I have had a song stuck in my head for a week. I turned this movie on for the first time today. This films' theme song was the same as the song stuck in my head for a week. We loved watching Jaque Cousteau on T. V. when we were children. We also lived on the waterfront, and played on the beach all the time, so it all worked together to create interest in our oceans. Mr. Cousteau's idea about people living under the sea with breathing devices is ahead of his time. Just like other explorers, like the Wright brothers and their flying machine, it's a very extreme idea. Extreme ideas tend to frighten people. I don't think most people are going to pay money to live underwater with a breathing device installed in their body. It's just way too extreme. It does not sound like something the bankers are going to back with lots of cash. Perhaps some day this idea will take hold. However, I really appreciate the director including this information in the film. Mr. Cousteau had so much faith in the unlimited potential of the human race. That is inspiring and heartwarming. It seems more practical to build Seattle Aquarium style housing that have air pumped in through an HVAC. I think people would pay money to live in that. Or, perhaps we could build giant house-boat style apartments to make use of the space on top of the water. I really appreciate Cousteau's enthusiasm for turning the oceans into people-friendly places. The oceans are a vast resource. We aren't making good use of most of it. The main problem is that we keep killing the animals, the fish and each other. We are faithless. We have lost hope in the future. This planet has the potential to last for eternity, but it is up to us to farm it, care for the animals instead of killing them, and to keep up our faith in eternal life. I think salt-water water parks would work to create income from the sea. Lots of people are afraid of the water. They don't understand the oceans. I think if Cousteau could convince governments to build easy-access water parks, and he gave lectures to inform the public, that would make money. The parks would have to be easy to get to, relatively in-expensive, and he should hold short duration lectures. Otherwise, people will loose interest. The lectures need to dispell myths about the ocean. If he held lectures to teach people how to be safe in and around the water, that would help create trust.
Review of The Odyssey
