Realistically speaking in a world that is 99% water would dirt really hold any real value? Farming would make no sense, just fish.

fish still like dirt

I like dirt and will pay top dollar for that dirt

its delicious

>>213512500 (OP)
I mean what's the bottom and where is the bottom

My name is Mud

The entire movie falls flat when you realize they just need to drop an anchor down several hundred feet and pull it up to get dirt. Like shit nigga.

>>213512500 (OP)
Well then what about scurvy, you know, the thing all those sailors had before they invented canned food?

>>213512500 (OP)
>farming just like... doesn't make any sense!

anyone can dive to the sea floor and scoop up all the dirt he wants so I didn't really get it.

>>213512500 (OP)
It's about scarcity. Gold is a worthless metal that's too soft to have any practical use. But its relative rarity increases its value.

>>213512500 (OP)
Potted plants were very valuable to grow produce

>>213512500 (OP)
What the diet in Waterworld even be besides fish and seaweed?

>>213512688
Do they have 200 feet of chain or strong rope to do this? What if you bring up sand 99 percent of the time?

>>213512706
Even more than that let's assume enough water was dumped on earth to cover all but 500'feet the top of Everest, yoid just dredge that shit into a giant mountain of dirt above the water line. Like nigga. They create artificial islands all the time. With several nuclear carriers dredging you could put up a Hawaii sized place fast and dirty

>>213512500 (OP)
I would like a take on an actual civilization on a water world instead of your usual post apocalypse america

>>213512779
You wouldn't even need chain just rope, a rock and a bucket nigga
Be like oh shit there is dirty dirt

>>213512779
They must have strong anchors, otherwise their ships and floating platforms would have been blown up or sink by your yearly storm

>>213512688
sometimes autism can be a curse

Wouldn't everyone die of mercury poisoning eating only fish?

>>213512779
Also, sand can be turn into soil over time with the right method

>>213512500 (OP)
You can still grow weed

>>213512865
Easy solution is also eating seaweed and other types of seafood

The movie would have been better with a cuter loli

>>213512665
ITS ALWAYS BEEN

>>213512939
Yeah, always look too much like a boy, but may be that is the point

>>213512500 (OP)
I'd want dirt

the amount of low IQ mongoloids in here is astounding

>>213512500 (OP)
>Farming would make no sense
Ask anyone with a garden if farming makes no sense. With a few pots you can grow a bunch of useful herbs and such that are good medically. There is also small fruits that would ward off things like scurvy. having a steady supply of both of those would still be vital. That and you can use soil as a water filter

>>213512500 (OP)
why didn't they just use hydroponic farming?

>>213513094
Lost tech, these people live by the rusty scraps of old era

>>213513094
Do you know how much fresh water you need to make that viable? The people in that movie are probably generating just enough water to keep themselves barely hydrated every day

>>213512706
>anyone can dive to the sea floor
Yes, I'm sure everyone has a diving bell and can easily get down there.

Why do they hate gills? I thought everyone should have loved to have that in a water world, especially for your children
Unless there is a war between mutant and non mutant or some shit

Do you people even watch the movies before whining about them? They were running out of supplies, many people had already gone crazy, most learned people were dead aside from the crazy blimp inventor, and all the Atolls were not only running out of supplies but were almost all destroyed by the smokers by then. They don't have supplies to dredge the bottom. They don't have educated people that would even think of such a thing. And they have far more urgent problems they are worrying about than just getting dirt.

>>213513343
Well the smokers, a group that produced nothing and just consumed, existing somehow for that long is the biggest plot hole anyway
>but they raided and raped
They should have ran out of shit to raid and rape in 2 years at most,

>>213513457
Smokers probably traded oil for supplies

>>213513300
It seems like they don't want mutations to compound throughout the generations. If they do its likely the more mutations a family has they'll probably eventually go sterile completely. They don't want to risk that

>>213512706
>anyone can dive to the sea floor
In the movie where they show the only guy who can do it has gills?
Really though anything you dug off the sea floor would be too salty to grow anything very edible.

Are you people really this retarded? There's no plot hole here. You don't have anything reasonable to be doubting.

Just toke up and enjoy the cinematic wonder.

Why can't modern flicks look like this?

>>213513744
They can. There's nothing special going on that you couldn't recreate right now.

>Do you people even watch the movies before whining about them?
No.

>>213512500 (OP)
they probably like it because they can use it to make mud for basic pottery or sunblock and for the obvious benefit of possibly being able to grow something assuming you have seeds.

>>213512500 (OP)
Firstly, even with the world being almost entirely water, fish aren't infinite. Relying entirely on fishing might depopulate or partially depopulate the local ocean which would lead to food scarcity, so it's good to have an alternative source of food. Secondly, it's important to have a balanced diet. Fish is great protein but what about everything else that the human body needs? Fish specifically are also dangerous to subsist entirely on due to their high mercury content. Thirdly, it's nice to have some variety in what you eat as a luxury. Sure you *can* survive eating just one thing every day for your entire life, but it isn't a fun existence. Even beyond the health problems, the boredom will make you want to drown yourself.

>>213512939
She was way better with longer hair.
Def my first loli crush

>>213514182
>just move over
Luckily everyone lives on moving platforms you fucking retard. Holy fuck. You couldn't depopulate it with waterworld levels of populations.

>>213514182
idiot

>>213513809
lmao get a load of this consoomer

>>213514182
AI post

>>213512500 (OP)
Precious gems.

>>213512695
Based. Fuck scurvy.

>>213512781
The only logical takeaway is that the film does not take place on the planet Earth.

>>213515295
Nigger he dives down and sees submerged cities.

>>213512726
>too soft to have any practical use
do you really believe this?

>>213515327
Other planets can have cities.

>>213512817
Why the fuck do you talk like this. What do you look like

>>213515481
Do other planets have Kevin Costner?

>>213515295
the film takes place in the year 2500 on planet earth after all the ice caps melted. in the comic books they go to places like underwater washington dc.

The background settingis that the sea level has risen over 7,600 m, and the smokers base of opperations is literally the Exxon Valdez

>>213515682
They could.

>>213515745
>the film takes place in the year 2500 on planet earth after all the ice caps melted.
Show me in the film where it says this.
>in the comic books they go to places like underwater washington dc.
Not canon/exterior source
>The background settingis that the sea level has risen over 7,600 m
The film never says this.
>the smokers base of opperations is literally the Exxon Valdez
Coincidence, too many other factors say the planet isn't Earth.

>>213515269
>scurvy
Seaweed is superfood and has all the vitamins and minerals you need.

>>213516457
No factors "say" the planet isn't Earth. From the fist frames of the movie after the Universal logo comes on it's clearly explained that it's fucking Earth.

You're not a good troll. You seem very stupid.

>>213516457
>Show me in the film where it says this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1U9SdVKNg

>>213517263
I'm not clicking on your fake news virus junk.

It's not earth.

>>213512688
Kek dumbass

>>213516693
Wouldn't sea weed be as far down as dirt would be?

>>213517829
Hm, good question

>>213512706

yeah they just need a carbon fiber sub or something idk it should be easy enough

>>213512500 (OP)
I've yet to see one serious post debunking Waterworld's realism

But what about paper?

>>213519141
There's no real argument here. The movie works. There's nothing to nitpick.
Solid movie. Just a production fiasco.

>>213519189
i i you you good good good good

>>213513735
For real. Weed is key here

>>213512665
Fucking KEK

>>213512500 (OP)
the fish still need to go on land to lay eggs, y'know

>>213512688
It's called Water World, not Water on Dirt World. There's nothing but water all the way through.

>>213512688
mud is not dirt, retard

>>213512688
If the entire world was covered by ocean enough that only around Everest would have land above sea level, the mass majority of the planetary ocean would be twenty thousand feet deep or more.

The movie premise falls flat because there isn't remotely close to that much water in the polar ice caps to account for such sea level rise; especially considering the northern polar ice cap sits on the seas and displaces the sea level already.

>>213515295
The intro of the movie straight up shows it's Earth.

>>213519822
Maybe it's a world without tectonic plates and so there are no mountains or valleys

>>213512665

>>213519822
>The movie premise falls flat because there isn't remotely close to that much water in the polar ice caps to account for such sea level rise; especially considering the northern polar ice cap sits on the seas and displaces the sea level already.

it's not in the movie but the waterworld lore is that there was a bunch of comets that hit earth raising sea level
there's also people living on the sea floor who did genetic engineering so the mariner had gills

>>213520171
what is this waterworld lore you speak of? I always thought waterworld got a bad rap because it bombed spectacularly and that it was ripe for some decent world building through sequels and other media.

>>213512610
>>213512567
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fdJdfXid70

>>213520079
Primus is TOOL for rednecks
TOOL is also TOOL for rednecks
Primus Sucks

>>213520874
YEAAAAAAAAAAAA
>keeps listening to music and doesnt give a fuck
youre trolling with these kinds of posts right

>>213512500 (OP)

Libtard Hysteria: The Movie.

>>213512726
Dude, it was used for dentistry since ancient egypt. Your grandparents probably had gold fillings.

>>213512500 (OP)
And why the fuck did he eat some of it.

Even in a world drowned in water, why would a person ever want to put dirt in their mouth? Its like.... dirt

>>213515269
and I like to eat limes just cuz, they are pretty tasty to me as I love bitter/sour.

>>213519541
>mud is not dirt
cant tell if you are trolling or an actual retard

>>213517263
>virus
im not the anon you replied to but its a fucking youtube link its not a virus you moron

>>213515269
limes, surprisingly do not prevent scurvy well due to their low vitamin c content

>>213513300
They don’t care about the gills.they were already pissed at him for not fucking the hit and looking for an excuse to kill him

>>213512500 (OP)
I've never seen Waterworld, is this true?

Waterworld (1995) got panned for a mix of behind-the-scenes baggage, storytelling issues, and audience expectations gone wrong, not because it’s truly one of the worst movies ever (it actually has a cult following now), but because of the context around its release.

Here’s the breakdown:

1. The “Most Expensive Movie Ever Made” Curse
At the time, Waterworld had a budget reported around $175 million (huge for the mid-90s) and earned a reputation in the press as a “production disaster.”
Hurricane damage, sinking sets, cast injuries, and constant rewrites all became public knowledge before the film came out.
By the time audiences saw it, they were primed to expect a bloated flop.

2. Weak Script and Thin Characters
Critics said the plot was basically Mad Max on water without the same tight pacing or compelling characters.
Kevin Costner’s Mariner was called too stoic and uncharismatic, and the emotional stakes often felt flat.
Dialogue was often clunky, with exposition-heavy lines that didn’t match the movie’s gritty tone.

3. Tonally Uneven
It tried to be both a gritty post-apocalyptic action movie and a lighthearted, almost swashbuckling adventure.
Dennis Hopper’s over-the-top villain performance clashed with the otherwise serious, dour tone.

4. Pacing & Editing
The middle act was criticized for dragging, with long stretches of wandering before getting back to action.
Some critics felt the payoff wasn’t worth the build-up.

5. Overhype vs. Delivery
The marketing leaned heavily on spectacle, giant floating sets, stunts, massive action scenes, but the final film while visually impressive, didn’t feel groundbreaking in story or emotion.
Coming off Dances with Wolves and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, audiences expected Costner’s next big film to be another classic, not a mixed-bag sci-fi experiment.

>>213521551
thanks chatCBT

>>213513684
>In the movie where they show the only guy who can do it has gills?
He literally brings the woman with him in a bell thingy.

>>213512688
they could also just make dirt by composting stuff

>>213519189
why did he want the cunny?

>>213522529
I think more valid question is: why did he prefer the kid?
I think he really didn't but it's just logistics, forcing a woman to have a way with you against her will is much more difficult than forcing a child. He just wanted a release, didn't care much for specifics.

>>213521551
>I've never seen Waterworld, is this true?
No.
The reason it bombed was because there wasn't enough lg's.

>>213512865
with a netted area you could just farm the fish you need and avoid the mercury

>>213522558
but wouldn't she be too tight for him? it's better to go for the hot milf in my opinion

>>213513168
kostner just uses a little pump thing to make sea water drinkable

>>213522626
he might've assumed that Costner is fucking the milf

>>213522669
So he didn't assume that she might be their daughter? even more fked up

>>213522685
Listen man, want some paper or not? I've got places to be.

>>213522691
Ok,but i'm not giving you my virgin daughter

>>213513684
The where did the other guys get the dirt?

>>213512726
Gold has shitlots of applications in electronics retard

>>213512939
The Kathy Bates of lolis

Its epsteins island he finds. Fun fact

>45 minutes with the wee one
why don't hollywood movies feature paedophiles bartering for child rape anymore?

>>213512500 (OP)
Do you know anything about nutrition? The human body evolved to have an omnivorous diet

>>213515745
>the smokers base of opperations is literally the Exxon Valdez
how the hell do they refine crude oil?

>>213519822
But enough water would cover the world twenty thousand feet deep when it's displaced from your fat ass jumping in the sea.

>>213519822
maybe it rained a bunch

>>213522946

>>213522946
they cant which is why they're so desperate to find dryland and why they have the old guy constantly checking how much is left

>>213523295
they only have "black stuff" not refined oil

>>213523303
And who was this "Thema Riner" they constantly mention but who never shows up? Very bad script.

>>213512726
bro I wouldn't even be able to look at my watch and get the time if gold (and switzerland) didn't exist

>>213524124
I thought that was brass, not gold

>>213517263
Why are you engaging with someone that doesn't remember the first 30 seconds of the film?
Unless you're a samefagging loser replying to yourself?

>>213512726
>>213520983
gold is also naturally antibacterial and neutral to the human body

>>213520901
newfag

>>213521182
Mud is mud and dirt is dirt, this is pretty simple stuff you know.

>>213522946
ships currently run on heavy fuel oil right now which is basically just crude oil. a full tanker with only a 100 or so humans sparsely dipping in could last some decades or even a century. they could easily refine some of it into a crude gasoline to run their boats and jet skis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A-SavHMHNs

>>213525597
I know tankers can do that but they're riding around on jet skis and also fly an airplane. the russian nat gas ships also run on nat gas as it boils off

>>213522946
They don't, diesels run on basically anything flammable

>>213525631
gasoline is basically a byproduct of refining oil. if they can figure out how to make alcohol they can figured out how to make gas. boil it. they won't get the high quality high octane gas we are used to but it would still work

>>213525756
furthermore look up "white gas" or "camp gas". iirc it is the "original" gasoline before they figured out they could run engines on it and sell it. before it was a waste product you could barely give away.

>>213521551
Shut the fuck up niggerbot

>>213526190
some crazy hobo stashed his boat with national geographics 500 years ago and they've been floating around at sea since

>>213513809
No they can't, at least not for decades. This shit is lost to the current generation.

>>213512817
>snags
>breaks
>"oh shit get the other bucket"
>"there is no other bucket"
gg no re

>>213520819
The comics, for one.
>bombed spectacularly
Didn't actually happen.

waterworld is so good conceptually but the actual movie is kind of dumb. would love a new take on that world. basically mad max but inverted

>>213517829
>>213517858
there are seaweeds that float and have no roots

>>213520819
This absolute autist still makes lore videos about Waterworld https://www.youtube.com/@TheAtoll

>>213522628
You can buy hand operated reverse osmosis pumps for survival at sea. The problem is it's a lot of work for a little water. In a very hot climate you might sweat out more water while pumping than you'd produce.

>>213525287
based sigma mariner

>>213526190
everybody casually smoking years after the apocalypse as if cigarettes were falling from the sky is one of my favorite tropes

>>213530533
You can just grow tobacco, you know?

If I remember the last bit of land they eventually find is the tip of Mount everest, right? So how in the fuck are any of the humans surviving at that altitude.

>>213531870
It's only a few feet above sea level.

>>213531870
They're still at the bottom of the air ocean, the pressure would be about the same as it is today at sea level.

>>213531870
where did all the fucking water come from, how does that make sense

>>213531870
I thought it was mount Fiji in Japan.

>>213532359
>where did all the fucking water come from
The ocean, duh

For me it was that time they made fun of Waterworld on the Simpsons

>>213532608
https://youtu.be/EFlaGdZEbqo?t=793

>>213531764
yeah yeah, and industrial looking cigarettes, filter and all come from those crops

>>213512779

>>213522872
They do. It just happens behind the scene.

>>213513457
>Well the smokers, a group that produced nothing and just consumed, existing somehow for that long is the biggest plot hole anyway
Hardly. Early monarchs were nothing more than bandits who pooled all their resources into warfare in order to conquer isolated agrarian communities and extort them for supplies, allowing them to build fortresses and field armies and form centralised states.