Tip of the iceberg.... so to speak

There was a lot of potential here, but I wish they had done a full series and played out more of the happenings on the boat before it sank. I understand that the ship sank and it was different for everyone aboard. We got that from the film Titanic which showed lower and upper class. We got some second class passengers here, but I still don't feel like I know what second class was like. And the writing wasn't bad here, just very narrow. We have learned a lot about Titanic in the 100 years since its sinking and yet the shows and films tend to sort of repeat themselves over and over. Which is exactly what this did, but it literally just repeated over and over and over. I would love to see a full series about the birth, life, and death of this ship.

Think of all the stories that exist there. There were huge problems during the construction. Catholic and Protestant tension in Ireland, at the ship yard. Several men died during the building of the ship.Then some won tickets for the maiden voyage based on their work ethic. We saw very little of that in this show, just a hint. But there could have been so much more. I want to see the happy times that played out on the ship in the days leading up to the sinking, just as much as I want to see the drama and heartache.

Don't get me wrong, I am not here to bash this series. I am just here to express the fact that I wish they had gone even deeper with this concept, because I think it could have been a really great series instead of mini-series.