Afternoon Links: The Sharknado Trailer Reminds You Tornados Full of Sharks Will Be on Your TV Tonight
Hi, chums! The wait is now over, the Sharknado trailer has arrived. Hooray! Steve Sanders is so toast. The Pacific Standard covered the studio responsible for this cinematic cream puff, the Asylum, in a feature that explores the B-movie machine’s other endeavors — dogs celebrating or saving Christmas and diet versions of blockbusters (Transmorphers, Battle of Los Angeles), for instance — as well as how it uses “naive camp” to its benefit. Producer Devin Ward said of Sharknado‘s appeal, “‘It’s exactly what you think it is — a tornado full of sharks. […] That movie cannot be bad.’” Is that a challenge, Ward?
- Continuing the Game of Vines: Evil King Joffrey cuddles a puppy.
- The news, the gnus, the noose, the nudes. After you watch this for 30 seconds, “news” ceases to be a word at all.
- Sam Mendes is back for more Bond.
- Macklemore is sorry if he offended R. Kelly. He was high at the time.
- Exorcising Madonna.
- Leah Remini has reportedly quit Scientology. Luckily, “She’s from Brooklyn. The church can’t hurt her.” It’s that borough protection.
- How it took so long for Adam Lambert to join the cast of Glee remains a mystery.
- Same goes for the pairing of Deltron 3030 and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
- Wouldn’t have necessarily called Ben Affleck and David Fincher, though.
- One day you’re in, and the next day you’re still dead: Slow zombies are back in style.
- The Canyons thrusts another trailer deep within you.
- Bleak House by Bravo is unfortunately not called Bleak Housewives.
- MY BABY’S ON FIRE!
- Five hundred episodes of This American Life.
- If you’re not slurpin’, I don’t know what’s wrong with you. Free freezies at 7-Eleven today!
- The Wall Street Journal is ON IT.
Filed Under: Ben Affleck, Game of Thrones, Loose Ends
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