Open Water Movie Trailer
Here is a link to a new movie that is supposed to open in August. It's called OPEN WATER and involves a diving couple and a very uncommon situation. Once you check out the trailer link. I think you'll understand why this movie has the potential to do some serious damage to the sport.
This movie WILL be coming out, so there is no sense in trying to "protest" or anything like that. However, if you hear anyone talking about the film, you can tell people that it's Hollywood and that dive boats have very strict safety features so divers are typically NOT left out in the open ocean to be eaten by sharks.
I anticipate this movie will get a lot of attention. Informed divers will understand that it's all entertainment. However, the less educated might think the scenario in the movie is "normal". It's up to us to set them straight.
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This will scare you to death
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 01:48 PM
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 02:01 PM
One point of clarification. This event that they are depicting in the movie is based on what happened in Australia about 4 (I think) years ago. That said, I totally agree that people will get the wrong idea of what happens on a dive boat.
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"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
"And the trees are all kept equal by hatch, axe, and saw"
- Rush (The Trees)
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 02:21 PM
Anybody want to buy some used dive gear? After seeing this there may be a dump of used stuff on the market. I like how they say "based on actual events". They have no idea what happened after the boat left. We are in for lots of questions by new divers and prospective divers who will have misconceptions about the sport.
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 02:22 PM
I thought it was based on the lawyer and his wife who were left behind on the first dive off Key Largo and spent the night on a light tower.
The shop missed so many clues that they were missing divers, gear still on the boat, two unused tanks, another boat picked up her rental BC that had been clipped to the base of the tower and returned it to the shop and no one slept in their beds that night. They were staying at Kelly's which is attached to the dive op.
The shop missed so many clues that they were missing divers, gear still on the boat, two unused tanks, another boat picked up her rental BC that had been clipped to the base of the tower and returned it to the shop and no one slept in their beds that night. They were staying at Kelly's which is attached to the dive op.
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 02:31 PM
"The issue of divers being left behind by dive boats came to widespread public attention in January 1998 when two US divers, Eileen and Tom Lonergan, were believed to have been left behind at St. Crispin's Reef on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The disappearance was only realised when the dive centre found the Lonergan's belongings in a dive locker several days later."
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 02:35 PM
That was the one I was thinking of and couldn't remember how long ago it happened. I was in Austraila shortly after that occurred and there was a lot of speculation as to what really happened and why. Some thought it was a suicide. It's hard to tell."The issue of divers being left behind by dive boats came to widespread public attention in January 1998 when two US divers, Eileen and Tom Lonergan, were believed to have been left behind at St. Crispin's Reef on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The disappearance was only realised when the dive centre found the Lonergan's belongings in a dive locker several days later."
Anybody want to buy some used dive gear?
Let's hope. I'm always looking for a deal ;-)
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
"And the trees are all kept equal by hatch, axe, and saw"
- Rush (The Trees)
- Albert Einstein
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
"And the trees are all kept equal by hatch, axe, and saw"
- Rush (The Trees)
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 02:36 PM
HOLY CRAP!I thought it was based on the lawyer and his wife who were left behind on the first dive off Key Largo and spent the night on a light tower.
The shop missed so many clues that they were missing divers, gear still on the boat, two unused tanks, another boat picked up her rental BC that had been clipped to the base of the tower and returned it to the shop and no one slept in their beds that night. They were staying at Kelly's which is attached to the dive op.
I didn't know Kelly's was involved in anything like this. Up to this point I've been a very satisfied repeat customer of theirs...I'm really bummed to hear it was them! This hits a little too close to home for me.
Laura
Edited by Laura, 11 May 2004 - 02:38 PM.
WWZD - What Would ZENA Do ??
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 02:48 PM
Then again ... more room on the dive boats for us!
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 03:00 PM
Won't keep me from diving. Want to know what scares me?
PS, since I do not always use smileys, remember that I do have a sense of humor, warped at times perhaps, but still I have one.
PS, since I do not always use smileys, remember that I do have a sense of humor, warped at times perhaps, but still I have one.
Edited by ColoradoPilot, 11 May 2004 - 03:01 PM.
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 03:06 PM
Kathy Bates, naked in the hot tub in "About Schmidt" ... didn't sleep for a week!Won't keep me from diving. Want to know what scares me?
"Because I accept the definition, does not mean I accept the defined." -- ScubaHawk
"Love is blind but lust likes lacy panties" -- SanDiegoCarol
"If you're gonna be dumb, you'd better be tough." -- Phillip Manor
"If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't I'll just respond cleverly." -- Donald Rumsfeld
"Love is blind but lust likes lacy panties" -- SanDiegoCarol
"If you're gonna be dumb, you'd better be tough." -- Phillip Manor
"If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't I'll just respond cleverly." -- Donald Rumsfeld
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 03:08 PM
OMG!!!!!!!!!
That's going to scare the heck out of anyone wanting to pursue the sport and anyone who goes onto an unfamilar dive boat on vacation!!! Heck it scared me, but I'll probably have to see the movie... and it's certainly not going to stop me from diving.
Dejah
That's going to scare the heck out of anyone wanting to pursue the sport and anyone who goes onto an unfamilar dive boat on vacation!!! Heck it scared me, but I'll probably have to see the movie... and it's certainly not going to stop me from diving.
Dejah
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 03:14 PM
I second that!!!Kathy Bates, naked in the hot tub in "About Schmidt" ... didn't sleep for a week!Won't keep me from diving. Want to know what scares me?
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
"And the trees are all kept equal by hatch, axe, and saw"
- Rush (The Trees)
- Albert Einstein
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
"And the trees are all kept equal by hatch, axe, and saw"
- Rush (The Trees)
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 03:19 PM
Now we're REALLY talking about scary stuff.I second that!!!
Kathy Bates, naked in the hot tub in "About Schmidt" ... didn't sleep for a week!Won't keep me from diving. Want to know what scares me?
There's talk of some preview showings of the movie for the media. If I go, I will let you all know what I saw. Not expecting too much!
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 03:26 PM
"Only two things scare me, and one of them is nuclear war"Want to know what scares me?
"What's the other thing?"
"Excuse me?"
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"Carnies...circus folk... smell like cabbage....small hands"
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 04:18 PM
Well dang....for some reason it would not load and run on my pc.
Anyone care to give me the jist of what it was about? I gather it
dealt with someone being left behind from the other replies?? I have
been on some dive boats where I WISH I were left behind !!
Anyone care to give me the jist of what it was about? I gather it
dealt with someone being left behind from the other replies?? I have
been on some dive boats where I WISH I were left behind !!
The great thing about excruciating pain is....at least you know you are alive.
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