# Sharktopus **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872 "2010-07-16T02:38:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/1 "2010-07-16T02:38:41Z")
I don’t know what to say… The new SyFy movie coming up: [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/07/sharktopus\_is\_coming.php](http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/07/sharktopus_is_coming.php) :dubious: :smack: 😃 🆒 Or what? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/2 "2010-07-16T04:06:15Z")
:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/3 "2010-07-16T04:58:56Z")
Really, how bad it could be? So bad that is good or so bad that is terrible? ---
**Author:** ![Race\_Harley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Race\_Harley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Race_Harley)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/4 "2010-07-16T05:08:24Z")
On par with the rest of the Syfy Channel’s movies. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/5 "2010-07-16T08:16:33Z")
Sharktopus? I’m falling behind–I still need to watch _Dinocroc vs Supergator_! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/6 "2010-07-16T08:30:59Z")
Pure genius. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/7 "2010-07-16T08:34:56Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s got a mouth at both ends. All the heroes have to do is let it keep eating, and since it can’t excrete, it’ll eventually explode. We’re gonna need a bigger meatloaf! ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/8 "2010-07-16T08:48:56Z")
Roger Corman? Eric Roberts? A shark/octopus hybrid that climbs onto boats? I’m there. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/9 "2010-07-16T13:26:24Z")
Fantastic trailer, though I’m a little disappointed this isn’t a direct sequel to “Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.” I’ll probably watch it when it airs, just to see Eric Roberts get eaten. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/10 "2010-07-16T13:31:08Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Really, how bad it could be? Whooooah, don’t even ask that, man. It’s SyFy. We could reach “detonating the the atmosphere and incinerating the entire planet” levels of bad. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/11 "2010-07-16T14:40:59Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Fantastic trailer, though I’m a little disappointed this isn’t a direct sequel to “Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.” Actually, I think it’s a direct sequel to _Mega Shark Loves Giant Octopus_. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/12 "2010-07-16T15:46:37Z")
This reminds me how in 1994 there were those one-off made for TV Hercules movies starring Kevin Sorbo that were the precursor to the TV series. The CGI for the monsters looked pretty good for the time. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/13 "2010-07-16T15:54:49Z")
From the Greek roots “Sharkto-”, meaning “suck”, and “pus”, meaning “that stuff that oozes out of sores”. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/14 "2010-07-16T16:06:55Z")
If sharktopus sticks his head up his other head, he can make his prey loop the loop. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/15 "2010-07-16T16:52:00Z")
All of these years of thinking that a shark with a laser on it’s head would be good. Who knew? This will definitely go on the So Bad It’s Horrible stack. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/16 "2010-07-16T16:59:00Z")
That might be the greatest thing I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/17 "2010-07-16T17:53:27Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > That might be the greatest thing I have ever seen. Perv. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/18 "2010-07-16T22:06:10Z")
What if they launched a sci-fi channel and some real sci-fi broke out? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/19 "2010-07-17T00:17:47Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > What if they launched a sci-fi channel and some real sci-fi broke out? There should be some kind of “Law of Greater Cable Niche Channel Corruption” or something. All of them have become pretty much the opposite of what they began as. History Channel has Hawass and his Real World: Giza crap. Discovery Channel is running woo-woo psychic and UFO crap. MTV hasn’t shown a music video in…well, DECADES at this point. SyFy (the name of which is an abomination in itself) has had absolute schlock, and not even mocked schlock like it used to with MST3K. Basic cable is a battlefield with no survivors, just post-apocalyptic zombies. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/20 "2010-07-17T00:25:30Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > There should be some kind of “Law of Greater Cable Niche Channel Corruption” or something. All of them have become pretty much the opposite of what they began as. History Channel has Hawass and his Real World: Giza crap. Discovery Channel is running woo-woo psychic and UFO crap. MTV hasn’t shown a music video in…well, DECADES at this point. SyFy (the name of which is an abomination in itself) has had absolute schlock, and not even mocked schlock like it used to with MST3K. Basic cable is a battlefield with no survivors, just post-apocalyptic zombies. [The relevant TV Tropes article](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NetworkDecay) is really quite depressing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872.md?page=2)