"Ok, sink already." (Movie Critics’ Thoughts on Titanic)

In honor of Titanic returning to theatres (and our trip to see it next week!), here are some fun articles we found on WaPo today.

The review of the movie in 3D is kind of unnecessary, as nobody is basing their decision to buy a ticket off of whether a reviewer liked the re-release.  What’s fun, though, are the two reviews from when Titanic first came out in 1997.  So much panning of James Cameron as a nerd who is only concerned with the sinking of the ship, rather than the epic love story!

Looks like the regular blogs are finally catching up with us!

Check in with bestweekever.tv for some titanic awesomeness.

A Titanic To-Do List

Can’t make it to Belfast in the next few days for the Titanic Belfast Festival (complete with MTV spinning live music) or a showing of “Titanic the Musical” at the Grand Opera House? Then you may want to whet your appetite for the party with these local options offered in the DMV.

Your Hostesses with the Mostesses will be venturing out for a showing of Titanic in 3D and IMAX – yeah, we go hard – next Tuesday. Check your RMS Mail in the coming days for details on location and tickets.

 

Titanic: 100 Year Obsession – National Geographic Museum, Washington, DC

Not part of the Smithsonian so you gotta pay for this one, but at 8 bucks it’s worth it, and includes entry into the Big Cats exhibit as well! Rawr. [Editor’s note: Okay, the Big Cats outdoor photography exhibit is actually free all the time but we think this pairing is just too poetic to resist – cats, water…come on!] 

 

Titanic Memorial, WDC

Stop by this poignant memorial in Southwest DC and reflect on how cutthroat you can be to assure yourself a spot on a lifeboat. After all, it's better to be remembered as someone who survived, right?

Titanic Docks at Discovery Station, Hagerstown, MD

For those of you who will be toiling away in steerage, get an advance taste of your party digs by checking out the full-scale Third Class cabin.

Hillwood Museum, WDC 

For all you fashionistas, hear a textile expert talk about…cloth. Any water-resistant materials available in 1912?

Remembering the Titanic, Virginia Beach, VA 

Take part in a Titanic discussion and viewing of “A Night to Remember” (the greatest Titanic movie no one under 30 ever saw) and compare it to your Junior Prom of the same name. (Which night saw the bigger tanking?)

 

100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic featured documents display – National Archives, WDC

You know you want to see what a Titanic luggage tag looked like. (Be sure to ask an archives security guard to show you where the Main Titanic Exhibit is located.)

Feeling a bit adventurous? Take a quick Bolt Bus ride to...  

New York to knock off the list some of the Titanic-themed tourist traps treats in the great ship’s intended destination,

or Philadelphia for…well, let’s be honest: Philly just can’t handle being left out of anything. 

The "Titanic Experience"

It looks like our guests have scooped up quite a deal in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with us! A Houston restaurant is offering what it calls the "Titanic Experience": a 10-course, 4-hour meal featuring food that would have been served on the Titanic. ...all for the low price of $12,000.

Sounds nice, but I have a feeling our celebration is going to be so awesome it sinks their ship.

Going with the Floe

A while ago, we posted a map of the path of the Titanic.  But perhaps you were wondering about the path of the iceberg with which it collided.  Today is your lucky day:

You can read more about the travels of the fateful iceberg here.  (Bonus--the article includes a crazy photo of an iceberg which has "run aground" off the coast of Canada.  It's bizarrely close to people's houses.)

Crucial Moment

James Cameron, Underwater Explorer

Today, I went to my office building, and sat in a cubicle.  James Cameron went to floor of the Mariana Trench, and sat in a submersible capsule designed to withstand eight tons of pressure per square inch.

 

While it’s not especially clear why James Cameron was chosen for this historic voyage, I suppose he does have two things which I currently lack: fabulous connections and many piles of money.

In any case, here are some photos of a certain Oscar-winning director at sea.