
This Door-Shaped ‘Titanic’ Pool Float Definitely Has Room for Two
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The real villain in 1997 Titanic Up to interpretation. You can choose the traditional option – Rose’s scheming fiancé Cal Hockley – or the personality versus nature option of the iceberg itself.
But you can also make the argument –And a lot– That Rose is the real bad guy because she let the alleged love of her life, Jack, freeze to death instead of just making room for him on a floating door that definitely looks big enough to fit two people. You probably can’t blame anyone but director James Cameron for killing off a beloved character.
Whatever your preference, the debate over whether Jack fits in the door has lodged itself like a splinter in popular culture discourse. It’s now possible to recreate the infamous scene with everything you’ve got Titanic– Crazy friends in a body of water near you: SCS Direct sells a Pool float Designed to resemble debris. It’s 4 feet by 7 feet, so it’s probably a little larger than what Rose and Jack were working on. It also has the advantage of being designed to float, and made of “durable, heavy-duty PVC”.

Cameron has He said Buoyancy, not size, was always the biggest issue when it came to Jack’s odds of survival on the wreck. stars Mythbusters Once I did Very good job To show how the lovers could have enhanced the strength of the floating door by using their own life jackets. But Cameron (who participated in the show) later He claimed The time and effort it would have taken to pin the jackets under the door would have killed Jack anyway, due to hypothermia.
while Titanic– This themed pool float is wide and sturdy enough to hold two without any juggling, so it’s definitely best to keep it (and you) out of any hypothermia-inducing water – and far away. Icebergs. You can order it on Amazon for $30.
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