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Mega Shark v. Giant Octopus

Trekker4747

Trekker4747

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I just watched this movie for the fist time all the way through with a buddy and I. (Giving it the MST3K treatment all the way through.)

Oy this movie is a mess on many, many, levels. I mean acting, production, special effects, story, everything about this movie is terrible. It makes "Birdemic" and "The Room" look like Shakespeare.

I'm sure many of you have seen this, if not, enjoy it. It's a clip from the movie:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I16_8l0yS-g[/yt]

Yes. That was a giant shark (a megalodon according to the dialogue in the movie) jumping 30,000 feet into the air and biting a 747 in half.
 
What's funny is not just the absurdity of the action but trying to figure out why it did that in the first place.
 
Yeah, my buddy and I are laughing at some many points in the movie because none of it made sense. So the "scientists" propose that the mega shark and the giant octopus were fighting before they frozen eons go (spoilers!) They get re-awoken epochs later and go their separate ways. The first thing the giant octopus does is attack an oil rig. Oooookay. Well, sure, giant odd thing in the middle of its domain (the ocean) sure could make sense.

Not the shark, man, he's balls to the wall. First thing he does is spots a jet flying six fucking miles in the air and decides that bitch is coming down!
 
That jetliner scene is easily one of the funniest things I've ever witnessed. I show it to people all the time.
 
I tried watching this last year, thinking that it would be good campy fun. You know, "bad", but in a good way. I thought it was just plain bad though, and I couldn't even finish it.
 
Agent Richard07 said:
I tried watching this last year, thinking that it would be good campy fun. You know, "bad", but in a good way. I thought it was just plain bad though, and I couldn't even finish it.
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"Sir, it's okay, take your seat."
"I'm getting married tomorrow."
"Yeah, just sit the fuck down, okay, and make sure you look out the window and see the shark jumping out of the water even though you're clearly in the center section of seats in a 747 and nowhere near the window."
 
It makes "Birdemic" and "The Room" look like Shakespeare.
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I have to see it then, in order to disprove my theory that no movie can physically be worse than Birdemic. This clip looks pretty terrible, but not as terrible as the birds scenes in Birdemic.
 
Trekker4747 said:
Yes. That was a giant shark (a megalodon according to the dialogue in the movie) jumping 30,000 feet into the air and biting a 747 in half.
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Plane goes in the air, you go in the plane. Shark's in the air. Our shark.
[sings] Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to fly back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.
 
Locutus of Bored said:
Trekker4747 said:
Yes. That was a giant shark (a megalodon according to the dialogue in the movie) jumping 30,000 feet into the air and biting a 747 in half.
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Plane goes in the air, you go in the plane. Shark's in the air. Our shark.
[sings] Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to fly back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.
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:lol: :guffaw:

:techman:
 
Anyone think the 747 scene was inspired by that photoshopped image of a shark jumping after a diver being lifted by a helicopter from a few years back?
 
sojourner said:
Anyone think the 747 scene was inspired by that photoshopped image of a shark jumping after a diver being lifted by a helicopter from a few years back?
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Actually, I think marijuana is the only thing that inspired that scene. That and Microsoft Flight Simulator.
 
This movie is hilarious. Somehow I think people are approaching it with the wrong attitude. :rommie:
 
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I get that these Syfy movies give people a laugh, and I'm not trying to be a huge party pooper..

But it seems kind of a shame that all of the money and resources that go into making something like this can't go into actually trying to make a GOOD science fiction or horror movie.

Not everything needs to be Shakespeare, but it's like Syfy has just decided that total crap is the way to go.

When you think about these people having access to much higher budgets and FX than something like the 1st Evil Dead, you'd think they could aim a bit higher.
 
That damn shark also ate the Golden Gate bridge. It really hated civilization.

How about Debbie Gibson sneaking into the broom closet for sex with the other scientist while they were supposedly sequestered in a secure government facility trying to save humanity from the reign of terror of Mega Shark and Giant Octopus?
 
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The Grim Ghost said:
I get that these Syfy movies give people a laugh, and I'm not trying to be a huge party pooper..

But it seems kind of a shame that all of the money and resources that go into making something like this can't go into actually trying to make a GOOD science fiction or horror movie.

Not everything needs to be Shakespeare, but it's like Syfy has just decided that total crap is the way to go.

When you think about these people having access to much higher budgets and FX than something like the 1st Evil Dead, you'd think they could aim a bit higher.
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These things are like guaranteed money though and until that changes it will be hard to change that climate. For the people that make these they've already made their money back from day one. At stupid as it is at least the shark and jetliner was inspired, better than the ones with an alien grizzly bear in the woods.
 
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