On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are joined by extra special guest, Greg Dengler (of our Army of Darkness episode fame), to wade into the shark-filled Los Angeles water with a bunch of straight-up dinguses in the 2013 “film” from Anthony C. Ferrante, Sharknado.
“Syfy joke” isn’t some clever turn of phrase we’re using to describe this thing. It’s a ridiculous experiment in bad movie-making that somehow captured the attention of enough people to allow for the funding and production of five additional sequels!
Are the rest as gobsmacking and terrible as this first installment? I’m assuming they’re worse, but you may never get to find out, dear listener/reader. After watching this fever dream of a movie, I find myself wishing that the sharks had won. It would have done my movie-loving soul good to see this movie end with Ian Ziering not make it out of the belly of the shark that gobbled him up whole.
These are not the heroes that this world needs or deserves. One day, if sharknados become a real and terrifying thing (and they just might considering the ravages of climate change), please send anyone else to save us all.
The only bright, shining spot to this whole affair is that it gave us a chance to talk about it, so enjoy the episode. And if you’re going to watch this thing, make sure you do it with a friend. Take it from us, that will make the entire experience bearable.
(Recorded on September 13, 2021)
Links to Stuff We Mentioned:
Army of the Dead (2021) - IMDb
Sharktopus (TV Movie 2010) - IMDb
Sharknado (TV Movie 2013) - IMDb
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (1990) - IMDb