Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-5959298-20171215193957/@comment-5959298-20180328173622

2. It is always important how the stewards are treated by the writers. For 1997 Film, Cameron said that the stewards did their jobs. 2012 Miniseries is not same case. Hart is basically historical, yet they most likely made him as a hero since there are some discrepancies in real Hart's story. Many of things that John Edward Hart stated in his testimony are disproved by other survivors accounts. Second Officer Lightoller was in reality strict man who threaten the passengers with gun if they do not keep order and only allowed women and children. While miniseries portrays Lightoller lowering the boats as half full and allowing only women and children. He is portrayed as too much good and kindful man who always interact with the passengers and doesn't take some rules seriously. He even care that the men could swing to the boats unlike real Lightoller. And he also never threaten with gun to anyone.

Now some real characters had their reputation damaged with unfair portrayal.

Bruce Ismay is portrayed as racist toward the italians and orders them to be locked below decks, while in real life Ismay was one who in fact hires the italians on the ship. This is most funny mistake I met in 2012.

Chief Officer Wilde is portrayed as an arrogant officer who sides with Captain Smiths with increase the speed of Titanic (despite Ismay ordered them not to race) and insults Ismay behind his back. - In real life it was most likely Ismay who ordered increase the speed despite Smith's concern.

2012 Wilde also threatens to put First Officer Murdoch in a brig when he says that he think it is stupid to increase a speed without binoculars for lookouts in crowd nest and with ice warnings. In real-life Murdoch and Wilde were friends and the latter felt bad about replacing Murdoch's original post.

Fourth Officer Boxhall is portrayed as doesn't allowing second class women into the lifeboats while in the real life, women were allowed into the boats regardless of class. Also real Boxhall was exclusively firing the rockets to call attention until he was ordered into the lifeboat.

Sixth Officer Moody is shown to arrive with assisting hold back the Third Class and says that it is "Company policy". In real life, Moody had right to be gone in the lifeboat and instead he sacrificed his life for saving more people.

In short: Many Crewmen are there to be unlikeable assholes who makes only problem to the main characters.

Maybe Turnbull is not a villain since he is basically "tool" but clearly he is "Bad".