Jaws Gone Wrong

What were you doing last Thursday evening?  Please tell me you weren't watching Sharknado? OK...if you were one of the million plus viewers,  let's assume you were just curious how Ian Ziering and Tara Reid could sink so low (and that's already accounting for the extremely low spot they were tenuously grasping to) that they would participate in what had to be part of a drunken bet between the writers over at Syfy. What bet?, I hear you say.  That would be a bet on who could make the worst  movie  "evah"..... OR maybe the bet was, how to make another shark movie with a mashup kind of name. They seem to have a propensity for  mashup shark movies over at Syfy.

I bet you are feeling really bad you missed these.
If you didn't miss these, I have loss further respect for you.

 Of course maybe those writers weren't drunk at all and there is a "process" over at Syfy on how they develop movie plots

Darts are considered  essential office supplies at Syfy
And....when Brontoquake comes out remember you heard it here first..

Thought Number One: Social  Media Is The New Movie Critic

I have my doubts that Roger Ebert would of given Sharknado a thumbs up but I guess I can't know that for sure. Which is a shame that he isn't here to guide me. It turns out, I might not have a natural talent for critiquing movies.  I was pretty sure that this was a complete piece of crap when the universe screamed "NOT SO FAST!"

Maybe...just maybe, I was a bit premature in my negative assessment.  Perhaps, the fact that I didn't stick with the whole movie resulted in me not fully recognizing it's finer points. After a short...really short segment, I was thinking it was too horrid to suffer through. Imagine my surprise when I read some of the reviews and tweets during and after the broadcast that said it was fun and campy. Several reviews referred to it as great entertainment. 

The Washington Post called it "your must see summer movie".

Entertainment Weekly said: " it's so wrong, it's all kinds of right." (in my defense that isn't an entirely glowing endorsement)

Time Entertainment used the title "Perfect Storm: The Genius of Sharknado."

Seems that I missed the fact of it's geniousness. OH, and let's not dismiss the 5000 tweets per minute on Twitter.  While Sharknado didn't break any records for the size of the audience, it may have set some records for the number of social media mentions that resulted. (some of the Twitter activity was better than the movie...click here for some celebrity tweets.)

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   **Note to those that are wanting to do their own reviews...Syfy is re-broadcasting this July 18th**


Thought Number Two:  Tornadoes Belong to Us...."us" being those that live in Tornado Alley

I don't want to appear  overly selfish on the matter of tornadoes but tornadoes don't happen over water...well they can happen,  but then they are called  waterspouts.  Perhaps, Sharkspouts doesn't have the same ring as Sharknado.

 ***Spoiler Alert****

I don't mean to spoil it for you.... but to fully appreciate the reason Crabby Pants has a chainsaw here is a little sneak peak at a scene from the move.  I know it's scary huh?  Totally life-like and  note the amazing special effects.  (choke, choke)

I wonder if you taste like chicken????

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