The Mythbusters ultimately determined that Jack and Rose could very well have shared the door, meaning Jack may have needlessly sacrificed himself.
Physicist and podcast host Neil deGrasse Tyson, a man who is no stranger to debunking bad movie and TV show science, has weighed in on the famous debate about whether Jack really had to die in Titanic.
Despite his annoyance, Cameron bowed to Tyson’s knowledge and fixed the night sky in those scenes for the film’s Blu-ray release.
Fixing stars is one thing, but there’s not much Cameron can do about Jack’s arguable lack of survival instinct in that famous scene.