Donna Cunningham writes: "And what is it with Cameron and wedding rings? Again, in many scenes, wedding rings are made multiply-determined symbols--but of what? Faithfulness that is suspect; boredom only overcome by gunplay and action-adventure. You hate to do that auteur thang--looking to his "real" life--multiply-married and all, but wedding rings in this film...well, I'd like to hear someone's take on this business." Well, a wedding ring played a small but signifcant role in "The Abyss" as well, also directed by Cameron. Ed Harris narrowly escapes losing his hand (not to mention drowning) when his wedding ring keeps a security door from closing shut on his finger. Earlier, Ed had nearly flushed the ring down the toilet but pulled it out as an afterthought. The blue chemicals that stain his hand serve as a reminder of that act for the rest of the film. The wedding ring is stronger than those forces that would keep Ed and Mary's respective characters apart. It is their love for each other that ressucitates Mary after letting herself drown and that keeps Ed focused on his job during the descent into the abyss. I haven't actually sen True Lies yet so I'm not sure how the ring is used in that film and haven't noticed how he has used rings in his other films, however I did think it was a significant part of the Abyss. I wonder what his take will be on marriage when he finally does his Spider-Man movie. Currently Spider-Man is married to Mary Jane-Watson in the comics. The difference it seems from True Lies is that she knows Peter Parker is Spider-Man. I'm sure that if a trend is beginning to develop with Cameron and the theme of marraige in his movies, Spider-Man would be a interesting movie to experiment with. Brian L. Tanner [log in to unmask]