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James Cameron Spills the Details From His Deep Dive
gbrumfiel writes "James Cameron has released the first batch of scientific results from his historic dive in March to bottom of the Mariana trench and an earlier series of test dives in the New Britain Trench. The Mariana Trench dive was the deepest by a human since 1960. Some of the most interesting results came from trips to the seafloor made by robotic vehicles built by Cameron's team. At the bottom of the trench, one of those robots found bizarre carpets of microbes coating rocks, that scientists say may have implications for the origins of life on Earth and other planets."
He still won't talk about that door, though... http://xkcd.com/1040/
He found lots of water.
They have a 3d rendering with exaggerated vertical scale.... that's it?
well duh?
There's a bizarre carpet of microbes coating my keyboard but nobody seems to want to get closer to study it.
When the obvious thing to ask whether he found or not, would be an alien race of water weirds, and if you think he went specifically to retrieve something, well, that would clearly be the nukes out of a downed US sub.
Like I'm going to ever watch another Cameron movie that tries to explain human origins.
We all know that he made the trip to get that stupid necklace. How could they forget to have a net or something there to catch it when Rose tosses it from the boat?!
James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is James Cameron!
because South Park is awesome
I'm pretty sure those are Russian Water Tentacles. Better send in the SEALs.
If you can't convince them, convict them.
Anybody that is capable of retrieving the nukes, already has some.
Somehow the microbes must tie into it.
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1. Cameron and scientists scoop some up to study.
2. Cyberdyne creates an hybrid machine/organic AI based on the microbes.
3.
4. Machines take over 20 years later!!!
Hopefully this will use all of his time and attention and Avatar will never get a sequel.
I read the headline as "James Cameron Spills the Details From His Deep Hive".
Oh, so that's what he was doing down there.
Can't it just be "it was really neat down there and we found some awesome new bugs"? Does it always have to have implications for the origins of life on earth and other planets?" Stupid press release writers. Come'on - it's the frickin' Marriana Trench. You don't have to draw "deeper" implications.
disappointing
One of the big dips in the Cameron's career.
I've seen enough manga to know where this....
That would not be my preferred flavor at all. The Seals belong in a FPS. Best to not mix my entertainment types.
Even at the very bottom of the ocean, he still couldn't find any character development or 2 dimensional characters in Avatar. I guess no matter where or how you look at it, they're still cartoonishly cliche walking stereotypes like "mister mean military man" and "super serious manager lady" and "do no wrong hero hippie guy."
Oh my god, he didn't find the bar? It must have been lowered even deeper!
James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does, for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is...James Cameron.
Honestly, when I was quoting the Abyss, I never even considered the hentai angle. Now I can never look at that movie the same way...
If you can't convince them, convict them.