Sick Of The Titanic

Anybody sick of this tragedy that has been transformed into a pop culture phenomenon? How many other boats have sunk with terrible loss of life? The Empess of Ireland,the Lancastria  Andrea Doria, the Lusitania etc. What adds to the blashphemy of all this is that dog face Céline has made a pile of money off it as well. She probably hadn't even heard of the event before she sung that horid song for that trashy movie. I asked the clerk in my local Chapters bookstore how many titles they had in stock when I was there last Saturday. She said 20. 20 titles on the shelf  ready to buy. I dunno is it me or has this Titanic thing gone overboard? 

Edited by Vibrationbaby - April 12 2012 at 09:55

Originally posted by Vibrationbaby I dunno is it me or have this Titanic thing gone overboard?

Makes a good story. Man's hubris comes back to bite him.

Originally posted by Snow Dog I like the film. But no, I am not sick of it. It is the centenary I would expect no less, but those people on the tribute voyage are idiots and I would laugh if it sunk.

Yeah, I posted this in the news of the day:

Ship to Retrace Voyage of Titanic

I seem to recall the voyage of the Titanic ended with the ship broke in two and at the bottom of ocean.

And they should reserve a special spot for Celine to make Vibration happy.

Like it or not, it's a cultural icon, for the US anyway.  Never quite understood why.  But if memory serves, it was only something you learned in History Class, until that Leo/Kate movie came out.  Then it became a romantic tragedy.

Originally posted by HolyMoly Like it or not, it's a cultural icon, for the US anyway.  Never quite understood why.  But if memory serves, it was only something you learned in History Class, until that Leo/Kate movie came out.  Then it became a romantic tragedy.

Look at the events of the time. It isn't something which was obscure until James Cameron made it a cultural phenomena. He didn't even make the best movie on the event. 

Well at least the new version of the movie redid the night sky to make it astronomically correct for the date on which the Titanic sunk. So you don't have to view it as entirely a money-grubbing venture. 

My heart will go on.

Originally posted by The T My heart will go on.

Yet we're still hoping for the best regarding Leo. I'm thinking a pair of thermal speedos underneath?

Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Originally posted by HolyMoly Like it or not, it's a cultural icon, for the US anyway.  Never quite understood why.  But if memory serves, it was only something you learned in History Class, until that Leo/Kate movie came out.  Then it became a romantic tragedy. Look at the events of the time. It isn't something which was obscure until James Cameron made it a cultural phenomena. He didn't even make the best movie on the event.

Quite true. There is a moving and bizarre true story about the Titanic which was chronicled before Cameron's time way back in about 1959-60 with the series "One Step Beyond", an episode called "Night of April 14th" This series chronicled strange but true documented stories. Evidently a young woman had premonitions about the sinking, dreams in which it sank with great loss of life, and she did not want herself and her fiance to travel on the ship for their honeymoon. The husband to be (played by Patrick Macnee) thought it was nonsense, but, guess what? He ended up losing his life during the sinking. Nonsense, i don't think!