The the 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible is in the news again as the BBC/Discovery Channel documentary Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster premiered this week and on June 11th Netflix will debut Titan: The OceanGate Disaster. But maybe even more illuminating than either is kind of talented director James Cameron’s interview with 60 Minutes Australia from last year on the matter.
The entire storyline itself is as much about ego and hubris as it is the vagaries of undersea exploration technology and goddamn is Cameron’s ego big in this piece. What’s fascinating about it though is that it’s an ego that recognizes that it is not always that of the smartest guy in the room, fully aware and fully acknowledging of its limitations in contrast to a world being driven by egos like Stockton Rush – and of course the World Tag Team Champions of not even fucking remotely as smart or capable as they think they are. The non-humility humility of Cameron truly shines here, the whole “I only know like 85 percent of what I’m talking about when it comes to the extremely complex and dangerous world of pelagic exploration but I listened to very carefully to the guys who know the other 15 percent and that’s why I’m still alive while Stockton Rush isn’t” bit is so sufferable.
Fucking prick, lol.