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Rose's final scene

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The plot summary of this article currently mentions that the older Rose is seemingly asleep in her final scene. From the perspective of the film, we don't actually know what happened to Rose after this since Cameron didn't mention if she was alive or dead in the audio commentary, nor is her fate mentioned in the official script. Thus, if we don't have a reliable source confirming her death, we can only describe what is seen on-screen as per the guidelines at WP:FILMPLOT. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 11:34, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, your edit is an improvement. Popcornfud (talk) 11:42, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of distribution countries in infobox

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Why are the countries in parentheses removed from the infobox when it is well known that Paramount distributed the film domestically and Fox distributed internationally? On the revision history page, reasons are stated "do not add countries, as it is discussed in the body text." I would like to hear more input on this. TPalkovitz (talk) 06:16, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • "it is well known that Paramount distributed the film domestically and Fox distributed internationally" Is it? If you ask someone on the street who distributed Titanic domestically and internationally, they'd say "Well, of course, I know that Paramount distributed domestically and Fox distributed Internationally"? Or is that a false statement?
  • Explain what value there is, in the limited space of the Infobox, there is in stating these terms. That is what the body text is for. It is, IMO, no different than someone adding the Runtime, and then the director's cut Runtime.
  • 99.9% of people (factual, disprove it) do not care who distributed a film, it is certainly not important where they distributed them. It's also inaccurate, since, especially on the "international" stage, they will have used intermediaries and other companies where, in this case, Fox, would not have had their own distribution services.
  • Terms like "domestic" and "international" are frowned upon, this is the English Wikipedia, not the USA Wikipedia, it's the same as using "foreign", we use "United States and Canada" since that is (was, looking at China) the major movie market, and "outside of the United States and Canada". Darkwarriorblake (talk) 09:33, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

'Small piece of wood'

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Was the piece of wood that Rose climbs on to during the sinking 'small', as stated in the plot, or of medium size. In essence, would there have been room for another person on the wood or was that precluded because of its size and would have sunk it. Here's an interesting article on the piece with a photo, which says it is 8 feet long and 41 inches wide, not 'small' but maybe sinkable with two people (how high in the water was it riding with Rose aboard?). Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:33, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have changed it to 'a floating broken door' which seems more accurate. Mythbusters proved that Jack could have been saved as well by getting on the door, although others disagree. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:48, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]