Talk:Sharknado

A fact from Sharknado appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 July 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that, in case of a Sharknado, a National Weather Service representative recommended staying indoors "whether sharks are raining down or not"?

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Plot section

I am assuming that this article will receive many visitors because it is a new film so I thought that I might try this in order to improve the article. If anyone wants to expand the plot and possibly place it in its own section, that would be great. SL93 (talk) 09:43, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A plot section has been added. Excellent. SL93 (talk) 21:53, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A "film" entitled "Sharknado" has a plot? Can such things be? 72.0.15.8 (talk) 13:36, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it might be a bad plot, but there wouldn't be any movies if there was no plot. SL93 (talk) 19:37, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"and stars ..."

The article currently says: "and stars Cassie Scerbo, Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, and John Heard." The film itself displays, in this order: "Tara Reid", "Cassie Scerbo", "Jaason Simmons", "with John Heard", "and Ian Ziering as Fin". (And on the poster, it says, in this order: "Tara Reid", "Ian Ziering", "and Ditavian Williams".) I think this means it also "stars" Jaason Simmons. --82.170.113.123 (talk) 12:17, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Appears in" is more like it, "stars" is a stretch... Oaktree b (talk) 03:15, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

hurricane?

In the plot, it says that a "freak hurricane" hits LA. Shouldn't this say tornado or waterspout? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.29.52.10 (talk) 22:45, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It starts off with a hurricane. The actual tornado/waterspout doesn't arrive until later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.103.17.98 (talk) 03:29, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia

On episode 288 of the podcast The Skeptics Guide to the Universe, on January 19th 2011, a talk about alleged sharks in flooded Australian streets leads to the suggestion of waterspouts lifting sharks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.14.243.226 (talk) 13:59, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Errors

The film has numerous errors: Sharks fall huge distances onto solid surfaces without injury. They do not dry out when in hurricane winds in the air for a long time and are not injured by being in tornadoes (where other objects can hit them like bullets). A revolver is used to shoot a distant shark when a rifle would have been needed. A chainsaw chops a large, fast falling shark in half lengthwise with one quick sweep (if you have used a chainsaw you know that is impossible). A woman survives being swallowed by a shark for a length of time and a quick kiss of life revives her. A large shark gnaws on a man's leg for considerable time where elsewhere in the film, one chomp and a limb is gone. A helicopter flies very close to a tornado without turbulence throwing it about like a toy. Twice, a tiny bomb destroys a huge tornado. The tornadoes only lifted sharks and no other sea life. Etc.(84.236.152.71 (talk) 12:57, 31 October 2014 (UTC))[reply]

Yes, it has all these (and more), but that's part of the ridiculous humor of it. However, this page is for talking about the article itself, not the subject, illogical as that subject may be :D . Supernerd11 _{Firemind ^_^ Pokedex} 13:26, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Did you really go to a movie named Sharknado, expecting a fact-based documentary? SMH. 155.213.224.59 (talk) 13:18, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Expanded universe

I am wondering if due to cameos or crossovers that three might be more to this universe than the trilogy of films and the game.

I recently saw an advertisement on the Space Channel for a film airing next Saturday called Lavalantula. It is by the makers of Sharknado.

In the clip, they're asking some guy for help and he says "I'd love to help you, but I have shark problems right" and he is wearing a shirt with a crossed chainsaws.

I cannot remember faces very well and it has been a while since I saw Sharknado 2 so I did not know if it was the star or not.

I was hoping someone could tell me, as this would be good info to list. We could also look to see if there are other cameos and crossovers which set up an expanded universe of Space-channel/Syfy-channel B-films in a shared reality.

As there are other shark films I suppose it could have been a cameo from the star of one of them, but I am strongly suspecting it was a guy from Sharknado.

Here is the 25 second official trailer on Space's youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msn505cckDI

This could help establish the notability of a Lavalantula article and allow us to mention it here as a sequel. 64.228.89.160 (talk) 01:46, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comedy

The lead describes this as a comedy. I don't think this is really accurate. Certainly the franchise became a comedy starting with the second movie. But the original film was intended to be an over-the-top sci-fi adventure film as far as I can tell. In other words, there is a difference between a comically bad film and a comedy film. Yes, the producers knew they were making a cheesy movie but it was not a comedy (though the cheesiness certainly made me laugh once or twice). The second one, by contrast, was most definitely supposed to be funny (and they succeeded). There was no more pretense of trying to make a serious film.

- MC 141.131.2.3 (talk) 21:19, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

SS7?

Does anyone who has seen the movie know what SS7 refers to in the plot summary? It was introduced in a mobile edit, so it might also be a typo (or the whole sentence fragment was added as a joke). Would appreciate a fix or clarification from someone who's seen the movie. -pinkgothic (talk) 16:51, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]