As noted earlier, not everything produced previously is included here. Missing are twenty-six of the previous Blu-ray’s Behind-the-Scenes featurettes totaling about 29 minutes, among them: Southhampton Flop, View from the Pub VFX, Leaving Port VFX, The Engine Room, The Million Dollar Shot, Big Ship Set VFX, The Grand Staircase, Costume Design, Iceberg / Deck VFX, First Class Lounge Miniature, Crane as Helicopter, Flooded First Class Dining Room, The Sinking Riser, Ship Extensions, Grand Staircase Flooding, Miniature Hall Flooding, Jumping Stunts, The Tilting Poop Deck Set, Deck Sliders, Digital Stunt People, Ship Split Miniature, The Toilet Paper Shot, Final Plunge VFX, Underwater Greenscreen, Interior Tank Shot, Breath Shots, and The Final Shot. Here’s what’s clever though: The best of this material is highlighted in Jon Landau’s Behind-the-Scenes Presentation, so you still get to see it, and now with much more context. Also technically missing is the original Construction Time-lapse with Optional Commentary by Ed Marsh (SD – 4:30) from the 2005 DVD, but most of that footage too is now included in the Behind-the-Scenes Presentation.
The new Blu-ray also doesn’t include all of the separate trailers and TV spots (from the previous Blu-ray and 2005 DVD), including: Teaser Trailer: Concept Artwork (SD – 1:50), Theatrical Trailer 2 (HD – 4:15), Theatrical Trailer 3 (HD – 2:32), International Trailer (HD – 1:06), 2012 Release Trailer (HD – 2:11), 2012 Release Trailer 3D (HD – in 3D – 2:09), and TV Spots (SD – 7 spots – 3:26 in all). However, once again the best of this content remains in Jon Landau’s new Trailer Presentation video. So this is another clever way to save a little bit of disc space while retaining at least highlights from the missing content.
Genuinely missing from the previous Blu-ray is Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron (HD – 96:16). And missing from the 2005 DVD are Titanic Parodies (SD – 3 segments – 10:16 in all), Fox Special: Breaking New Ground (SD – 42:46), Press Kit Featurettes (SD – 7 featurettes – 18:32 in all), 1912 New Reel with Optional Commentary by Ed Marsh (SD – 2:23), Titanic Ship’s Tour with Optional Commentary by Anders Falk (SD – 7:40), and the Interactive Viewing Mode (which allowed you to watch the Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes in context within the film). The International 2005 DVD release also included the HBO First Look – Titanic: The Heart of the Ocean (SD – 27:33) special, which the US release did not. The bottom line is that if you want to retain all of that original content, you’ll definitely want to keep your previous Blu-ray and DVD editions.