'Avatar' director James Cameron called on to help with Gulf oil leak

nypost.com ^ | June 1, 2010 | POST WIRE SERVICES

[Free ThinkerNY]

WASHINGTON — Film director James Cameron may have another blockbuster on his hands.

Federal officials are hoping Cameron can help them come up with ideas on how to stop the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said today.

The “Avatar” and “Titanic” director was among a group of scientists and other experts who met Tuesday with officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies for a brainstorming session on stopping the massive oil leak.

The Canadian-born Cameron is considered an expert on underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies. “Avatar” and “Titanic” are the two highest-grossing films of all time.

[diplomatic_immunity]

There are no words...

Hell, lets ask Gilbert Gottfried and Khloe Kardashian for their input too. Maybe the Gorton’s fisherman...

I’m hoping that I will wake up from this nightmare soon.

[a fool in paradise]

Sgt. Schulz says “I know NOTHINK!” Don’t ask, don’t tell!!

[mknj]

Maybe they should call the Mythbusters next..

[UCFRoadWarrior]

I guess Cameron was chose over Michael Bay.....Obummer not impressed with Bay’s expertise in turning regular cars into wild looking fighting robots....

[GonzoGOP]

"Titanic": that'll help I'm sure.

Well if you sank an ocean liner on top of the pipe it might crimp it off a bit.

[Servant of the Cross]

and Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Jodie Foster, Meg Ryan, Drew Barrymore, Danny DeVito, Ellen DeGeneres, Matthew Perry, Billy Crystal, Sharon Stone, Bill Maher, Martin Sheen ...?

[nomorelurker]

He can play himself in the movie.

[Borges]

Cameron is a brilliant technician with a degree in Physics. His input isn’t without value.

[JimSEA]

We have truly gone “through the looking glass”.

[Little Pig]

No, I didn’t. For a while there, Cameron specialized in deep water filming. He invented a lot of the technology used to film “The Abyss”, including the full-face scuba helmets. He also did a lot of the work on the Titanic documentary, and as noted in another post, actually invented some of the ROV technology used. He may be a liberal twit, but he really does have a handle on underwater tech.

[mikey_hates_everything]

No, Jim, we can’t use unobtainium to stop the leak. It’s not real—just from a stupid movie about blue kitty cats.

[svcw]

Huh? Is he just going to computer animate it out?

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

[tophat9000]

What the hell wrong with these people?...

Whats next, an Indian drum circle to heal bleeding mother earth?

[MEGoody]

So they had to call someone in from Hollywood for this? We don’t have anyone in our military whose an expert?

[GonzoGOP]

Maybe they should call the Mythbusters next

Not a bad idea. Some of them actually have engineering experience. I'm sure Jamie and Grant could build some robot to plug up the hole with 30,000 rolls of duct tape fired out of a compressed air cannon. And Kari Byron looks a lot better than some weird blue GC chick.

[COBOL2Java]

No no no! Can’t use military - too “militarish”, babe...

[My hearts in London - Everett]

Hollywood to the rescue! roflmbo There aren’t enough geologists and engineers in the US to call on to help with solutions to this mess??

[fireforeffect]

You mean FURBAR?

[sionnsar]

Thanks for the info on Cameron. It would have been nice had the article mentioned that.