James Cameron: No Good Hypocrite

[Jangler]

http://deceiver.com/2010/08/27/james-cameron-on-hollywoods-extravagance-dvds-are-wasteful/

DVDs are wasteful. … It’s a consumer product like any consumer product. I think ultimately we’re going to bypass a physical medium and go directly to a download model and then it’s just bits moving in the system. And then the only impact to the environment is the power it takes to run the computers, run the devices. I think that we’re not there yet, but we’re moving that direction. Twentieth Century Fox has made a commitment to be carbon neutral by the end of 2010. Because of some of these practices that can’t be changed, the only way to do that is to buy carbon offsets. You know, which again, these are interim solutions. But at least it shows that there’s a consciousness that we have to be dealing with carbon pollution and sustainability. …

These are things the studios need to be thinking about. When I do my next film, we’re going to go much farther than we did in terms of running a green set. You know, look at a typical film set. There’s thousands of plastic water bottles that are used in a given week and that all needs to be revisited. Honestly, the truth is, we have to revisit almost every part of our lives and our existence over the next few years. Energy consumption, I think, being the biggest one. Energy and global warming are interlinked issues obviously, and global warming is going to take us out long before plastic pollution. Don’t get me started on that. I just got back from a two-day renewable energy conference in Aspen and it’s grim trying to get the needle of policy to move. You’re there in D.C. You see what goes on there. You see the paralysis of our leaders, even when there’s a Democratic majority. It’s still paralyzed.

But he’s the guy behind the three separate Avatar DVD releases in the first freakin’ place. There was one released on Earth Day, there’s another coming out for Christmas (in his words, “the all-singing, all-dancing, all-bells-and-whistles DVD”), and the 3D version set for release next year to give people enough time to get rid of their rinky-dink hamster-powered televisions and upgrade to an energy-sucking 3D-enabled plasma screen and the accompanying 3D Blu-Ray DVD player.

Plus those 3D glasses produced en masse for theater-goers? Yup, plastic.

And don’t forget the Avatar-themed toys and lunchboxes and Halloween costumes and sheet sets available at Wal-Mart.

But he’s not the one buying all that crap. You are, so you’re the wasteful one, see. He’s just giving you what you want, and preaching about plastic bottles and energy consumption in the meantime.

[Jase]

Don't hate... he's just embracing the green life$tyle...

[mmmbeans]

go get 'em jangler.

[cookinwithgas]

Be Angry Jangler! Be Very Angry!

[Jangler]

I didn't write it, but as usual, attack the messenger.

What I don't understand is, and maybe I'm wrong. But even if you download the movie. You are gonna want to have a hardcopy, right? So you don't have to buy it every time you want to see it.

[charlotte49er]

Hollywood types are always spouting off in favor of the environment.

I remember several years ago when Barbara Streisand came out and said we all need to get rid of our clothes dryers. We should hang our clothes outside and let solar energy dry them.

(I actually prefer to hang clothes outdoors to dry. They smell much better longer than some artificial dryer sheet can provide. I never had a dryer when I had my house in East Charlotte.)

I seriously doubt that she does laundry! Also, I doubt that her Hollywood neighborhood allows you to hang clothes outside!

[cookinwithgas]

I do fully expect Mr. I Care About the Environment Jangler to only vote for green candidates from now on, since he's become so passionate about letting us know about the hypocritical hollywood elite and how they are out of touch with the real world.

[Jangler]

defend defend defend

[mmmbeans]

get em'.

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[Jangler]

[Carolina Husker]

[Porn Shop Clerk]

What? Party cheerleaders defending hypocrisy?

Say it ain't so!