Ten Reasons We Loved Watching TV in 201310 of 11
Sharknado
This is the point at which we remind you that this is not a "Definitive Best TV of 2013" list. Repeat, THIS IS NOT A BEST OF LIST. Ergo, we are not implying that Sharknado is even in the same country, quality-wise, as "Breaking Bad" or "Game of Thrones".
Rather, Sharknado is the finest specimen residing in the wing of the television zoo reserved for sublimely ridiculous, gleefully harmless content. In case the title doesn't say enough, this was a Syfy film about freak weather events that picked up pods of sharks with an unstoppable hunger for human ham, and flung them onto the land, where they chomped and chomped and terrorized a number of actors, including Ian Ziering and Tara Reid.
Oddly enough, Sharknado became a summer pop-culture phenomenon, with audiences schooling to reruns on cable as well as attending special one-off showings in movie theaters. And why not? Television is dotted with reality shows that have more detrimental examples of human behavior and interpersonal relationships than anything on display in Sharknado.
Plus, as director Anthony C. Ferrante pointed out in an interview for the IMDbTV Blog, "It’s a safe disaster movie because it will never happen. ...There's no tragedy of an actual Sharknado. That’s the fantasy of it. I think that’s why people liked it. Just turn your brain off and have fun."
This is the point at which we remind you that this is not a "Definitive Best TV of 2013" list. Repeat, THIS IS NOT A BEST OF LIST. Ergo, we are not implying that Sharknado is even in the same country, quality-wise, as "Breaking Bad" or "Game of Thrones".
Rather, Sharknado is the finest specimen residing in the wing of the television zoo reserved for sublimely ridiculous, gleefully harmless content. In case the title doesn't say enough, this was a Syfy film about freak weather events that picked up pods of sharks with an unstoppable hunger for human ham, and flung them onto the land, where they chomped and chomped and terrorized a number of actors, including Ian Ziering and Tara Reid.
Oddly enough, Sharknado became a summer pop-culture phenomenon, with audiences schooling to reruns on cable as well as attending special one-off showings in movie theaters. And why not? Television is dotted with reality shows that have more detrimental examples of human behavior and interpersonal relationships than anything on display in Sharknado.
Plus, as director Anthony C. Ferrante pointed out in an interview for the IMDbTV Blog, "It’s a safe disaster movie because it will never happen. ...There's no tragedy of an actual Sharknado. That’s the fantasy of it. I think that’s why people liked it. Just turn your brain off and have fun."
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