Sharknado 2 Review

"Sharknado" left viewers pining for more ways to effectively waste time until we die. "Sharknado 2", gave viewers exactly what they wanted, another hour and 35 minutes of shark flavored trash to speed us on our way to oblivion.

The movie starts off with Fin and April flying to New York for a book signing after their divorce. In a scene completely ripping off "Twilight Zone"'s "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," Fin has a long, drawn out awkward moment with April briefly re-hashing "Sharknado." As if we could forget the amazing experience that was. Surprise, surprise, not one, but two sharknados get rolling very quickly, and only Fin, April, and their family can save the Big Apple.

"Sharknado 2" was only taken seriously by Ian Ziering, who played the main character Fin. There were clearly jokes written into his script, yet somehow the bluntest of jokes seem to fall from his lips the leaden way words do when you're explaining to a 3-year-old why Fluffy isn't waking up.

Tara Reid played April Wexler who, spoiler alert, has her hand eaten off in the first ten minutes. Wexler, being a regenerative skin care line as well as April’s last name really makes sense, as she is stunned in the hospital for about 20 minutes, and then jets up again to save the world with only one hand. Despite most of the movie being CGI, they couldn't find it in their wallets to cover up her stump that has clearly outlined fingers in the bandage the entire time.

Vivica A. Fox of “Cool Cat Saves The Kids” played Skye, a hastily thrown in character that created an asymmetrical love triangle. Skye does drive the plot forward, as she runs around New York, trying to win stone-faced Fin.

The writer and director of "Sharknado" and "Sharknado 2", Thunder Levin, was interviewed by Laura Keeny from The Denver Post. He is clearly having fun with "Sharknado 2," "It’s exactly what fans of the first one are going to want to see: the same sense of ridiculous fun and over-the-top action."

In another interview with Huffington Post "7 Glaring Sharknado Plot Holes Explained" Levin continues to have fun saying, “I think the sharks damaged the airplane to a point the masks couldn’t deploy because, obviously, that is something we would’ve had happen if we wanted to. I hope,” in response to the glaring plot hole of no oxygen masks falling during the initial plane crash scene.

Somehow, the movie’s ending was gratuitous enough to make me enjoy it somewhat. I won't spoil it for you, but it was a chainsaw chuckin’ good time.

At A Glance:

Director: Thunder Levin

Main Actors: Ian Zeiring, Tara Reid, Vivica A. Fox

"Sharknado 2"'s IMBd

Vote OR Vote Told to Quiet Down

You know the Vote OR Vote volunteers whether you think you do or not. Or, at least, you will know them soon enough. Fueled by last year's successes, Vote OR Vote aims to get over 3,000 students registered to vote again. The volunteers do this in their neon shirts and tidy clipboards by walking around campus and asking everyone they see to register.

School policy at LBCC dictates that groups cannot pressure students to conform to a political belief, religious standpoint or similar activities. 'Similar activities' is where things start to get muddy.

 Vote OR Vote's rules state that they will only ask students to register in public spaces. What defines a public space, and whether or not Vote OR Vote can walk up to you and ask to have you register to vote remains up to interpretation.

Recently, school security has told Vote OR Vote to back off, as students have been feeling harassed because the volunteers keep walking up and asking them to register.

Eric Slyter, the Vice President of the Student Leadership Council said that he understands, as "It's an academic environment...I wouldn't like it if people came up to me and asked me to register to vote repeatedly." Slyter continued, "We have done this like this for two years, and I don't know why it suddenly changed two days ago." They can only ask people in Takena Hall, the courtyard, and the Commons currently.

Students around campus have their own view on the matter as well.

"It really doesn't bother me, I tell them I've registered and they're fine with that." said Quinton Bigknife.

"I don't mind, they're just trying to get people to vote, it's such an important year." said Catherine Burroughs.

Some even appreciate the fact the Vote OR Vote walks around and asks students to register through them. "A lot of people don't know where to go, and they hand it to you and even offer to take it back...I think we should definitely encourage people to vote especially now with the people who are running," said Sarah Johnston.

The final decision on whether or not Vote OR Vote will be restricted to certain areas, or even to their desk will be made Monday. Slyter sums it up, saying, "We're trying to find our niche."


At A Glance:

You can register to vote at LBCC here.

Contact the SLC if you'd like to talk about this issue here.