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James Cameron Begins His Deep-Sea Dive

Posted by timothy on from the ok-you're-jealous-and-so-am-I dept.

James Cameron is on his way down. The director's long-planned trip to the deepest spot on Earth — the Mariana Trench's Challenger Deep — is in progress; by the time you read this, if all goes well, Cameron will be navigating around in depths unvisited since 1960. National Geographic's coverage of the dive is excellent as well, as is the BBC's (with video).

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  1. Good luck maybe. by multiben · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't decide if I hope it all goes well because of Terminator and Aliens, or if it's a complete failure because of Titanic and Avatar.

    1. Re:Good luck maybe. by Edis+Krad · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm actually more worried if it turns out to be like The Abyss

    2. Re:Good luck maybe. by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

      Drugs were better back then.

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    3. Re:Good luck maybe. by EEPROMS · · Score: 3, Funny

      When he gets down there he may find were the studios hide the unsold copies of Piranha II: The Spawning

    4. Re:Good luck maybe. by MaskedSlacker · · Score: 5, Funny

      STOP. GIVING. HIM. IDEAS.

  2. Can he take... by sconeu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can he take George Lucas with him, and leave him at the bottom?

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    1. Re:Can he take... by Nidi62 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Too much hot air in Lucas. The sub would just float on the surface and be unable to dive.

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    2. Re:Can he take... by EdIII · · Score: 5, Funny

      Weigh him down with a couple of steel Jar-Jar Binks statues. That way a couple hundred years from now people will know why.

  3. Re:Have at it, Cammy. by ae1294 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't take the pressure hu?

  4. Re:Good by EdIII · · Score: 1, Funny

    What level of sophistication is even required to dislike Avatar, or the Indy-butt-raping scandal that was his last attempt at Indiana Jones, Jumping the Shark?

    I just love the fact he took a famous chick-flick and turned it 3D so he could force a ton of guys out there to take women to see that movie all over again, at prices greater than the original ticket price. Although, in that situation there could be a silver lining.

  5. Re:This is what he's actually good at by EdIII · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah... you get to be 23. Now get of my lawn and go nail a college student.

  6. Re:This is what he's actually good at by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, he was the Pink Panther detective.

  7. So for all us Titanic haters... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean that Titanic is no longer the lowest point in James Cameron's career?

    1. Re:So for all us Titanic haters... by 0olong · · Score: 4, Funny

      You've got to admit, this guy knows how to sink to new levels.

  8. Re:Can't wait for the footage by CaptainLard · · Score: 4, Funny

    One of my "If I was a billionaire" fantasies was a documentary trip back to the trench.

    Noble, but for me its two chicks at the same time (deadpan). It used to only take a million$ to set that up but with inflation and all...

  9. Re:This is what he's actually good at by Belial6 · · Score: 3, Funny

    My 8 year old does, and he isn't even in to ocean stuff. He just happens to like Pinky and the Brain.

  10. Re:He's already on the bottom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is now the official "Lowest Tweet Ever"

    And I thought Twitter couldn't sink any lower...

  11. Re:Can't wait for the footage by sconeu · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lawrence, is that you?

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  12. Re:Can't wait for the footage by Cruciform · · Score: 3, Funny

    For only a couple of thousand more you can skip inflation and go with silicone.

  13. Re:Cool rich guy by rvw · · Score: 3, Funny

    As far as rich guys hobbies go, this is way cooler than buying a fighter jet or trying to get a monopoly on fighting HIV in Africa.

    But not quite as cold as planning on retiring to Mars.

    Fixed that for you!