Titan: Le naufrage d'OceanGate

This documentary provides deep insight into the OceanGate accident, including information previously unknown to the public and revealing connections to Stockton Rush.

Personally, I would have preferred a slightly longer and more detailed documentary, but overall, it's still a strong watch.

It becomes clear that everything was wrong design of Titan and designed around the CEO's decisions - and that he bears the ultimate responsibility. He comes across as an arrogant figure.

As someone working in IT as a software QA, I understand how crucial quality assurance and testing are.

Throughout the documentary, despite clear risks associated with Titan's dive to the ocean floor, these dangers are not taken seriously. Warnings are ignored, discussions continue, and the tragic result seems inevitable.

The dismissal of key engineers further reinforces the recklessness of the approach.

In the end, the documentary firmly places the blame on Stockton Rush - and rightly so.

I enjoyed watching this documentary but the longer I watched, the more I got annoyed with Stockton Rush. There is zero doubt that his is the sole cause of those people loosing their lives. He let his Ego outweigh his common sense(if he even had any). He was an example of someone who is rich that would leverage his wealth and connections to get what he wanted or he would ruin someone's life if he didn't. He should have been the only one on that Sub when it imploded. There were problems all along the way and he kept ignoring them and wanting to push forward. If someone didn't agree with him he would blame them for something and then fire them.

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.

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.