James Cameron digs deep:
This time it's the sea of a mysterious world. Filmmaker and ocean explorer Avatar's latest science-fiction epic: The Way of Water promises to take viewers to the world's vibrant aquatic ecosystems, 25 trillion miles from Earth, with documentary details.
The new film, a sequel to the 2009 blockbuster Avatar, features a habitable alien moon called Pandora, its resident blue-skinned humanoids (Nave), and space travelers attempting to explore the world. It tells the story of the conflict that sometimes arises. Colonize and mine regardless of the environmental damage they cause. In the first film, the Na'vi tribe of the world's rainforests fight to protect their homeland with the help of human soldiers and soldiers.
This time, Cameron explores Pandora's oceans and brings an experience of a lifetime. The creative mind behind The Abyss and Titanic and executive of National Geographic's Secrets of the Whales, his producer is also National Geographic Explorer at Large. In 2012, Cameron completed the first solo dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench as part of the Deep Sea Challenger expedition.
To tell the story of Pandora's underwater life, Cameron and his team have devised a zoo that is both alien and familiar. A Pandora mixture of puffer fish and lionfish floats along a recognizable reef. A life form that resembles the ancient sea creatures of the earth runs and sways. A long-necked steed named Iru resembles an extinct marine reptile known as a plesiosauri. Skim wings - giant alien hybrids of gars and flying fish - serve as war mounts for the Na'vi. And then there's Turkey:
A gigantic and highly intelligent analogue of a whale on Earth.
What inspired these creatures, and how did Cameron and his team bring them to life? National Geographic recently asked Mr. Cameron of New Zealand, The Way of Hear about the science and technology behind Water. (The Walt Disney Company is the majority owner of National Geographic Partners. Avatar distributor, he also owns 20th Century Studios.
We started our journey to Pandora on land. As the title of this film suggests, we are heading for the coast and the deep sea. Why go to the water
As an ocean explorer, it's no secret that as a former avid diver for many years and a fan of ocean exploration as a child, I've had a lifelong romance with the ocean. This includes thousands of hours underwater in shallow environments, hundreds of hours underwater in environments as deep as the deepest places on Earth, and many dives on the Titanic. People tell me to "write what you know," but I know a lot about the ocean and I love it. And why not put the two things I love together? I wanted this movie to be about waterways:
A wonder of how the places on Earth where life originated have evolved over time and, thanks to us humans, still found there today, even in a damaged state.
We live in a shifting baseline, where the ocean we see today is different than it used to be. The film was also an opportunity for him to show what the ocean was like 300, 400, 500 years ago, before the transition to industrial civilization. When people see this movie, they love the underwater experience, apart from the drama and relationships of [the main characters in the film] the Surrey family and all these big, dramatic conflicts. Magic and mystery - and perhaps reconnecting them with what we currently lose on this planet.
What inspired you in designing both this aquatic ecosystem and the alien cultures that reside within it?
There are people called Metkaina, a clan that spans many villages. Metkaina is a type of local indigenous culture.
They probably left the terrestrial Na'vi forests (in the first film) tens of thousands of years ago and were physically more adapted to the ocean. Like seals and otters, their tails are actually used for propulsion when swimming. . Because they are air breathers, they are used to holding their breath for long periods of time. They have nictitating membranes similar to crocodiles and owls, creatures they tame and have this symbiotic relationship to protect their eyes when riding [ilu] and entering water at high speed. .
They also have a symbiotic culture with the intelligent species' sea air-breathers.
A big animal that we probably take one look at and say, oh, it's a whale. Not a whale, of course, but a Pandora version called Turkun. Turkun is actually a very advanced society, but all their progress is spiritual. They rely on Na'vi for anything that requires this kind of physical manipulation, but they are very advanced mentally. They have complex languages, mathematics, music, etc.
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