Although James Cameron’s disaster movieTitanicis based on a true story, a wild but weirdly convincing theory claims it’s a secret sequel to one of Cameron’s biggest sci-fi movies. James Cameron is one of the most respected filmmakers of his generation, and throughout his career, he has covered different genres. Cameron is now mostly associated with movies from the sci-fi genre, but he has also visited the genres of horror, action, comedy, and drama. In 1997, he surprised audiences around the world withTitanic, a disaster movie based onthe real-life tragedy of the RMS Titanic.
Titanictakes the audience back to 1912, when 17-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) boards the Titanic with her wealthy fiancé, Cal Hockley, and her mother, Ruth. One night, as she contemplates jumping from the ship’s stern, Rose meets Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), a third-class passenger with whom she ends up falling in love. Unfortunately, though they fight for their lives together, Jack doesn’t survive the sinking of the Titanic, but Rose does, and so she shares his story. Despite being a story rooted in real-life events,a theory suggestsTitanicis actually a sequel toThe Terminator.
Titanic Theory Claims It’s A Secret Terminator Sequel Thanks To Jack
Titanic Might Have Been A Sci-Fi Movie In Disguise
The key to understanding the theory aboutTitanicsecretly being aTerminatormovie is Jack. As mentioned above, Jack Dawson is a third-class passenger, and he briefly infiltrates first class after talking Rose out of jumping off the ship. Rose’s world is a completely different one to Jack’s, as he isn’t used to all the luxury and has a much simpler lifestyle, but the theory (viaGamesRadar) points out that Jack seems confused, especially when he shares details about his life.
Titanichas various anachronisms, all of them coming from Jack.
James Cameron is known for his unbelievable attention to detail, and he went above and beyond when working onTitanic. However,Titanichas various anachronisms, all of them coming from Jack. It’s important to rememberTitanicis set in 1912, but Jack mentions places that didn’t exist yet at the time. Jack tells Rose he used to go ice fishing with his father in Lake Wissota, but that lake was created in 1917.
Later on in the movie, Jack mentions he used to sell portraits on the Santa Monica pier and that they could ride on the rollercoaster some day – the problem is that, although the Santa Monica pier was opened to the public in 1909, the pleasure pier, where the rollercoaster is, was built in 1916. Jack’s hairstyle and the bag he carried also didn’t match the style of the 1910s, and the filtered cigarettes he smoked were patented in 1925.
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With all this in mind, the theory suggests Jack didn’t belong to the 1920s and actually came from the future because he had a mission to fulfill.The theory explains that Rose is an ancestor of Sarah Connor, and because of that, she had to survive the sinking of the Titanic. Jack, then, was sent back in time to save Rose, though that meant the sinking of the ship and the deaths of thousands of people – because, had Rose jumped, the Titanic would have had to stop and their journey would have been delayed, missing the iceberg that sunk it.
Although Jack could have surely saved thousands of lives at the expense of Rose’s life, that would have doomed humanity as John Connor would never have been born. Now, as for why Jack didn’t get on the piece of debris that saved Rose, and leaving aside the fact that he didn’t actually fit,Jack simply decided to sacrifice himself to avoid further messing with the timeline.
One Popular Titanic Theory Suggests Jack Was A Time Traveler
Some Details About Jack Don’t Fit Titanic’s Time Setting
This theory makesTitanic’s Jack Dawson a time traveler, though not just any time traveler as he’s one with an important mission that will help save humanity – however, there was already a theory about Jack having the ability to travel through time. One of the most popularTitanictheories says Jack is a time traveler, hence why the anachronisms, but the theory isn’t linked totheTerminatorfranchiseor any other.
Instead, the theory suggests thatJack went back in time to make sure the Titanic sank, thus preserving the true course of history. As mentioned above, Rose’s death would have messed with this and the Titanic might not have sunk at all had she jumped, so it was Jack’s mission to save Rose so that the Titanic would sink – but who sent him or how he was sent back is unknown.
How This Theory Changes Titanic (& Makes It Better)
Titanic Takes A Whole New Meaning
Titanicis already great as is, but this theory adding a sci-fi element to it makes it a lot more entertaining. Not only does it explain Jack’s anachronisms, but it gives Jack a much bigger purpose than just showing Rose that she can have the life she wants and not the one her mother and fiancé want for her. Rose also wins with this theory, asshe’s also given a bigger purpose as thanks to her, Sarah Connor is bornand thus John Connor too.
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Titanic focuses on Rose’s story on board the title ship, but it also revealed some parts of her life after the Titanic and Jack’s death.
Surely, it’s quite dark and tragic that the sinking of theTitanicand its thousands of deaths had to happen in order for humanity to be saved many, many decades later, but if there’s something theTerminatorfranchise has taught viewers, it’s that the timeline and humanity’s history are quite complex.
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Titanic
Titanic is the 1997 blockbuster romantic/disaster epic based on the events surrounding the sinking of the legendary “unsinkable” vessel. Flashing back to the past and forward to the present, the film primarily follows the stories of the well-to-do and somewhat timid Rose and the poor but lively Jack, star-crossed lovers who meet aboard the doomed ship. In addition, the film tells true and fictionalized accounts of the passengers of the RMS Titanic, with an older Rose recounting her tale to the crew of a research ship.
