[hinkley]

James Cameron is considered a subject matter expert on deep sea submersibles.

Which a bunch of people found out as soon as they started bitching about why some random Hollywood asshole was commenting on the Oceangate disaster.

If anyone can manage underwater filming safely it's probably him.

He has also confessed that his ulterior motive for making Titanic was to get a studio to pay for an expedition to the Titanic. Which they did.

[blincoln]

James Cameron has done a huge number of truly amazing things, but he and Ed Harris both nearly drowned during filming of The Abyss. Hopefully he learned from his mistakes.

[1] https://collider.com/james-cameron-the-abyss-movie-productio...

[hinkley]

Yeah not to say some of his knowledge isn’t hard won. Niels Bohr approved.

Looks like in Cameron’s case it was a double fault situation. No alarm on the primary, and the safety person didn’t check his emergency gear. That guy shouldn’t have been punched he should have been fired. And had his license suspended.