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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
My weekend (so far):
Watch Sharknado3 -- check
Yes ... I admit it ... I watched Sharknado3 ... and laughed out loud ... so bad it's ... sort of ... goodish ...  |
I saw parts of it. I was at a friend's place helping to configure the new laptop I helped her buy. I beat Win8.1+Bing into partial submission (more to do yet), while she and my SO giggled their way through Sharknado 3.
It's become a cult classic and spawned a franchise, and there
will be a Sharknado 4. It's at the point where names you recognize will take a part if they aren't otherwise engaged, because it's a goof, you put your tongue so firmly in your cheek you need stitches to close the hole you poke, you can totally chew the scenery, and your career won't suffer because you were in it.
The company that made it specializes in low budget grade Z fare, and prides themselves on how bad the films are. The question they ask is "What can we do that's even
worse for our next production?" The answer currently seems to be Lavalantula, in which giant lava breathing tarantulas emerge from volcanoes to trash LA.
I didn't watch the whole thing, but the bits I caught were amusing. The sharks destroying the White House were fun. The portion set in Orlando stayed away from the Disney park, so I didn't get to hear a little kid cry "Mommy! The shark ate
Mickey!" (There is no way Disney would have permitted that...), but seeing sharks rain on the Daytona 500 had its moments. I wouldn't watch it
again, but didn't regret the bits I did see.
My suspicion, however, is "so bad it's
good" is best as a happy accident, because those making it didn't
know they were making a really bad film. When you try to do it deliberately, as the Sharknado folks are, I don't think you can quite reach the truly sublime levels of the best such efforts.
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Dennis