"Snakes On A Plane"

Okay, there was still about 20% of my mind thinking that this was all a joke, but that just got tossed out the window.

"And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my snakes upon thee."

Let me guess: this is actually the film adaptation of Nibbles, by Uwe Boll.

Really? IMAGE(http://pages.sbcglobal.net/cjansen/images/n1qshok.gif)

necroyeti wrote:

Let me guess: this is actually the film adaptation of Nibbles, by Uwe Boll.

At least that would bring some context to the insanity!

But nope, it's directed by a David Ellis, who has a long career in stunts and assistant directing according to IMDB. His credentials as a director is basically Final Destination 2, but he was an assistant director on some good/respectable films.

Is it a comedy? That fat black dude is usually in comedies.

Okay, is the stupidity of this film making it more enticing?

Whatever happened to the deleting the double-post function, anyway?

This news story labels it a "horror" film, though it sounds like it might be campy Bruce Campbell style "horror".

It also talks about the movie's life on Internet forums.

Rat Boy wrote:

Okay, is the stupidity of this film making it more enticing?

Yes.

I need to see the trailer for this one. If Hollywood's actually taking it seriously and expecting people to, it will be awful. If the trailer shows that the movie is wholly tongue-in-cheek then who knows? But I suspect the former.

Those Austrailian folks wrote:

Critics have had a field day, suggesting hundreds of alternate titles and plots for sequels, such as Snakes on a Plane 2: Snakes on a Boat, Now Boa-ding at Gate 5 and Clear and Serpent Danger.

Clear and Serpent Danger? Brilliant!

Prederick wrote:

I need to see the trailer for this one. If Hollywood's actually taking it seriously and expecting people to, it will be awful. If the trailer shows that the movie is wholly tongue-in-cheek then who knows? But I suspect the former.

I disagree here. The more serious they make the promotional campaign, the more hysterical it'll be.

Prederick wrote:

I need to see the trailer for this one. If Hollywood's actually taking it seriously and expecting people to, it will be awful. If the trailer shows that the movie is wholly tongue-in-cheek then who knows? But I suspect the former.

I *hope* it's the former. What's funny *now* is the idea that this disaster appears to be real. If it's a campy production instead of a serious one, then that kinda kills all the fun, even if the movie itself would be better that way. It's such a ludicrous idea and I want to believe.

You make a good point. If Hollywood's taking this really seriously, this movie could shatter the Unintentional Comedy Scale. [/Bill Simmons]

Then ol' Samuel can lay the smackdown on the snakes with Skymall!:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/20...

"F*cking snakes, they think they can go wherever they want."

I linked this in another thread, but since this is an actual thread devoted to the movie itself, I'll link it again.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417148/board/nest/27261118

A choice sampling:

Snakes on a Plane 8: Snakes on Dean Cain.

Joe Rogan from fear factor plays himself attempting to assassinate Dean Cain because of Ripley's ratings over powering. The trailer can show Rogan sassily saying "Belive this or not" as he throws snakes on to Dean Cain. The twist is the film is actually simultaniously a sequel to RoboCop.

OR

Snakes on a Plane 12: Snakes Stake Claim

It's 1849 and the Old West is in for an ass-kicking in the latest in the Snakes installment. Young Claim-Jumpin' Prospectors Billy Gums and Exposition McGee have just found the greatest gold claim of their careers. But, uh oh! Some ruthless, super-intelligent snakes come from the future have narrowly beat them to it. Watch these two groups duke it out with some pickaxes, sacks, and pans in a battle to the gold. The enemies draw a truce, however, when the painted ladies (read: whores) at the Golden Maidenhead need their help to battle the zombies that the snakes accidentally brought back from the future in their time machine. A claim's been staked this Holiday season, and that claim is adventure!

Comedic Gold...

That really is a bad title. But at the same time, I'm glad they didn't waste a good time on it.

So, does it take place on an Airbus A320, or a Boa-ing 747?

More pictures from the movie can be found here. Hope they don't give away too much about the plot!

Come on, that totally looks like a comedy!

Vega wrote:

More pictures from the movie can be found here. Hope they don't give away too much about the plot!

Holy sh**! There are snakes on that plane!

Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes.

Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.

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What the hell is Byron Leftwich doing on a plane with snakes!?

I've become slightly obsessed with this movie so I've been searching high and low for the script, which doesn't seem to have been leaked to the internet as of yet. But I did come across this intersting interview with Jackson (it's from a few months ago when the movie was temporarily renamed).

Beaks: One of those films that you're working on right now is... well, it's called "Pacific Air 121""”
Jackson: Snakes on a Plane, man!
Beaks: Exactly.
Jackson: We're totally changing that back. That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title.
Beaks: Snakes on a Plane! That's everything!
Jackson: You either want to see that, or you don't.
Beaks: And how are those snakes? Besides being on a plane?
Jackson: Some of them are aggressive, some of them are cool. They're interesting to watch, and interesting to interact with. It depends on what kind of snake it is. One day, it took, like, four guys to bring in this 350 lb. Burmese Python. We were all like, "Where's that goin'?" And I watched an Albino Cobra strike airplane seats the other day. I watched it from another studio. It's actually been a fun show. But we're taking the name back!

And then I found these little gems:

http://snakesonaplane.org/
Snakes On A Blog
Screenwriter blog that almost worked on the project and his story

I love the fact that he likes the ridiculous name, because I do too. Without it, I'm not nearly as excited abotu this movie. =)

It reminds me of those budget PSX games: "Racing" and "Fighting"

I have got to give the man credit. Despite all his acclaim, he still seems to be interested in projects that are not exactly high cinema, and I think that just adds to his appeal. A lot of actors how achieve his success start getting real picky about what projects they'll attach their name to. The irony being it doesn't necessarily mean they're making good movies. (See most of Tom Cruise's recent body of work)

as dumb as this idea is, sadly, there have been far dumber I am sure. If crap like Napoleon Dynamite can be a hit, then why not a movie about snakes on a plane?

burntham77 wrote:

as dumb as this idea is, sadly, there have been far dumber I am sure. If crap like Napoleon Dynamite can be a hit, then why not a movie about snakes on a plane?

Oh, now you went and done it.......

Vega wrote:

I've become slightly obsessed with this movie so I've been searching high and low for the script, which doesn't seem to have been leaked to the internet as of yet. But I did come across this intersting interview with Jackson (it's from a few months ago when the movie was temporarily renamed).

Beaks: One of those films that you're working on right now is... well, it's called "Pacific Air 121""”
Jackson: Snakes on a Plane, man!
Beaks: Exactly.
Jackson: We're totally changing that back. That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title.
Beaks: Snakes on a Plane! That's everything!
Jackson: You either want to see that, or you don't.
Beaks: And how are those snakes? Besides being on a plane?
Jackson: Some of them are aggressive, some of them are cool. They're interesting to watch, and interesting to interact with. It depends on what kind of snake it is. One day, it took, like, four guys to bring in this 350 lb. Burmese Python. We were all like, "Where's that goin'?" And I watched an Albino Cobra strike airplane seats the other day. I watched it from another studio. It's actually been a fun show. But we're taking the name back!

And then I found these little gems:

http://snakesonaplane.org/
Snakes On A Blog
Screenwriter blog that almost worked on the project and his story

I the filtering software f*cks up the snakes-on-a-motherf*cking-plane link, use http://tinyurl.com/cgfdz instead. That blog is utterly hilarious in general, and you should all read it.

There's also a Snakes An A Plane t-shirt.

burntham77 wrote:

.. If crap like Napoleon Dynamite can be a hit ...

For shame.