I saw the movie (great job Wes!) and at one point they said something like the 14:1 cave diving ratio or rule (I saw it in italian and can't remember the exact words).
What was that?
Thank you.
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I saw the movie (great job Wes!) and at one point they said something like the 14:1 cave diving ratio or rule (I saw it in italian and can't remember the exact words).
What was that?
Thank you.
14 shots before each dive :-D j/k
I believe the line is something to the effect that 1 in 14 cave divers dies or something, I heard it too and was wondering where they got that statistic
Actually, 14 out of 14 cave divers will die.
ROFL!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Slüdge
OK, understood, it's not a popular motto in the cave diving community, just something they made up to make those characters appear more heroic!
Well!!!??? The cinemaphotography was good and there were some good props but the rest of the movie had a plot that was full of holes and don't even get me started about the explode on impact scooter.
A movie this bad should at least compensate for it's shortcomings by adding several scenes involving gratuitous Female nudity, Sex scenes involving midgets and Liza Minelli impersonators, and a petting zoo.
WHAT!!!?? Oh Yeah. Like I'm the only one who thought this while watching it!!!
P.S. 14 was the films overall overall rating out of a possible 100.
So the trick is just to not be in that 14.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slüdge
14 out of 14 cave divers will die.....eventually. Not necessarily in a cave......
old cave divers don't die, they just float away....
So if the stat is not 1:14, what is it? I've heard all kinds of analogies, and don't believe any of them.
more people die bowling than cave diving....
more people get struck by lightening while playing golf, than die while cave diving....
your chance of dying is 10 times more likely in plane than cave diving...
etc.
so what's the real ratio? anyone know?
-skip
I love the movie! Bought the DVD and watch it about every week! Ok, so it's corny and hokey and full of holes (no pun intended), but come on it's sci fi, bad sci fi, and the toys are sooooo cool! geesh, we even get a guy who's metamorphing into a cave-adapted species. just not much better than that!
-skip
That one woudn't be a metaphora, i think i know some locals like that :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by skip
PLEASE! Folks . . . don't encourage him.Quote:
Originally Posted by tanto
Yeah, I've found that the shot "Rocket fuel" really gets me pumping, especially for those really deep dives.Quote:
Originally Posted by gcg04
There are many ways of watching a B-movie, I try and enjoy the good parts of it, namely the underwater scenes.
Who cares if the scooter explodes (the NiMH batteries were overdischarged and the body was full of hydrogen...) or the HIDs last forever (the whole thing lastes two hours, most HIDs last two or three times that!) or the previous explores became white angelic cave bats...
I think Skiles did a great job with all the underwater scenes and them alone made the film worth watching.
[quote="skip"]So if the stat is not 1:14, what is it? I've heard all kinds of analogies, and don't believe any of them.
more people die bowling than cave diving....
more people get struck by lightening while playing golf, than die while cave diving....
your chance of dying is 10 times more likely in plane than cave diving...
etc.
so what's the real ratio? anyone know?
Hey Skip more people bowl, golf and ride in planes than those that go cavediving , just imagine if hundreds of thousands were cave diving. The Reaper would need backup. :-D