Titanic: The Digital Resurrection

Disappointed. They claim this documentary will bring new information, but there was nothing really new in it, only how the ship had broke apart. Everything else has been proven before. Good if your new into the history of Titanic, a good way to give you a decent oversight. It definitely focused well on the human tradgedy and heroism. But its mostly a filler documentary and apart from the 3D scan view it doesn't bring much to the table. There are better documentaries out there. It really felt like it was just a way for to try and drag out the info and give the scientists their 15 minutes of fame. Sometimes it felt as if they were speaking to the audiences like they are children and I personally hate that condescension.

As stated in other reviews, the scans are good. But thats about it. The experts reactions to things are cringey and fairly overly dramatic for facts that are not really groundbreaking.

What I found most annoying was the increduality of the so called "experts" over very normal facts that anyone is aware of.

I did find the ship break quite interesting however. I dnt think people were realistically 'trapped' in there....just my opinion...but thought that was a far fetched idea.

Give it a miss.....unless you have it on for background noise. Youtube has far better content, suprisingly enough....

This is a decent little 70 minute run-down of the sinking of the Titanic, but it is almost completely repeated information from any other Titanic documentary, meanwhile three people stand in front of huge screens showing the digital twin. This special focuses on the emotional experience of the passengers and crew and details some information about who was on board. That's fine, but I was not expecting that; based on the title and synopsis, I expected this to be a documentary about the process of the Titanic's digital resurrection. I. E., how she was scanned, how the 3D model was constructed and processed, and everything that went into creating the digital twin. There is almost nothing detailed about the digital resurrection itself.

I also think this special was made too soon, because it talks about how the scan opens up the possibilities of future investigation, but doesn't go into that yet due to how recent this was scanned.

Ultimately, if you have seen one or two Titanic documentaries AND you've already seen pictures and/or models of the new digital scan, you've essentially already seen this documentary.

The headline says it all. While the technology is incredible, and I thoroughly enjoyed the visuals of the scans of a ship wreck we all know is destined to disappear, the remainder of this special was hollow with no clear agenda and dialogue that read like a teen attempting to hit the minimum word limit in a school paper. The messages were redundant, no real information was gleaned from the scans and while I appreciate their focus on the acts of heroism on board the ship that night, that focus was temporary as the dialogue shifted to pure speculation in a poorly executed attempt to humanize a ship wreck that is already inherently human in nature.

Of course I had to watch the 2025 documentary "Titanic: The Digital Resurrection", as I had the opportunity to do so.

I was rather impressed with the replica that they were capable of making from the data that the two submersibles, named Romeo and Juliet, gathered. It was really impressive and just put a lot of things into perspective. I have to say that it was awe-inspiring.

The documentary does also shed some light on some aspects of the sinking that I had never heard about before.

All in all, this 2025 documentary is definitely well-worth checking out, provided you have an interest in the Titanic or the tragic events of April 14th, 1912.

My rating of director Fergus Colville's 2025 documentary "Titanic: The Digital Resurrection" lands on a six out of ten stars.