Titanic-1912

[mozartfan1313]

A couple of days ago I went to the Science Centre here in Toronto to see the Titanic exhibit currently being shown. I've always been fascinated by the tragic circumstances surrounding the sinking on April 14th, 1912. Sure, the 1997 movie had a lot to do with peaking my interest in the topic, however, that was not the reason behind my going to see

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[themurcurytree]

i used to love titanic, now i cant watch it. but i always was interested in the real story way before that. that exhibit sounds awesome!

[mozartfan1313]

Yeah, I don't love the movie like I used too, although I still love the second half, when the ship is sinking. It still gets me every time.

If the exhibit ever makes its way to you be sure to check it out!

[anoel]

Titanic was the first movie after The Lion King that I was obsessed with. Yeah, Leonardo DiCaprio crush and all (I was 10!). But it definitely got me interested in the history of the movie, I read so many history books about it. So the exhibit sounds really fascinating. I'm really glad the movie brought interest to the history as well

[mozartfan1313]

I really think that without the influence of the film, whether people like to admit it or not, Titanic exhibits like this would never be as popular as they are now. Sometimes films really help in that way, by creating awareness of tragic events of the past. If the exhibit makes its way to you, be sure to check it out!

[wildglitterwolf]

I believe we had the same thing in Long Beach on the Queen Mary last year... complete with the artificial Iceberg and all. They also gave us our own boarding pass with a passenger on it so by the end of the exhibit we could see if the person we had survived or not. My friend and I watch the movie every April and we went to see this. I must say, having it held on a ship was really eerie... especially the room that was build around the illuminated propller was just haunting.

We actually studied the Titanic a couple months before the film came out so my interest was already at a high which turned into an obsession. Those were fun times and yet I learned a lot which sparked my interest in historic disasters in general.

[mozartfan1313]

Yes, it sounds like the exact same exhibit. I got a boarding pass as well. I was in the first class and ended up being one of the survivours. This exhibit here wasn't on an actual ship like yours was, although that sounds like a great idea.

I think it's one of the first films to influence me to look up the real historical facts as well. :)

[gossfather]

I was about 8 years old when somebody bought me a book on the Titanic and that was about 18 years old and it 's always fascinated me.

I liked the film for the attention to detail, for example did you know that the set of the ship had carpets that were exact replicas from the same company that did the actual carpeting for the Titanic? Little things like that attracted me. Plus, for special effects at the time that film was outstanding. Especially when the ship sunk and then broke up. It's an emotional film, the bloody never ending saga of DiCaprio and Winslet isn't sad, what's sad is the people in the third class left locked up to die; the old couple in bed holding hands as water fills their room and of course, the mother trying to put her kids to sleep as water filled the boat. That really took you into the boat and experienced some of the possibilities.

There's some really good books about the Titanic written by survivors, the best ones i've read are...

Titanic: A Survivor's Story - Col. Archibald Gracie, Col. Gracie died just a

[gossfather]

Oh and on the subject, my Great-Great-Grandparents actually booked tickets to go on the Titanic to go to New York to then go onto Florida to visit their son. But one of them was taken ill (never knew which one) the night before they were due to leave for Southampton and never went. I always bugged my Grandfather (whose Grandparents they were) for more information, but thats all he knew they were killed in the early 1920's when somebody robbed their house and shot them both, so he didn't have any memory of them as he would've been about five when they died.

[gossfather]

Another thing that always got me about the ship is that there were a thousand different completely different stories going on at once. Like Douglas Spedden for example...

Master Robert Douglas Spedden was born in New York City on 19 November 1905, the only child of Frederic Oakley Spedden and Daisy Spedden. The family lived in Tuxedo Park, NY

[enchanted4est]

Thanks for posting the Spedden story. Very interesting.

[mozartfan1313]

I'm sure it will. Most of my American friends that have posted have said that they saw the same exhibit.