Titanic II

[asterix]

A flamboyant Australian billionaire has ordered a shipyard in China to build him an exact replica of the Titanic.

Mr Palmer said the rebuild was a tribute to the spirit of the men and women who worked on the original Titanic, which sank after hitting an iceberg on April 15, 1912 and cost the lives of 1,514 passengers and crew.

..but not so much of a tribute that it's going to be built in Belfast!

He's not taking any chances either:

The Chinese navy has been invited to escort Titanic II on its maiden voyage to New York.

 

[Arch]

I'm starting next week on carving the replica iceberg....

 

[Maz]

Let's hope nobody's building a replica of the iceberg.

...ah, you beat me to it, Arch!

 

[Arch]

Whoops! Cross posts!

 

[caimg]

Maybe he'll pay Leo di Caprio and Kate Winslet a fortune to be on its maiden voyage, for the final touch of authenticity.

 

[asterix]

So did you find this out by hacking his voicemail?

Close:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/oz-billionaire-build-working-titanic-replica-035711905.html

Also reported elsewhere.

The contents of his voicemail are far more interesting, but not for general release. Yet.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The contents of his voicemail are far more interesting, but not for general release. Yet.

"I'm drier than a dead dingo's donger, get us a slab of tinnies and a couple of Shielas, mate"

 

[MontyVeda]

surely the new one will need more lifeboats?

 

[Arch]

surely the new one will need more lifeboats?

I suppose it depends on whether he's planning to carry a full complement of staff and passengers, or just rattle about in it on his own with a butler.

 

[caimg]

I suppose it depends on whether he's planning to carry a full complement of staff and passengers, or just rattle about in it on his own with a butler.

Maybe he just LOVES hide and seek and let's be honest, hide and seek on the titanic would have been incredible...

 

[machew]

Titanic II the film.

On April 14, 2012, 100 years after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, a new, similar-looking luxury cruise liner named the SS Titanic II is christened. It then embarks on her maiden voyage using the same route the Titanic took 100 years before in reverse direction (from New York City, USA to Southampton, England). During the Atlantic crossing, the effects of global warming cause the Helheim Glacier in Greenland to collapse, creating a giant tsunami that sends an iceberg crashing into the ship, while the passengers are partying in the dining saloon. The entire starboard side of the ship and the starboard lifeboat ramps are crushed and immense pressure is put on the liner's turbines. As people struggle to escape the rising waters and run for the submarine-shaped lifeboats on the port side, the turbines eventually explode, killing many people, including ship captain Will Howard. The explosion also caused an immense fire inside the sinking vessel, which is listing to its starboard side.
Minutes later, another tsunami, this one more powerful and faster than the speed of sound, caused by a second collapse of the Helheim Glacier hits the liner, flipping it upside-down and drowning the people still on board and killing all the passengers in the lifeboats. With most of the ship flooded, the Titanic II finally sinks. Very few passengers survive.

 

[benb]

That does sound a bit overboard, but if he wants to sink his money into it, fair enough.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

The idea isn't really a floater

As they say in Belfast "She was ok when she left"

 

[BigonaBianchi]

If Kate Winslet is getting her kit off again I'm in

 

[bikepete]

If Kate Winslet is getting her kit off again I'm in

I've seen that film. She doesn't. If anyone else watches it, be sure to keep an eye on how many funnels the 'Titanic II' has. It varies throughout the film :-)