Titán: El desastre de OceanGate

Netflix's documentary on the Titan submersible disaster is a gripping case study in hubris. Stockton Rush, the CEO of Oceangate, fancied himself a visionary in the mold of Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, but lacked any genius and judgment to match (and none of them have much charisma). What Rush didn't lack was arrogance: dismissing safety concerns, ignoring engineering fundamentals, and ultimately dooming himself and his passengers. The film makes a compelling, damning case that this was no freak accident but the result of the unchecked ego of a man who thought he could outwit physics and the immensity of the ocean. It's sobering and infuriating and worth a watch.

I found the documentary excellent, great cinematography, good music, it's well organized and the understandably focused on Stockton Rush.

The documentary details how we got to this horrific implosion, exposing his stubbornness, his dishonesty, and his charisma despite his relative mediocrity.

We get a good perspective on his madness, his psychology, and keys moments of the "successes" he had until the inevitable bang.

It's indeed very interesting, but it's missing some of the expected results of the investigation. The financial aspect, for example; how dire were OceanGate's finances ? And how much pressure was he under to get paying customers ?

Anyway, good job overall...

Netflix loves to take their time but thankfully this is a self contained documentary. They got key people involved in Oceangate to talk and do a good job covering the tragedy for the most part. When compared to Discovery's 'Implosion' TV-like documentary it is more cinematic, less melodramatic and presents actual data in an entertaining manner. Unfortunately it just suddenly stops. It shows a Youtuber testimonial then cuts to the conclusion bypassing all the drama of the crew on-board, the botched rescue operation and subsequent media circus. Somehow the inferior Discovery doc has a better closure and a exclusive key piece of footage missing here.

This was a decent documentary that focused mostly on the events leading up to the disaster and on the people within the company. The main event is hardly talked about which was disappointing. The events leading up to it are somewhat interesting and I really liked David Lochridge, the guy tried everything he could but unfortunately, everything and everyone was against him. This documentary is more for behind the scenes of the company but there's another documentary from Discovery that covers the implosion itself better and has interviews with the investigators themselves which I did like better though it is a bit more dramatic than the Netflix one. Overall, it's fine but I think the ending might disappoint a bit.

The arrogance of Rush to believe his own hype, and refuses to listen to anyone regarding safety is incomprehensible. He literally took what amounted to tin can into the water and killed 4 people because of his arrogance. Refusing to get it certified so there could be oversight was the height of arrogance. Refusing to register it under any country especially the USA because he knew they would have oversight was sheer arrogance. I'm sorry for the people who died because they had no chance because he believed his own hype. Do you think there was a reason his own wife would not go on any dives with him??? Too bad it didn't implode when he was on it alone.