Could anyone make of story out of this?

[gunhilltrain]

Woman Who Has Seen Titanic 'Over 500 Times' Turns N.Y.C Apartment into a Near Replica of the Ship​

https://people.com/woman-who-has-se...ns-apartment-into-the-ship-exclusive-11799172

Based on a true story. "Let's go to my place."

Of course this in Manhattan. First of all, seeing any movie 500 times is notable. What I'd like to know is if all her knowledge came only from the film. E.g., could she name the shipyard that built it and where it's located? Maybe it was mentioned somewhere in that three-hour running time.

The dog looks a bit skeptical.

 

[StillStunned]

Litify it. "Woman watches Hard Anal Heroes 4 five hundred times, modifies kitchen into a shrine for *that* scene".

 

[Erozetta]

Woman Who Has Seen Titanic 'Over 500 Times' Turns N.Y.C Apartment into a Near Replica of the Ship​

https://people.com/woman-who-has-se...ns-apartment-into-the-ship-exclusive-11799172

Based on a true story. "Let's go to my place."

Of course this in Manhattan. First of all, seeing any movie 500 times is notable. What I'd like to know is if all her knowledge came only from the film. E.g., could she name the shipyard that built it and where it's located?

The dog looks a bit skeptical.

I could, but it's going straight to erotic horror. Jack does float, it turns out.

 

[iwatchus]

I'll pass on writing that one...

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Woman Who Has Seen Titanic 'Over 500 Times' Turns N.Y.C Apartment into a Near Replica of the Ship​

https://people.com/woman-who-has-se...ns-apartment-into-the-ship-exclusive-11799172

Based on a true story. "Let's go to my place."

Of course this in Manhattan. First of all, seeing any movie 500 times is notable. What I'd like to know is if all her knowledge came only from the film. E.g., could she name the shipyard that built it and where it's located? Maybe it was mentioned somewhere in that three-hour running time.

The dog looks a bit skeptical.

Probably, but in my gut, I feel that kind of obsession would turn into something like Stephen King's 'Misery.'

 

[lovecraft68]

I've never seen it. Plan on keeping it that way

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

I've never seen it. Plan on keeping it that way

Um, spoiler, but the boat sinks...

 

[Erozetta]

Probably, but in my gut, I feel that kind of obsession would turn into something like Stephen King's 'Misery.'

That's pretty much where my mind went.

 

[StillStunned]

Um, spoiler, but the boat sinks...

Apparently half a generation of men were tricked into seeing it by their partners telling them, "Leonardo di Caprio dies."

 

[Erozetta]

I've never seen it. Plan on keeping it that way

In my defense, I was 14 when it came out. I saw it exactly once in a theater with a broken AC (It was stuck on and wouldn't cycle off) on a rainy night. I was feeling really sympathetic to those in the water by the end because I literally had my entire body in my sweater and under my coat and was still fucking freezing. So even if I would've liked the movie, I hated it due to the experience.

 

[lovecraft68]

Um, spoiler, but the boat sinks...

This is the same reason I never watched any of those Jesus movies. We know how it ends.

 

[sirhugs]

I fell asleep watching it.

 

[TheRedChamber]

I do like the idea of the whole of the Titanic being accessible through the front door of a Seinfeld-style New York apartment. Possibly a ground-hog day style thing where the first time she makes a big scene about the boat sinking only to find the next day resets to the day the ship sets sail and, being unable to affect anything, she ends up playing dress-up amongst the turn of the century toff. (She tries getting it on with a hunky deckhand only not be able to take the, ahem, hygiene).

 

[Kumquatqueen]

I was the teenage girl age it was marketed at. My friends who saw it multiple times did so solely because it had a lot of Leonardo DiCaprio with his pretty hair and a wet shirt. Boat? What boat?

The question is, what does the obsessed fan do to guys who don't nobly leave her while they go off to die? I get the same Misery vibes...

 

[Voboy]

Litify it. "Woman watches Hard Anal Heroes 4 five hundred times, modifies kitchen into a shrine for *that* scene".

No need to Litify it. Just enclose her bed in a "canopy" that looks like the windows of a 1912 Renault, so that your FMC will have a place to slap her hand and leave a palm print when your MMC sinks his boat into her ocean, as it were.

 

[Comshaw]

Probably, but in my gut, I feel that kind of obsession would turn into something like Stephen King's 'Misery.'

"Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction." Will Rogers


Comshaw

 

[gunhilltrain]

Nobody has answered the shipyard question. Well, I didn't specify that anyone should! How about the two other ships in that class and what happened to them?

This gives me an excuse to post this. A pretty good documentary - I think it was originally two parts and then they were merged. Mike Brady does know he's talking about. It'only about an hour, one third the running time of Cameron's magnum opus.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I do like the idea of the whole of the Titanic being accessible through the front door of a Seinfeld-style New York apartment. Possibly a ground-hog day style thing where the first time she makes a big scene about the boat sinking only to find the next day resets to the day the ship sets sail and, being unable to affect anything, she ends up playing dress-up amongst the turn of the century toff. (She tries getting it on with a hunky deckhand only not be able to take the, ahem, hygiene).

Yes, this is one of those only in New York (or maybe Los Angeles) stories. Seinfeld has been gone for a long time, but this could have been used in an episode. George thinks he's landed a great date until he actually enters her apartment. Maybe she could have been a recurring character.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I've never seen it. Plan on keeping it that way

Don't rush, it's three hours that could have been cut to two. We didn't need the Old Rose segments a the beginning and end.

 

[UsuallyPresent]

How's she financing this? Follow the money - and the camera & mike cables.

Does she rent it out? What're the terms? Anything about 'security system remains active at all times' or 'may persist records indefinitely and share them with appropriate parties at our discretion'? 'Medical tracking enabled for your safety, records maintained for legal purposes among others.'

How do the neighbors handle it? All that rushing water - any neighbor have incontinence issues triggered by the flowing water noises?

Who plays which roles, or is it solely 'in her head'? SciFi/Fantasy or Mind Control could find that very fertile ground.

 

[UsuallyPresent]

Don't rush, it's three hours that could have been cut to two. We didn't need the Old Rose segments a the beginning and end.

I dunno, Rose's granddaughter was a hottie.

 

[Voboy]

Nobody has answered the shipyard question. Well, I didn't specify that anyone should! How about the two other ships in that class and what happened to them?

This gives me an excuse to post this. A pretty good documentary - I think it was originally two parts and then they were merged. Mike Brady does know he's talking about. It'only about an hour, one third the running time of Cameron's magnum opus.

Oh. I didn't know we were supposed to answer.

Harland and Wolff built the ship, in Belfast I think? Maybe Glasgow?

Olympic and Britannic were the other vessels IIRC. I think Olympic was sunk during the war. Don't quote me on any of that.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Um, spoiler, but the boat sinks...

Lots of ships sink. I once read that there are probably thousands of shipwrecks at the bottom of the ocean.

That was a particular bad era for passenger ships. Anyway, three ships, sped up to a mere seven minutes. James, are learning any lessons from this?

 

[UsuallyPresent]

Lots of ships sink. I once read that there are probably thousands of shipwrecks at the bottom of the ocean.

That was a particular bad era for passenger ships. Anyway, three ships, sped up to a mere seven minutes. James, are learning any lessons from this?

Kinda looks like a masterclass in getting wetter'n expected & then going down. And I'm not James!

 

[gunhilltrain]

Oh. I didn't know we were supposed to answer.

Harland and Wolff built the ship, in Belfast I think? Maybe Glasgow?

Olympic and Britannic were the other vessels IIRC. I think Olympic was sunk during the war. Don't quote me on any of that.

No, I didn't specify that anybody answer. I guess I was assuming that people on AH would want to share whatever was on their minds.

Yes, it was Belfast. I think the company still exists but they only build cargo ships. Britannic was the one that sank after hitting a floating mine. Olympic was used as a troop ship, and it sank a U-Boat by ramming it. After the war, it went back into passenger service