Neil DeGrasse Tyson convinces James Cameron to change Titanic

As you may have already heard, James Cameron plans to re-release Titanic in a 3D version, for the commemoration of 100 years since the ocean liner sank, on April 15th, 1912.

And since he's doing this, he's also going to address astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson's critics over the sky seen in the scene after the ship sank.

"Neil deGrasse Tyson sent me quite a snarky email saying that, at that time of year, in that position in the Atlantic in 1912, when Rose (Kate Winslet) is lying on the piece of driftwood and staring up at the stars, that is not the star field she would have seen," said Cameron.

"And with my reputation as a perfectionist, I should have known that and I should have put the right star field in. So I said 'All right, send me the right stars for that exact time and I'll put it in the movie.'"

Here's Tyson expressing his views on the Titanic sky, during a panel discussion at St. Petersburg College, Fla., in 2009:


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