# TITANIC 3D- Does anybody plan to see it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294 "2012-03-30T16:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/1 "2012-03-30T16:12:04Z")
Title should be self explanatory enough. I would pay full price to see it IF they would condense it to about an hour. I would love to see the 3D shots of the ship both from the 1912 part of the movie and from the submarine footage. Some shots of the sinking might be neat (especially the dome implosion, one of my favorite destruction shots in any movie), but I have no interest in the actual “When Rose Met Jack” part again. Curious if anybody else was interested. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/2 "2012-03-30T16:24:12Z")
If everything involving fictional characters got edited out, I might consider it. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/3 "2012-03-30T16:41:34Z")
Never even saw the original. ---
**Author:** ![Gabing\_Gaboing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b38774/32.png) [@Gabing\_Gaboing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gabing_Gaboing)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/4 "2012-03-30T16:50:52Z")
Yes, I will probably see it. My son is a Titanic fanatic. We have visited the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, have bought umpteen books and videos, and have seen the musical. I know more Titanic trivia than any normal person should. So, even though we have seen the movie already, we will have to go see the stupid 3D version. Not that I am all that excited for my 9yo to see Rose’s 3D rack, but ya never know–maybe that will start a new obsession for him. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/5 "2012-03-30T16:53:00Z")
Absolutely. I unapologetically love this movie, after I tried very very hard to hate it. I’ve hung out with the guys in the Irish band playing underdecks. I first saw the movie with an ex-boyfriend (he was an ex when we saw the movie, I mean) who dragged me to the theater because “Rose is just like you!” (And yeah, he was right.) I think it’s a great, uncynical old school romance with a beautiful backdrop and heartwrenching dramas of both the fictional and nonfictional type. I cry like a baby when we see all the dead people at the bottom of the stairs at the end. I’d be going to see it even if it weren’t 3D, just so I could see it on the big screen with my current sweetie. Want to see if he thinks Rose is just like me. Want to see if I still feel like Rose, 15 years and a couple of life stages later. I wish my daughter were a little older so I could take her, but I think, especially in 3D, the screaming and freezing and people getting bonked around like human pachinko balls would be way too much for her at 7. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/6 "2012-03-30T18:05:41Z")
I didn’t see it the first time around. One too many people told me “you \*\*\*HAVE \*\*\*to see this movie” (It was the checker at the grocery store, as a matter of fact)…so I decided to prove them all wrong. I’ve still never seen it, I never will see it, and I don’t plan to change my mind no matter how many dimensions it has. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/7 "2012-03-30T18:11:03Z")
My thought on the original was that it was a decent movie, but way overhyped-- Not anything I feel like I need to see again for its own sake. That just leaves seeing it because of the 3D, but the trailers I’ve seen before other 3D movies look pretty low-quality (as is pretty much inevitable for a conversion), so that’s not a draw, either. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/8 "2012-03-30T18:23:21Z")
I don’t know how the 3D will look, but this was a hell of an impressive movie to see on a big screen back in it’s original run. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/9 "2012-03-30T18:31:43Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I don’t know how the 3D will look, but this was a hell of an impressive movie to see on a big screen back in it’s original run. Agree, but now that I know how it ends, the suspense is gone. Seriously - I may be in the minority, but I can count on one hand the films I will watch more than once. I don’t really understand people buying DVD’s of every film they have seen (how often do you really re-watch BioDome?) nor do I understand going to see a film again in the theater unless it is some great classic. The 3D aspect might be fun for a minute, but by no means a reason to plunk down cash to see this film again. Yes, I actually liked it when it came out - but I have moved on and there are lots and lots of other films to see now. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/10 "2012-03-30T18:38:18Z")
I hear they make it to port… _in 3D!_ ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/11 "2012-03-30T18:40:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Rose’s 3D rack I think this deserved a line item in the poll more than the ship did. I might see it. I saw it in the theater when it came out, and I’ve watched it a few times since then. It’s still a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/12 "2012-03-30T19:00:03Z")
Nah. I saw the trailer (along with the trailers for the 3D conversion of _The Phantom Menace_ and the shot-in-3D _Hobbit_,) and in that context it looked like it was deliberately produced as a demonstration of how pointless 3D conversions are. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/13 "2012-03-30T19:12:29Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Never even saw the original. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/14 "2012-03-30T19:14:50Z")
I found it to be a fairly mediocre movie in 2D and have no real interest in seeing it in 3D. The special effects extravaganza is far overmatched by the shitty Harlequin Romance plotline. So no thanks. I’ll save my 3D moviegoing for good stuff, like Ghost Rider. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/15 "2012-03-30T19:23:02Z")
I wouldn’t miss it for anything. I saw it in the theater again a couple of years ago and it holds up in every way. It’s a grand, glorious movies, still has brilliant as the day it was released, still as deserving of all the awards it won. Noisy naysayers make it seem hated, but it’s still loved. I’m not ashamed of thinking it’s great. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/16 "2012-03-30T19:57:44Z")
It was OK the first time it came out, but I certainly don’t plan to see it again just for a overpriced visual gimmick. If I wanted to see it again, I’d gladly just rent the original and skip the whole 3D thing. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/17 "2012-03-30T20:43:43Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Never even saw the original. > > > [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > > > Same here. Ditto ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/18 "2012-03-30T20:49:39Z")
The movie was a forgettable piece of something-or-other (not quite crap) the first time around and I have no reason to see it again even in 3D. That said, > [@](#): > > I certainly don’t plan to see it again just for a overpriced visual gimmick. Let me tell you a story. I went to the theatre and saw a play, but the producers had put a screen in front of the audience and we watched a two dimensional live broadcast of the play, but everyone was real happy because it was more “authentic” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/19 "2012-03-30T20:51:12Z")
> [@Gabing\_Gaboing](#): > > … to see Rose’s 3D rack, The 3D cup size is too way under-rated. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/20 "2012-03-30T21:12:09Z")
Since it’s now in 3D, do ya think anyone will actually SEE THE ICEBERG THIS TIME?!?! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294.md?page=2)