FARK.com: (5434026) SyFy is letting online users collectively create the next Dinoshark vs. Sharktopus. This...this will not end well

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Uzzah		2010-06-22 12:52:15 PM

Got to get over there and put in a subplot involving a talking pie.

Ringtailed79		2010-06-22 12:52:36 PM

Fabulous.

schattenteufel		2010-06-22 12:53:24 PM

I've got two words for them: Rocket Skates!

Lt. Cheese Weasel		2010-06-22 12:54:31 PM

Dang. I wanted to see Mansquito vs. Ice Spiders.

Stanfan114		2010-06-22 12:54:37 PM

2010 apocalypse movie? Did you mean 2012, honey?

Noobian Noob		2010-06-22 12:55:44 PM

looks like thats how all their movies are produced.

i anticipate seeing clips on The Soup

PsyLord		2010-06-22 12:56:25 PM

I disagree with subby. How can it be worse than any of the crappy SyFy movies?

dko		2010-06-22 12:57:58 PM

InferiousX		2010-06-22 12:58:06 PM

Oh hell yes.

MonkeyAngst		2010-06-22 01:00:11 PM

Subby apparently doesn't understand the "epic" part of EPIC FAIL.

Epic failure is something to strive for. Never settle for regular failure.

rickycal78		2010-06-22 01:00:25 PM

So can we make it so the script has the CEO in charge of programming at a Science Fiction type network getting eaten, or violently dismembered by the sharktopus?

InferiousX		2010-06-22 01:01:30 PM

It will somehow involve pro wrestling for no reason. That should be in there too.

tforbes		2010-06-22 01:02:18 PM

Fark, I don't ask much from you. Just the occasional witty quip or political wharlgarbl... but now we all must rise and create the next B movie based on Time-Traveling, Dinosaurs and Zombies.

I'm thinking dino-jesus battles the undead hordes while Noah saves the last remnants of living life.

A little bit of this -
2.bp.blogspot.com

A little bit of that -
i118.photobucket.com

/hot

myspamhere		2010-06-22 01:03:02 PM

OCTOPLATYPUS!!!!!

MorphOSX		2010-06-22 01:04:02 PM

rickycal78: So can we make it so the script has the CEO in charge of programming at a Science Fiction type network getting eaten, or violently dismembered by the sharktopus?

I'd much rather see the CEO in charge of programming left in the hands of the dude from SAW.

Prank Call of Cthulhu		2010-06-22 01:04:35 PM

Column A
Mecha
Laser
Mega
Man
Pedo
Dino
Ultra
Acid
Nuclear
Steel
Lava

Column B
Snake
Shark
Bear
Elephant
Whale
Eagle
Koala
Budgie
Nutria
Gator
Stingray
Kumquat
Spider
Crab
Yeti

Select two from column A, and two from column B and there's your movie in the A1B1 vs A2B2 form:

"Megagator vs. Laserbudgie"
"Dinowhale vs. Acidbear"

DeadZone		2010-06-22 01:04:56 PM

We're gonna need a bigger plot

MorphOSX		2010-06-22 01:06:52 PM

sparrow794		2010-06-22 01:07:20 PM

I would rather watch a B grade movie that is horribly bad on purpose than one that is trying to be really good, but actually sucks.

/I'm looking at you, Avatar

InferiousX		2010-06-22 01:07:28 PM

tforbes: Fark, I don't ask much from you. Just the occasional witty quip or political wharlgarbl... but now we all must rise and create the next B movie based on Time-Traveling, Dinosaurs and Zombies.

I'm thinking dino-jesus battles the undead hordes while Noah saves the last remnants of living life.

A little bit of this -

A little bit of that -

/hot

We could even throw in Fark regulars as characters.

"What is he?"

"No one really knows. He is apparently a thoughtless robot. Able to sustain himself with an armament the likes of which no one has ever seen. But he doesn't have much else."

"He looks almost human."

"Yes. But he is not like you or I. He is different."

"Does he have a name?"

"The scientist nicknamed him Gary. Since he was found in the Providence of Dickinson Xitonium, they call him Gary PDX for short."

stephen74		2010-06-22 01:07:47 PM

I can't imagine that this effort will be any worse than their previous efforts. And it's not like fan input makes their movies any less crappy.

MastaBrembo		2010-06-22 01:07:54 PM

@ Prank Call of Cthulhu

Pedocrab for the win, but only if Megan Fox is riding it.

CarnySaur		2010-06-22 01:08:06 PM

You said "this" twice.

BizarroHulk		2010-06-22 01:09:55 PM

I'm still waiting for Musetta Vander to star in:

"Mansquito 2: Wo-mansquito"

starsmedia.ign.com

Hurricane Flippy		2010-06-22 01:10:11 PM

It just pains me to think they killed MST3K for this crap!

BaronVonAsshat		2010-06-22 01:10:26 PM

Cyberyeti. That is all.

/and sharkshark, damnit

karasoth		2010-06-22 01:12:10 PM

I know what Fark, SA, and 4chan will be working on for a while

BaronVonAsshat		2010-06-22 01:12:24 PM

BizarroHulk: I'm still waiting for Musetta Vander to star in:

"Mansquito 2: ~~Wo-man~~WHOAMANsquito"

/ftfy and everyone else

MorphOSX		2010-06-22 01:12:46 PM

Hurricane Flippy: It just pains me to think they killed MST3K for this crap!

It's a rule: Just like Fox Networks, SyFy manages to kill every decent show they have in favor of ever-shiattier crap.

I believe at this point, they are in talks with the ghost of Ed Wood to hire him as director of programming.

Fluorescent Testicle		2010-06-22 01:13:15 PM

My vote goes to either Arachnobear vs Lasersquid or Gorillasaurus vs Mecha Jesus.

kpottruff		2010-06-22 01:13:17 PM

Bigger Jaws.

Sofa King Smart		2010-06-22 01:13:20 PM

octo-mom vs kate-zilla +8 -1
or a tag team of octomom and kate vs the whole Dugger clan...

/there WILL be blood.
//be afraid, be very afraid.

Harry Freakstorm		2010-06-22 01:13:45 PM

Kimberly is a teen Dinoshark attending Jaws High School. She's a sweet, innocent Dinoshark who doesn't seem to fit in. One day, she is swimming across campus when a sinking oil well almost hits her. She is saved by Justin, a strange boy with lightning fast reflexes and incredible strength. He explains he is of the RaptorSharks, a different breed of something-Sharks and he and his kin are locked in an eternal battle with the TyroSharks. These two breeds fight in the depths of the deepest part of the ocean. If the RaptorSharks win, they will live peacefully. If the TyroSharks win, then they will attack the DinoSharks and kill them off. Kimberly included.

It will take Kimberly's smarts and Justin's speed, strength and abs to fight off the RaptorSharks. But first, they have to battle Desmond. A teen RaptorShark who has been following Justin around and calls him "My Chum (as in fish bait not buddy)."

If anyone is interested. I can crank out three sequels before the vodak kicks in and I have them all worshiping a lost hydrogen bomb.

verbaltoxin		2010-06-22 01:14:43 PM

Next up: Sharketeuthus 3000: The Shark-Squid-Cyborg.

Lernaeus		2010-06-22 01:15:05 PM

I submitted a similar idea to them not too long ago:

Basically, it would be Project Green Light for SyFy, a reality show where aspiring (but non-industry) writers & directors would compete on a reality show for the chance to produce their original science fiction movie idea for the network.

They'd learn about budgets, deadlines, working with actors, creating dazzling effects with minimal resources, etc. Contestants would be picked based on movie pitches, and the person who won would get to take all he had learned and make a movie for the network.

BizarroHulk		2010-06-22 01:15:37 PM

I just went to syfy.com and it's so full of web 2.0 pop-up, drop-down, interactive, advertisement harassment that I couldn't even find this damn contest. I hate them more than ever now.

russlar		2010-06-22 01:15:44 PM

Hurricane Flippy: It just pains me to think they killed MST3K for this crap!

yeah, it's too bad they wanted to air the movies without having to pay mike nelson & co.

Curse of the Goth Kids		2010-06-22 01:15:45 PM

It will never ever be as good as Bigfoot Vs The Nazis (starring Gary Busey, Ernest Borgnine and Maximilian Schell) which I have seen upwards of 40 times at the moviehouse in my sweaty little brain.

Hurricane Flippy		2010-06-22 01:16:46 PM

MorphOSX: Hurricane Flippy: It just pains me to think they killed MST3K for this crap!

It's a rule: Just like Fox Networks, SyFy manages to kill every decent show they have in favor of ever-shiattier crap.

I believe at this point, they are in talks with the ghost of Ed Wood to hire him as director of programming.

How about Zombie Roger Corman vs. the Ghost of Ed Wood?

russlar		2010-06-22 01:17:19 PM

karasoth: I know what Fark, SA, and 4chan will be working on for a while

attack of the killer /b/'s!

buddyrtr		2010-06-22 01:18:57 PM

How about DINOSHARK vs GODZILLA?

coraleaterlinda		2010-06-22 01:20:03 PM

My summer just got AWESOME.

stonicus		2010-06-22 01:20:04 PM

Seems obvious to me that the creatures were trapped in an underground oil repository in the Gulf of Mexico... now all we need is some mechanism that frees them... hmmm...

sparrow794		2010-06-22 01:20:34 PM

Lernaeus: I submitted a similar idea to them not too long ago:

Basically, it would be Project Green Light for SyFy, a reality show where aspiring (but non-industry) writers & directors would compete on a reality show for the chance to produce their original science fiction movie idea for the network.

They'd learn about budgets, deadlines, working with actors, creating dazzling effects with minimal resources, etc. Contestants would be picked based on movie pitches, and the person who won would get to take all he had learned and make a movie for the network.

How about we stop making everything into a gawd damned game show.

HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A CHANGE?

MattyFridays		2010-06-22 01:20:44 PM

Look, we know Tiffany starred in one, and I'm sure Debbie Gibson is looking for work. The answer is simple: mutant pop-star show down.

huntercr		2010-06-22 01:20:46 PM

Syfy is like the stupid kid who doesn't understand that everyone is laughing AT him instead of with him.

/still... Mansquito is the greatest b movie title in history

astralvortex		2010-06-22 01:22:03 PM

Hero

Hugh Manatee: Human face, manatee body

Arch Nemesis

Propello: Human with boat propellers for hands and feet.

WHO WILL WIN!!!

brawberrys		2010-06-22 01:23:21 PM

hmmmm, let me think...

what about an alien prison ship filled with manbearpigs fighting robotic ants for the pleasure of a group of bisexual cybernetic nuns?

im just spit balling here, but it seems all win for me!

stonicus		2010-06-22 01:23:38 PM

huntercr:
/still... Mansquito is the greatest b movie title in history

4.bp.blogspot.com

Pffft... I don't see what's so great about it...

ConConHead		2010-06-22 01:24:16 PM

I wish they would pick up the reality TV pilot a friend filmed.

Take a normal person. Drop him into a subculture labelled freak/greek/nerdy. Film as he tries to fit in and not mock them.

Then - add friends of producer to fill out said subculture because the actual people in it aren't pretty enough for TV. Tell them to Improv and act like they're in said subculture.

Taa-daa.

Still woulda been better than Mansquito 3 - Revenge of the Big Blue Light.

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