by Simon Brew
In no little part due to the flak that George Lucas received for his never - ending desire to potter with hisStar Warsuniverse , most directors now resist the momentum to re - edit out their films after they ’ve been released . Even Steven Spielberg , who reworked parts ofE.T. the duplicate - Terrestrialfor its 20th day of remembrance variation in 2002,ended up regrettingit , and has since reversed his changes .
Still , the chance — and temptation — to go in and commute just a little detail here and there , if postulate , is always present . Which is exactly what author / director James Cameron did with his Oscar - winning mega - hit , Titanic .
Originally discharge in 1997 , the film is a testament to Cameron ’s renowned perfectionism , from beginning to end . Which explains why he felt obligate to act after receivinga " snarky " emailabout the movie from rockstar astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson .
In his government note , deGrasse Tyson explained that the whiz field Cameron created for one of the film ’s climactic scene was all wrong .
“ Neil deGrasse Tyson transport me quite a snarky electronic mail saying that , at that time of twelvemonth , in that attitude in the Atlantic in 1912 , when Rose is lying on the piece of driftwood and staring up at the stars , that is not the genius field she would have seen,“Cameron explained . “ And with my report as a perfectionist , I should have known that and I should have put the proper whiz theatre in . "
Cameron wasted no time in responding : “ I say ‘ All right , send me the right mavin for that exact time and I ’ll put it in the movie . ' " DeGrasse Tyson did on the dot that .
As such , whenTitanicwas re - release in 3 - D back in 2012 , Cameron used the film ’s 15th day of remembrance as an excuse to make one tiny change to the movie : he redesigned the antecedently incorrect star map exactly to deGrasse Tyson ’s specifications , which is the version you ’ll see on all new copies released since then . ( Not that you likely mark . )
