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Sorry, Twitter: 'Sharknado' Was an Enormous Ratings Bust
The Atlantic ^ | Derek ThompsonJul 12 2013, 1:58 PM ET

Posted on 07/12/2013 12:59:05 PM PDT by Perdogg

But a social media blockbuster of incredible proportions.

And so, when all the eyeballs and tweets were counted, the verdict was thus: Sharknado devoured Twitter but scared away viewers

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: sharknado
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1 posted on 07/12/2013 12:59:05 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Aevery_Freeman; ShadowAce; Jack Hydrazine; Altariel; nuancey; Thorliveshere; skinkinthegrass; ...

ping


2 posted on 07/12/2013 12:59:39 PM PDT by Perdogg (Cruz-Paul 2016)
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To: Perdogg

I watched it...


3 posted on 07/12/2013 1:00:44 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: null and void

LOL, and it was horrible!


4 posted on 07/12/2013 1:01:51 PM PDT by RikaStrom ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." ~Voltaire)
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To: Perdogg

And once again we learn internet buzz != dollars in the pocket. Which we should have learned with Snakes on a Plane, and Serenity, heck there was a whole South Park episode about it.


5 posted on 07/12/2013 1:02:13 PM PDT by discostu (Go do the voodoo that you do so well.)
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To: Perdogg

It was a Z-movie from The Asylum - the home of Z-movies.

I’ll bet “Sharknado” made “Plan 9 From Outer Space” look like “The Empire Strikes Back”.


6 posted on 07/12/2013 1:02:22 PM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: Perdogg

People are not giving this a chance.

I mean, sharks....in a tornado. Nevermind the science! Does it need more than that????


7 posted on 07/12/2013 1:04:39 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: RikaStrom

It was almost that good.


8 posted on 07/12/2013 1:05:17 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: RikaStrom

Did you catch the final insult?


9 posted on 07/12/2013 1:09:23 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: VanDeKoik

Needed lasers.


10 posted on 07/12/2013 1:10:01 PM PDT by battlecry
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To: Perdogg

Don’t blame me, my power was out.


11 posted on 07/12/2013 1:14:08 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

My bud works for the Asylum, only when they need him. Just like known writers changing their names to write porno flicks during hiatus, he does it because it’s more fun than working for say Legendary’.


12 posted on 07/12/2013 1:16:37 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: Perdogg

Yet the Twitter battle did have its funny moments. Such as from the San Jose Sharks, who sniped ESPN right out of the saddle.

http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/blog/eye-on-hockey/22733277/the-san-jose-sharks-arent-interested-in-talking-about-sharknado


13 posted on 07/12/2013 1:18:34 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Army dad. And damned proud.)
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To: max americana

Really? I have an idea for an Asylum worthy screen play...


14 posted on 07/12/2013 1:20:11 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: null and void

I also watched it with my son (well, back and forth with the Cubs-Cards game). It was so bad, it was great! My son followed the twitter feeds. Best comment was: “Those of us who watched it sober really missed out.”


15 posted on 07/12/2013 1:20:19 PM PDT by henkster (The 0bama regime isn't a train wreck, it's a B 17 raid on the rail yard.)
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To: RikaStrom

It was painfully bad as was the movie on just before it.


16 posted on 07/12/2013 1:21:35 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: max americana

That’s cool. I have no problem with Z-movies, frankly. They can be a lot of fun and a source of madcap inspiration and creativity.

Many years ago, I went to a seminar on B-movies up in Portland, OR, the speaker no one less than the King of the B-Movies, Bruce Campbell himself. It was great, and he pointed out that B-movies are not only fun, but they’re a great training ground for raw talent. Sam Raimi started in B-movies, as did Bruce Campbell himself.

Personally, I think Bruce’s best performance was in “Bubba Ho Tep”; he was really good, and genuinely believable in his role. It was like he was channeling Elvis Presley.


17 posted on 07/12/2013 1:22:44 PM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: Perdogg
Well, Sharktopus was a hard act to follow. BTT
18 posted on 07/12/2013 1:23:55 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: RikaStrom; null and void
LOL, and it was horrible!

ROTFL, what did you expect? A masterpiece like "Sharktopus"?

19 posted on 07/12/2013 1:26:33 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("...Someone handed the keys to the Forum to the OPC and its sympathizers...")
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To: null and void

If you have an idea...they thought about it. You know those porn parody like Cheers’, Superman, AssVengers’ etc? Those are the same guys who moonlight at Asylum. When he was working on the Transmorphers, almost everyone on the crew had a shark/giant bird/lizard/dog idea.


20 posted on 07/12/2013 1:27:27 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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