That’s still no reason to slander a dutiful officer by depicting him as a corrupt coward who killed someone and committed suicide. The events of the sinking of the freaking Titanic have enough drama without dragging a man’s reputation through the mud.
The third class gates weren't locked during the sinking, and Ismay never pressured Captain Smith to go faster (he did that himself), nor did he bail while there were others around him. That's JC grinding his anti-corporate axe. Never got into trouble for any of those.
Ditto Sully - NTSB never tried to scapegoat him or get him fired. The real ones applauded as soon as he walked into the hearing and very quickly concluded that he did his best in the amount of time he had; Sullenberger actually requested that Eastwood remove all their real names because it was grossly unfair. And 300 makes all Persians look like cowards, harem skanks or toad people. Such is Hollywood.
The Taffy 3 movie does have potential. War stories have always had potential. The heroic last stand of several destroyers would certainly be an Oscar contender.
Honestly surprised that nobody's ever touched Leyte Gulf. Guess all the suits and the liberal arts majors fell asleep in history class.
While we're at it, a Sink the Bismarck! remake would sell too. Maybe some billionaire gets inspired to refloat the Eugen?
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