Just when you thought it was safe to return to SyFy - Sharknado!

[Spiff]

God help us all. Or at least the people at SyFy. (this is not a joke)

See the stupid trailer here: http://www.syfy.com/_utils/video/embed.php?/videos/small/_vid2659154
Set your DVR now for Thursday, July 11 at 9 p.m. ET!!!!

 

[nfgrls]

Omg this looks so bad but I already have my dvr set to record this I love the bad syfy movies

 

[johaninsc]

SYFY is really a shit channel now

...nothing but stupid ass movies and bullshit paranormal, psychic, Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, ghost hunting reality shit programs passed off as "documentaries" ( History channel etc. has went the same as well)

I miss how they were before they changed their name from Sci-Fi

I remember years ago when they switched to reality type shows...really heartbreaking



and their movies? ...I wonder if they have a set of dice that they choose their movie ideas from

one of the dice has monster/creatures on it


the other has disaster/storms on it


roll the dice.....


Raptor Earthquake

 

[goldenmoth]

This sounds brilliant

 

[spooky]

Wow... I have a confession to make. I used to love watching these back in the early 2000's.
Now, its just cringeworthy to watch. Oh and look, its a whose who of actors who fell off the map for one reason or another.

 

[palbert]

They spent like 50¢ on continuity. That paper in the windshield wipers drove me crazy: there, not there, there, not there.

And why - if you're driving around in the pouring rain - is the sky cloudless when you get out.

Too painful to watch again.

 

[m1thousand]

I noticed the blue skies Lol

 

[sonny10305]

It looked like something Ed Wood would have made. Hilarious when it was supposed to be serious.
I mean come on how you you not laugh your butt off watching that

 

[Irish Queer]

I hate that they cancel shows like Eureka, Sanctuary and give Warehouse 13 six crappy episodes to finish it's story next season and yet we get crap like this. I fear for the excellent Defiance and Being Human, cannot believe this is the channel that gave us the excellent BSG remake.

 

[DCRacer]

and apparently there is already talks of a sequel.

from the Guardian (UK):

"A sequel to the disaster movie which made a viral splash earlier this year has been announced, with producers taking to Twitter to request fan suggestions for taglines.

"Enough said" was the tagline for the original Sharknado, the cable disaster flick about a freak tornado which triggers scores of man-eating fish to rain down on the residents of Los Angeles.

But following a surprise storm of happy chat generated by the cable premiere of the film a fortnight ago, Asylum Films, the production company behind the film has decided to keep the conversation going a little longer, announcing that a New York-set followup with be released in 2014.

When the film premiered on the Syfy network in on 10 July, it reeled in just 1.3 million viewers; fewer than average for an original film on the network. But those who did watch turned out to have unusually twitchy fingers; over 5,000 Sharknado-related tweets were minute were recorded during the film's more exciting moments (for instance when a surfer called Fin chainsaws his way out of a shark's mouth – with Tara Reid).

Syfy's Thomas Vitale credited the small screen berth with the commissioning of a followup. "Every once in a while, there is a perfect storm – on television. The fans are clamouring for a sequel. Or perhaps it will be a prequel. What we can guarantee is that Sharknado 2 will be lots of fun. We'll be announcing more details very soon. But we didn't want our fans to worry they wouldn't get their fill of more shark fin, I mean, fun next year."

And in further acknowledgement of the importance of the film's social network champions, Syfy has invited people to tweet suggestions for the sequel's tagline using the hashtag #Sharknado. Submissions so far include "Sharknado 2: Electric Boogaloo", "Sharknado 2: Sharks and the City" and "Sharknado 2: Taking a Bite out of the Big Apple".

Sharknado premiered at the market in Cannes in May this year, where it was awarded the honour of being named one of the Guardian's worst posters of the festival."