A clip from Cameron's new documentary on the Titanic.

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  1. Goofus Maximus Too old to be this dumb!

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    Awesome CG animation of the simulated sinking of the Titanic. This should be an interesting show on National Geographic.

    [video=youtube;FSGeskFzE0s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSGeskFzE0s[/video]
    Goofus Maximus, Apr 8, 2012
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  2. Torx Indigenous Nudist

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    Never understood the fascination and obsessing over this ship.
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  3. djsoulriot Junior Member

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    Because so many white people died at the same time. The death of a white person is always tragic, come on Torx, you know that.
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  4. HEAVY-D Eh?!

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    This is not a flame. I to am tired of hearing about the Titanic.

    So wrong on so many levels.
    HEAVY-D, Apr 8, 2012
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  5. Goofus Maximus Too old to be this dumb!

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    I don't care about the romance, or the "legend of the Titanic", but I find the physics, engineering, and structural analysis to be very fascinating. Just don't force me to watch "The Titanic" movies. :)

    Oh and rather than "the death of so many white people", I'd say the draw is more of the hubris of the folks of that era designing their epic constructions in full "Man Has Conquered Reason!" mode, and how "The Unsinkable Titanic" was taken down in one voyage.
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  6. HEAVY-D Eh?!

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    I get the science part, it's sad that they went cheap on the construction materials when so many lives are at stake.
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  7. Torx Indigenous Nudist

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    theres plenty other sunk sea vessels out there that have better stories than this big useless pos.
    Torx, Apr 8, 2012
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  8. Goofus Maximus Too old to be this dumb!

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    Post 'em! Like that Fish Processing Ship that sunk, or the Edmund Fitzgerald. Post 'em!
    Goofus Maximus, Apr 9, 2012
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  9. mistawiskas kik n a and takin names

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    I could never understand the romanticizing of such a tradgedy or any tradgedy for that matter.
    mistawiskas, Apr 9, 2012
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  10. Goofus Maximus Too old to be this dumb!

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    Really? Tragedy is part of romance, after all. Love and loss seem to be a staple of romance, going way back. Of course we are heterosexual guys, so we naturally don't understand this this bizarre brain disease that afflicts those less fortunate than we, who love larger guns and bigger explosions! ;)

    [video=youtube;Q0DqPSF2fyo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0DqPSF2fyo[/video]
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  11. MSP Haunting a dead forum...

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    Neat animation. I used to be interested in the Titanic when there was so much mystery surrounding it. But since the late 90s the mystery is gone. We know what happened, bought the t-shirt, etc. Kinda feel the same way about the Edmund Fitz too. Now, the Bismark? That's still interesting to me. Talk about an epic hunt.
    MSP, Apr 9, 2012
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  12. mistawiskas kik n a and takin names

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    here-here!!

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    mistawiskas, Apr 9, 2012
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  13. Torx Indigenous Nudist

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    it gets alot of exposure because it had a bunch of rich people on there
    Torx, Apr 10, 2012
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  14. mistawiskas kik n a and takin names

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    And they were the ones that lived to tell about it.
    mistawiskas, Apr 10, 2012
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  15. Goofus Maximus Too old to be this dumb!

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    Hey Torx! Start posting those more interesting stories! :)
    Goofus Maximus, Apr 10, 2012
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