Netflix says the movie was scheduled months before submarine incident
Netflix has recently been bashed for its insensitive move to show 1997 movie Titanic on the streaming platform days after the Titan submersible tragedy that killed five people.
According to Independent, five wealthy individuals went for an undersea expedition to visit the wreckage of the Titanic, run by OceanGate earlier this month.
Experts believed that the submersible they were travelling in
had an implosion that likely killed everyone in the sub because of the
intense water pressure in the North Atlantic.
Few days after the
tragic incident, Netflix announced that James Cameroon movie would return to
the streaming service on July 1.
Following the news, several
people took to social media and slammed Netflix for “trying to capitalise
off a sad tragedy”.
One user wrote on Twitter, “Netflix hosting Titanic a week
after the Oceangate incident is actually disgusting. They never disappoint
to show everyone how greedy they are.”
Another user tweeted, “I
didn’t think Netflix would sink so low as to add Titanic to their streaming
list during this time.”
“Netflix is messy as hell putting Titanic
on there,” remarked another person.
Variety reported that Netflix
already decided to show Titanic on their streaming service prior to this
incident and it’s just a “coincidence”.
The outlet added that the
return of Titanic on the streamer was scheduled months before the Titan
submersible went missing.
