They Sure Don't Make'Em Like They Used To!

@ Yahoo! Video

"Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus"
Starring Deborah Gibson.
And Lorenzo Lamas.

Mercifully, it is a straight-to-DVD release; but still...

They sure are not making big aquatic epics like they used to, back in the day... The day -or days rather- when story and character-development mattered, somewhat - priming over special effects and the mere "spectacle" (or sideshow aspects) of the exercise!

The Sea Chase, with Lana Turner and John Wayne, is a prime example of those days; there was some MEAT to those bony scripts, AT LEAST...

The Cruel Sea, being an adaptation of a masterful novel (written by someone who truly applied the rule "write what you know" very well...!) is an even finer example, of course.

As you'll understand rather quickly, at the viewing of my playlist here, per the selection of trailers and videos, I am bound to turn towards documentaries and the like nowadays (even if it is to be narrated by the likes of one half of Dumb And Dumber! You know who I'm talking about: Ace Ventura... The Cable Guy... The Yes Man! Liar, Liar he is, too, though... But that is another story - or script, from another bad movie!)

You can select your own fare, of course -
here are the trailers/samples, to shed some light on your options...!

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