RantCrush Top 5: August 3, 2017

Sharknado: the franchise to sum up our generation. The popular SyFy channel creations, which include tornadoes that transport sharks, features four already-released movies, and a fifth installment will be out soon. Look at this masterpiece:

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But news broke this week that there was a serious missed opportunity in “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!” Apparently, Trump really wanted to play the role of the president in this fictional alternate timeline in which our country is ravaged by tornadoes made of sharks. When it was suggested to him, he immediately accepted. But then, Trump’s lawyer explained that he was considering a real run for president of United States, so the Sharknado producers moved on. They offered the role to Mark Cuban, but then received another call from Trump’s lawyers, threatening to sue them for offering the part to someone else.

Sorry Trump, seems like you’ll just have to settle for being the leader of the free world instead.

Trump was nearly but ultimately not cast as the President in SHARKNADO 3, meaning that our current reality is dumber than SHARKNADO 3

— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) August 2, 2017

Anneliese Mahoney

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