Not a tech billionaire but otherwise James Cameron also matches that description. Actually Cameron is way more hardcore into “space is scary”, and I “love deep sea” directions.
I don’t know about the third one (I haven’t even seen it), but the second one made huge advances in rendering water (among other things). There’s a pretty interesting Corridor Crew video about it:
I was disappointed by The Way of Water. For a guy who’s spent more time undersea than… basically anyone who isn’t a navy soldier in a submarine… it doesn’t really come across in the movie. I mean, we didn’t even see coral bleaching! In what is supposed to be an anti-colonial environmental movie!
Not a tech billionaire but otherwise James Cameron also matches that description. Actually Cameron is way more hardcore into “space is scary”, and I “love deep sea” directions.
The man has actually combined the two! Avatar: go to space in order to go under water. The Abyss: Aliens come from space in order to live under water.
Also not with space but Titanic: build a massive model and sink it, so I can justify a budget to buy a submersible.
If you think his movies aren’t all about the tech you need to think again.
In the past maybe, but the last two Avatar films didn’t really push any new tech.
I don’t know about the third one (I haven’t even seen it), but the second one made huge advances in rendering water (among other things). There’s a pretty interesting Corridor Crew video about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Gd0bR2kb4
I was disappointed by The Way of Water. For a guy who’s spent more time undersea than… basically anyone who isn’t a navy soldier in a submarine… it doesn’t really come across in the movie. I mean, we didn’t even see coral bleaching! In what is supposed to be an anti-colonial environmental movie!
I guess whale hunting is an easier message to sell to the masses.