Social media users are slamming Netflix for bringing back ‘Titanic’ one week after the missing submersive imploded.
It won’t be long before Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet sneak back onto your TV screens when Netflix re-adds Titanic to its movie library on July 1 — but instead of feeling excited to watch this timeless romance flick yet again, fans are ripping the streamer for its poor timing.
The news of Titanic’s return to Netflix comes just over one week after the OceanGate Expeditions submersible went missing while bringing five people on a pricey excursion to the bottom of the ocean to see the 111-year-old shipwreck. Following a four-day search, a debris field was found, confirming that the Titan had, in fact, imploded and killed all of its passengers.
While any other day romance junkies would be jumping at the opportunity to relive Jack (DiCaprio) and Rose’s (Winslet) ill-fated love story leading up to the catastrophic sinking of the RMS Titanic, social media users couldn’t help but call out the streamer for seemingly attempting to capitalize off of the recent tragedy.
“Netflix marketing director: ‘You know how we could really capitalize on the tragic deaths of those people? Put the Titanic on Netflix for some easy cash because $31.
