24 Jul 2010

Sharktopus! SyFy just gives up on originality and goes for batshit crazy instead

Eric Roberts creates the ultimate weapon in Sharktopus - a hybrid shark/octopus creature which goes rogue and starts attacking holidaygoers in Mexico.

Yes, SyFy has decided the subtlety and style of Galactica was just too much to bear, so for the viewers of the stupidly spelt sci-fi channel, they've ramped up the dumb quota 30 new schock creature features on the way.

Sharktopus is just the beginning too. There's also Mega Python v Gatoroid - which puts Debbie Gibson and Tiffany head to head in a BATTLE TO THE DEATH presided over by Micky Dolenz from the Monkees (no, seriously, we're not making this shit up!), Dean Cain battling a giant armoured block of ice, Sean Bean in a post-apocalyptic horror, Kevin Sorbo battling a supersoldier, Shannon Doherty as an evil witch, Lauren Holly and Lance Henriksen suffer the Scream of the Banshee...

All this AND a sequel to Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, as the Asylum turn their attention to Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus.

Basically, they've just given us 31 weeks worth of material. God bless you SyFy, we salute you!