"Three Secrets That Made Sharknado 2 the Biggest ..." Topic
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Tango01 | 04 Aug 2014 12:13 p.m. PST |
…TV Movie Ever! (spoiler) "We're not sure how the pitch for the original Sharknado went, though something along the lines of "It's like Twister meets Jaws, minus any Oscar talent" sounds about right. But not even network higher-ups were prepared for the social media storm that would descend when the original Sharknado premiered on Syfy on July 11, 2013: nearly 1.5 million viewers tuned in to see former Beverly Hills, 90210 star Ian Ziering chainsaw his way out of a shark's belly, and generated as many as 5,000 tweets per minute. The thing is, as impressive as those figures were, they were merely a prelude to the social media feeding frenzy for the sequel. Last week, the premiere of Sharknado 2 not only garnered 3.9 million viewers (Syfy's biggest telecast ever), but it generated one billion (yes, with a "b") Twitter impressions—about three times as many as its predecessor—making it television's most social movie ever. How did Syfy manage to make a tornado of man-eating sharks invading Los Angeles the kind of lightning that strikes twice? Just knowing their ABCs…"
Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
JohnnyPainter | 04 Aug 2014 12:39 p.m. PST |
Chunks of it were filmed in my home town :) |
jpattern2 | 04 Aug 2014 12:49 p.m. PST |
"Chunks." |
Rogues1 | 04 Aug 2014 2:39 p.m. PST |
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Sargonarhes | 04 Aug 2014 5:15 p.m. PST |
Chunks, keeps these jokes going chum. |
darthfozzywig | 04 Aug 2014 11:15 p.m. PST |
While you try to nurse these lame shark puns along, I'll be basking over here, tiger. |
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