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Elevator pitch: Jaws, meets The Kraken Wakes, meets Forever Young, meets CSI: Miami. How could it not be high quality entertainment?
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Physics experts, please determine the following.
Force needed to lift a shark large enough to bite a commercial jet liner, high enough to bite a commercial jet liner, fast enough so that same commercial jet liner could not avoid the teeth of said large shark.
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quote:Originally posted by Darth_Mauve: Physics experts, please determine the following.
Force needed to lift a shark large enough to bite a commercial jet liner, high enough to bite a commercial jet liner, fast enough so that same commercial jet liner could not avoid the teeth of said large shark.
See was it the shark the jumped up an killed the airplane? I spent the whole trailer wondering how they were going to destroy the plane. I mean if the plane was coming in for a landing and there was water just before the runway, MAYBE a shark could leap it's length out of the water like great whites do in South Africa.
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quote:“I haven’t seen the final edit, but we did do a version that leaves the door open for a potential sequel,” Gibson revealed. “Because 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.”
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I am anti-death penalty, but honestly, lethal force may be required to keep this from reproducing.
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It's a gigantic shark fighting a gigantic octopus, with the winner getting to rip Debbie Gibson to shreds. What more do you want?
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quote:Physics experts would NOT be caught dead watching this movie...
Then do not be surprised when they are the first to parish--even as they logically explain that no biological systems have, or could, ever be created with the strength to rip apart the titanium hulled submarine they are in.
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quote:Originally posted by Scott R: Are you kidding me? This movie will rock.
It's a gigantic shark fighting a gigantic octopus, with the winner getting to rip Debbie Gibson to shreds. What more do you want?
I know! It's honestly going to challenge the gun-toting werewolf granny in Skin Walkers for my personal "most awesome thing ever" category!
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I totally forgot about this thread until I stumbled across it. I actually watched this movie because it's on Netflix's instant queue. The part where the shark downs an airplane disabled all four of us in the room for about two minutes. The movie was fabulously terrible for all the right reasons.
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One can imagine this having started out as a sincere attempt to make a serious low-budget movie but it having quickly devolved to parody as the director/writer realized the actual challenges of making a movie that attempts to be serious.
By the way -- real camp is often the result of a movie that TRIES to be serious but fails miserably. In order for something to be real camp there has to be an attempt at seriousness in the first place.
Ersatz camp is so lame.
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quote:Originally posted by Clive Candy: By the way -- real camp is often the result of a movie that TRIES to be serious but fails miserably. In order for something to be real camp there has to be an attempt at seriousness in the first place. [/QB]
An example is those 70s era blaxplotation films. They were sincere.
Also, horror films from the 40s to the 70s.
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quote:Originally posted by Clive Candy: Parodies are so easy.
But so-bad-it's-good is anything but. It may well be the hardest thing to pull off successfully.
(I say this as a general statement. Despite being a Debhead of long standing, I have not seen this film.)
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quote:Originally posted by Clive Candy: Parodies are so easy.
But so-bad-it's-good is anything but. It may well be the hardest thing to pull off successfully.
The craziest thing I've ever seen is a Hong Kong film called Riki - oh.. Watching it, it's VERY hard to tell if the makers were trying to make an actual action picture and not a comedy masterpiece.
That's the thing about the so-bad so good movies: someone involved must've been trying to make something good and serious. But if everyone is trying to make something bad, the result is bound to be stale.
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quote:Originally posted by Clive Candy: That's the thing about the so-bad so good movies: someone involved must've been trying to make something good and serious. But if everyone is trying to make something bad, the result is bound to be stale.
I would offer the Lonely Island's SNL Digital Shorts as a convenient counter-example. They don't all work, but their success rate at precisely this challenge is extremely impressive.
(I can't wait to see the fifth installment of Laser Cats...)
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