TITAN: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster (Netflix)

[odanny]

I generally have a 10 minute rule on documentaries, either they capture my attention and hold it for the first 10 minutes or I am likely to pass on watching. I've always felt it is the producers responsibility to get this right. I knew this would be good before the 10 minutes was up.

At no time does it lose your attention for 1 hour and 51 minutes. There was never any part of this that dragged or made me lose interest. There is so much information about Stockton Rush and his team in it, as well as all the failed pressure tests on various hulls, I won't bother mentioning it, other than to say failure (implosion) was a mathematical certainty. There were dissenting voices in the organization, and Rush, being an extreme, pathological narcissist, would listen to none of them, reacting with hostility to criticism.

Hearing from the YouTuber (seen below 6 seconds in) who was supposed to go on a previous dive that was canceled, it is clear he has some survivors guilt, and the actual footage and conversations amongst all these players, particularly the testing aspect of the carbon fiber hull, was fascinating to hear. I'm glad someone captured it all on tape. It's crazy how all these warnings were ignored by Rush, he almost reminds me a bit of Slim Pickens riding the bomb, waving his cowboy hat on the final descent.

5 Stars.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Thank you for taking the time to write this - I was thinking of watching this, but also wasn't sure I would like it. Now I know I will try it.

 

[martybegan]

I generally have a 10 minute rule on documentaries, either they capture my attention and hold it for the first 10 minutes or I am likely to pass on watching. I've always felt it is the producers responsibility to get this right. I knew this would be good before the 10 minutes was up.

At no time does it lose your attention for 1 hour and 51 minutes. There was never any part of this that dragged or made me lose interest. There is so much information about Stockton Rush and his team in it, as well as all the failed pressure tests on various hulls, I won't bother mentioning it, other than to say failure (implosion) was a mathematical certainty. There were dissenting voices in the organization, and Rush, being an extreme, pathological narcissist, would listen to none of them, reacting with hostility to criticism.

Hearing from the YouTuber (seen below 6 seconds in) who was supposed to go on a previous dive that was canceled, it is clear he has some survivors guilt, and the actual footage and conversations amongst all these players, particularly the testing aspect of the carbon fiber hull, was fascinating to hear. I'm glad someone captured it all on tape. It's crazy how all these warnings were ignored by Rush, he almost reminds me a bit of Slim Pickens riding the bomb, waving his cowboy hat on the final descent.

5 Stars.

I've always been a fan of failure analysis. I saw the Challenger explode when I was 11, and once I got my Engineering Degree it was fascinating to read the Rogers Commission report and get the technical stuff.

This also results in me having Air Disasters as one of my favorite shows even though I have to be drunk to get on an airplane.

 

[odanny]

I've always been a fan of failure analysis

That's what I did for a living, at least my last 10 years on the job. I worked with some really smart people, material science majors fresh out of college, the exact kind of people Stockton Rush would not listen to, even though he was very smart and went to Princeton. Poor student who had an ego larger than his submersible.

Aircraft investigators who sift thru the wreckage, got to be one of the hardest jobs out there.

 

[g5000]

I generally have a 10 minute rule on documentaries, either they capture my attention and hold it for the first 10 minutes or I am likely to pass on watching. I've always felt it is the producers responsibility to get this right. I knew this would be good before the 10 minutes was up.

At no time does it lose your attention for 1 hour and 51 minutes. There was never any part of this that dragged or made me lose interest. There is so much information about Stockton Rush and his team in it, as well as all the failed pressure tests on various hulls, I won't bother mentioning it, other than to say failure (implosion) was a mathematical certainty. There were dissenting voices in the organization, and Rush, being an extreme, pathological narcissist, would listen to none of them, reacting with hostility to criticism.

Hearing from the YouTuber (seen below 6 seconds in) who was supposed to go on a previous dive that was canceled, it is clear he has some survivors guilt, and the actual footage and conversations amongst all these players, particularly the testing aspect of the carbon fiber hull, was fascinating to hear. I'm glad someone captured it all on tape. It's crazy how all these warnings were ignored by Rush, he almost reminds me a bit of Slim Pickens riding the bomb, waving his cowboy hat on the final descent.

5 Stars.

Was this the maiden voyage of the submersible?