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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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To: Thorliveshere
Shame MST3K isn’t around anymore...

They are, sort of: RiffTrax

81 posted on 07/13/2013 10:08:14 AM PDT by Egon (Apparently, Jimmy Carter DOES need a third term.)
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To: Perdogg
Pfft. I watched it (it aired last night in Canada) and enjoyed it for what it was.

Whatever else you can say, it was better than Hellraiser: Revelations.

82 posted on 07/13/2013 1:40:19 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: RansomOttawa; Perdogg; Aevery_Freeman; ShadowAce; Jack Hydrazine; Altariel; nuancey; ...
IMPORTANT!!!

Sharnado will be re-run tomorrow, Thursday, July 18 at 4 PM PST. (I think 1 PM EST)

Start popping popcorn NOW!


83 posted on 07/17/2013 8:47:57 AM 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

Academy Award winning films never do well at the box office. The masses simply don’t get “art.”


84 posted on 07/17/2013 8:50:38 AM 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: null and void
Sharnado will be re-run tomorrow,

Holy cow, thanks for the heads up! Setting recorder now...........this is film is going to get me thru the long winter here in Michigan.

85 posted on 07/17/2013 1:49:06 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I don't have a bucket list but my fuc$it list is a mile long)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Just wait until Piranhablizzard come out!

Talk about a biting wind!


86 posted on 07/17/2013 2:29:25 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
Just wait until Piranhablizzard come out!

...or PiranhaPerch that start attacking ice fishermen........I can't wait.

Or even Mega-Octo Perch........the possibilities are endless......

87 posted on 07/17/2013 2:38:12 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I don't have a bucket list but my fuc$it list is a mile long)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Ice-opus! The Kragen of the cold!


88 posted on 07/17/2013 2:41:15 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

Ya shoor youbetcha, it’s what got the Edmund Fitzgerald, doncha know?


89 posted on 07/17/2013 2:43:01 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
Ice-opus! The Kragen of the cold!

Hollywood is gonna be beatin down your doors..........

90 posted on 07/17/2013 2:43:39 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I don't have a bucket list but my fuc$it list is a mile long)
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To: Hot Tabasco; max americana
Hollywood is gonna be beatin down your doors..........

max americana? are you listening?

91 posted on 07/17/2013 2:48:19 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; max americana
Hollywood is gonna be beatin down your doors..........

max americana? are you listening?

Hey, hey, hey! Max is making my Zimmerman/Martin movie first (starring Nicholas Cage and Denzel Washington, in the respective key roles, of course).

92 posted on 07/17/2013 2:50:36 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Who is playing the part of the Skunk Ape?


93 posted on 07/17/2013 2:51:52 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

Is Ving Rhames still around?


94 posted on 07/17/2013 3:40:58 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Future Snake Eater

LOL, I was thinking Jamie foxx as both Trayvon and he are both racist jackasses.


95 posted on 07/17/2013 3:49:16 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: max americana; Perdogg; Aevery_Freeman; ShadowAce; Jack Hydrazine; Altariel; nuancey; ...

Good news! I just heard on Fox that Asylum/SyFy is making a sequel! Sharknado II, this time they’re going to rain sharks on New York City!


96 posted on 07/17/2013 5:04:37 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

DC would be preferable, but how could you tell?


97 posted on 07/17/2013 5:06:47 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Wouldn’t do much good. The politicians are protected by professional courtesy.


98 posted on 07/17/2013 5:14:26 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Not hairy enough...


99 posted on 07/17/2013 5:16:06 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

Sharks, Tornados, New York City, who could ask for more?


100 posted on 07/17/2013 6:34:56 PM PDT by dfwgator
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