Twitter was all abuzz yesterday with the debut airing of a made-for-TV movie called "SharkNado".
Yes, this is a flick about a tornado filled with sharks!!! And no, this is not an article from "The Onion".
It seems the hashtag for the SyFy network movie was the hottest discussion on Twitter as it garnered more interest than the ongoing Zimmerman trial. But all this interest making it a social network sensation is being generated for all the wrong reasons. There were folks deriding it many different angles.
The following is a sampling:
Jesse Ventura told us the government was secretly developing the ability to make a #sharknado & we didn't believe him
— Justin Stangel (@Justin_Stangel) July 12, 2013
If Spielberg could go back in time and stop Jaws from happening to prevent 2013's #SharkNado, I believe he would.
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) July 12, 2013
America: The Empire gave you tea, civilisation and the English language - and you responded with #Sharknado.
— The Dowager Countess (@theLadyGrantham) July 12, 2013
@weatherchannel It's a little embarrassing that I have to learn about sharknados from @Syfy
— Schuyler Patterson© (@TillOwlglass) July 12, 2013
According to NBC Universal, SharkNado generated up to 5000 tweets a minute for a brief time yesterday afternoon. If SyFy's goal was to generate publicity, then they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.
