Titanic: The Digital Resurrection

First off the Magellan scans are amazing, and Parks Stephenson is a great guy, but this documentary was disappointing, but I expected it to be. It's another generic format documentary that came across as cold and insincere. Much of the content was filler as expected, and the shots they show of the digital scans are heavily darkened with shadows so a lot of details are lost. This is merely casual viewing for someone flicking through Netflix/Disney, not your well versed Titanic enthusiast, fortunately there is a lot better content on Youtube these days with various creators genuinely passionate about Titanic that go into a lot more detail. I suppose 'The Digital Resurrection' is still worth a watch but it's a reminder to me how lazy documentaries have become, a lot more effort was put into Titanic documentaries decades ago and when you see the likes of this one it shows.

This is a decent little 70 minute run-down of the sinking of the Titanic, but it is almost completely repeated information from any other Titanic documentary, meanwhile three people stand in front of huge screens showing the digital twin. This special focuses on the emotional experience of the passengers and crew and details some information about who was on board. That's fine, but I was not expecting that; based on the title and synopsis, I expected this to be a documentary about the process of the Titanic's digital resurrection. I. E., how she was scanned, how the 3D model was constructed and processed, and everything that went into creating the digital twin. There is almost nothing detailed about the digital resurrection itself.

I also think this special was made too soon, because it talks about how the scan opens up the possibilities of future investigation, but doesn't go into that yet due to how recent this was scanned.

Ultimately, if you have seen one or two Titanic documentaries AND you've already seen pictures and/or models of the new digital scan, you've essentially already seen this documentary.

This was marketed as a breakthrough documentary, but if you've watched Titanic documentaries nothing much will be new here. We do however get beautiful renderings of the ship taken from underwater scans which really help to understand the wreck.

I would have liked a bit more detail about how the ship was scanned, how the huge debris field was investigated, and how the pictures were pieced together. Along with how the iceberg simulations were made (like, how do they know the shape of the iceberg?)

Still, it's entertaining enough and at 70 minutes long it was about the right length for the material presented.

As stated in other reviews, the scans are good. But thats about it. The experts reactions to things are cringey and fairly overly dramatic for facts that are not really groundbreaking.

What I found most annoying was the increduality of the so called "experts" over very normal facts that anyone is aware of.

I did find the ship break quite interesting however. I dnt think people were realistically 'trapped' in there....just my opinion...but thought that was a far fetched idea.

Give it a miss.....unless you have it on for background noise. Youtube has far better content, suprisingly enough....

Disappointed. They claim this documentary will bring new information, but there was nothing really new in it, only how the ship had broke apart. Everything else has been proven before. Good if your new into the history of Titanic, a good way to give you a decent oversight. It definitely focused well on the human tradgedy and heroism. But its mostly a filler documentary and apart from the 3D scan view it doesn't bring much to the table. There are better documentaries out there. It really felt like it was just a way for to try and drag out the info and give the scientists their 15 minutes of fame. Sometimes it felt as if they were speaking to the audiences like they are children and I personally hate that condescension.