Sharks Plus Ocean Equals Scary - TWB88

Recently, Warner Bros. released The Meg as proof that sharks are not bankable unless you make them silly. As frightening a creature as sharks seem, they are never good subjects for a movie. There are very few plots involving sharks in which to script an original film. Depending on the idea, a thrilling shark movie should never be over-conceptualized. Just keep it simple: sharks plus ocean equals scary.

 

Sharks strike fear in the minds of most people who ever watched Jaws. As frightening a creature they are; however, sharks are never good subjects for a movie. There are very few plots involving sharks in which to script an original film.  Jaws is the best shark film made, and that was just about 40 years ago. Tell the same story over with The Shallows and add in a human element, Open Water, then you might just come close to some decent, but nothing is or will ever be as good as Jaws. 

 

In this episode:

 

• The Shallows and Open Water are two good films that embody the simplicity of a good shark film. 
• Crazy shark movies that have to make the animal more terrifying than they are is not embracing the horror most of us feel when we consider swimming in an ocean.
• Shark movies should rely on the fear already embedded within our psyche. Prey on the audience by feeding upon the fear most of us have of being in the ocean. 

Scoop Du Jour: Naked Mole Rats and The Probability of the SyFy network. 

 

 

 

Wow, it’s amazing how this has come full circle. As we near this pinnacle of 100 episodes I revisit episode three of this podcast when we discussed the probability of the SyFy network, and how movies, like, Sharknado would not keep it afloat. 

 

Audiences give less attention to the movies, it’s the series that made the probable success of the SyFy network a reality. 

 

This, that, other news, and Stingrays:

 

• Boy gets stung by a shark in the willy-wacker. 
• My daughter and her sting ray vacation.
• Talk about having something stuck in your head. Try this: insert baby shark song. 

Weekly Gratitude:

 

My daughter is alive and for that, I have nature to thank. Our bodies are magnificent machines hellbent on keeping us alive. 

 

Flava text:

Shuffle you feet or else bye bye go your pee-pee.

 

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