A night to remember

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...just about now.​
 
By all accounts the steerage passengers were not locked out but every movie depicts locked gates and crew members refusing to let people through. Unnecessary drama.

They should remake the movie with that Italian cruise ship captain. That's entertainment.
 
My mom was obsessed with that movie...

From a technical point of view it's brilliant. Almost flawless. Say what you want about Cameron but he knows his stuff.

From a story point of view it's dumb. Romero and Juliet on a boat. Say what you want about Cameron but he couldn't come up with an original story to save his life.
 
From a technical point of view it's brilliant. Almost flawless. Say what you want about Cameron but he knows his stuff.

From a story point of view it's dumb. Romero and Juliet on a boat. Say what you want about Cameron but he couldn't come up with an original story to save his life.

I've just literally watched it... well, I stopped counting at 25. And I never really liked it. I thought it was ok, but it's one of those overexposure things. She was fucking obsessed with it- which I think is a hereditary trait, because I do that to. I get obsessed with movies to the point that it annoys other people. When I was dating my ex, he would come over and be like, "NO! We are not watching Reefer Madness again! I don't even smoke, I hate this movie! I'm turning it off!"

And I was like, "Allen Cumming is hot!"

"Allen Cumming is in more then one movie! Let's watch X-men or something."

"But.... but... I can't sing along with X-men."

"Oh god..."
 
I hated that movie for X - five minutes, where those five minutes were when the boat finally fucking crashed. That was cool.

Truth: Neil DeGras Tyson called or wrote to James Cameron to complain that the stars in the night sky were not in the right places for that time of year. So on whatever version you guys just watched, Cameron changed the sky to be accurate.
 
It was a book first. People have been making money off this thing for years.
 
From a technical point of view it's brilliant. Almost flawless. Say what you want about Cameron but he knows his stuff.

From a story point of view it's dumb. Romero and Juliet on a boat. Say what you want about Cameron but he couldn't come up with an original story to save his life.


One big flaw in the movie was leaving out the fact that the Californian was close by. Had the radio operator on that ship been at his post, the Californian could very well had been able to get to the Titanic on time.

This factor led to new regulations requiring 24 hour radio vigilence.

One Reason why I think the movie A Night To Remember is overall a better movie focusing on the disaster itself, versus the Cameron's picture which was more focused on the Lead couple.
 
I hated that movie for X - five minutes, where those five minutes were when the boat finally fucking crashed. That was cool.

Truth: Neil DeGras Tyson called or wrote to James Cameron to complain that the stars in the night sky were not in the right places for that time of year. So on whatever version you guys just watched, Cameron changed the sky to be accurate.

< x 7 Just fucking sink.

Long after, I always feel violated by Cameron's movies. Sometimes it works, I guess. Mostly I just realize that I've been lobotomized and have to unlearn the fictions he hangs on the "realistic" effects. Oliver Stone used to have that effect on me; but he makes mostly crap now.
 


It would be nice to remember and credit Walter Lord for the title of his 1955 book, A Night To Remember, which was responsible for rejuvenating widespread interest in Titanic.



 
One big flaw in the movie was leaving out the fact that the Californian was close by. Had the radio operator on that ship been at his post, the Californian could very well had been able to get to the Titanic on time.

This factor led to new regulations requiring 24 hour radio vigilence.

One Reason why I think the movie A Night To Remember is overall a better movie focusing on the disaster itself, versus the Cameron's picture which was more focused on the Lead couple.


I watched A Night to Remember last night. No backstory, just the sinking and the events leading up to it.
 
I watched A Night to Remember last night. No backstory, just the sinking and the events leading up to it.

The book is even better. I also remember reading another great book on the Titanic. I believe it was called The Maiden Voyage.

Of course, we know a bit more now regarding the ship since these books were written. I would love to see a good movie made that focuses on the disaster itself, starting with the decisions that were made when building the ship, including the quality of the steel which might have been a causal for the ship taking so much damage from the collision.
 
Why'd it sink? Because it was a badly built piece of crap.

Well, that... and it happened long ago. Old people don't know shit about nothing these days. I say we rebuild the sucker, but better... and float that fucker til it sinks!
 
Good idea - but use a styrofoam berg this time.
Right. Global warming and all's put real bergs on the endangered list! To run one off a cliff, just to sink a CGI boat! Man! This gets better and better for everyone all the time. Damned near unsinkable now - a three hour tour - on paper.
 
It was back around the turn of the centuries, back around nineteen hundred & thirteen there was a negro pugilist his name was Jack Johnson. Now old Jack Johnson he was the toughest man in the whole wide world he used to walk around whoppin' people upside the head 'n makin' all sorts of money.

Like I say ol' Jack Johnson he was a pugilist, he was a pugilist by preference and by profession and one day ol' Jack came walkin' on down by the pierside. He's just walkin on down. His manager come walkin' on down by the pierside.
He says "uh, hi, Jack"
He says "hi manager"
He says "whatcha doin'?"
He says "I'm just walkin' on down by the pierside."

He says "what's up?"
He says "I gotta gig for ya"
He says "ya gotta gig for me?"
He says "that's right"
He says "where abouts?"
He says "over in England"
He says "hmm... what'm I gonna do over there?"
He says "well you goin' up n' whop this guy up side the head n' make all sorts of money."

Ol' Jack says "That's groovy baby. That's really groovy you give me a ticket on the next flight out"
He said "ticket on the next flight out?!? This is nineteen hundred n' thirteen. Why the Wright brothers haven't even started foolin' around with Kitty Hawk yet"
He said "uhh.. who's she?"

It was midnight on the sea, the band was playing "Nearer My God To Thee". Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.

Ol' Jack says "Well how'm I gonna get there baby?"
N' he says "ohhh I'm gonna show ya" and he whips open a newspaper n' shows him a picture of the USS Titanic. Folks, she's the world's biggest ship. She's made outta good wood and good iron, they said she'd never go down.

He says "you mean I'm goin' over on the boat" n'
he says "that's right baby you're goin on the boat" n'
he says "well, let's go get some tickets so they head on down to the ticket taker's place."

He walks on up to the ticket taker he walks on in n' he says "hey man I wanna buy me some tickets"
He said "gotta red ticket green ticket yellow ticket blue ticket what kinda ticket you want?"
He says "I wanna red one"
He gave him some loot n' he laid it on him.

So here's ol' Jack he's got his ticket now he takes everything he owns he wraps it on up in a diaper n' he hangs it on a stick over his back n' goes headin' on down by the pierside.

He gettin' on down by the pierside his manager's down there by the pierside n' here she is folks - the USS Titanic! She's lined up beside two hundred n' fifty parkin' meters n' the Captain's gettin' done ready to split 'cause he run outta dimes.

Now around this time there was an Italian senator n' the state house n' all Italian senators done got brothers own construction companies n' this one had a brother he owned a construction company n' the Titanic she was made outta good Italian wood, good Italian iron they said she'd never go down.

So there's ol' Jack standin' on the bottom got everything he owns wrapped on up in that diaper hangin' on a stick over his back. He shakes hands with his manager goes walkin' on up the gangplank. The Captain standin' on the top. He get up onto the top n' the Captain he look at the ticket--
he look at the ticket
he look at Jack,
he look at the ticket
he look at Jack,
he look at the ticket
he look at Jack,
he look at the ticket
he look at Jack,
lookita
He says "sorry baby wrong color."
He says "me or the ticket?"
n' he says "you."

Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.
It was midnight on the sea,
The band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.

So Jack say's "It's all right baby it's all right I'm gonna sit right here on the pier and watch you go right on down."

So the Titanic she sails on out into the North sea she's out there floatin' around in and out between the icebergs n' ol' Jack's standin' on the pier. I'm gonna tell ya 'bout the people on the Titanic now.

First of all there's a whole bunch of Jewish people from Miami.
They're jumpin' up n' down
They're laughin'.
They're drinkin' booze.
They're tradin' wives
n' Cadillacs
n' diamonds
n' havin' all sorts of good clean party fun.

Then there was the people that run the boat. Now the people that run the boat they know all about runnin' boats.
They know all about hoistin' up land lubbers
n' battenin' down hatches
n' doin' all sorts of other good things
like... all good sailors do when they're far away at sea.

Then there was the Captain.
Now the Captain he knows how to walk like a captain,
write like a captain,
walk like a captain,
talk like a captain,
smell like a captain,
eat like a captain,
do all sorts of captain things.

Then there was the first mate. Now I gotta tell ya bout the first mate. Now the first mate,
he don't know nothin' about Jewish parties.
He don't know nothing about hoistin' up land lubbers.
He don't know nothin' about captains.
He uh he wants to go on over to England he wants to play his guitar.
He wanna run around n' chase women n' have all sorts of good... times.

Anyways this fella', his sideburns they're just a little too long. He giving way, see. He-- he been down in Mexico he been down in Mexico. He been workin' in this rope factory down in Mexico now. Down in Mexico they make rope outta this funny little hemp plant that grows wild in the ground. Some of you people... grow it in flower pots under your bed-- ehh Anyways, he's down there and he's-- he's makin' rope outta this funny marijuana plant... One day the rope factory she catch fire n' he runs back on in to save his lunch - he's got two sardine sandwiches - runnin' back on in to save his lunch he gets inside n' there's all this funny smoke floatin' around up inside n'.. he gets some of this funny smoke up inside his head n'.. he sit down in the middle o' de' fire n' he say, "shhhhhhhhhhhit baby, I ain't gonna make rope no more!"

So he takes everything he owns he wraps it up on into a diaper and a knapsack too n' he-- he headin' on to the Titanic he gets to the Titanic he standin' on the bottom walkin' on up the gang plank n' the Captain's standin' on the top n' the Captain says "What you got boy?"
He says "I'm comin' on"
He says "WHAT YOU GOT!"
He says "well I got me two changes of BVD's. I got me my guitar. I got me my address book, a... pair of socks, 4 masked marvel comic books, a tennis racquet and four hundred n' ninety-seven n' a half feet o' rope."
He says "four hundred n' ninety seven n' a half feet o' rope! whadaya got that for?"
He says.. "I just carry it."
So he says "it's all right. Go on board, go on board" and he did.

It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.

That brings us up to what's happenin' now - the Titanic she's floatin' around in and out between the icebergs, the Jewish people they partyin' they tradin' wives n' Cadillacs n' diamonds they drinkin' booze n' havin' all sorts of party fun, everybody else is hoistin' up land lubbers n' battenin' down hatches, the First Mate he's hangin' over the rail, he's havin' himself a little smoke... he's diggin' the icebergs. havin' himself a little smoke n' it's the Captain's time to do his thing. The Captain comes on out (remember I told you about the captain - he knows how to walk like captain write like captain talk like... all sorts of captain things). He comes on out n' he's standin' now. His thing right now is that he's gotta go out n' test the wind. So he casts his nose up into the north wind n' he goes...... ......

He walks on over to the First Mate.
He says "hey first mate what's that you smokin'?"
He says.. "that ain't nothin' but a little ol' cigarette captain"
n' he says "I don't believe it. Gimme a puff"
n' he says "alright."

So the captain takes himself a little puff. Nothin' happened right away.
He says "it's alright, it's alright. It's just a cigarette. I'm goin' for a walk" And that's what he did, folks. He went for a walk. He went.. he went out walkin' around the boat he went walkin' toward the wheelhouse he.. he walked around.

He walked around the wheelhouse once....... He walked around the wheelhouse twice....... On the third time around the wheelhouse....... The First Mate he looked on over at the Captain n'....... N' he say....... You wanna 'nother toke, Captain?...... And the Captain, he say....... RIGHT!!!!!!!!

So this time he's gonna tell the captain a little bit about this smoke that he's smokin'. He says "now the idea, Captain, the idea is to get this smoke way down deep inside your tummy n' hold it there just as long as you can it'll make you head feel good all inside. So the Captain says alright he takes himself three big tokes off that funny little brown weed n'
He says "I am commencing to hold it in!"

He walked around the wheelhouse.
He went downstairs
He laid down.
He get up.
He ran in the other room.
He sent a radiogram.
He came on back in.
He took a shower.
He come out.
He shaved.
He laid down.
He got up again.
He turned on the television.
He turned off the radio.
He played a game of cribbage.
He read his masked marvel comic book.
He walked thru the kitchen,
made a cup of tea,
made a cup of coffee,
sat down,
ate a piece of pie,
went upstairs,
played another game of cribbage,
went back in,
finished his other masked marvel comic book,
laid down,
he had the television, the radio, the egg beater, the air conditioner n'everything's all goin' at once. He walks up on deck and this is fifty two minutes later n' this cat ain't breathed yet!

So the First Mate see him standin' up there on the rail he's ALL puffed up like a balloon!
He says "ya gotta let it out, Captain!

So the Captain he let it all out at once.
Fallin' right down on the wheelhouse floor. He's out cold.

O-h-h-h, this just brings us up to what's happenin' again folks. The Titanic she's sailin' around in between the icebergs. Everybody else is havin parties. The Jewish people they jumpin' up n' down they tradin' wives n' Cadillacs n' diamonds n' drinkin' booze. Everybody else is hoistin' up land lubbers, battenin' down hatches n' doin' sail things. The First Mate's hangin' over there on the rail havin' himself a little smoke n' diggin' icebergs. And the Captain's out cold on the wheelhouse floor.

It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.

All of a sudden.... the Captain's eyes popped wide open. He stood right up straight..... Grabs a hold o' de wheel.... Looks on out at the bow o' dat boat n' he say "I'M GONNA MOVE YOU BABY!"

And he did right on into an iceberg n' she went right on down.

It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.

That's the true story of the Titanic, folks. She went right to the bottom. She took with her all the Jewish people, all the first mates. She took with him the Captain. She took with him the land lubbers. She took with him the masked marvel comic books, the tennis racquet and four hundred n' ninety-seven n' a half feet o' rope.

Meanwhile back on the stateside, ol' Jack Johnson-- why he's standin' up on the pier he's fishin' away he's got himself a little stick n' a line n' he gets a tug he pulls it on up n' it's a big wet blue soggy mess n' on the inside on the lining written in big gold letters it says "USS Titanic" and stuck right above it was a wet roach.

That boy was so happy he started doin' the eagle rock up n' down that pier like it's goin' outta style he go... He gonna do the eagle rock now everybody in for the eagle rock. Oh rock!

It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.

Fare thee well Titanic goin down!

---Jaime Brockett
 
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