Re: James Cameron and... Europa?
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Re: James Cameron and... Europa?
The official Web site: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/aliensofthedeep/ The teacher's guide (PDF file) has a number of pages devoted to Europa. Larry - Original Message - From: Mark Schnitzius To: europa@klx.com Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 9:12 AM Subject: James Cameron and... Europa? "When the director James Cameron proclaimed himself"king of the world" on winning the Oscar for"Titanic," who knew that he also had designs on therest of the solar system? His newest film, "Aliens ofthe Deep," is a grandiose hybrid of underseadocumentary and outer-space fantasy that begins on ourplanet's ocean floor and ends many miles under the icecrust that covers Europa, the second moon of Jupiter."Read on at:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/28/movies/28alie.htm--Mark__ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page - Try My Yahoo!http://my.yahoo.com ==You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: europa@klx.comProject information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
Re: James Cameron and... Europa?
Sounds like the Europa mindshare problem is almost solved. No more Huh? whazzat? After this movie, all we'll have to deal with is whatever hideous scientific bloopers the film will inevitably foist off on an unwitting audience. The last (and come to think of it, only) mention of a an outer-planet moon in a major motion picture that I can remember was in GATTACA. The protagonist's mission was going to Titan. And that's about the only respect in which this SF instant classic is now at all dated. There's a conversation between Vincent (Ethan Hawke) and the real Jerome (Jude Law) in which Vincent tells Jerome that Titan is covered by clouds, and nobody knows what's down there. Jerome responds, What if there's ... nothing? Vincent responds, Oh, there's something down there all right Yes, there is, and Uma Thurman plays a character named Irene Cassini. The Cassini probe was launched in the same year the movie came out, so this can hardly be a coincidence. (If anything, it's just yet another wryly symbolic flourish among many in that film - Vincent is all about getting to Titan to see what's underneath the mysterious cover, and Irene is all about getting at Vincent, to see what's underneath ... oh, you get the idea.) Another connection for ya: the director of GATTACA, Andew Niccol, was slated to direct Terminal - for which he'd written the story, but Cameron somehow got it instead - which is kind of a compliment, when you think about it. Whatever Cameron comes up with in this update of the deep-sea drama genre, it couldn't be worse than Sphere. (OK, you loved it, flame me now.) -michael turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Mark Schnitzius [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: europa@klx.com Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 11:12 PM Subject: James Cameron and... Europa? When the director James Cameron proclaimed himself king of the world on winning the Oscar for Titanic, who knew that he also had designs on the rest of the solar system? His newest film, Aliens of the Deep, is a grandiose hybrid of undersea documentary and outer-space fantasy that begins on our planet's ocean floor and ends many miles under the ice crust that covers Europa, the second moon of Jupiter. Read on at: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/28/movies/28alie.htm --Mark __ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page - Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: europa@klx.com Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/ == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: europa@klx.com Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
Re: James Cameron and... Europa?
2010: The Year We Make Contact, made in 1984,did a pretty nice job in depicting Europa, minus perhaps the chlorophyll (but ya never know). http://www.sciflicks.com/2010/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086837/ At least Aliens of the Deep will make folks aware of Europa and the wider Universe, and my prediction is while they won't get too "deep" with the information, at the least it won't be wildly inaccurate. We haven't even landed there or explored the ocean yet, so how can it? Larry - Original Message - From: Michael Turner To: europa@klx.com Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 9:49 AM Subject: Re: James Cameron and... Europa? Sounds like the Europa mindshare problem is almostsolved. No more "Huh? whazzat?" After this movie,all we'll have to deal with is whatever hideousscientific bloopers the film will inevitably foist offon an unwitting audience.The last (and come to think of it, only) mention of aan outer-planet moon in a major motion picturethat I can remember was in GATTACA. The protagonist'smission was going to Titan. And that's about theonly respect in which this SF instant classic is nowat all dated. There's a conversation between Vincent(Ethan Hawke) and the real Jerome (Jude Law) inwhich Vincent tells Jerome that Titan is covered byclouds, and nobody knows what's down there. Jeromeresponds, "What if there's ... nothing?" Vincent responds,"Oh, there's something down there all right "Yes, there is, and Uma Thurman plays a character namedIrene Cassini. The Cassini probe was launched in the sameyear the movie came out, so this can hardly be acoincidence. (If anything, it's just yet another wrylysymbolic flourish among many in that film - Vincentis all about getting to Titan to see what's underneaththe mysterious cover, and Irene is all about gettingat Vincent, to see what's underneath ... oh, you getthe idea.)Another connection for ya: the director of GATTACA,Andew Niccol, was slated to direct "Terminal" - forwhich he'd written the story, but Cameron somehowgot it instead - which is kind of a compliment, whenyou think about it.Whatever Cameron comes up with in this update ofthe deep-sea drama genre, it couldn't be worse than"Sphere." (OK, you loved it, flame me now.)-michael turner[EMAIL PROTECTED]- Original Message - From: "Mark Schnitzius" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: europa@klx.comSent: Friday, January 28, 2005 11:12 PMSubject: James Cameron and... Europa?"When the director James Cameron proclaimed himself"king of the world" on winning the Oscar for"Titanic," who knew that he also had designs on therest of the solar system? His newest film, "Aliens ofthe Deep," is a grandiose hybrid of underseadocumentary and outer-space fantasy that begins on ourplanet's ocean floor and ends many miles under the icecrust that covers Europa, the second moon of Jupiter."Read on at:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/28/movies/28alie.htm--Mark__ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page - Try My Yahoo!http://my.yahoo.com ==You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: europa@klx.comProject information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/==You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: europa@klx.comProject information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
Re: James Cameron and... Europa?
Hopefully such a film will only increase the public's interest in and demand to see Europa up close. If a generation of Mars sci-fi led to the Viking missions, let's hope Cameron kicks off something similar for Europa. I'm sure it will be full of hideous errors, like, oh I don't know, an unshielded ship passing safely though Jupiter's magnetic field, or something like that. If the film raises the profile of Europa as this solar system's best prospect for life (except, well, you know), I'll be willing to bear any number of basic scietific errors. Actually, reading the brief description of the film, it sounds like Cameron is making a film of his own dream- he is a keen deep-ocean expolorer himself, after all. David K On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:49:29 +0900, Michael Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like the Europa mindshare problem is almost solved. No more Huh? whazzat? After this movie, all we'll have to deal with is whatever hideous scientific bloopers the film will inevitably foist off on an unwitting audience. The last (and come to think of it, only) mention of a an outer-planet moon in a major motion picture that I can remember was in GATTACA. The protagonist's mission was going to Titan. And that's about the only respect in which this SF instant classic is now at all dated. There's a conversation between Vincent (Ethan Hawke) and the real Jerome (Jude Law) in which Vincent tells Jerome that Titan is covered by clouds, and nobody knows what's down there. Jerome responds, What if there's ... nothing? Vincent responds, Oh, there's something down there all right Yes, there is, and Uma Thurman plays a character named Irene Cassini. The Cassini probe was launched in the same year the movie came out, so this can hardly be a coincidence. (If anything, it's just yet another wryly symbolic flourish among many in that film - Vincent is all about getting to Titan to see what's underneath the mysterious cover, and Irene is all about getting at Vincent, to see what's underneath ... oh, you get the idea.) Another connection for ya: the director of GATTACA, Andew Niccol, was slated to direct Terminal - for which he'd written the story, but Cameron somehow got it instead - which is kind of a compliment, when you think about it. Whatever Cameron comes up with in this update of the deep-sea drama genre, it couldn't be worse than Sphere. (OK, you loved it, flame me now.) -michael turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Mark Schnitzius [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: europa@klx.com Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 11:12 PM Subject: James Cameron and... Europa? When the director James Cameron proclaimed himself king of the world on winning the Oscar for Titanic, who knew that he also had designs on the rest of the solar system? His newest film, Aliens of the Deep, is a grandiose hybrid of undersea documentary and outer-space fantasy that begins on our planet's ocean floor and ends many miles under the ice crust that covers Europa, the second moon of Jupiter. Read on at: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/28/movies/28alie.htm --Mark __ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page - Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: europa@klx.com Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/ == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: europa@klx.com Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/ -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: europa@klx.com Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
