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[The Futurist]

Cameron puts more pressure on himself than any actor he works with.

 

They all have it easy.

 

Except Mary Elisabeth Mastrantonio on the set on The Abyss tho.

 

[kowhite]

3 hours ago, The Futurist said:

Cameron puts more pressure on himself than any actor he works with.

 

They all have it easy.

 

Except Mary Elisabeth Mastrantonio on the set on The Abyss tho.

 

 

God bless Mary Elisabeth Mastrantonio...she fucking delivered, and endured the wrath of Satan.

 

Leave her alone now big Jim.

[TomCruiseTop]

6 hours ago, The Futurist said:

Cameron puts more pressure on himself than any actor he works with.

 

They all have it easy.

 

Except Mary Elisabeth Mastrantonio on the set on The Abyss tho.

 

 

In fairness Jim did nearly die on the set of The Abyss too. 

[IronJimbo]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/trivia

 

I wish I was a fly on the wall back in 1989

[Grand Moff]

14 hours ago, JamesCameronScholar said:

 

In fairness Jim did nearly die on the set of The Abyss too. 

 

Is this true?

[IronJimbo]

1 minute ago, Grand Moff said:

 

Is this true?

 

Yeah it is, he almost drowned.

 

http://techland.time.com/2009/12/14/james-cameron-almost-died-making-the-abyss/

 

Jim was drowning at this point and trying to get out of the water,

 

Safety divers are trained to stop panicking divers from ascending, so they don’t blow their lungs. So George stopped Cameron about 15 feet from the surface, as he was schooled to do, and shoved his back-up regulator into Cameron’s mouth. And Cameron did what he was supposed to do, which is purge, then inhale. But the back-up regulator was broken, a useless piece of junk disguised as lifesaving equipment. So Cameron inhaled water. Thinking he had purged incorrectly, Cameron repeated the procedure, as George held him down, and got another blast of water in his lungs.

Now he was choking, about to black out, and he had a guy holding him from ascending. With no way of explaining that he wasn’t getting air, Cameron tried to pull away. Thinking the director was panicking, George held him even tighter, and tried to make him breathe on the regulator. “A classic clusterfuck,” recalls Cameron. It was then that Cameron’s rough SCUBA training in the Buffalo Y pool really came in handy—either that or having brothers. Because he punched George as hard as he could, right in the face. George let Cameron go and the director made it to the surface without blacking out. He swam weakly to the dive platform and dragged himself from the tank.

 

By the end of the day, he had fired George and his AD. And he ordered the divers at the surface to fish out his helmet and fix the microphone so he could get back down in A Tank.

[The Futurist]

Ed Harris had a preatty bad episode too where he saw himself dying, suffocating.

[Grand Moff]

3 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

 

Yeah it is, he almost drowned.

 

http://techland.time.com/2009/12/14/james-cameron-almost-died-making-the-abyss/

 

Jim was drowning at this point and trying to get out of the water,

 

Safety divers are trained to stop panicking divers from ascending, so they don’t blow their lungs. So George stopped Cameron about 15 feet from the surface, as he was schooled to do, and shoved his back-up regulator into Cameron’s mouth. And Cameron did what he was supposed to do, which is purge, then inhale. But the back-up regulator was broken, a useless piece of junk disguised as lifesaving equipment. So Cameron inhaled water. Thinking he had purged incorrectly, Cameron repeated the procedure, as George held him down, and got another blast of water in his lungs.

Now he was choking, about to black out, and he had a guy holding him from ascending. With no way of explaining that he wasn’t getting air, Cameron tried to pull away. Thinking the director was panicking, George held him even tighter, and tried to make him breathe on the regulator. “A classic clusterfuck,” recalls Cameron. It was then that Cameron’s rough SCUBA training in the Buffalo Y pool really came in handy—either that or having brothers. Because he punched George as hard as he could, right in the face. George let Cameron go and the director made it to the surface without blacking out. He swam weakly to the dive platform and dragged himself from the tank.

 

By the end of the day, he had fired George and his AD. And he ordered the divers at the surface to fish out his helmet and fix the microphone so he could get back down in A Tank.

 

Well shit. That's badass.

[IronJimbo]

Just now, Grand Moff said:

 

Well shit. That's badass.

 

If Jim couldn't throw a punch he would be dead...

[TomCruiseTop]

@Grand Moff I think you'll find that if you do some research Jim's life is nearly as interesting as his movies! 

[IronJimbo]

35 minutes ago, JamesCameronScholar said:

@Grand Moff I think you'll find that if you do some research Jim's life is nearly as interesting as his movies! 

maybe @JamesCameronScholar could help write the script

[TomCruiseTop]

23 hours ago, IronJimbo said:

maybe @JamesCameronScholar could help write the script

 

Only Jim would be worthy of that. 

[IronJimbo]

Looking back Avatar should 100% have won best picture.

I mean Hurt Locker was alright I can't help but think it won because the director was a woman (Jim's Ex-wive).

[TomCruiseTop]

23 hours ago, IronJimbo said:

Looking back Avatar should 100% have won best picture.

I mean Hurt Locker was alright I can't help but think it won because the director was a woman (Jim's Ex-wive).

 

Avatar doesn't need the oscar - its place in history is far more valuable. 

[That One Girl]

23 hours ago, IronJimbo said:

Looking back Avatar should 100% have won best picture.

I mean Hurt Locker was alright I can't help but think it won because the director was a woman (Jim's Ex-wive).

 

Nah, Hurt Locker was a powerfully directed, well edited, well shot original war flick. 

[IronJimbo]

34 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

 

Nah, Hurt Locker was a powerfully directed, well edited, well shot original war flick. 

 

Avatar was everything you just said.

 

The Academy was threatened by the groundbreaking 3D and CGI and ultimately awarding the best picture to the first female director in 80 years was to mouthwatering to resist.

 

The Hurt Locker remains the lowest-grossing film ($17m Dom) ever to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, considering inflation that's quite the feat.

Edited January 10, 2017 by IronJimbo

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

The best part about The Hurt Locker and Bigelow winning over Cameron was obviously her being his ex-wife. Had to sting for ol' James.

[IronJimbo]

2 minutes ago, Jayhawk said:

The best part about The Hurt Locker and Bigelow winning over Cameron was obviously her being his ex-wife. Had to sting for ol' James.

He helped her out aswell

 

"she was deciding between it and another film, I encouraged her to make that one. I really liked the script"

Edited January 10, 2017 by IronJimbo

[Valonqar]

On 1/9/2017 at 10:58 AM, IronJimbo said:

Looking back Avatar should 100% have won best picture.

I mean Hurt Locker was alright I can't help but think it won because the director was a woman (Jim's Ex-wive).

 

Hurt Locker is a forgettable movie. The true future classic is Inglorious Bastards. That's the rightful winner of that year. 

 

That said, Avatar not only should have won PGA but PGA should make it a rule that acclaimed blockbusters who aren't part of a franchise must make the line-up. How the fuck you give PRODUCER award to someone whose movie couldn't even break even? That happens a lot. Producing is a big risk and the more you invest the bigger the risk unless we are talking about franchises. So blockbusters should be at home here yet the guild's gone all indie and shit. 

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Gross should not be consider for best picture. The best movie should win.