It’s been twelve years since “Drumline” became a box office hit, and maybe it was better to leave well enough alone. VH1 premiered a sequel to the college marching band film on Monday night, and it was impressively destroyed on social media almost instantly.
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The Twitter hashtag #Drumline2 continued trending into the night, long after the film had ended, and it was almost unanimously fueled by hate-filled and mocking posts. Nick Cannon, who starred as college student Devon Miles in the original, returned for a brief appearance in an otherwise wholly new story.
Like “Sharknado” before it, “Drumline 2” has become a social media sensation, but wherease the Syfy original movie embraced its campiness, one gets the impression that the creative team behind “Drumline: A New Beat” was hoping to make a movie that people actually enjoyed.
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There’s so-bad-it’s-good and then there’s just bad. And while “Sharknado’s” massive social media rating and pop culture buzz earned it an even campier sequel, @RevrendDoctor was quick to clarify that’s not what we want here, tweeting, “Dear @VH1 and makers of #Drumline2: please don’t mistake our watching this as us wanting a #Drumline3. We were bored and wanted family time.”
We’ve gathered some of the best of the worst insta-reviews of VH1’s latest original movie effort below.
You know the movie gone be trash when it starts off with horrible acting. #Drumline2
– (@WickedBeaute) October 28, 2014
9 mins in. This is the corniest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. #Drumline2
– Young. (@AshleeWith2Es) October 28, 2014
lmao im gonna keep watching #Drumline2….its so horrible i cant turn it off
– Birth Control Expert (@PhillyintheA) October 28, 2014
Those moves are the exact reason Latoya was booted from Destiny’s Child. #drumline2
– Kake Devereaux (@_iKUPKAKE) October 28, 2014
This is NOT how black folks act in college #Drumline2
– Ogechikaaa❤️ (@OG_Chika) October 28, 2014
Wow #drumline2 is as wack as it gets Smfh. Who TF ok’d that to be released??!!
– L-bee â-² (@iAMLbee) October 28, 2014
I’m so ashamed of myself for not turning the channel. But I feel like I’m already invested in the movie lol #drumline2
– Kake Devereaux (@_iKUPKAKE) October 28, 2014
#Drumline2 is hot garbage
– ✈ Mel Vega ✈ (@Gmel_Genuine) October 28, 2014
Nick Cannon won a grammy in this movie??? Now THATS ACTING! Oscar worthy! #Drumline2
– Jermaine Johnson™ (@FunnyMaine) October 28, 2014
I just want to like this movie! Why can't I like this movie!? #drumline2
– Kake Devereaux (@_iKUPKAKE) October 28, 2014
#Drumline2 tried to fit all of societies hot button issues into 2.5 hours and oh btw there’s a band LOL.
– Jordan James (@JordanGame6) October 28, 2014
bruh this movie terrible she gone do all that then just give up her spot! Hell naw we gone hav to battle again for that spot! #Drumline2
– Hughston Leaks (@Cosmonaut_Hugh) October 28, 2014
HBCUs are NOT like this in real life. Don’t be fooled. #Drumline2
– L O S T POE☥ (@BEER0CkA) October 28, 2014
The jokes about #drumline2 are better than the movie smh
– Queen Jones (@ReesecupdWorld) October 28, 2014
Did not return to #Drumline2: Zoe Saldana, Orlando Jones, J Anthony Brown, Morris Brown College. …Ooop 💀
– Gregory Roper (@EyeZick) October 28, 2014
The ending was even whack. Like disappointed doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel about #Drumline2.
– Alisha Clark (@DiSTinctbeauty6) October 28, 2014
#Drumline2 was HORRIBLE. Who the hell approved that script?!?! They need to be put on notice.
– John Brandenburg (@J_Brandenburg) October 28, 2014
Thanks for hanging out and watching #Drumline2 . I’m gonna go punch myself in the face now.
– Eric Eisenman (@eeisenman) October 28, 2014