![]() These deep ocean explorations always seem like space missions to me. This is way more exciting than any made up Hollywood special effects. As he notes early in the film, sporting his trademark Fox Racing shirt: And thus, rather than simply looking inward, as Cameron says, the film is very much looking outward to space, the universe, and humanity’s place in it. The title is suggesting that these organisms might point us toward imagining what life might look like out there on other planets in environments very different from Earth, such as the icy oceans of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Thus, the title of the film, Aliens of the Deep, isn’t just playing with the word “alien” to describe the bizarre nature of these “extremophiles,” which is what scientists call creatures or organisms that are able to thrive in extreme environments hostile to humans (and most other organisms). The question that the film asks, in which Cameron telegraphs what the next step of his filmmaking will be is this: what can these strange underwater creatures and their unusual natures tell us about what life might look like elsewhere in the universe? The change in subject matter doesn’t mean that there isn’t a central question or mystery for the filmmaker to probe. Instead of exploring the sunken wreck of a famous ship, in Aliens of the Deep Cameron and his companions set out on two separate missions, one to the Mid-Ocean Ridges of the Atlantic and then another to those of the Pacific Ocean to showcase the strange life that exists in the hostile environments of these formations. As another deep sea documentary, Aliens of the Deep feels of a piece with those other two films, but it isn’t just a third installment. We once again get to see that vessel's submersibles, Mir 1 and Mir 2, as well as one of the ROVs, a “remotely operated vehicle” named “Jake,” featured in the other documentaries. Like its predecessors, 2003’s Ghosts of the Abyss and the 2002 Discovery Channel doc, Expedition: Bismarck, Aliens of the Deep involves the Russian deep sea exploration vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh (which was also the setting of the present day sequences in Titanic). Carried away by his voice, his insights and his passion.Aliens of the Deep, the third underwater documentary that James Cameron made in the 2000s, in many ways functions as his bridge to Avatar. Stunning photography and Ken O’Sullivan is the perfect person to author this. Ireland’s answer to Blue Planet! Perfect for Earth Inspirational stuff from Ken and crew 4th Class are in awe of Ireland’s Deep Atlantic. Well done and thank #IrelandsDeepAtlantic I hope that Ken O’Sullivan and crew win all the awards for this hypnotically beautiful Mesmerised by the footage on Ireland’s Deep Atlantic. #rte I am afraid to put the kettle on in case I miss any of this fantastic programme. #Irelandsdeepatlantic is blowing my f**king mind! By far the best natural history programme about Ireland I’ve ever seen. Orla Diffily Apr 22 Mesmerizing – but unsettling too. Orla Diffily #IrelandsDeepAtlantic – no tweet can adequately describe how absolutely brilliant & overwhelmingly emotional this documentary by Ken O Sullivan on the life in our seas really is. Spectacular photography and shows what we take for granted. Here’s just a few of the thousands of This is the best show has produced/commisioned in years. “Ken O’Sullivan, the Kerry-born film-maker (:-)) who fronted the series, is a welcome addition to the premier league of natural-born TV naturalists.” “… the nature documentary was a balm for tired eyes, an appealing vista of some of the most graceful creatures on the planet joyfully surging like huge grey torpedoes through oceans of the purest blue.” “… the footage Ken and his crew get of the deep ocean and its inhabitants is extraordinary, up there with anything to be seen in The Blue Planet or any other outstanding nature documentaries, and O’Sullivan’s passion for his subject is both evident and admirable.” “Captured the attention of the entire country last night with the first part of the eagerly-awaited documentary series, Ireland’s Deep Atlantic.” ![]() This production was a new way of working whereby it became a partner in the oceanic research collaborating and sharing resources with research scientists resulting in SIX academic research papers, an unprecedented amount for any natural history documentary project. ![]() ![]() Four years and more in the making, Ireland’s DEEP ATLANTIC explores North Atlantic waters, much of it for the first time ever, in search of blue whales, sharks and deep water coral reefs down to 3,000 metres deep.
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