How are the other Titanic movies?

Dowly · 07-24-12, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

Dowly.... what kind of spelling error you did with word 'Titanic' in your original post?

EDIT: Practical test '<censored>'.

EDIT#2: No... wasn't most logical one.

Fecal matter

@Syxx_Killer

Only after the Titanic was found in 1985 did the theory of a break-up become popular. Most survivors
said the ship went under intact.

Oberon · 07-24-12, 09:10 AM

What about 'Raise the Titanic'?!

No-one?

No?

I'll get my coat...

Garion · 07-24-12, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

What about 'Raise the Titanic'?!

No-one?

No?

I'll get my coat...

It's a shame about this film... I love the Book and Clive Cussler stories albiet formulated do take yoo on a rip roaring adventure. He has NOT had any luck with Hollywoods attemps to bring his books to the screen, I refuse to watch Sahara. I mean if they can't get the main character 'Dirk Pitt' right, what chance does the film actually have.

Cheers

Gary

mako88sb · 07-24-12, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Garion

It's a shame about this film... I love the Book and Clive Cussler stories albiet formulated do take yoo on a rip roaring adventure. He has NOT had any luck with Hollywoods attemps to bring his books to the screen, I refuse to watch Sahara. I mean if they can't get the main character 'Dirk Pitt' right, what chance does the film actually have.

Cheers

Gary

I made the mistake of watching it and came close to clawing my eyes out at the absurd ending. Not that the rest was any better.

07-25-12, 12:06 PM

I read some where that if the ship had hit the iceberg head on, she would have survived the impact. Also, I know there has been much talk about building methods and rivit quality, but I wonder if a modern ship today would survive the same impact, who knows

Betonov · 07-25-12, 12:15 PM

It's not how hard you hit something, it's how many compartments you flood.
A head on collision would result in the front two compartments completely destroyed and the third one flooded (rough guess) and the ship won't submerge enough to have water overflowing into dry compartments (like it happened in 1912).
But who knows. Maybe she had another design flaw when a head on collision would bend the entire superstructure that would allow all other compartments to flood.

And modern ships can survive head on collision. Stockholm did when it hit Andrea Doria in 1956

vienna · 07-25-12, 12:27 PM

I'm still waiting for the version with a surprise twist ending...

...

August · 07-24-12, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

What about 'Raise the Titanic'?!

No-one?

No?

I'll get my coat...

I read the book. Written by Clive Cussler. But the movie was pretty good too.

nikimcbee · 07-24-12, 12:27 PM

I think what Dowly meant was "Are there any other Titanic movies with Kate Winslet (or Kiera

) nekkid?"

Oberon · 07-24-12, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by August

I read the book. Written by Clive Cussler. But the movie was pretty good too.

I must admit, I did enjoy it too, been ages since I last saw it though. Haven't read the book though, might have to borrow it from Nagy, I think he might have it, he has a lot of Cussler novels.

Dowly · 07-24-12, 03:36 PM

Think I'll check "Raise the Titanic" then.

Betonov · 07-24-12, 09:10 AM

Liked Titanic: blood and steel. It aired on our TV in april and I only caught glimps of it. But it deals with the ships construction and the people involved.

Herr-Berbunch · 07-24-12, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

. . . it deals with the ships construction and the people involved.

Construction - that would be the hand-fitted iron rivets that some say were the reason for the sinking. I'm not blaming the labourers, they only did what they were told. And hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Betonov · 07-24-12, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Construction - that would be the hand-fitted iron rivets that some say were the reason for the sinking. I'm not blaming the labourers, they only did what they were told. And hindsight is a wonderful thing.

I believe it was the iron that became brittle in cold. But then again, rivets were also iron. It was a mistake made by designers and managers.
I'm surprised the whole thing was not built of steel, it was mass produced in those times IIRC.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 07-24-12, 10:07 AM

I watched documentary long time ago where they made "what if" plays. They explored that construction method and while they agreed that it wasn't perfect - it was still state of the art of its time.

What I find interesting (also from that documentary) is that Titanic's original design had lifeboat seat for every passenger. There was larger number of davits and each davit had more than one boat. In addition to those there were collapsible lifeboats in bridge roof as back up (those were retained in final design). White Star Line dismissed that design, if I remember correctly reasons were: 1) it looked bad, 2) those boats blocked first class passengers sea views and 3) it was excessive to what was required by law.

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I think what Dowly meant was "Are there any other Titanic movies with Kate Winslet (or Kiera) nekkid?" __________________

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kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I watched documentary long time ago where they made "what if" plays. They explored that construction method and while they agreed that it wasn't perfect - it was still state of the art of its time. What I find interesting (also from that documentary) is that Titanic's original design had lifeboat seat for every passenger. There was larger number of davits and each davit had more than one boat. In addition to those there were collapsible lifeboats in bridge roof as back up (those were retained in final design). White Star Line dismissed that design, if I remember correctly reasons were: 1) it looked bad, 2) those boats blocked first class passengers sea views and 3) it was excessive to what was required by law. __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	What about 'Raise the Titanic'?! No-one? No? I'll get my coat...

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sidslotm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I read some where that if the ship had hit the iceberg head on, she would have survived the impact. Also, I know there has been much talk about building methods and rivit quality, but I wonder if a modern ship today would survive the same impact, who knows

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	It's not how hard you hit something, it's how many compartments you flood. A head on collision would result in the front two compartments completely destroyed and the third one flooded (rough guess) and the ship won't submerge enough to have water overflowing into dry compartments (like it happened in 1912). But who knows. Maybe she had another design flaw when a head on collision would bend the entire superstructure that would allow all other compartments to flood. And modern ships can survive head on collision. Stockholm did when it hit Andrea Doria in 1956

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Think I'll check "Raise the Titanic" then.