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James Cameron Commissions Submarine To Visit Challenger Deep
frank249 writes "In January, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Trieste descent, the X Prize Foundation announced a $10 million prize for the first privately funded craft to make two manned descents to the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest surveyed point in the oceans. Now, James Cameron has announced he has commissioned a submarine capable of surviving the tremendous pressures at a depth of seven miles, from which he will not only try for the X prize but also shoot 3D footage that may be incorporated in Avatar's sequel."
Smurfs underwater?
*Ducks*
Don't worry, it'll give you sci-fi snobs another movie to look down your nose at. Of course, while you're standing in line to watch it for the 3rd time, buying the Blu-Ray disk, updating your home theater system to get the most out of the experience, and looking for places on the internet to tell other snobs how much you hated it.
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
Titanatar 2
"God Himself could not sink this tree!"
Can the decent-story-and-dialog snobs join in? We so love to have company.
also shoot 3D footage that may be incorporated in Avatar's sequel.
I think that it would be better to film for a sequel to Das Boot. We could watch the nervous faces of the crew look around as the metal hull of the submarine makes sickening groans under the increasing pressure. Every so often, a pipe would spring a leak and a burly guy in a tank top would have to tighten it with a huge monkey wrench. Then more guys would have to use sledge hammers jam wooden timbers into bulging bulkheads. Finally there would be life-and-death drama when the ballast fails to release at the bottom of the trench. That would make for a riveting thriller.
Did I say sequel to Avatar? I meant it was a sequel to "Titanic." It's a tragic love story between two deep-sea invertebrates living on the hull of the titanic.
"...a lower-budget movie with a really good plot (Terminator) than a weak plot with high-budget special effects (T2)."
Yeah, I much preferred the original's plot about a killer robot sent back in time to kill the mother of mankind's savior. T2's plot of a killer robot sent back in time to kill mankind's savior was weak...
I'd bet Spun also doesn't like broccoli. When the Broccoloid Menace invades, he won't be doing his part to save Townsville, that's for sure.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
I might actually see that: at least it would be a movie with some depth.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
The characters in general were 2-diminsional...
Dude, you should have watched the movie in 3-D...
I posit a different solution. He gets all the way down and instead of seeing friendly glow-in-the-dark alien jellyfish things, he comes face-to-tentacle with loathly lord Cthulhu. Then he spends the rest of his life screaming and rocking back and forth on top of a mountain. Until the Fungi from Yuggoth get him. Best result all round, really.
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So he stole the story of Pocahontas for the first Avatar movie, and now he's clearly stealing the story if The Little Mermaid for the sequal to Avatar.
Funny but so true. So many plot twists in T2 were mirrors of twists in T1.
One example
First movie
Terminator in fiery truck wreck. Must be dead. Nope, rises from burning wreckage!
Second movie
Terminator in icy (liquid nitrogen) truck wreck . Must be dead. Nope, rises from icy wreckage!
3 was... well, 3 was terrible, but the early script drafts were interesting.
I love how people always caveat 3 with the 'Oh the potential of those tossed scripts'. I had high hopes for the dump I took this morning too, doesn't change the end result.
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I can't believe I was able to sit still so long.
Let me guess, American? ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
It's the only way to be sure.
I agree, Aliens is a lot better than Alien.
Alien 3 was OKish for some value of. After that... GAH!