# Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus don't make me love you! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392 "2009-05-14T06:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/41 "2009-08-30T18:12:51Z")
[Deborah Gibson](http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/05/13/exclusive-door-open-for-mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-sequel-says-deborah-gibson/): “God knows what else is in the ocean. I thought maybe a seahorse? Maybe a 500-foot lobster would be good. But yes, there is the potential for a **sequel** , and I would absolutely love it.” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/42 "2009-08-30T18:38:45Z")
> [@Darwins\_Finch](#): > > Yeah, but we have giant squids for real. And sure, they wrestle sperm whales and all, but in order to take on a shark that can bite through the Golden Gate Bridge, you need to go even bigger. But since the Giant Squid is already giant, where do you go from there? Gianter Squid? Lacks a sense of real menace. Mega Squid? Nah, the shark is already mega. Gi-huge-ic squid? That’s just silly. > > So how about changing it to a giant _octopus_? Yeah. You get all the sucky, squeezy goodness of the squid, but you can make it even bigger! And we can call it “Giant” and make it as big as we want! Yeah, that’s the ticket! Squeezy, sucky goodness! I would say band name but that would actually be a terrible band name … unless it’s an accordian band. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/43 "2009-08-30T19:14:45Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > For those that missed **MS vs GO** , happily it is being shown again next Sunday at 9 pm edt, on SYSFY. > > I didn’t see the update to this thread so I missed it the other night, but I assure you that the DVR is set for next Sunday. And it’s available for rent at your local independent video store. You might even be able to buy it for $5 when we finally turn out the lights and hand the keys over to Netflix! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/44 "2009-08-30T21:03:27Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > [Deborah Gibson](http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/05/13/exclusive-door-open-for-mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-sequel-says-deborah-gibson/): “God knows what else is in the ocean. I thought maybe a seahorse? Maybe a 500-foot lobster would be good. But yes, there is the potential for a **sequel** , and I would absolutely love it.” They’ll run out of prefixes before they run out of sea creatures. What comes after “giant” and “mega”? “Uber”? “Colossal”? Coming to DVD in 2014; **Mammoth Prawn vs. Cosmic Tuna** ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/45 "2009-08-30T21:23:59Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > They’ll run out of prefixes before they run out of sea creatures. What comes after “giant” and “mega”? “Uber”? “Colossal”? > > Coming to DVD in 2014; **Mammoth Prawn vs. Cosmic Tuna** Reminds me of a stupid “Drawn Together” joke: Captain Hero’s villain was the ‘giant midget.’ Pretty much a normal-sized man. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/46 "2009-08-30T22:17:26Z")
The [Phantom Tollbooth](http://www.scribd.com/doc/18030730/Juster-Norton-The-Phantom-Tollbooth-Illustrated) did it first (pp. 55-57). ---
**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:** [August 30, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/47 "2009-08-30T22:55:53Z")
Saw it on SyFy last night. God, that was terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/48 "2009-08-30T23:07:45Z")
Sounds like what tvtropes calls [Exactly What It Says On The Tin](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin) ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/49 "2009-08-31T00:13:54Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Saw it on SyFy last night. God, that was terrible. ditto. I especially loved the scenes where the fighter changes from an F-18 to an F-15. To quote Calculon “That was so terrible, I think it gave me cancer!” ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/50 "2009-08-31T00:20:57Z")
In less than an hour [High Plains Invaders](http://www.syfy.com/movies/originals/index.php?pageid=112) will debut on Syfy. Aliens versus Cowboys, starring James Marsters–sometimes known as “Spike.” I don’t know that this rates a new thread–but start making popcorn now! ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/51 "2009-08-31T00:25:36Z")
I DVR’d this last night, and watched it in all of it’s cheesy glory this morning. From the opening scene (where Deborah’s nail polish constantly switches from black to clear), to the very end (my brain was numb by then - let’s just say there were a few “inaccuracies” during the film), it was pure, unadulterated cheesy sy-fy animal killer goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Lawn\_Gnome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lawn\_Gnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawn_Gnome)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/52 "2009-08-31T05:27:16Z")
I loved this movie. It is almost as good as Chupacabra Terror (2005) surprisingly staring John Rhys-Davies. However, Chupacabra Terror does not have a giant shark jumping out of the water to bite a flying airplane. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/53 "2009-08-31T08:00:26Z")
You know, I had imagined a movie with Deborah Gibson and a giant Octopus, but it was waaaaaay different than that. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/54 "2009-08-31T14:25:50Z")
You are a naughty, naughty man. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/55 "2009-08-31T17:20:21Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > In less than an hour [High Plains Invaders](http://www.syfy.com/movies/originals/index.php?pageid=112) will debut on Syfy. Aliens versus Cowboys, starring James Marsters–sometimes known as “Spike.” > > I don’t know that this rates a new thread–but start making popcorn now! Damn, I meant to watch that and forgot! I love cheesy monster movies, no matter how bad they are. I like to guess who will get chomped and who won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/56 "2009-09-01T01:08:40Z")
> [@Lawn\_Gnome](#): > > I loved this movie. It is almost as good as Chupacabra Terror (2005) surprisingly staring John Rhys-Davies. As captain of the afflicted cruise ship, John Rhys-Davies does the smartest thing I’ve ever seen in a monster movie: radioing for assistance, he doesn’t even try to explain that a carnivorous monster is loose aboard ship. Instead, he makes up a story about terrorist hijackers so that the authorities actually send heavily armed help. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392/57 "2009-09-06T23:44:19Z")
Don’t forget, MSvsGO is on again at 9:00PM EDT this evening! I watched it last time, but was very tired and missed the scene when the shark bites the bridge. **THIS TIME** I’ll stay awake! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-dont-make-me-love-you/496392.md?page=2)