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Thursday, April 17, 2025
1891 - 2nd class survivor Miss Maude Sincock was born to Francis "Frank" Sincock (plumber) and Melinda Sincock in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1917 - Lookout and survivor Mr Archie Jewell died in a shipwreck in the SS Donegal at the age of 28. The SS Donegal was torpedoed by a German submarine without warning 19 miles south of the Dean Light Vessel in the English Channel and sank.

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Columns: Reviews by Jeremy: Titanic on NBC


Do you ever get the feeling of Christmas when watching a movie? I get this feeling of anticipation of what will come! Picture this: Someone running around a house all day giddy because he gets to see a world premiere of something that meant a whole lot to him in the past. That person is I. NBC did a really good job of promoting the movie these past few weeks. It really got me in the mood to see the movie, especially the commercial with the Indians around a thanksgiving table with the pilgrims singing My Heart Will Go On. That is a classic commercial that will forever stick in my mind.

Six o'clock hits and you hear the wonderful pluck of an instrument and then the ever so lovely voice of Sissel chanting the theme song of Titanic. A flood of emotion comes over me during this one pivotal moment. This scene captures the eyes of viewers forever trapping them in the movie. The descent of the vessels, the pounding of my heart, all in sync with each other. It is times like these that you do not want it to end. The first few lines are said, and then you see what NBC has done to the movie, they have edited it.

The Southampton scene is quite touching on its own. I like the part of waving goodbye to an old life, and to a new life, in a sense, death. It totally parallels with what is about to happen to those aboard the ship. Notice though the bright colors during this scene, especially with the clothing. Everyone is wearing dark colors because the scene is one of Rose darker moments in the movie. I did notice something new this time around, Helga and Fabrizio do meet as Jack and him are searching for their cabins. It is just a glance, but something we will never see in its entirety which also leaves a mood of mysteriousness for the catchy viewer out there.

I cannot help but praise NBC on the picture quality, the sharpness and tint use was perfect! The colors were even better than the VCR tape. The sound quality is also superb because I can hear things I did not hear before in the VCR or movie theater. It is actually comforting in some scenes.

I do not like the part about NBC blurring out Jacks artwork. I feel the artwork is an important part of who Jack Dawson is and it is art in good taste. NBC has also censored instances of the use of God or Jesus in a negative tone, but those uses were used as a humorous part or serious part of the plot, they were pivotal instances in the movie. NBC also cut the middle finger usage. Again, it is part of Rose growth she is starting to break away from her old life.

The one thing that still captures me is the art. The artistic element used in the flying scene is superb, the colors are what set the tone of the scene. I always had a love for this scene. It captured me and still does to this day, and tears of admiration come from me during this scene. It is art that just touches your soul.

I really like the use of Cameron's music cues. Especially during the Nearer My God to Thee part. I Salonisti does a great job performing it. It is the one scene that makes me cry for sorrow.

After viewing the movie it has renewed my love in Titanic the movie and Titanic the ship. It has made me love each passenger on that ship, it has also made me realize that the death those people endured is something no one can ever experience in a sheltered life such as living in the Midwest, like me. It has renewed my eagerness to learn about who each person was and their story on Titanic. I am enchanted by that ship, enchanted by the beauty and enchanted by how society saw it. I really want to help in the saving of the ship, but I also respect the ship as sort of a stopping point, a grave-yard, as the final scene delicately puts it. A ship of dreams, a ship of hope, a ship of fear, and a ship of love.






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