# Sharktopus

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872>\
**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:** 6\
**Page:** 3

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**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:** [September 26, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/41 "2010-09-26T05:58:04Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> If someone told me they were renaming SYFY “The Ed Wood Channel”, I’d believe them.

Ed Wood was Federico Freakin’ Fellini compared to SyFy Originals.

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**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/42 "2010-09-27T15:41:22Z")

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> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#):
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> > 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.
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> We’re gonna need a bigger meatloaf!

Soooo…what does this mean when Syfy makes “The Sharktopus Centipede”?

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**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 27, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/43 "2010-09-27T18:20:19Z")

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I was disappointed that Eric Roberts didn’t actually get eaten. Nice Wilhelm scream by one of the victims though.

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**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/44 "2010-09-27T20:03:31Z")

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> [@ShelliBean](#):
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> I guess I missed it. I am now consoling myself with Dinocroc vs. Supergator.

Not to worry, they will replay it about 3,000,000,000,000,001 times.

> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> 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.

Which one plays Gateroid? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/45 "2010-09-27T22:10:07Z")

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How dumber is it than a giant gorilla climbing the Empire State with a blonde in his mitt?

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**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharktopus/546872/46 "2010-09-27T23:50:51Z")

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> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#):
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> How dumber is it than a giant gorilla climbing the Empire State with a blonde in his mitt?

This may seem like a bogus distinction, but “a gorilla, only huge!” is a simple, straightforward idea. A shark-octopus hybrid (apparently with a mouth at both ends?) is convoluted and unnecessarily complex. There does seem to be degrees of implausibility.

That said, I’m a fan of ridiculousness, so that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

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