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Are you fascinated by Titanic?

posted 4 years ago by 10200 (656)
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No, not the movie - the actual historical ship and event. I've been fascinated with the ship since I was young - it had nothing to do with the movie. It was just on TV that a salvage company wants to cut into the ship's haul and retrieve the Marconi telegraph that transmitted the very first SOS in history. The ship is quickly deteriorating and within the next 100 year it will only be a pile of rust. I believe in preserving history and am pro retrieving artifacts from the wreck. It's been over 100 years since the ship sank and I don't believe it's desecrating a grave by removing anything from the ship.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

She sank on my birthday. Or rather i was born on her deathday.

[–] sslssg (27643) 4 years ago

You and my brother have the same birthday.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

How old is your brother?

[–] sslssg (27643) 4 years ago

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Well, we are some years apart then, but still :-D

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71689) 4 years ago

I see nothing wrong with salvaging historical pieces from a dead hulk at the bottom of the sea...you'd need a remote sub to get to the site though, it's well over 2 miles down

[–] BuckSwope (3511) 4 years ago

They should sink a crate of Viagra down there to raise it up.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

there's a museum in halifax I have visited as well as the titanic graveyard

https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/titanic-unsinkable-ship-and-halifax

[–] Stratego (29246) 4 years ago

I freaking hate that movie, but almost every time it's on I wind up watching it a bit because the real story just fascinates me. Maybe it's because it was an awful disaster that affected people from so many different countries and walks of life. Someone posted a transcript video of the Morse messages not too long ago and I watched the entire thing!

Anyway, I'd like to see the whole ship preserved, but realize that's impossible. I don't see any problem either with removing certain items.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

I watch the movie for its historically accurate portrayal of ship's design.

[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

A friend watched it about fifty times, for exactly the same reason. I don't get it, and she's gone now so I can't ask her to put the fascination into words. Could I ask you to do so?

But I also think she liked the movie's stupid central love story, she ran off with her "Jack" when she was young.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

James Cameron used the actual blueprints of the ship to make it as accurate as possible. To me, this is as close as one can get to seeing the real Titanic in its original glory. When I watch this movie I like to focus on the backgrounds and all the ornate details.

[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

That is how inqatch tg he Star Wars prequels, I ignore the terrible leading actors, and focus on the production design, excellent supporting performances, the score, etc.

I just dont see what's so interesting about the Titanic itself.

[–] Eric56 (4580) 4 years ago

Yes! That was me that posted the Morse code. It was fascinating seeing their reaction to the distress until the very end.

[–] nyctc7 (41233) 4 years ago

I read "A Night to Remember" by Walter Lord sometime in the early to mid 1970s. So well before the Cameron movie. Sure I was fascinated by the story.

[–] zephyr_cape (2979) 4 years ago

ANY sunken ship whatsoever is a big, BIG mood. I'll take any sunken ship ya got.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

I had been fascinated by the ship and events surrounding it long before the movie was released. I remember reading a book (can't remember the title) that was published sometime during the 1970s about the history of the ship leading up to the night of the disaster. In one of the final chapters the author hypothesized about what condition the Titanic would be in if it were ever discovered.

The author was convinced that the ship had gone down in one piece and that it would be found in pristine shape due to the cold temperatures and lack of organisms at those depths of the ocean. Robert Ballard proved all this to be grossly incorrect when he discovered the wreck in 1985.

I remember being totally hyped when Ballard announced he had found the ship, and later disappointed to see its actual condition.

[–] 10200 (656) 4 years ago

But you have to admit it was pretty exciting to actually see the ship for the first time in 70+ years. Since then I've watched just about every documentary on Titanic. Did you happen to see the one where they were inside the Turkish Bath and the beautiful glazed tiles on the wall were still intact? It was amazing.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

For sure. But I was hoping the author's hypothesis would have been correct.

Yes, I've seen the film of the Turkish Bath taken by the robotic camera. For some reason that footage really creeps me out. I don't know why.

[–] PaladinNJ (20310) 4 years ago

I've read everything I could get my hands on about Titanic since I was a kid. When they discovered the wreck, I was one of the people who was glued to the news casts. When the movie came out I was always spouting off random facts about it. Someone commented to my wife that I must really like that movie.
Her response: He's been Titanic-crazy before that movie was even thought of.

[–] 10200 (656) 4 years ago

Sounds like my son and myself.

We were in Cobh, Ireland two years ago and there is much there concerning Titanic as it was the last stop before heading out to sea. It was kind of eerie being out in the harbor and looking at the town knowing that was what the passengers looked at the day they were there.