The Titanic

Hmm... A very interesting topic has hit the boards of Baltochat, who has ever seen the film "Titanic" or the "Britannic"? i thought they where amazing films ;] And I just lvoe them.

Its a good movie to watch if you love " romance " or " drama ". For me the best part of the movie is the ice-burg. But I never seen or even heard about the Britanic movie.

Stadit wrote:Its a good movie to watch if you love " romance " or " drama ". For me the best part of the movie is the ice-burg. But I never seen or even heard about the Britanic movie.

BOTH where true movies, Britannic was the third of the 3 Olympic-class Liners.

I have only seen the Titanic. Very sad story. Have you seen the cartoon version? Its a mix of 101 Dalmations, and some other disney movies. In my opinion it wasn't very good. My favorite part of the Titanic may be a bit cruel, but I just find it funny when the guy hits the propeller when it was sinking.

SapphireRose wrote:My favorite part of the Titanic may be a bit cruel, but I just find it funny when the guy hits the propeller when it was sinking.

Thats cruel, you wouldn't laugh if you where actually ON the Titanic, and you saw that, it's depressing that you know things like this actually happened.

I has seen only the Titanic. I find that it is a very captivating movie, and some of the instrumentals in the movie were stunning. Aside from this I hated the whole Jack+Rose romance it took away from the true story of the Titanic and made the audience focus on them.

SapphireRose wrote:I have only seen the Titanic. Very sad story. Have you seen the cartoon version? Its a mix of 101 Dalmations, and some other disney movies. In my opinion it wasn't very good. My favorite part of the Titanic may be a bit cruel, but I just find it funny when the guy hits the propeller when it was sinking.

lmbo! (laugh-my-butt-off) *sorry for the sms* but i did find that pretty halarious.

Well as you may find that funny I do not! Lives that are ended by harmful and disasterous ways shouldn't at all be funny, I know I'm getting all serious (God forbid it I'm usually not) but that scene was not funny at all.

fanofbalto123 wrote:I has seen only the Titanic. I find that it is a very captivating movie, and some of the instrumentals in the movie were stunning. Aside from this I hated the whole Jack+Rose romance it took away from the true story of the Titanic and made the audience focus on them.

I understand your POV here FOB. When ever you say the word "Titanic" people suddenly assume i'm talking about the Jack+Rose one.

Shows how popular the film is.

In grade 7 I remember learning why it sank. The ice burg didn't help. When they built it, they had giant walls, but they didn't go up all the way. If they had built them all the way, only one chamber would of filled and they could attempt to fix it, but since they didn't build it all the way, the water got to the top and spilled over into another chamber. Now...my question is, why didn't they build them up all the way?

Well thats the way people are. They are just in for the preciouse money. Just like 9-11 (the goverment blew the twin towers, jet fuel isnt hot enough to melt steel poles. They planted PE4's and other explosvs) . But lets not get to that subject.

My point is they are Argtards.

SapphireRose wrote:In grade 7 I remember learning why it sank. The ice burg didn't help. When they built it, they had giant walls, but they didn't go up all the way. If they had built them all the way, only one chamber would of filled and they could attempt to fix it, but since they didn't build it all the way, the water got to the top and spilled over into another chamber. Now...my question is, why didn't they build them up all the way?

First off, there not called "Chambers" there called "Compartments". And where seperated by Water-tight Bulkhead's. However, the reason they lowered the Bulkheads was because of the Grand Staircase. The same with lifeboats.

Now you may not know this, but I am a Titanic eXpert, and know more about the Titanic then my History teacher.

Anyway, here goes:

The Original Plan:
The original plan for the Titanic was far less luxary then it actually was. They where to have 48 wooden lifeboats, + 12 collapsables. The water-tight bulkheads where to raise to B deck. Also, the ship was going to have three funnels.

The Ismay plan:
The Ismay plan for the Titanic was almost-perfect for Luxary, but bad for safety. The isay plan lowered lifeboats to 16, and 4 collapsables. The water-tight Bulkheads where also lowered to serve only 10 feet above the water-line at E-deck. And at last, a fouth funnel was added to make the ship look more powerful.

The poor rivets:
The Titanic was made with steele plates around the sides, held together my Steele, and Iron rivets. There are 5 different types of Iron "Number 0", "Number 1", "Number 2", "Number 3" and "Number 4"(Otherwise known as "Best Best", and what you would use on your "Iron"). Half of the ships rivets where steele, however the other was Number 3 (Or "Best") Iron rivets. Which where not even the purist, Number 4 was the best set of Iron rivets, however still very weak.

The Officer Switch:
As you may know, the Captain was EJ (Edward John) Smith, Cheif Officer Wilde, first officer Murdoch, and second officer Lightoller. BUT, what was the original plan?

Well, Captain EJ Smith would of had:
Cheif Officer: Murdoch
First officer: Lightoller
Second Officer: Blinde (Or something)
Exc.

However due to the ship "Olympic" was taken to H&W shipyard, there chief officer took over Murdoch's post.

The lifeboats:
Heroic, pathetic, Titanic. As you would of heard, boats where being launched HALF-full. However Murdoch was a hero, you may have never head of this, but it's true. He was lowering his 3rd boat when Lightoller was bearely lowering his first. Also, he died fighting to save a lifeboat, a wuote from lightoller said:

I saw William at lifeboat post 1, lowering one of collapsables, but this went wrong, when water flooded that area, they couldn't release the lifeboat. I saw murdoch fighting the sea's power to save lives. But this massive wave threw him away, and he fell into a depth of no return. This was the last I saw of William Murdoch.

And Bride said the same.

Other Information:
If you would like any more information about the Olympic, Titanic and/or the Britannic. Please ask me here (For Titanic) or PM me (for all of them)

Please tell me for any mistakes I made in my writing

Okay, but it was my Science Teacher. I didn't mean to make an argument...Where did you learn all of this?

Stadit wrote:


Wiki-Pedia

Post's like this are what get you banned.

Rose: I have many sources, here are a list:

Internet
Wikipedia
Yahoo Answers
Cunard .com
Titanic .com
Titanic-Online .com
Discovery Channel-Online .com
Google
Cunard history .com
Titanic in Belfast.com (Part of Harland and Wolff)

Books
PLEASE don't make me list them all.

Documentaries[b]
Last mystories of the Titanic
Titanic, Untold stories
Death of a dream
The un-sinkable Titanic
Titanic, the finding.
Titanic (Film, behind the scenes)
Olympic, Titanic, Btiannic
And a few others

[b]People
James Cameron himself ;]
And a few other historians

Thanks for your co-operation.

PLEASE, ask me questions - I love teaching people about things I love.

Sorry if I over-ruled this tpic with my smart-ness.

Please, ask me questions, i'm thirsty to talk about the Titanic!