They did a horrible TV miniseries in 2012 written by Mr. Downton Abbey. It was…the worst.
OMG, was it ever. I borrowed the series from the library and had modest but positive expectations for it -- but it was beyond awful and I couldn't watch more than the first 2 episodes. Ghastly.
Cameron's film may, as you say, achieve more fame and fortune than any other on the topic for the foreseeable future, but that doesn't mean another excellent film on the
Titanic can't or won't be made. Blockbusters are not necessarily the best films, although they are usually the most profitable. There are many excellent films not in the IMDB top 250.
A different TV series from 2012,
Titanic: Blood and Steel was surprisingly good. It was a joint Irish-Italian production and focused on the building of the
Titanic and historical background. It didn't get much airplay in the U.S. (I saw it on Blu-Ray), but although it's uneven in quality and takes some liberties with the chronology, it offers a brilliantly filmed look at the politics and social history of the time. Excellent sets and performances from many of the actors, and the cinematography was exceptionally well done for a TV series.
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TheGuyWithTheFeet
10 years ago
No one's saying anything about quality. Quality doesn't equal popularity. And what's been said already on this thread, comparisons will always be drawn…whether they make another Citizen Kane or not.
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palisade-1
10 years ago
No one's saying anything about quality. Quality doesn't equal popularity
Uh, that's not true. *I* am talking about quality, and I believe the OP may have been, too. It goes without saying that quality and popularity are not conterminous; rather, they can overlap, like circles in a Venn diagram, or be quite separate.
Cameron's film may be the most "popular" for some time to come (though all predictions are fraught with peril). Regardless of that, other excellent films on the subject of
Titanic can and probably will be made.
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TheGuyWithTheFeet
10 years ago
I really don't care what you're talking about. You've diverted the conversation.
One poster said:
Doubtful that will ever happen theatrically. Cameron's epic will dominate over all Titanic based films for several more years. Maybe done as a tv mini-series.
Another poster said:
Yea but I bet if they did remake this movie and it was as good or better than this one it would dominate the cameron movie. the only reason that camerons is so dominate is because it is the most recent motion picture version with special affects.
And I said:
Even if they do a more factual film, it will never achieve the fame and fortune of the Cameron film.
So, there's a recap of where we are. Until you started naming all of the recent Titanic miniseries and docu-dramas and how good they are or aren't.
Bottom line. No matter how good a Titanic show or movie is...it will ALWAYS be compared to the Cameron film. And it will always live in Cameron's shadow.
Case closed.
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palisade-1
10 years ago
Until you started naming all of the recent Titanic miniseries and docu-dramas and how good they are or aren't.
You have an
extremely short memory. The person who brought up and started naming "recent Titanic miniseries" was
you. I merely replied to your observation (agreeing with you) and elaborated on it, naming exactly one additional miniseries (hardly "all the recent" blah blah blah). Exaggeration much?
Since you are clearly not interested in discussion, or even modest accuracy, you are right -- case closed.
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dln1700
7 years ago
There was another TV mini series that was released in the mid-late 90's just before the release of JCT. It was simply called Titanic and starred George C Scott and Tim Curry and that stank.
It had some elements of fact in it which centred around Alice Cleaver who was the Nurse for baby Trevor Allison who took Trevor to the lifeboats leaving the rest of the Allison family (Father, Mother and 3yo daughter) to their fate. The daughter, Lorainne, was the only child from 1st class NOT to survive the sinking.
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