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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. quality according to who? by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Troll

    according to you? who the hell are you?

    there is only one OBJECTIVE determinant of quality: box office business. everything else is subjective and therefore flawed

    therefore, based on the only objective measure of quality we have available, james cameron is a quality film maker. this is an objective fact

    money coming in=quality. you disagree with this definition? ok. show me another OBJECTIVE measure of quality and you will prove me wrong. can't do it. sorry

    to imagine that you somehow speak for what quality film is, based on nothing but your own delusions of importance, is a commentary on your own psychological defects, and nothing more

    pop wins. snobs lose. sorry

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  2. "Avatar has great graphics, but the story sucked" by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Troll

    i stopped reading here. could you please, OBJECTIVELY, substantiate how the story sucked

    i am going to say the story is fantastic. i am going to OBJECTIVELY substantiate that claim by pointing at the box office returns

    if you find some other OBJECTIVE way to gauge quality in a film, do get back to me. until then, you're just a mindlessly negative asshole, who criticizes without merit, like the other guy i'm responding to

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