Megalodon stars in the film the cave....

Ken · 22nd April 2005, 11:07

A thought is going through my head...they've finished shooting. Where are the movie MEGS? Will they go up for auction someday? I think it would be truly interesting to own a functioning movie prop. from what's sure to be a summer blockbuster for the hard-core cave diving community (all 1000 of them).

***Decodiver*** · 22nd April 2005, 12:56

Hi Ken,

All the Megs were kept by the stunt divers in the film. At least that is what Leon told me in January.

Cheers,

Dave Cooper.

Ken · 22nd April 2005, 13:20

Quote: (Originally Posted by Decodiver)

Hi Ken,

All the Megs were kept by the stunt divers in the film. At least that is what Leon told me in January.

Cheers,

Dave Cooper.

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the info. Kind of a bummer. Oh well, they know a good thing when they see it.

dive2dive2000 · 22nd April 2005, 14:22

Quote: (Originally Posted by Decodiver)

Hi Ken,

All the Megs were kept by the stunt divers in the film. At least that is what Leon told me in January.

Cheers,

Dave Cooper.

Not only that, custom oversized scrubbers, seems they (stunt divers) do a lot of deep exploration cave dives, Talk about great jobs

Safe Diving,
Martin

***caveseeker7*** · 22nd April 2005, 15:40

Quote: (Originally Posted by dive2dive2000)

Not only that, custom oversized scrubbers, seems they (stunt divers) do a lot of deep exploration cave dives

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the Movie Megs use the ExtendAir cartridge from Micropore. The reasoning behind using it was that changing them is a lot quicker than changing absorbant pellets, and in the movie biz time is big money.

Sizewise the cannister is between the Meg's standard and MiniMeg cannisters, the olive drab unit dubbed 'Leon's Meg' on ISC's website features it.

Also, Advanced Diver Magazine has an article about the movie, and one of the stunt divers was Matt from ProTech in Mexico. If he's any indication, they used experienced cavers and CCR divers for the UW scenes, not average stuntmen. Matt portfolio includes plenty of cave explorations in FL, Mexico and Belize, he was a member of the USDCT at Wakulla II and is a CCR/cave instructor.

***schford*** · 22nd April 2005, 17:09

That was my understanding that the Movie Meg used a custom length scrubber can between a standard meg and a mini meg designed for the extend airs.

I do know that Leon is working on a super size radial scrubber (bigger than the CIS) but I was not aware of any protoptypes that have gone out to any one but ISC.

Leon did run through the stunt divers with me and they were all experienced divers.

Stuart

dive2dive2000 · 22nd April 2005, 18:42

Quote: (Originally Posted by caveseeker7)

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the Movie Megs use the ExtendAir cartridge from Micropore. The reasoning behind using it was that changing them is a lot quicker than changing absorbant pellets, and in the movie biz time is big money.

Sizewise the cannister is between the Meg's standard and MiniMeg cannisters, the olive drab unit dubbed 'Leon's Meg' on ISC's website features it.

Also, Advanced Diver Magazine has an article about the movie, and one of the stunt divers was Matt from ProTech in Mexico. If he's any indication, they used experienced cavers and CCR divers for the UW scenes, not average stuntmen. Matt portfolio includes plenty of cave explorations in FL, Mexico and Belize, he was a member of the USDCT at Wakulla II and is a CCR/cave instructor.

Stuntmen was a poor choice of description, they did use very experienced ccr divers. The original Movie Megs did use extendAir, but were upgraded to the custom scrubbers. The divers convinced the money people that they needed a larger and safer scrubber to do the dives. That was my understanding I could be mistaken.

Martin

**trob09** · 22nd April 2005, 22:41

Quote: (Originally Posted by dive2dive2000)

Stuntmen was a poor choice of description, they did use very experienced ccr divers. The original Movie Megs did use extendAir, but were upgraded to the custom scrubbers. The divers convinced the money people that they needed a larger and safer scrubber to do the dives. That was my understanding I could be mistaken.

Martin

Since the movie meg is smaller than the standard meg, I don't think that it would have a larger, safer scrubber than the 'full-size' meg. Especially once the Cis scrubber MkII comes out.

Tim

Robert Cook · 26th April 2005, 01:09

There's been talk about a second type of radial scrubber - larger than the Cis but not hydrophobic. We're talking about serious duration there,

Thanks,
Robert

jitka · 4th May 2005, 15:34

Hi there,

As I am one of the stunt divers (yes, I died twice but survived in one of my 3 characters ; )
and I just became member of this fine forum I'll try to answer some of the questions.

There were 9 custom made Megs used in the movie. Their canisters are smaller than regular Meg BUT theu hold the same amount of Sofnolime as the regular. 6lbs. There is just less empty space. The regular size will accomodate CIS scrubber, the movie canister will not. There is no problem with purchasing the bigger scrubber for movie Meg if needed.
Advantage of the smaller movie canister - the whole rig fits in carry on luggage! I know - I flew with mine to Romania for the shoot.

Yes, originally the movie Megs were equipped with ExtendAir cartridges - we used them in shallow water while shooting the movie in studios in Romania.
Before we continued the shoot in real caves in Mexico we had Leon to make us granular Sofnolime canisters. The ExtedAirs were easy to overbreath during the seriously rigorous work while shooting special effects.

The scooters used in the movie were DiveRite Arrows.

The stunt divers team were all experienced cave divers also skilled in underwater lighting, rigging, and multiple other skills.
I've mentioned some of the team in my post about deep Meg diving into the Miocene.
The stunt divers were Jill Heinerth, Brian Kakuk, Andreas Matthes, Mark Meadows, Jakub Rehacek, Joel Tower and myself Jitka Hyniova.

The Cave movie Megs performed flawlessly in some of the harshest conditions, we spent over 2500 hours underwater (ccr and oc combined) during the 11 week shoot.

Cheers, jitka

22nd April 2005, 11:07	#11 (permalink)
Ken Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Megalodon Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 320	A thought is going through my head...they've finished shooting. Where are the movie MEGS? Will they go up for auction someday? I think it would be truly interesting to own a functioning movie prop. from what's sure to be a summer blockbuster for the hard-core cave diving community (all 1000 of them).
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22nd April 2005, 12:56	#12 (permalink)
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22nd April 2005, 13:20	#13 (permalink)
Ken Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Megalodon Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 320	Quote: (Originally Posted by Decodiver) Hi Ken, All the Megs were kept by the stunt divers in the film. At least that is what Leon told me in January. Cheers, Dave Cooper. Hi Dave, Thanks for the info. Kind of a bummer. Oh well, they know a good thing when they see it.
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*caveseeker7* Who loves ya, baby Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Prism Topaz Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Too far from Neverland Posts: 5,325	Quote: (Originally Posted by dive2dive2000) Not only that, custom oversized scrubbers, seems they (stunt divers) do a lot of deep exploration cave dives Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the Movie Megs use the ExtendAir cartridge from Micropore. The reasoning behind using it was that changing them is a lot quicker than changing absorbant pellets, and in the movie biz time is big money. Sizewise the cannister is between the Meg's standard and MiniMeg cannisters, the olive drab unit dubbed 'Leon's Meg' on ISC's website features it. Also, Advanced Diver Magazine has an article about the movie, and one of the stunt divers was Matt from ProTech in Mexico. If he's any indication, they used experienced cavers and CCR divers for the UW scenes, not average stuntmen. Matt portfolio includes plenty of cave explorations in FL, Mexico and Belize, he was a member of the USDCT at Wakulla II and is a CCR/cave instructor. __________________ Cheers Stefan "It is still a good day if you are on the green side of the grass! Su amigo Roberto!" Sponsor Lou in Race For Life!
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22nd April 2005, 17:09	#16 (permalink)
*schford* Despotic Overlord Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Sport Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,662	That was my understanding that the Movie Meg used a custom length scrubber can between a standard meg and a mini meg designed for the extend airs. I do know that Leon is working on a super size radial scrubber (bigger than the CIS) but I was not aware of any protoptypes that have gone out to any one but ISC. Leon did run through the stunt divers with me and they were all experienced divers. Stuart
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dive2dive2000 PRISM DIVER & LUVIN IT! Current Rebreather/s: Prism Topaz Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 784	Quote: (Originally Posted by caveseeker7) Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the Movie Megs use the ExtendAir cartridge from Micropore. The reasoning behind using it was that changing them is a lot quicker than changing absorbant pellets, and in the movie biz time is big money. Sizewise the cannister is between the Meg's standard and MiniMeg cannisters, the olive drab unit dubbed 'Leon's Meg' on ISC's website features it. Also, Advanced Diver Magazine has an article about the movie, and one of the stunt divers was Matt from ProTech in Mexico. If he's any indication, they used experienced cavers and CCR divers for the UW scenes, not average stuntmen. Matt portfolio includes plenty of cave explorations in FL, Mexico and Belize, he was a member of the USDCT at Wakulla II and is a CCR/cave instructor. Stuntmen was a poor choice of description, they did use very experienced ccr divers. The original Movie Megs did use extendAir, but were upgraded to the custom scrubbers. The divers convinced the money people that they needed a larger and safer scrubber to do the dives. That was my understanding I could be mistaken. Martin
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22nd April 2005, 22:41	#18 (permalink)
trob09 . Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 686	Quote: (Originally Posted by dive2dive2000) Stuntmen was a poor choice of description, they did use very experienced ccr divers. The original Movie Megs did use extendAir, but were upgraded to the custom scrubbers. The divers convinced the money people that they needed a larger and safer scrubber to do the dives. That was my understanding I could be mistaken. Martin Since the movie meg is smaller than the standard meg, I don't think that it would have a larger, safer scrubber than the 'full-size' meg. Especially once the Cis scrubber MkII comes out. Tim
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Robert Cook Custom Title Allowed! Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 107	There's been talk about a second type of radial scrubber - larger than the Cis but not hydrophobic. We're talking about serious duration there, Thanks, Robert
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jitka Cave Meg Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: May 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 37	Movie Megs questions - I can answer Hi there, As I am one of the stunt divers (yes, I died twice but survived in one of my 3 characters ; ) and I just became member of this fine forum I'll try to answer some of the questions. There were 9 custom made Megs used in the movie. Their canisters are smaller than regular Meg BUT theu hold the same amount of Sofnolime as the regular. 6lbs. There is just less empty space. The regular size will accomodate CIS scrubber, the movie canister will not. There is no problem with purchasing the bigger scrubber for movie Meg if needed. Advantage of the smaller movie canister - the whole rig fits in carry on luggage! I know - I flew with mine to Romania for the shoot. Yes, originally the movie Megs were equipped with ExtendAir cartridges - we used them in shallow water while shooting the movie in studios in Romania. Before we continued the shoot in real caves in Mexico we had Leon to make us granular Sofnolime canisters. The ExtedAirs were easy to overbreath during the seriously rigorous work while shooting special effects. The scooters used in the movie were DiveRite Arrows. The stunt divers team were all experienced cave divers also skilled in underwater lighting, rigging, and multiple other skills. I've mentioned some of the team in my post about deep Meg diving into the Miocene. The stunt divers were Jill Heinerth, Brian Kakuk, Andreas Matthes, Mark Meadows, Jakub Rehacek, Joel Tower and myself Jitka Hyniova. The Cave movie Megs performed flawlessly in some of the harshest conditions, we spent over 2500 hours underwater (ccr and oc combined) during the 11 week shoot. Cheers, jitka
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