# No "Sharknado 2, The Second One" Thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440 "2014-07-30T19:54:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/1 "2014-07-30T19:54:51Z")
Premiere tonight on SyFy channel. 9 pm EDT. Who’s watching? Sharknado, the original is the appetizer at 7 pm EDT. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/2 "2014-07-30T20:40:40Z")
/thread closed ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/3 "2014-07-30T21:15:28Z")
\*\* “Sharknado 2, The Second One”\*\* :rolleyes: Right. Like every Sharknado has been documented. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/4 "2014-07-30T21:20:00Z")
Funny thing- EVERYBODY talked about \*\*\*Sharknado, \*\*\*but the ratings indicated pretty clearly that almost nobody watched it. It had fewer viewers than MOST routine bad SyFy movies. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/5 "2014-07-30T21:21:34Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > \*\* “Sharknado 2, The Second One”\*\* > > :rolleyes: > > Right. Like every Sharknado has been documented. Very true. Sharkicanes are named every year but Sharknados have no naming system ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/6 "2014-07-30T21:35:11Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Funny thing- EVERYBODY talked about \*\*\*Sharknado, \*\*\*but the ratings indicated pretty clearly that almost nobody watched it. It had fewer viewers than MOST routine bad SyFy movies. Did that include the REPEATED showings? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/7 "2014-07-30T21:39:48Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Funny thing- EVERYBODY talked about \*\*\*Sharknado, \*\*\*but the ratings indicated pretty clearly that almost nobody watched it. It had fewer viewers than MOST routine bad SyFy movies. Only on the first airing. Many more people watched when it was shown again. From [Wiki:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharknado) > [@](#): > > The premiere of the film was watched by 1.37 million viewers, which is slightly below the average audience of 1.5 million viewers for a typical Syfy original film.[10][15] Despite this, however, the film was a trend on Twitter, including discussion by celebrities such as Damon Lindelof, Wil Wheaton, and Olivia Wilde and also by Cory Monteith, whose last tweet before his death was about the film. Due to an increase in publicity (mostly through Twitter), Syfy repeated Sharknado on Thursday, July 18, 2013, one week after its premiere. The airing was watched by 1.89 million viewers, an increase of 38% over its initial airing.[16] On July 27, a third airing of Sharknado got 2.1 million viewers, continuing the increase in popularity of the film and setting a record for most watched original film encore in Syfy history.[17] Sharknado is projected to increase revenue for The Asylum from $5 million in 2009 to $19 million in 2013.[18] So the fact that everybody talked about it certainly boosted it a lot. I was more surprised to find it got positive reviews: > [@](#): > > Sharknado received positive reviews. It currently has an 82% “fresh” score at Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 6.1/10 based on 17 reviews.[30] The consensus states: “Proudly, shamelessly, and gloriously brainless, Sharknado redefines “so bad it’s good” for a new generation.” Reviewer Mary McNamara, writing for the Los Angeles Times, mentioned that the plot holes are “the whole point of movies like this: fabulous in-home commentary. Often accompanied by the consumption of many alcoholic beverages.”[5] David Hinckley of the New York Daily News said “Sharknado is an hour and a half of your life that you’ll never get back. And you won’t want to.”[30] ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/8 "2014-07-30T23:32:50Z")
i’m ready. got ben and jerry’s, nyc pjs, shark earrings, and shark plushy. here sharky, sharky, sharky! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/9 "2014-07-31T00:43:25Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I was more surprised to find it got positive reviews That RT score is significantly skewed, however, because mainstream film critics wouldn’t have given it a drop of ink, so most of those scores are from TV and genre bloggers who are going to be much more generous. If you had the same pool of critics that reviewed, say, a _Lucy_ or _Snowpiercer_, that number would plummet. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/10 "2014-07-31T01:03:23Z")
Where can I get a copy of “How to Survive a Sharknado”? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/11 "2014-07-31T01:14:49Z")
Two celebrity death cameos and counting. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/12 "2014-07-31T01:22:45Z")
Just started watching and already saw the pilot was the star of Airplane and he’s arguing with the copilot over whether to eat fish or chicken for dinner. This is going to be fun. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/13 "2014-07-31T01:31:01Z")
Alex Rieger as a cabbie in Sharknado…Classic!! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/14 "2014-07-31T01:34:42Z")
> **[How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters: Fight Back When...](https://www.amazon.com/Survive-Sharknado-Other-Unnatural-Disasters-ebook/dp/B00HTMBTYI)** > > How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters: Fight Back When Monsters and Mother Nature Attack - Kindle edition by Shaffer, Andrew. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks,... so far better than the first one… ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/15 "2014-07-31T01:43:30Z")
Gotta say, not sure I find it plausible there’d be that many people at a Mets game.😉 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/16 "2014-07-31T01:48:03Z")
shark vs croc/gator! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/17 "2014-07-31T01:48:48Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Gotta say, not sure I find it plausible there’d be that many people at a Mets game.😉 and the Mets were winning. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/18 "2014-07-31T02:15:29Z")
sharks landing at 2 inches an hour??! how did she get dressed with full makeup in hospital? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/19 "2014-07-31T02:20:08Z")
Ian Ziering jumped a shark. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440/20 "2014-07-31T04:02:46Z")
Kelly Osborne, Andy Dick, Robert Hays, Billy Ray Cyrus, Wil Wheaton, Judd Hirsch… Sheesh! It’s Cameo Central. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sharknado-2-the-second-one-thread/694440.md?page=2)