Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus!
This is a real movie. I shit you not.
Released direct to DVD on May 19, 2009, it “stars” Lorenzo Lamas and Debbie Gibson (yes, that Debbie Gibson). The basic premise seems to be that the titular prehistoric giants were frozen mid-battle in an iceberg only to be released from their suspended animation ten million years later when a pod of confused whales collides with said iceberg after being driven off course by the detonation of an experimental sonic weapon by the military. The unthawed sea monsters resume their fight, obviously, and God help any submarine, airplane, or suspension bridge that gets in their way. Debbie…I’m sorry, Deborah Gibson plays the plucky oceanographer who somehow saves the day.
At least I think that’s what this movie is about, but does it really matter? A Carcharodon megalodon fights a gigantic octopus!
(p.s. the octopus would totally win.)
Tags: Carcharodon megalodon, Debbie Gibson, monster, octopus, shark
As the target audience for such a film, I can say with authority that watching Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus was an absolute blast. Even Lorenzo Lamas’s “acting” takes a back seat a giant shark traveling at, according to the Navy, 500 KNOTS! Not to mention the most awkward love scene ever. I laughed till I cried, and consider the cost of the DVD money well spent.
Really, my only disappointment was that they ran out of money and couldn’t afford the original plan, to release the movie in 3-D!
So, did the film makers show any kind of preference between the shark and the octopus? Were you make to feel like you should be rooting for one or the other?
It had me switching back and forth, so I’d say the only preference shown was that more was shown of the shark’s initial rampages because he was hitting San Francisco, while the octopus was off in Japan. Being a US-centric movie, we saw more of the SF scenery than Tokyo. And mostly I was rooting for someone, anyone, to take our Lorenzo Lamas.
Wow.
Words fail me.
This would be great to have playing while collaging.