OceanXplorers review: James Cameron’s new ocean-life series is try-hard but effective

by ARKANSAS DIGITAL NEWS


National Geographic handout TV still: OCEANXPLORERS. Eric Ste-Marie, Cameraman Jamie Holland, Aldo Kane, Melissa Marquez, Nigel Hussey, and Crew Josh Palmer work to tag a Greenland Shark off the side of the FRC. (National Geographic/Mario Tadinac)

The OceanXplorer team work together to tag a Greenland shark

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OceanXplorers
National Geographic
Disney+

With the prominent X in the middle of its title, OceanXplorers sounds like something from the 1990s trend of making “extreme” versions of familiar things to draw in younger people.

Host and executive producer James Cameron adds to that feel as he opens each episode of the documentary series by touting the “kick-ass team of insanely talented specialists” who work on “the most technologically advanced research vessel ever built” – like they are the stars of a Mission: Impossible movie. Of the four…



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