{"id":6437,"date":"2016-08-30T16:01:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T16:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=6437"},"modified":"2021-08-13T09:22:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T08:22:31","slug":"how-sharknado-changed-cinema-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/30\/how-sharknado-changed-cinema-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"How Sharknado changed cinema forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then, a film will come along that changes cinema as we know it. <em>Goodfellas. The Blair Witch Project. That One With The Blue Aliens That Was Really Pretty in 3D. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>And now, there\u2019s another film we can add to that list: <em>Sharknado<\/em>. Yes, <em>Sharknado<\/em>. The one with the tornado made of sharks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vc-JlFpXLn8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Honestly, here\u2019s how.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>It made B-movies popular again<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Low budget B-movies have been around forever, but they never achieved mainstream popularity until <em>Sharknado<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sharknado <\/em>and its swirling deathstorm of angry fish has paved the way for a veritable avalanche of trashy monster movies, including classics like <em>Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark, 3-Headed Shark Attack <\/em>and <em>Zombeavers.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>It demonstrated the power of social media<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Sharknado <\/em>wasn\u2019t the first movie about killer sharks, although it was the first to combine the sea\u2019s deadliest creatures with a natural disaster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/film\/10175331\/Sharknado-film-creates-Twitter-storm.html\">This potent combination sent Twitter into a frenzy<\/a>, catapulting <em>Sharknado <\/em>into the public consciousness and setting it apart from its monster movie counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it proved that you don\u2019t always need a huge budget to make a movie a huge hit. Especially if said movie is about flying death sharks.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>It was original<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you believe some people on the internet, humanity has run out of new film ideas and we\u2019re doomed to sequels and superhero movies from now until the end of time.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, here you are reading about a film that \u201d\u201c and we can\u2019t emphasise this enough \u201d\u201c is about a <em>tornado made entirely of sharks<\/em>. Not only is <em>Sharknado <\/em>proof that originality isn\u2019t dead, it\u2019s a testament to the human imagination.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>It&#8217;s encouraged aspiring filmmakers everywhere<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>One day, someone sat down and thought \u201chey, what if there was a film about a shark tornado?\u201d\u009d Then they told someone else, called Tara Reid and made it into a film which made them unbelievably rich.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sharknado\u2019s <\/em>success is an inspiration to anyone who has ever sat on a bus and daydreamt about making a film about a robot bear fighting a dog made of fire, or a city being attacked by a 50 foot tall ironing board. Anything is possible, my friends. Anything.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>It made sharks scary again<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Back in the 70s, when people apparently didn\u2019t really understand that movies weren\u2019t real, <em>Jaws <\/em>scared people so much that they refused to go swimming.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the public&#8217;s perception of sharks has softened through a series of documentaries and scientific facts like there being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewildlifemuseum.org\/exhibits\/sharks\/odds-of-a-shark-attack\/\">1 in 3.7 million chance of you getting killed by a shark<\/a> (you\u2019re more likely to get struck by lightning or hit by a firework). The final straw came with <em>Finding Nemo<\/em>, in which sharks are misunderstood, sensitive souls who cry at sad stories.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <em>Sharknado<\/em>, sharks got their edge back. As well as haunting the water, they now fly down from the sky too. Some scientists even\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/uk\/news\/is-a-real-life-sharknado-possible\/\">say a real life sharknado might just be possible<\/a> (although admittedly unlikely&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p>And now, for the first time in forever, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2016\/jun\/23\/the-shallows-review-blake-lively-shark-thriller-jaume-collet-serra\">there\u2019s an actual scary movie about sharks in the cinema<\/a>. Nice job, <em>Sharknado<\/em> (and the people who made <em>The Shallows, <\/em>obviously&#8230;).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/?keyword=sharknado\">all of the <em>Sharknado <\/em>movies<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/ferranteansharknado4\">the brand new <em>Sharknado 4: The Forth Awakens<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(now available to pre-order), on the musicMagpie Store. Great prices, FREE delivery and flying sharks \u201d\u201c what more could you ask for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then, a film will come along that changes cinema as we know it. Goodfellas. The Blair Witch Project. That One With The Blue Aliens That Was Really Pretty in 3D. And now, there\u2019s another film we can add to that list: Sharknado. Yes, Sharknado. 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