# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/21 "2010-07-17T01:51:11Z")
I think that’s one of the few scyfy channel movies I kind of want to see. ---
**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 17, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/22 "2010-07-17T02:14:34Z")
I knew it was over for the SyFyllis channel when they started showing pro wrestling. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/23 "2010-07-17T21:10:26Z")
Man, where is Fonzie when you need him? ---
**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 17, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/24 "2010-07-17T21:28:24Z")
He’s in the Hamptons. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/25 "2010-07-19T04:09:24Z")
Is this a SyFy Original? If so, I fully expect it to suck (throw in however many descriptors you feel comfortable with) balls. However, that trailer frakking rawks, so I will be watching. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/26 "2010-07-19T14:10:14Z")
I’m going to watch it just for the bunjee jumping scene at the end of the trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/27 "2010-07-19T17:54:50Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s got a mouth at both ends… it can’t excrete… Why do you think it’s so mean! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/28 "2010-09-24T15:03:24Z")
Reminder bump. [Saturday Sept. 24 9pm EDT](http://www.syfy.com/movies/originals/index.php?pageid=138) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/29 "2010-09-24T17:54:52Z")
It could be as good as **Mansquito**! ---
**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:** [September 24, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/30 "2010-09-24T18:15:26Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Reminder bump. > > [Saturday Sept. 24 9pm EDT](http://www.syfy.com/movies/originals/index.php?pageid=138) Thanks? Besides, to hell with Sharktopus, watch the Sneak Peek for “Mega Python vs. Gatoroid” on the same page. The entire preview consists of a hot catfight between Tiffany and Deborah Gibson. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/31 "2010-09-24T18:28:56Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Reminder bump. > > [Saturday Sept. 24 9pm EDT](http://www.syfy.com/movies/originals/index.php?pageid=138) Today’s the 24th! What am I doing at work?!:eek: I saw the little Sharktopus badge in the corner of the screen when I was watching that stupid movie with the meterorite storm and the poisonous water (that I had to finally bail on because I couldn’t take it anymore). It was so compelling I blurted out “Sharktopus!” to the surprise of the rest of my family. Lots of bikinis it looks like, so it can’t be a total waste! ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/32 "2010-09-24T18:50:32Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > > [@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. I remember when USA had Grateful Dead New Years Eve concerts and punk and metal movies. And UP!! All night…Their original content these days ain’t half bad, so I’ll give them that. SCi-Fi used to have Saturday morning Anime which was cool except they kept showing the same movies over and over. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/33 "2010-09-24T18:57:12Z")
> [@mack](#): > > > [@runner pat](#): > > > > Reminder bump. > > > > [Saturday Sept. 24 9pm EDT](http://www.syfy.com/movies/originals/index.php?pageid=138) > > Today’s the 24th! What am I doing at work?!:eek: > I saw the little Sharktopus badge in the corner of the screen when I was watching that stupid movie with the meterorite storm and the poisonous water (that I had to finally bail on because I couldn’t take it anymore). It was so compelling I blurted out “Sharktopus!” to the surprise of the rest of my family. > > Lots of bikinis it looks like, so it can’t be a total waste! I’m an idiot. :smack::smack::smack: I was looking at the calendar on my desktop when I wrote that. :smack::smack::smack: 25th 25th 25th ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/34 "2010-09-26T02:19:31Z")
So who else is watching? I count nineteen dead at this point. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/35 "2010-09-26T02:24:31Z")
I’m watching. Notice how it keeps changing size. Usual SyFy fare. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/36 "2010-09-26T03:33:11Z")
Oooh I’m flipping to it now. I loved _Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus_! My mom walked by and asked what I was watching. I told her it was the sci-fi version of a horrible, horrible car wreck. But with sharks and octopusses. Octopi. Octopus. Octo-mom. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/37 "2010-09-26T03:51:07Z")
I guess I missed it. I am now consoling myself with Dinocroc vs. Supergator. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/38 "2010-09-26T04:40:45Z")
> [@ShelliBean](#): > > I guess I missed it. I am now consoling myself with Dinocroc vs. Supergator. Not sure how that’s any better, nowever the giggle factor could be at an all time high. I for one, would love to know exactly now these cinematic masterworks ever make it to completion. somebody puleeze fill me the hell in ( while i continue to sit here an watch dinocroc vs sharksupercrocotopus. or… something or other.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/39 "2010-09-26T05:28:47Z")
I’m watching it now. How many times do we have to see the same “There’s no such thing as a sharkto-IEEEEE!” scene? I’ve counted four so far. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/40 "2010-09-26T05:30:18Z")
If someone told me they were renaming SYFY “The Ed Wood Channel”, I’d believe them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872.md?page=3)