Titan - The OceanGate Disaster Twitter Review: Netizens say CEO Stockton Rush was 'narcissistic and arrogant'; Call documentary 'daunting'
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster is a Netflix documentary film that explores the events leading up to the explosion of the Titan submersible, in which all five aboard died.
Last Updated: 06.56 PM, Jun 12, 2025
In 2023, the whole world was shaken when the news of the Titan submersible's explosion led to the death of all five aboard, including OceanGate's CEO, Stockton Rush. On June 11, 2025, Netflix released a documentary on the event, exploring the Titan submersible implosion and events leading up to it, narrated through testimony, audio recordings, and footage of the beginnings of OceanGate. As the documentary was released, netizens took to their X accounts to share their reviews.
Netizens react to Titan: The OceanGate Disaster documentary
In 2023, OceanGate's Titan tourist submersible imploded on a deep-sea dive to the Titanic. The documentary, Titan: The OceanGate Disaster, highlights the CEO of OceanGate, Stockton Rush's, aim to become the next world-famous change-maker, and ultimately becomes a doomed attempt at a submarine. Now, netizens have reacted to the Netflix documentary and expressed their anger towards Rush and his company's failures, which caused the death of all five aboard.
One X user said, "finished #TitanTheOceanGateDisaster this man was a narcissistic jealous arrogant who wanted to be the famous genius so bad i wish he wasn’t went down that day to see he was WRONG, and give David Lochridge a damn Noble that man fought for safety against this idiot powerful millionaire ALONE."
Another commented, "What a daunting documentary. David Lochridge deserves applause for trying to fight a sociopath like Stockton Rush yet the SYSTEM fails him perhaps money wins but precious lives were lost. That Joystick was the most important thing."
"Titan is the best documentary Netflix has released so far this year. It's 10/10," read another review. Expressing anger towards Stockton Rush and his decisions, one X user said, "Wow, the CEO ego and arrogance got them people killed he was a lightweight murderer cause all the people with experience and sense said the submersible was not ready."
One of the reviews read, "It was a mathematical certainty that it would FAIL". Stockton Rush was a sociopath, narcissistic, Billionaire. The documentary didn't mention the family of 2 deceased from Pakistan & what a haunting site Titanic still is."
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More about Titan: The OceanGate Disaster
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster, directed by Mark Monroe, is a documentary that explores the events leading up to the implosion of the OceanGate Titan submersible in 2023. The film examines the causes and circumstances of the disaster using interviews, archival footage, and whistleblower testimony, focusing on OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush and the company's disregard for safety regulations. The documentary film reveals how a series of poor decisions and safety violations contributed to this tragic explosion.
For the unversed, the five individuals aboard the OceanGate Titan submersible who died in the June 2023 implosion were: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, French deep-sea explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, and his son Suleman Dawood.
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