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re: Titanic. If Jack hadn’t drowned.
Posted on 1/20/26 at 9:51 pm to Splackavellie
Posted on 1/20/26 at 9:51 pm to Splackavellie
Holy shite they actually did a Myth Busters on that? 
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Posted on 1/20/26 at 10:00 pm to TexasTiger33
Sure did.
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Spoiler alert! Sunday night on Discovery's MythBusters, hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman took on the most requested myth in the show's history: Did Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) needlessly die in James Cameron's Titanic, or could he and Rose (Kate Winslet) have both survived on that wooden board?
Cameron himself appeared in the episode, explaining that the film's rerelease in 3D reignited the debate and he needs to know whether the movie got it right, or, as he says fans put it to him in dozens of emails every day, "Rose is a selfish so-and-so and Jack's an idiot." The answer… It is plausible that Rose and Jack could have both stayed afloat on the board and survived hypothermia just long enough to be rescued—but only if they'd thought to tie Rose's life jacket underneath the board to help with its buoyancy. Otherwise, the weight of both their bodies would have sunk the board low enough in the freezing water that they both would have died. Let's break it down further: *
For the hypothermia tests, Cameron said Fifth Officer Harold Lowe, who rescues Rose in the film, began his search about 20 minutes after the ship sank and continued for about 45 minutes, according to survivors. Since Rose is one of the last people to be rescued in the film—the officer hears her whistle right as he's about to give up—they decided 63 minutes is fair. To test whether a human could have survived that long in freezing conditions, Jamie built ThermoMan, a dummy with gelatin flesh and a water-heated copper cardiovascular system that was rigged to monitor body temperature.
Once they had him at 98.6° F, they submerged him in 29° water and timed how long it took him to reach deadly hypothermia. They pronounced Jack dead at 51 minutes because his body temperature dropped to below 85° F, which means he would have experienced loss of motor control and not been able to hold onto the board. So the movie had that right: Jack would have drowned.
Posted on 1/20/26 at 10:02 pm to stout
Rose pitching the necklace into the ocean after conning all those people into listening to her for a day is the most reprehensible act ever put to film.
Posted on 1/20/26 at 10:12 pm to Splackavellie
Haha that's amazing 
Maybe if Rose would have dropped a few lbs. in the months prior to the disaster it would have made a difference
ETA: I'm not trying to get all physics-y here but how are they calculating the buoyancy of the floating board/door without knowing its mass displacing the water?
ftr I was told there would be no math but I would appreciate if someone much smarter than me could explain this
Maybe if Rose would have dropped a few lbs. in the months prior to the disaster it would have made a difference
ETA: I'm not trying to get all physics-y here but how are they calculating the buoyancy of the floating board/door without knowing its mass displacing the water?
ftr I was told there would be no math but I would appreciate if someone much smarter than me could explain this
This post was edited on 1/20/26 at 10:25 pm
Posted on 1/20/26 at 10:14 pm to Geekboy
See, this is what AI was made for.
Terrific execution
Terrific execution
Posted on 1/20/26 at 10:31 pm to TexasTiger33
James Cameron was part of the episode and they went by the details he provided of what was portrayed in the movie.
Posted on 1/20/26 at 10:40 pm to JEC119
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As a teenager the only thing I remember about that movie is nobody told me it was 3 and half hours long …. Worst trick my Girlfriend at the time played on me .
At least you got to see Rose’s titties.
Posted on 1/20/26 at 10:47 pm to TexasTiger33
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A: I'm not trying to get all physics-y here but how are they calculating the buoyancy of the floating board/door without knowing its mass displacing the water?
They knew what piece of the boat it came from.
Posted on 1/20/26 at 10:48 pm to CaptainsWafer
quote:Well there you have it. Thank you.
They knew what piece of the boat it came from.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 4:57 am to beaverfever
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Rose pitching the necklace into the ocean after conning all those people into listening to her for a day is the most reprehensible act ever put to film.
The gasps by the audience when I saw it on its original run were deafening
Posted on 1/21/26 at 5:06 am to JEC119
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As a teenager the only thing I remember about that movie is nobody told me it was 3 and half hours long …. Worst trick my Girlfriend at the time played on me
Very similar story for me when took the girlfriend at time to see a movie call Moulin rouge.She never told me it was a musical. Didnt realize it was until about the 3rd song.
This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 5:08 am
Posted on 1/21/26 at 6:56 am to Darth_Vader
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At least you got to see Rose’s titties.
Always a plus and always worth mentioning.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 8:14 am to gumbo2176
I don't think he was breathing.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:40 am to Geekboy
He didn't
Posted on 1/21/26 at 5:13 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Virtually every story in cinema for the commercial market can be told in two hours or less...
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