20 Things You Somehow Missed In Titanic

11. Lewis Bodine's "Watchmen" T-Shirt

Titanic cover
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You probably never noticed this - treasure hunter Brock Lovett's (Bill Paxton) best pal and crewmate Lewis Bodine (Lewis Abernathy) can be seen wearing a rather familiar TV shirt throughout the film.

With its smiley face bearing a red bullet-hole, the shirt's logo bears a distinct resemblance to the iconic similar logo of Alan Moore's beloved graphic novel Watchmen.

It's impossible to say that this is definitely a direct reference - especially as the actual Watchmen logo has no bullet-hole and a different blood splatter pattern - but given that Lewis is clearly the nerd of the crew, it also feels like he'd be the kinda guy to read Watchmen.

Given Cameron's clear love for superhero pulp, it was probably intentional.

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