# Don't miss Sharknado July 11th on Syfy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068 "2013-07-09T19:00:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/41 "2013-07-12T19:23:43Z")
Heh. The CNN website took notice of this event: [CNN](http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/12/everyone-including-mia-farrow-was-watching-sharknado/?hpt=hp_t2) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/42 "2013-07-12T20:46:36Z")
I heard one of the characters actually says, “we’re gonna need a bigger helicopter”. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/43 "2013-07-12T21:04:37Z")
My favorite part was the guy giving the “hang-10” sign before diving out of the truck that was to be launched into the sharknado carrying a bomb. Or maybe the nursing home swimming pool being blown up via a little gasoline dumped in after a couple sharks landed in it. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/44 "2013-07-12T21:10:46Z")
I saw this was on but figured it would play all weekend. But I don’t see it on the schedule anytime for the next two weeks. I love movies like this. Not enough to watch very much of them, but the concept is still alluring. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/45 "2013-07-12T22:33:07Z")
[It did not do well.](http://io9.com/sharknado-was-a-ratings-disaster-as-brutal-as-well-758978865) ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/46 "2013-07-12T23:14:44Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > [It did not do well.](http://io9.com/sharknado-was-a-ratings-disaster-as-brutal-as-well-758978865) “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a shark is a good guy with a shark.” ahahaha!!! It may not have done well but they were even talking about it on Bloomberg today. I have to wonder if how much of the revenue stream is from the initial showing. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/47 "2013-07-12T23:17:42Z")
I’m a little shocked by this. Dozens of people were commenting about it live on Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/48 "2013-07-12T23:22:24Z")
Poor timing. School’s out, people are on vacation, going out for the evening, their target audience was probably busy doing other things, and like me assumed they’d be able to see it over the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/49 "2013-07-12T23:33:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Syfy’s website shows they’ll be showing it again on August 22nd at 7pm EST. According to E! News a few seconds ago, it’ll encore July 18th. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/50 "2013-07-12T23:46:40Z")
I just saw the trailer. I am not in the States and don’t have access to those channels, so hopefully (?) it’ll be available here sometime. As I posted elsewhere, “Sometimes something is so stupid, it’s glorious.” 🙂 [Link that contains the trailer.](http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/07/12/sharknado-film-tornade-requins_n_3587376.html?utm_hp_ref=tw) ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/51 "2013-07-13T00:08:12Z")
Since I don’t get that channel, I “watched” it through Twitter posts. And it was fantastic. I don’t think I can improve on the experience by watching the _actual_ movie at this point. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/52 "2013-07-13T00:12:13Z")
But do the tornado sharks have frickin’ laser beams mounted on their heads?! Do they, huh?! ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/53 "2013-07-13T00:21:22Z")
Numerous sites are now reporting that Syfy has scheduled a repeat airing for July 18 at 7:00 pm Eastern for anyone who missed it the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/54 "2013-07-13T00:45:23Z")
I just watched the trailer. It was way funnier than I ever believed it would be. I like the homage to Jaws: "we’re gonna need a bigger helicopter " ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/55 "2013-07-13T00:52:55Z")
I can’t wait for [Ghost Shark.](http://io9.com/5625141/ghost-shark-2-urban-jaws-is-the-ultimate-sharksploitation-flick) ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/56 "2013-07-13T01:20:43Z")
It was simultaneously the best and the worst movie we’ve ever seen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/57 "2013-07-13T02:00:19Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’m a little shocked by this. Dozens of people were commenting about it live on Facebook. If internet buzz had even the remotest relation to real world interest, Ron Paul would already have finished his two presidential terms and \*Firefly \*would have lasted seven seasons. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/58 "2013-07-13T06:26:51Z")
I’ll watch July 18 if they rerun it. I’m kicking myself for missing out. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/59 "2013-07-13T06:30:56Z")
It’s currently running on Space Channel (Canada’s version of Syfy), but it’s after midnight here and I can’t stay up any later. Shit. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068/60 "2013-07-13T06:33:51Z")
The thing that cracked me up the most was the ex-wife with the hedge clipper. I kept waiting for her to use that on a shark but alas . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068.md?page=4)