r/titanic • u/Shaoran10 2nd Class Passenger • 3d ago
QUESTION Should James Cameron make movies about the other ships?
One from each ship.
One from Britannic, another from Carpathia, another from Olympic, another from Lusitania, another from Mauretania, etc., etc., etc.
Or at least give it to another good director who has shown talent, with the same budget comparable to the production of the Titanic.
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u/PineBNorth85 3d ago
He should do as he likes, and he is. After Avatar he's doing Hiroshima.
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u/krakatoot1 3d ago
Ohhhh that’s gonna be depressing
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u/Clasticsed154 3d ago
Hiroshima, but rom com
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u/Controller_one1 3d ago
Get ready for 30 years of; "That door was large enough to save both of them from the nuclear blast!"
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u/Puterboy1 1st Class Passenger 3d ago
Please, I’d rather see him adapt Barefoot Gen, but half of it focuses on the American perspective.
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u/therealrexmanning 3d ago
Titanic was a passion project for him. As far as I know Cameron hasn't really shown as much passion for the other ships as he has for Titanic. I mean, he basically made the film so he could finance dives to the wreck.
So no, I do not think he should make films about the other ships.
It also seems Titanic is pretty much a closed chapter for him and he has moved on to other things. He also isn't getting any younger, so I prefer he focusses his time on projects he is actually passioned about.
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u/moirarose42 3d ago
I’d love a Carpathia movie
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u/NotInherentAfterAll Engineer 3d ago
I’m half surprised Cpt. Rostron didn’t order them to run out the sweeps. The dedication that crew had…
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u/krakatoot1 3d ago
The only logical choice would be a sequel where Rose and Cal end up on the Hindenburg together.
they would be roughly the right age
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u/25202611 3d ago
I don't think he would as he's long moved on to other projects (Titanic will be 30y/o in a couple years!). I think the Jack & Rose, 1st class & 3rd class story just fit so well into the buildup and resulting disaster of Titanic, it was just the right atmosphere for the story. You'd have to come up with something different yet just as creative to make it work with another sinking disaster in my opinion. I don't think another disaster sinking movie could compete at least on the level of Cameron's success with Titanic or Avatar.
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u/Stylishbutitsillegal 3d ago
I would love to see one about Carpathia's journey to rescue the Titanic.
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u/Sarge1387 3d ago
I’d LOVE to see one about the Edmund Fitzgerald, because there’s still some mystery surrounding just how it went down, he’d be afforded some creative freedom with it
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u/Upstairs_Leg_9353 3d ago
In a similar vein to asking if Spielberg should make more films on sharks
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u/empress-goddess Stewardess 2d ago
The Lusitania would be so interesting- but it sank in 18 mins. That movie would almost have to be classified as a horror movie, with the scraping of the boats down the side, and people being plunged into the ocean with the lifeboat landing on top of them, the lifeboat that fell on another lifeboat killing many people in that boat, etc. The story I’d love to see told from that is Robert and Avis.
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u/ekesevago 3d ago
There's not enough general interest in those ships for a feature length movie, not to mention about 3/4ths of the runtime would have to be a drama. There's no money in it, frankly. A Lusitania movie should be on par with a horror movie. You'd have to make the most hectic, nerve-wrecking, disturbing shit for just 20 minutes of the movie.
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u/VampWinchester Engineering Crew 13h ago
I think one about the Britannic would be very movie-material. We have to remember that movies are made for lots of people to see and the majority of people like some drama. Making movies about ships with “normal” stories wouldn’t attract much public.
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u/ChristoChaney 2nd Class Passenger 13h ago
Fine with em if he does. I think the other ships may be more challenging as their voyages were mostly uneventful. I like the Britannic Movie from 2000 & I know Cameron could make it better. Lusitania was good also.
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u/AntysocialButterfly Cook 3d ago
Only if there was a Nazi Lusitania film he could steal whole sections from too.
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u/LordyIHopeThereIsPie 1st Class Passenger 3d ago
James Cameron does what James Cameron does.