Does Anybody Really Care About The Titanic? Really Like? Really?

[ziggysego]

Sure there are murals on the Falls Road purely to attract tourists.

The majority aren't there for the tourist, but as a form of expression.

[muppet]

Sure there are murals on the Falls Road purely to attract tourists.

The majority aren't there for the tourist, but as a form of expression.

Do the murals prove the existence of God, that is the question?

[Minder]

Sure there are murals on the Falls Road purely to attract tourists.

The majority aren't there for the tourist, but as a form of expression.

Disagree, they are there for the Black Taxi Tours.

[muppet]

@glinner It is now 100 years from the day that everyone started getting sick of hearing about the Titanic

[Hardy]

Sure there are murals on the Falls Road purely to attract tourists.

The majority aren't there for the tourist, but as a form of expression.

Do the murals prove the existence of God, that is the question?

Well some say there's no other way of accounting for murals.

Oh wait ... that's morals.

[Hardy]

Oh - I think I've just repeated your joke.

[Milltown Row2]

Northern Ireland, celebrating death and tragedy since 1921.

What about 1690? (Whataboutery being also a local cultural trait)

What's next? We'll be celebrating the hunger strikes next, have bloody tourist going up and down the Falls road looking at shitty murals and driving them to the worst kept grave yard in Western Europe!!

Although I really can't see that taking off

Ya never know, they might celebrate the Easter Rising FFS

[muppet]

Oh - I think I've just repeated your joke.

Its ok, you need a laugh after Banty.

[Orangemac]

Surely the biggest joke is Titanic 3D. Who would go to see this?

Spoof trailer below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxj1mou03M

[AQMP]

If you dig through the morass of indulgent crap you can find the odd interesting piece, last night's programme about Thomas Ryan the Askeaton farmer who sucessfully sued the White Star Line over the loss of his son was an interesting story spoiled a bit by the simpering of the presenter, Julie McCullough, who kept referring the "Ireland" as if it was somewhere south of Uruguay.  Also of course they had to shoehorn in the new Titanic building in Belfast when it really had feck all to do with the story.  Also on Monday there was a drama about the official inquiry into the loss of the Titanic specifically the role of the Californian and its captain Stanley Lord.  Not brilliant but interesting nonetheless.

[sheamy]

There was one of these at a commemoration event in Antrim's Loughshore Park paid for by the Council...I think we can close the thread now.

[armaghniac]

The above is a legend in tastelessness, it gives you a sinking feeling.

In response to Titantic the 3D version, here is the 1D version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3QfJnn2-Y

[haranguerer]

Theres certainly going to be many interesting stories, but to pump millions in to attempt to create a tourist industry around it is stupid and ridiculous. The Beatrix Potter thing doesnt surprise me either - anything that may seperate Norn Irn from its actual heritage is grabbed at.

Is the visitor centre at Eamhain Macha still open? Would the injection of a few hundred million not have made the historic home of Irelands kings a world beating tourist attraction, which has more than tenuous (and not embarrassing) links to something tangible??

[LeoMc]

Theres certainly going to be many interesting stories, but to pump millions in to attempt to create a tourist industry around it is stupid and ridiculous. The Beatrix Potter thing doesnt surprise me either - anything that may seperate Norn Irn from its actual heritage is grabbed at.

Is the visitor centre at Eamhain Macha still open? Would the injection of a few hundred million not have made the historic home of Irelands kings a world beating tourist attraction, which has more than tenuous (and not embarrassing) links to something tangible??

What do you have in mind?

[Maguire01]

Like haranguerer, I also look forward to the day the Titanic building is used for something sensible and less grotesque. Unfortunately that might be harder to achieve now.

I don't think the purpose of the building is grotesque. It was the fanfare around the whole Titanic subject - the MTV concert, the constant BBC/UTV coverage - that was less tasteful.  The building is fine. It's already being used for numerous different kinds of events and will continue as a 'museum' as long as the demand is there.