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[EbonyMermaid]

Like I said, I must be missing something here.

I agree

Woman eating eel, I've seen that, oh wait a minute, that wasn't an eel

[Marvel]

I still think that we ought to all treat this like a Rocky Horror Picture Show viewing & show up in masks & snorkels. When the "man eating eel" & other scary denizens of the deep appear we should all scream & carry on like a bunch of idiots. That might send a message to the film industry or at least be a lot of fun....

[DiveScoop]

OK - Here's the deal....The movie involves a diving couple left by a dive boat during a Caribbean vacation. They float on the surface for well over 14 hours and have to deal with sharks, jellyfish stings, etc.

I've seen the movie (due to some industry connections I have here in LA) and it IS a very scary movie. There are no "eel attacks" - in fact the eel scene is one of the cool underwater sequences in the film.

More importantly, to NON-DIVERS who see this film, they might think that diving is dangerous and divers get attacked by sharks all the time. Obviously this is not the case, but you'll have to watch the movie when it comes out on August 6 and decide for yourself.

Scott

[Marvel]

Wish I had your connections Scott.....

[AliKat]

I still think that we ought to all treat this like a Rocky Horror Picture Show viewing & show up in masks & snorkels. When the "man eating eel" & other scary denizens of the deep appear we should all scream & carry on like a bunch of idiots. That might send a message to the film industry or at least be a lot of fun....

Great idea, Marvel.

[wreck_maniac]

You're a brave man, BB! I thought about posting something similar but the shadow of the new mods creeped over me....

Yep...you can't take a P*** without getting some kind of pm about something.

[ScubaKim]

I too have heard about this movie a few months ago. I read it a Canadian Diver Magazine. The also said that it will have as much of a negagive effect on Scuba Diving as Jaws did many years ago.

I think this will be an interesting movie. I can hardly wait to see it. Actually I am planning on making this movie a social event for our scuba club.

[Mitch0129]

I've seen the movie (due to some industry connections I have here in LA) and it IS a very scary movie. There are no "eel attacks" - in fact the eel scene is one of the cool underwater sequences in the film.

I was able to find a message board that discussed the movie. Someone on the board was asked to reveal the ending, he did reveal it and, from what he described, it will definately not be what you expect. I still have not decided if I will see it myself.

As for the damage it might do to the diving industry, the onus will be on us to tell non-divers and anyone who is considering taking up the sport that incidents like this are very rare. I have done some 150 dives in the ocean, only once was I ever stung by a jellyfish and two other times did I see and/or encounter a shark. Once was a Nurse Shark in Cozumel and the other was seeing a Hammerhead swim over my buddy and I at the Flower Gardens.

It may be interesting to see the movie and see where Hollywood errs on the diving end.

[jextract]

It may be interesting to see the movie and see where Hollywood errs on the diving end.

And why should we expect anything different from them? There is a whole line of movies that have been "based on real events" that in fact bore no resemblance to the truth whatsoever. Without wading into the whole "Unfairenheight 9/11" controversy, how about "The Hurricane" and "Erin Brockovich" for starters?

[Marvel]

Not to mention that they were never found.....

[triggerfish]

erin brokovich was never found??

hey, guys, look at it THIS way:
if the movie scares people away from diving, that means there will be more room for the rest of us!!

[maninthesea]

QUOTE (Latitude Adjustment @ May 11 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. 


HOLY CRAP!  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

To add insult to injury I understand that the dive shop did miss the rental gear and called and left a message on the divers answering machines about charges for not returning it!

About this movie
I think the dive industry should take the Bull by the horns and produce an infomercial about the resulting changes in the indurstry due to this incident. Especially in Austrailia. It should include website info for the major training agencies and an invitation learn to dive with quality shops and resorts. This should be shown prior to the film just like a trialer.

Jim Pinson

[Marvel]

erin brokovich was never found??

hey, guys, look at it THIS way:
if the movie scares people away from diving, that means there will be more room for the rest of us!!

She's back & feisty as ever!!!

[WreckWench]

You're a brave man, BB! I thought about posting something similar but the shadow of the new mods creeped over me....

Yep...you can't take a P*** without getting some kind of pm about something.

Hey cutie you are confused....Triggerfish is NOT a mod!! But that's ok...she...er...'they' still love you anyway....and so do we!!! LOL!!!

[ScubaCurt]

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.

HOLY CRAP! 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

AquaNuts was the dive operation. I was there shortly after it happened and became public knowledge. I have been back a number of times since and they are so safety conscience I have trouble believing it could ever happen again.