Exactly.
I once asked someone what snake meat tastes like.
They said “a bit like alligator, you ever had alligator?”
I haven’t.

If you haven’t had anything that tastes like snake meat, how was he supposed to describe it to you?

I’ve had Alligator meat as it happens, and I now know what snake meat tastes like.

Very helpful, thanks.

So if I ask James Cameron “what’s the Mariana trench like?”
He’ll say “a bit like the Moon, you ever been to the moon?”
I haven’t.

Presuming you have never been anywhere like the Mariana trench,
and presuming that you do actually know what the moon looks like (if you don’t, there is always google images to help)

If it indeed has similarities to the moon, what is actually wrong with his description ?

.
Are you just having a “clever” Charlie Brooker style blog rant ?

(if so, it wasn’t a very good one, sorry)

Yes, if he comes back and says it was ‘very aquatic’

Well, various others have.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_maria_on_the_Moon

If it indeed has similarities to the moon, what is actually wrong with his description ?

He said “very lunar”, not “sort of lunar”

‘Very’ implies to me being more than just ‘similar’

reminds me of a bit on tmwrnj where stuart lee says something along the lines of

‘whilst someone has now managed to hot air balloon around the world I would like to tell Richard Branson that no one has yet hot air ballooned into the center of the sun.

Looked for a vid on youtube but couldn’t find one.

He said “very lunar”, not “sort of lunar”
‘Very’ implies to me being more than just ‘similar’

Well maybe it is.

You have never been.

Who are you to disagree ?

He’s never been to the moon so how does he know the extent of similarity?

He’s being quite specific about something he’s only seen in photographs

Something he has seen is similar to something he’s only seen in photographs. Fair point. Bit like seeing a lady’s front bottom in real life for the first time. Might look a bit different but essentially it’s very mingey.

submarine topography

moon topography

a brief scan suggests that they are in no way similar in terms of relief features. Plus the lack of water on the moon and the mariana trench being at the bottom of the ocean suggests to me that they are very dissimilar. James Cameron is just a man with too much money who wants to bum both the bottom of the ocean and the moon at the same time.

joao3v16, at home:

I’m sure he just meant it felt barren and remote. I expect the trip down carried considerable risk on his part. So well done to him.

James Cameron is just a man with too much money who wants to bum both the bottom of the ocean and the moon at the same time.

Best. Quote. This. Week.

Young man – have a biscuit!

😀

I wonder what his documentary’s angle will be. I mean there isn’t much going on down there other than darkness, and more darkness. I have a suspicion it will be as bad as avatar