Posted by:
skiffle (---.range217-44.btcentralplus.com)
The build of the Titanic was part of the problem, amongst a zillion others. I don't have my reference books, so I can't give details. I agree that the biggest problem was that she was sailing too fast in the conditions.
Titanic was *not* travelling at full speed though, and I think that not all of her boilers were lit.
James Cameron's movie is *so* irritating. After an hour and a half of that childish romance, I was positively longing for the ship to hit the iceberg: if I had to watch a lot of inaccurate nonsense, at least it would be exciting, inaccuate nonsense.
My vote goes to 'A Night To Remember' any day. At least that was actually about the Titanic...