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Post by sesley on Mar 27, 2012 13:14:22 GMT
Just watched on the iplayer its obviously not as lavish as Kate Winslets film . It is Upstairs downstairs/Downton Abbey goes for a cruise basically and still annoying watching the bloody first class jobs arguing who to get in the boat,while the poor stearrage passengers try to get on a boat. I remember when the Costa Concordia,was sailing into rocks the papers said they were playing Titanic film and Celion Djon was singing her heart will go on and on.
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Post by aubrey on Mar 27, 2012 16:27:16 GMT
I don't understand all the interest in the Titanic. That Titanic experience thing in Belfast - I really can't imagine enough people going to that to keep it going. Facsimiles of state rooms, letters, etc - it just seems dull.
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Post by everso on Mar 28, 2012 10:17:01 GMT
I find it fascinating!
I watched it on iPlayer last night (can't believe I actually missed it on Sunday). I enjoyed it very much, but coming as it does after the film, which is re-released in 3D now, I feel it's all a bit samey.
I shall continue to watch it. I wonder if the heir to Lord Grantham, who, in the first episode of Downton Abbey was lost in the Titanic disaster, will be included in the cast of characters? That would have been a good link up.
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 28, 2012 17:33:29 GMT
I don't understand all the interest in the Titanic. That Titanic experience thing in Belfast - I really can't imagine enough people going to that to keep it going. Facsimiles of state rooms, letters, etc - it just seems dull. They're very proud of it in Belfast, bizarrely. I remember checking into a hotel there, and their luxury suite was called 'The Titanic Suite'. I made some silly joke about it and the bellhop (receptionist? Whatever. Hotel-monkey) looked at me as if I was crazy. Like it hadn't entered his head there might be a negative side to calling your rooms 'The Titanic Suite'. (And no, my silly joke was not about 'going down'. I'm a laydeee.) |
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Post by Weyland on Mar 28, 2012 19:09:32 GMT
I don't understand all the interest in the Titanic. That Titanic experience thing in Belfast - I really can't imagine enough people going to that to keep it going. Facsimiles of state rooms, letters, etc - it just seems dull. They're very proud of it in Belfast, bizarrely. I remember checking into a hotel there, and their luxury suite was called 'The Titanic Suite'. I made some silly joke about it and the bellhop (receptionist? Whatever. Hotel-monkey) looked at me as if I was crazy. Like it hadn't entered his head there might be a negative side to calling your rooms 'The Titanic Suite'. (And no, my silly joke was not about 'going down'. I'm a laydeee.) I was in a bar in Portrush one June evening in 2000. It was a Thursday. On the wall were pictures of the great ship. And a home-made poster saying Live Music Every Thursday.[/b] The place was empty apart from me, my pal Steve from Colorado, and the landlord. We questioned the landlord with reference to the live music. He replied "Titanic!" in a very loud Ian Paisley voice and disappeared to another part of the building. We drank up hastily and left (Bushmills with Guinness chasers, since you ask). Next day we drove to the Republic. You just can't avoid live music in the Republic. Not that we wanted to. |
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Post by Patrick on Mar 29, 2012 10:32:38 GMT
I was reading of it's sister ships the other day. One is in slightly better condition on the bed of the Mediterranean having sunk a couple of years after Titanic - with the horrendous tale of how escaping passengers were pulled towards the propellers and minced to bits. The other worked a full life until 1937 - parts of it's interior split up and bought by various pubs around the UK when it was scrapped. It was interestingly used as a test bed for safety experiments following Titanics demise. At one point carrying "fold up" lifeboats - which the then health and safety executive complained about being fairly useless really.
It has to be remembered that "Other sunken ships are available".
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Post by aubrey on Mar 29, 2012 16:34:18 GMT
I've just seen a trailer for the TV series. They're all talking about how it might sink. It's as if they knew.
The first time I'd ever heard of The Titanic was in the series The Time Tunnel. They found themselves on a ship, and that scene ended with a close-up of a life belt, with ominous music. I had to ask why.
It's funny how one ship gets "Immortalised" and another, with a potentially "better" story (that propeller detail) is almost forgotten. Maybe the goriness was too much; a noble death of hypothermia or drowning is much more romantic.
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Post by everso on Mar 29, 2012 21:18:18 GMT
Aubs, I don't think it was that so much as the proud brag that the damn thing was unsinkable.
I suppose it would be a bit like a new type of aircraft being heralded as crash-proof and it dropping like a stone on its first transatlantic flight.
The immense loss of life didn't help, obviously.
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Mar 30, 2012 15:46:26 GMT
I missed it. Catching up on the web. No spoilers please.  |
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Post by Patrick on Mar 30, 2012 21:58:53 GMT
I hear the Fellowes version has already been christened "Drownton Abbey". Had a bit of a panning by all accounts.
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Post by everso on Mar 30, 2012 23:14:23 GMT
I missed it. Catching up on the web. No spoilers please. Yeah, the ship sinks. ;D |
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Post by Weyland on Mar 31, 2012 9:49:53 GMT
I missed it. Catching up on the web. No spoilers please. Yeah, the ship sinks. Keep your eye on the deckchairs. |
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Post by housesparrow on Mar 31, 2012 20:11:23 GMT
I've not watched much about the Titanic ...but was a bit surprised to see a chart which showed that it hit an iceberg at a latitude to the south of Cornwall. Of course I should not have been but there you go!
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Post by Patrick on Apr 3, 2012 14:14:53 GMT
Oh dear...
From The Grauniad.
Titanic ratings sink on second voyage
ITV1 drama falls from 7.4 million to 4.7 million viewers, beaten by BBC1's Countryfile, Antiques Roadshow and Silent Witness
Titanic's ratings sunk on Sunday night as Julian Fellowes's big-budget production lost almost 3 million viewers on its second outing.
The ITV1 drama attracted 4.7 million viewers, a fall of more than 36% compared with the 7.4 million who tuned in for the series opener.
Titanic managed an 18.5% share of the total audience between 9pm and 10pm, well down on the 28.5% share the show enjoyed last week.
The four-part drama, which on its debut was the biggest-rating show of the night, was soundly beaten on Sunday by a host of programmes on BBC1 including Countryfile, Antiques Roadshow and the first episode in the latest series of Silent Witness.
Titanic went head-to-head with Silent Witness, starring Emelia Fox, which managed an average audience of 6.7 million and a 26.6% share, between 9pm and 10pm.
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Post by everso on Apr 3, 2012 21:22:57 GMT
I watched it again, and, although I enjoyed it, it doesn't have the same kind of feel as Downton Abbey. I shall watch the rest of the episodes, but I'm doing them a favour. On the other hand, I watched Silent Witness this afternoon on BBC iPlayer via my Wii (don't worry, I didn't buy it, my nephews gave it to me as they don't use it now). It was good to watch it all in one go and not have to wait until the next evening to see the conclusion. I did a big pile of ironing whilst watching it and to tell the truth I hardly knew I was doing it. I'm rather fond of Harry.  |
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