the DOC they make of this.
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they call Cameron a popmpous shit-bag, yet keep giving passes to most of Hollywood, who are also arrogant, pompous shit bags. Cameron just happens to be the most successful, so he is unfairly targeted.
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I am with you. I mean 2001 is what it is.. but 2010 just was in a sad position to never be able to live up.. but great score, well directed and an amazing cast.. love the films but 2001 at times can be a bit more of a draining watch.. plus so much is opened up and revealed in the second chapter. Was always disappointed the the further books could not live up to them.
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http://youtu.be/Xn2AJjm12AM
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Then Europa! Within 25 years we'll all be taking trips to orbit Europa and see our dead wives.
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At the bottom of the ocean.
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March 26, 2012, 9:36 p.m. CST
Hmm, seems like there's hardly anything down that deep at all with no thermal venting for life to cling to. Cold as ice + insane sea pressure = just forget it?
by justmyluck
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I admire James Cameron in so many ways, and this right here just gives me another reason. The man is truly passionate about this stuff, and it's rare to have such a successful filmmaker doing stuff like this...actually using his position to discover new things and further the world of science. Take Michael Bay, for instance...it's clear he always wanted to be James Cameron, yet for the past 5 years he's coasted on a huge built-in franchise in Transformers, making not 1 but 3 movies (which are all pretty much the same) with almost no risk whatsoever. Cameron on the other hand came back to filmmaking and took a risk by not only telling an original story based on nothing, but advancing technology to tell it. And unlike Michael Bay, he's taking another 5-plus years to do his next film, not just turning out shit every two years. It really says a lot about incomparable Cameron to just about every other successful director making big blockbusters. The man doesn't half-ass anything. And I completely agree with those praising The Abyss DC...it's a fantastic movie and one of the most underrated. The making of it alone is utterly fascinating.
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http://m.youtube.com/results?q=kuam%20james%20cameron#/watch?v=XQn3OlrndbI
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I'm also wanting to see an epic doc on this dive. Hopefully we'll see one this summer, or later this year at least.
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March 27, 2012, 1:42 a.m. CST
Probably we will get a National Geographic documentary about this
by KilliK
since it covered and co-sponsored the whole mission from the start.Jim's sub did have 3d hd cameras so there must be material from the dive which will be used in the doc.cant wait to see it.
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March 27, 2012, 4:46 a.m. CST
Fuck, why don't he get this underwater obsession out of his system by making a Aquaman Movie or somethin?
by Stalkeye
To quote Sheeva from RE5: "This guy has really lost it"!
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March 27, 2012, 4:52 a.m. CST
RE: "after making movies with near girly melodrama, cameron dived to the deepest ocean to find and bring up his balls again."
by Stalkeye
BUAHAHAHAHA! OK Asi, I can't argue with you on that sentiment even though it was meant as a joke. (somewhat)
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March 27, 2012, 4:58 a.m. CST
The fine line between "having balls" and "getting your ass killed"
by smudgewhat
Was and is blurry indeed. If he had done it without tweeting from the bottom it might seem less... boastful? Unless I understood nearly every aspect of how such a craft was built to withstand that pressure and stood there watching them build it from scratch no way I'm getting up in that motherfucker. No sir.
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March 27, 2012, 5:34 a.m. CST
Jimbo says down is the new up! So you fags need to shape the fuck down!
by cameron
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March 27, 2012, 6:10 a.m. CST
While we are wasting away in soul destroying jobs Jimbo Cameron is Building his own Death Star! What did you do today?!??!?
by cameron
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March 27, 2012, 6:11 a.m. CST
IT WASN'T THE PLANES THAT KILLED KONG, IT WAS JIMBO CAMERON, AND ALL HE HAD WAS A FLICK KNIFE!!!
by cameron
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March 27, 2012, 7:13 a.m. CST
I just noticed in the resurface video,that his wife was on the ship waiting for him smiling.
by KilliK
so creepythinman is full of shit.
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because i've got the MONEY that's why.<p> jk. sorta. we need to have been checking things out down there for a long time now.
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This joke intrigued me enough to make me check out THE BLACK HOLE for the first time last night. I found it pretty dull for the most part, but that was one hell of an ending sequence. There were definite shades of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY.
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Aparently, Kubrick also enjoyed 2010: THE YEAR WE MADE CONTACT. So there's that. I think he even cabled Peter Hyams congratalating him on his movie. In 2001, there was a documentary made in hommage to Kubrick and his work in 2001: A SPACE ODDYSSEY, a doc hosted by James Cameron. Peter Hyams was interviewed, due to him directing 2010. When the talk goes to Kubrick's death, a very visibly emotioned Hyams cries on camera. 2010 is a fine movie on it's own right. It's good and it's sincere, and that matters a lot. It can't reach 2001's heights, but then again very very few can.
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March 27, 2012, 8:51 a.m. CST
At least in 2010,they explain why HAL turned into a psychopath killer.
by KilliK
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March 27, 2012, 8:51 a.m. CST
asimovlives what's the name of that doc? can we find it online or buy it?
by KilliK
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Life is quite a tenacious thing. As you very well said, the bottom of the Mariana Trench is one of the most inospitable places on Earth, a true desert. And yet there's life down there. Scientists are only begining to understand how that's possible, but the study of extremophiles is giving us some fascinating insights to how adaptable life is. Also, and i bet this is the main reason Cameron went to the bottom of the ocean, is that the studies is scuh extremophiles on Earth gives us an encouraging idea that life could and might exist in conditions which are not like on Earth's surface, which in the past had been consideted to be optimal for all possibility of life, to the point they even called it the Goldlock Condition, taken from the famous children story, where things are just right. Life at the bottom of the ocean, this extremophiles, makes us think that what is "just right" depends on local conditions, and that Earth's surface conditions are not necessarily the only way for life to emerge and thrive.
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March 27, 2012, 9:21 a.m. CST
Yeah well I work at Ross. I push carts back. Someday I'll hopefully push real carts at a grocery store.
by UltraTron
This man inspires me to make something of myself
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March 27, 2012, 9:27 a.m. CST
@asimovlives Non only that but dont forget NASA's breakthrough discovery
by KilliK
of the arsenic-DNA bacteria 2 years ago.life itself is more wondrous that we might think.
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I rewatched THE BLACK HOLE recently as well, and i found it to be very engaging and entertaining. The fantastic score by John Barry sure helps. And that "hell sequence" at the end must had been one of the most difficult shot to pull of in the photographic visual effects era, and it's still fantastic to behold. I really dig THE BLACK HOLE, and unlike you i don't find it dull. Lucky me i guess.
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It hasn't be proven yet, and looks highly doubtful. The original research was apparently shoddy, unfortunately.
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That doc is in my DVD of 2001: A SPACE ODDYSSEY. But i do think it was aired previously on TV and then reused for the DVD. It's good stuff. You will love Keir Dullea, he's a true gentleman and tells very interesging stuff about his time shooting the movie. Though he was in his mid 60s when the doc was shot, he talks and acts with the enthusiasm of the young man he was when he made the movie. Of Kubrick's death, the best words came from Douglas Trumblum, where he laments that there is no Kubrick anymore, and how he misses his friend.
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March 27, 2012, 10:02 a.m. CST
This is just a warm up for Cameron -- he's going on Soyuz around the Moon next
by spacechampion
At least I assume its him as the mystery passenger who has booked the flight with Space Adventures Inc. Who else would it be? He's just waiting for a second passenger to make it a happen (plus the Russian pilot who is going to fly the thing).
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The arsenic bacteria is not yet completly verified outside of the NASA group that published the claim, so hold your horses on that. You what to know that will blow your mind? In Antarctica, the russians found a lake that is below one of their bases. It means, a liquid water lake trapped below 3 kilometers of solid ice. After that discovery, many more were found. Basically, this are lakes which the ice accumulated above but instead of frezzing, they remained liquid. So what, you might ask? Well, the thing is, those lakes have water that is 500,000 to one million years old. What does this mean? Consider the fact that rivers have water replaced every second. Oceans have it for each few minutes. Those lakes still have the same water when they were enclosed. The importance of this becomes aparent because it means this must be the most enclosed ecosystems on Earth, with creatures that evolved in extraordinary conditions alien to the rest of Earth. And the word alien is very well aplied here because this lakes might give us an idea of what to find in space, in the ice covered moons of Jupiter like Europa. I think you cna understand why this antarctic lakes are so mind blowing.
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if anything else,that bacteria increased a lot the possibility of alien life in other planets.anyway.
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March 27, 2012, 10:17 a.m. CST
@spacechampion yeah,he will eventually travel to space since he fulfilled
by KilliK
one of the two of his life's passions.
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March 27, 2012, 10:42 a.m. CST
killik, check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Vostok
by AsimovLives
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lets wait and see what they ll find.
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I think my main problem was the uneven tone. It felt like there was a really good story in there somewhere – a scientist obsessed with transcending the bounds of physics and discovering unknowable secrets – but it was bogged down by scenes like the ones where C-3PO in the body of R2-D2 plays laser target practice and befriends the other robot with the country accent. As in the Star Wars prequels – though not nearly as bad as in those – there was too much focus on extraneous characters the studio could sell to kids in toy form. Or maybe my problem was that I was hooked in by the surreal/cosmic aspect of the film and had to wait until the last ten minutes to see it.
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Even James, with his high tech sub, couldn't sink lower than David.
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Fair enough. But you have to admit, there aren't many other movies like THE BLACK HOLE, is there? That it was made by Disney makes it even more surreal.
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March 27, 2012, 12:35 p.m. CST
I'm happy I made a few of you chuckle with Jim Cameron encased in Maximillion on a burning mountain! Good to see the love for 2010, I know it's not 2001 but it has its merits. Bowled over I made someone watch Black Hole for first time...My journey to the
by SmokieGeezer
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March 27, 2012, 12:38 p.m. CST
smokiegeezer, to the what? finished the fucking sentense!
by AsimovLives
and that last part was a quote from FEAR AND LOATING IN LAS VEGAS, by the way.
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Someone could just photoshop Cameron's eyes into Maximilian's visor, but there's no way to get the rest of his face in. Another problem is that, if we're close enough to see his eyes, then we can't see the mountain or the fiery hellscape below him, which kind of defeats the purpose. We need a skilled video editor. Start with Cameron and Maximilian floating towards each other inside the black hole, then cut to Cameron's eyes inside the visor and pull back to the long take of hell.
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March 27, 2012, 1:57 p.m. CST
Nah,it would have been better if you encased him inside his sumbersible
by KilliK
in vertical position.
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March 27, 2012, 2:10 p.m. CST
@smokiegeezer i think they canceled the Black Hole remake after T:L flopped.
by KilliK
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here is where they are going to find the black monolith - or some other form of extraterrrestrial indicator of life, or the proof of advanced civilizations on Earth millions of years ago.... Of course, this is where my mind is at. Or just a microbe that will wipe us all out, as it did to humankind million years ago, causing man to once again transform into dinosaurs. Except for one man, and one female. Ahh, the good old days!!!!! THe title of this film could be: A Bite of the Apple
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At The Mountains of Madness
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finding buried under the ice life forms millions of years old- as exciting as it is frightening. I guess we all gotta go sometime - will we regret letting the djinn out of the bottle, or be rewqrded beyond our wildest imaginations?? Such is the nature of man's insatiable quest for *WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE, HOW DID WE GET HERE, AND WHY???????? ARE WE THE CHICKEN, OR THE EGG????
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James Cameron could become the only person to simultaneously hold records for greatest depth and greatest altitude. The only manned circumlunar spaceflight was (unintentionally) Apollo 13 and thus that crew holds the record for absolute altitude from Earth. Another circumlunar flight could match or beat that record, if the moon is near apogee during the flyby.
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Has the best opening credits sequence ever.
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March 28, 2012, 12:44 a.m. CST
Im actually surprised some multi billionaire hasnt bankrolled a hard scifi 4hour 500mil epic film.
by dahveed1972
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March 28, 2012, 10:16 a.m. CST
AND NOW HE IS IN THE PREMIERE OF TITANIC 3D WITH THE HOTTEST
by KilliK
BRITIST WOMAN NEXT TO HIM.WHAT A GUY.!!
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March 28, 2012, 10:25 a.m. CST
Dieter Laser should be the mad scientist in the black hole remake
by UltraTron
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March 28, 2012, 12:43 p.m. CST
I feel excitement and fear for The Black Hole re-make
by the Green Gargantua
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March 28, 2012, 1:29 p.m. CST
It should have read....My journey to the geekside is now complete. Now its back to my Tron Blu Ray
by SmokieGeezer
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March 28, 2012, 8:25 p.m. CST
congrats! Next time take Bay, Wiseman and Boll with you
by quintana007
and leave them there...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7LTHC7xU0M
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March 29, 2012, 8:48 a.m. CST
There was a time when this would receive a ticker-tape parade...
by BubbaDestructo
...and would be hailed by leaders and other people around the world as an incredible achievement of the human spirit, scientific discovery, and forwarding of civilization. Now, it just receives cynical comments on the internet. Sad.
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HYSTERICAL!!!! There's one thing you are getting it wrong: those parades were reserved for the people who did it the first time.
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March 29, 2012, 1:32 p.m. CST
Water tentacle? I've seen enough Hentai to know where this is going.
by Cletus Van Damme
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March 29, 2012, 1:37 p.m. CST
I think he and Richard Branson are in some sort of competition to be a real-life Batman.
by Cletus Van Damme
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March 29, 2012, 2:49 p.m. CST
Yes asi, I know the parades are reserved for firsts...
by BubbaDestructo
...I figured James Cameron is the first to do it solo, so I gave him a 'by' :) Enjoy your comments, by the way.
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March 29, 2012, 4:51 p.m. CST
Wait..something big just moved in front of the camera...
by Darth Macchio
Ahh..nevermind...it's just a fat guy with water-wings. Wait a minute...jesus godalmighty...he's not wearing pants..what the fuck? I spents millions to come all the way down here just to see a fat dude not wearing any pants?!?! That's bullshit! will that fit on a tweet?
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after i wrote my post to you, i then remembered that Cameron might just be the first solo diver to the challanger deep. so, you are right, he is a first. parade time then.
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in terms of what it cost to make and market, it certainly underperformed, and frankly I do not believe Disney is that seriously considering a sequal..unless it will be made for a much lower budget...it was a damn expensive film, and once you add the marketing costs its unlikely it made much money.
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he is a multi millionaire film maker and when you compare him to idiots like Bay, or dissapointments like Lucas...at least !)he is still trying new things and 2) he actually does something worthwhile with his time and money away from making movies.....For all his faults, and love or hate his films...at least this guy puts his money where his mouth is. He either takes massive risks with very expensive movies (T2, Titanic, Avatar) that everyone predicts beforehand will be huge bombs, and somehow pulls it off, or he actually invests in science and discovery. I may never want to have a drink with the guy...but I do respect him. There is something about a maverick and their stubborn play by their own rules attitude thats hard for me to not like...
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jealous?
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March 31, 2012, 2:09 p.m. CST
=There's one thing you are getting it wrong: those parades were reserved for the people who did it the first time.=
by KilliK
there were no parades for the first Mariana Trench divers either.
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March 31, 2012, 2:10 p.m. CST
JC is also the first who tweeted from the deepest place on Earth
by KilliK
now we are waiting the first man who will tweet from the Moon.
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March 31, 2012, 4:48 p.m. CST
Yes, first Tweet from the Moon will require a ticker-tape parade.
by BubbaDestructo
And - hey, southafrican guy, how's it going? Long time no hear. I remember all your great James Cameron comments before Avatar came out...good times.
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March 31, 2012, 8:34 p.m. CST
That Animation was actually the protologist exploring Harry's Rectum.
by MasterControlProgram
-- End of Line --
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March 31, 2012, 9:17 p.m. CST
Fucking Cameron, ENOUGH ALREADY. Get the damn "The Abyss" on blu-ray!!!!
by IronEagle74
AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!
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April 3, 2012, 4:07 p.m. CST
http://io9.com/5898580/read-james-camerons-1987-responses-to-angry-fans-who-hated-aliens
by KilliK
http://io9.com/5898580/read-james-camerons-1987-responses-to-angry-fans-who-hated-aliens article provides link to the whole interview.
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