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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."

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  1. *shudder* by GrumpySteen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Titanatar 2

    "God Himself could not sink this tree!"

  2. Re:Sequel? by superdave80 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...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...

  3. Re:Space Smurf Pocahantas by lgw · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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  4. Re:Sequel? by by+(1706743) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The characters in general were 2-diminsional...

    Dude, you should have watched the movie in 3-D...