Sharktopus tonight

I am less than tantalized by the latest trailer for this awful SyFy movie, but I'll probably tune it in anyway. I suspect I'll also tune it out.

Cheesy, schlocky giant monster I can understand, but why all the implicit misogyny in these things? It always looks like women's purpose is to wear a bikini and die horribly.

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