They could have done the guy falling into the crevasse _so_ much better practically rather than CGI: Have a 2 piece structure just tall enough for the guy to disappear into when the pieces separate. Paint all the surfaces in the shot glossy white. I'd mix in a little blue because that's what I've seen in photos of ice floes. Cover the top of both pieces with fake snow.
The CGI version made it look like he went from 3d to 2d and then slipped into the crack.
wrt the elevator thing: clearly there was no continuity person. Also, the latch for elevator doors is usually at the top, not the bottom of the door as it appears in the show.
I'm still wondering why a seemingly well built guy had so much trouble giving a boost to a petite woman in order to get at the elevator shaft access door. btw, I don't think the original Titanic had an elevator, so so much for being almost an exact duplicate of the Titanic experience.
Then further on this same guy expects the woman to have the same upper body strength as himself when clearing the puddle w/arcing wires nearby.
Now, when they're in the closet and she has the respirator on and his lungs start filling with water, anybody ... ANYBODY ... would thrash around wildly as they're basically choking. This would have made a great scene allowing both of them to express a wide range of motions.
While I'm on the subject, when out of fuel, the helicopter pilot could have just landed it on the ocean, rather than telling his passenger to get out and then crashing. That type of helicopter actually does float. That's why the hull is shaped that way and it has 'sort of' pontoons.
Also, did anyone notice that the father didn't trail a rope when swimming through the ship? He indicated to the climatologist that he would remain tethered, but doing so would most likely be fatal as debris snared the rope.
wrt the 1000 feet of rope - first, there's no reason to say this as it just looks silly when the woman holds all of it in her hand. The longest climbing rope at REI is about 210 feet, although you could get climbing rope at $0.80/foot, so if you wanted to show the whole thing it'd cost $800, hopefully not a budget breaker! I think a proper way to do that scene is have the father help the woman into a climbing harness (similar to what one would expect on a Coast Guard helicopter) show that the rope is going through a carabiner, and then a Belay/Rappel Device. (I just know what I see on nature shows, but I do know to look up REI and related websites when I have questions.) She'd pass the rope behind her so almost all of it is hidden. It could be 100 ft - it could be 10,000 ft. She'd anchor herself to the helicopter through the belt and related gear (maybe another short rope just in case) and brace herself not knowing what kind of forces to expect. It would also have helped if the helicopter was actually in Coast Guard livery and...relating to my first paragraph: Actually extended it's landing gear when landing on the ice. 'Cause otherwise it would tip over.
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