I’m a Crew ship Officer and this is very rare for this to happen. Also this is a movie but in real life if they see something like a small wave getting bigger we immediately sound the alarm’s. Safe Sailing!
I agree with you, Sir. I'm a retired US Navy Boatswain Mate. Rogue waves can hit very sudden and hard. I was the helmsman when we got hit by a sudden rogue wave. Normally, I would have to wait for orders, but I realized that there was no time to wait, and no orders were forthcoming. I had to take unilateral action. I yelled out a warning, "HANG ON!!" The wave hit and I immediately felt the ship start to roll very fast. I spun the helm, turning the ship in the direction of its roll. When I did that, I was using centripetal force to counter the roll. It worked. We only rolled up to 52 degrees. The "fun" wasn't over yet. I knew that the counter roll would be just as dangerous. When the ship stopped rolling, I threw the wheel placing the rudders back to midships and when the ship was back upright, I threw the wheel in the other direction, again using the centripetal force to counter the roll. When all was over, the ship remained upright and on course. This scenario happened TWICE, once on my 1st ship and the second on my second ship. Both incidences are years apart and were virtually identical. The differences were, the class of warships involved, and the degree of roll taken (my 2nd ship only rolled 48 degrees.) Nobody realized that I did anything in BOTH instances. Also, recently, I learned that when our Executive Officer, (1st Officer) who was on the bridge at the time, thought that we were going to go over. If I had not done what I did, we would have capsized for CERTAIN.
@@superboats2 Thank you for your service. I've on had to deal with one rouge wave once. It was probably about a 50ft wave we rolled almost 50 degree's to the starboard side the reaction was hard because it was night so we didn't see the rouge wave so we couldn't tell if the water after the wave was below sea level so unfortunately it was so the ship rolled to port side. The fun was after when everything that wasn't strapped down either flew off the ship or they were all over the ship. Lets just say that it was a long day.
@@workingatfortmartin6157 Thank YOU for your support. I can certainly understand the "long day" reference. We try to ensure that everything is secured for sea, even more so if rough weather is expected. As it was, prior to the rogue wave incident, we were in semi-rough seas, rolling 30 degrees fairly regularly. Younger sailors would complain, "Walking on the bulkheads is a problem. I would reply, "Walking on the bulkheads is NOT a problem, but IF you are walking on the overheads (ceilings) THEN you'd have a problem." LOL
@@superboats2 We just got a whole new batch of New sailor's. I'm responsible to oversee them so you take them to the very bottom of the ship and they complain, But you take them to the overheads when the ship is rolling 45 degree's then you'll have something to complain about. I always say that when new sailor's come. Only have seen one actually fall from the overhead's with a broken ankle.
I’m a Cruise Ship Captain First Class and this is something we are actually trained for. It’s called a ‘catastrophic capsizing’ and the loss of life is predicted to be 90%
if you see a giant wave coming for you like that pee your pants cause god trying to kill you kid cause seriously a wave like that out of the blue just does not happen
@@_Code_3 cause I am an adult and your to compromised by drugs and dirty water contamination affecting your mind who knows what you are seeing in that situation kid
@@_Code_3 what are you talking about sissy girl? oh yeah, you're hallucinating on whatever you are on because I didn't delete them if I did why can I still see them in the conversation history thus proving that you're on something and hallucinating badly🤣
yep and having very little or no time to react. after all a ship that size doesn't turn as quickly as you'd like it too so you would not have enough time to turn the bow toward the wave before it hits broadside.
I would try to get to the wall that would turn over 1st so that I didn't have to slide clear across the room.. I'd just try to walk on that wall as it turned sort of like a hamster wheel lol.. not saying I still wouldn't fall on my ass at some point but it seems like the best plan in that situation
daily fun fact: if you see a massive wave to your port side, fill your port side tanks. All modern cruise ships have tanks on the ship that can fill to prevent this from happening
Please provide proof of your claims. The pilot cards and reports that I've read state they have no effect against the forward momentum of the ship over about 6-8 knots
Despite having never seen this movie, I've had a reoccurring nightmare a few times about being hit by a massive wave that felt like this size in a wave pool.
@@Kryptomi an insult in your mind. Just because you cant see what dark humour is, doesn’t mean the original poster wont be able to. How about you keep your unrelated option to yourself from now on? Get offended by innocent jokes which have NOTHING to do with you? Perhaps social media isn’t right for you. 🔔
@@Kryptomi being said by the guy who came back to make multiple comments. Meaning you kept thinking of new things to keep coming back to say. 😂😂😂😂 You are a complete 🔔 Dont worry about replying, ive had better conversations with road kill.
I didn't think this was that good when it first came out, as I am huge fan of the original, but it has grown on me a lot, this scene is very well done. Although even this is 15 years old now! The original still holds it for me though...the screenplay, the acting and .the John Williams score...
Important point for all skippers: If you're heading forwards, _increase_ forward speed to turn faster. Also, if you're side on to a wave, maybe try turning _away_ from it so you can maybe surf it, or at least lessen the relative impact when it reaches you.
Big ship=slow turning. By the time anyone would've noticed anything if they were not already facing the wave or the other way around it would never have made the turn...and if you actually paid attention to the scene you would have noticed that is exactly what they tried to do.
Turning away from a wave is the worst advice ever. I'm sure no ship's captain worth their salt needs advice from an idiot who doesn't know the first thing about it.
@CloudHindlen Nah, they put the starboard engine in full reverse in an effort to use differential thrust to turn the ship. It most likely made the rudder less effective than it should have been, and they were late with the bow thrusters too. All engines ahead full would have given them maximum steerageway.
That always annoyed me about the remake. It shows the ship rolling over, completely capsize, then halfway re-right itself only to roll back upside down. It doesn’t really depict that in the interior scenes. The ship is shown on it’s side when the explosion happens that engulfs the crew hallway in flames, but they’re all standing on the ceiling.
Can you be confusing this with the fact the person who uploaded this video purposely rearranged the clips of the capsizing? Because in the description he says he rearranged the scenes of the capsizing.
I think about this too, they should’ve added another scene where they think it’s over but then the ship starts moving back upside causing more damage and people dying.
Actually a little story. They shot most of this on the Warner lot where my best friend was working at the time (attorney). He said they dug down into the ground about ten feet under the sound stage to build this set...all for a few seconds on the screen.
A highly underrated and well cast remake with some seriously impressive visual effects. While Irwin Allen’s original will always be the gold-standard, this movie is an example of how to update a classic properly.
Interesting how that theme died out in the 80s (in favor of "one man, one way" action hero dreck, only to be resurrected in the 90s with Armageddon and Deep Impact. We've seen the end of the world 127 different times since. Something about the 70s disaster films though...Poseidon, Earthquake, the one with the giant ants lol....
Saw both the original and this one and as a remake it’s pretty much top quality. Obviously for an unreal disaster movie, but they really put in all the details and gave it a good affect.
yeah I mean for a wave large enough to capsize a ship either there's something seriously wrong with her design like with the Queen Mary for example and it's an act of god to make her capsize when she's as big as Poseidon
I like how all the tables in the kitchen go flying everywhere. Pretty sure they would be fixed to the floor, otherwise it would be hard to prep meals in heavy seas lol.
An Interesting little detail you can hear a crewmember say" They're not answering" as the wave hits the ship so by the sounds of things they got a SOS off along with the ships emergency locator beacon
Titanic the swoell in Korea? This? Captain Phillips and is why I'll NEVER ever get on any ship!!! Or airplane or submarine I'll take my chances in a car
This almost happened with one of the British liners during WW2. At the time, there was 12k people on board, soldiers who sailed towards America. The ship was 3 degrees tilt away from the point of no return.
What the hell was up with that "alarm"? Part of the excitement in the original when Leslie Nielsen saw the water was the sounding of the alarms..dramatics.
The thing is, younger viewers love this newer effects stuff, and see the original as dated or corny. I grew up with the original and love it to this day. However, I also enjoy this one too. It might not be up to the level of the original, but it’s entertaining. I just didn’t like mean spirited streak in it. Like when they kicked a character to his death. I was like WTF? I also HATED the kid in this version.
Wow, I enjoyed this version as well as I did the first one. Saw the original Poseidon at the theater, this one on DVD. I thought they were both entertaining. Rogue waves do occur. The directors gave us a small insight to what could actually happen.
If my info is correct, that ship was far enough out to sea where that tidal wave would not have been that big, Their height is magnified only when they get close to land, not in open ocean.
Ok, I will watch a ship that capsized then I will comment in the comment section telling people that I'm a captain but the fact that I'm just dreaming that I'm a captain.😜
Thinking about it: Huge waves are unusual in the open seas, right? The water seems calm yet there is this big wave. This means it only can be a tsunami. And tsunamis are flat in open waters and just gain height near the coastline. That means once the tsunami is near the shore it gets even bigger. Imagine the world ending wave :D
Other memes: 1:01 dafuq? 1:18 TURN COME ON OR EVERYONE WILL DIE 1:56 A giant wave is coming closer and you talk with phone? bro 2:32 great backflip dude OwO 2:48 Lool 3:07 Oof 3:29 AAA not again 3:44 ops 4:13 Yay we are alive! Oh no- 4:19 The ship: WOOOOW 4:25 One time i fell from stairs. This time the stairs fell 4:59 Sad chair story
It is my guess that (in the '72 version) at least certain items (tables, piano, etc.) were purposely secured to remain stationary...my thinking is that, with normal pitching/swaying of a ship, chairs (and other movable items) would slide around - and this could be both inconvenient and dangerous to passengers/crew members...even worse, in the case of capsizing, these movable items could (fall and thus) further worsen the human impact...with this stated, there would still be unsecured items (e.g., chairs) - perhaps a compromise to accommodate passenger/crew member preferences...
@@davidseres3030 - Yeah, but you can't secure a grand piano like that, since the piano would simply break off at/from its legs because of the weight of a grand piano. Securing a grand piano would only prevent relatively small movements of the instrument.
@@j.vonhogen9650 I appreciate your point... nevertheless, in non-capsizing scenarios, I imagine that at least some (vs. zero) securement of such a high weight piece would still be preferred over a sliding (high weight) piece...to your point, there could be extra stabilizers on the piano in order to compensate for this (weight-related) momentum issue...we now have a solution for sliding pianos - we'll call it the "Piano Keeper"(😄)...blessings...
