@ the Movies again!

Saw James "Titanic" Camerron's "Ghosts of the Abyss" which is his documentry on the history of the Titanic tragedy and where he takes the cameras down to the wreck itself to tell the sad tale. They even had rebot cameras that went INTO the wreck and explored some of the cabins! The story telling is amazing as survivors had described what their cabins were like and to be able to go in and find some aspects still intact. The went through various parts of the ship to check out what was known about the design and decorations.

The 3-D is remarkable though it can induce motion sickness. The technology is amazing. A buddy of mine who works with projection technology, tells me the glasses receive a signal from the film and the shutter back and forth between your right and left eye thus creating the depth perception of the 3-D Imax format.

There were also amazing stories of the courage of the crew but also the sadness of knowing that so many decisions costs lives. In particular was the decision on the number of life boats to put on the Titanic. Because they thought the ship was unsinkable, they didn't put enough. Another dreadful decision was that on one side of the ship, the crew loaded only women and children on the lifeboats and set them into the water with unused capacity. While on the other side, the crew put women and children in and whoever else they could fit in. I think in the film, they said, 2/3 of the survivors were loaded on that side of the boat.

And finally, there is the story of the musicians who played on the deck to calm the passengers. Gives me the chills even to write about it now.