Comments on: Snakes On A Plane. There is nothing else to say.

Snakes On A Plane. There is nothing else to say.

deusdiabolus — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 02:04:00 -0800

Perhaps this explains why the majority of big-budget Hollywood movies in the past several years have been remakes of cult classics or popular television shows. If nothing else, we'll have a hip new catchphrase.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 02:29:54 -0800

I first read about Snakes On A Plane at CHUD a while back. I was so let down when they changed the title. Jackson better be right about changing it back.

By: rdr

rdr — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 02:37:23 -0800

You know all those posts where people ask is this the best of the web? This is mine.

By: dodgygeezer

dodgygeezer — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 02:44:45 -0800

Snakes On A Motherfucking Plane from I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing which was posted here on Mefi a little while ago.

By: dodgygeezer

dodgygeezer — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 02:53:04 -0800

Uh, by the way I'm not suggesting this is a repost, just pointing it out for folks who missed it. Snakes on a Plane!

By: Acey

Acey — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:13:50 -0800

Snakes on a Motherfucking Plane sounds even better to me. I'd pay to see that! Are there rules about censoring titles?

By: dodgygeezer

dodgygeezer — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:26:39 -0800

That'd have to be the sequel. The trilogy would be completed by Holy Shit! More Snakes on a Motherfucking Plane!

By: priorpark17

priorpark17 — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:38:15 -0800

Question to Samuel L Jackson. What are you saving up for?

By: maxsparber

maxsparber — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 04:02:28 -0800

Snakes on a Plane is a great title. At first you think, Aw, I wouldn't want to see that. And then you think, How can I not see Snakes on a Plane.

By: DyRE

DyRE — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 04:03:07 -0800

maxsparber, exactly right. Seriously, I won't go see this movie if it's not called Snakes on a Plane. With a title like that, I could enjoy it, even if it sucks, but with a title that's all serious and drama-y or whatever, I don't know if I could. Yeah, maybe I'm really shallow. Fine. Don't come to my house with your salads, okay?

By: rob511

rob511 — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 04:10:35 -0800

Sadly, there is nothing new under the sun: This sounds like a lame ripoff of an under-appreciated TV movie from 1974 called Fer de Lance, featuring David Janssen and Hope Lange asp-deep in vipers. Although its British theatrical title was Death Dive, it could just as well have been called Snakes on a Sub. You could look it up!

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 06:25:59 -0800

Okay, so there's a few movies set in a plane lately. Do studios hear about one project, and greenlight a script they've opted, hoping to ride a wave, or what? westerns, meteors, they all come in waves. however, Snakes on a Plane is the best name.

By: jscalzi

jscalzi — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:19:14 -0800

The sequel will be Serpents on a Train. And then, when that fails and the third film is made as a direct-to-DVD shot, Pythons on a Vespa.

By: afroblanca

afroblanca — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:58:58 -0800

Man, the Lack of Faith link made me laugh so loud, I think I woke up my roommates. Seriously, though, I think Snakes on a Plane will be a great movie! Especially if they go all wholesome and family with it and give the snakes little personalities. There will be the "friendly" snake, the "clumsy" snake, and the "funny" snake. One of them can even befriend a little girl onboard, and, like, bring her a flower or something. And there will have to be some grouchy old man who starts out hating the snakes, only to be won over in the end by their more endearing qualities. And of course lots of comic relief like scenes where Dad (played by Charles Grodin) accidentally sits on a snake, or opens up his laptop case to find that a family of snakes have taken up residence there. Either way, at some point, all of the snakes have to, come together and prepare for some daunting task, like, I dunno, landing the plane or something. Do I sense a "things getting done montage" here? Yes, I think I do. oh yeah, and, Snakes on a Plane!

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:00:42 -0800

sounds like a lame ripoff of an under-appreciated TV movie from 1974 called Fer de Lance Well, if they had just called it Serpents sur un Avion, we'd all still remember it. There's a lesson in that for this remake. Call it Snakes on a Plane, or into obscurity you go.

By: StopMakingSense

StopMakingSense — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:57:15 -0800

Snakes on a plane, snakes on a train, snakes to make you go insane. Snakes in love, snakes in war, we've got snakes to get you on the floor. Cause these are the snakes.

By: fleetmouse

fleetmouse — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:10:42 -0800

Piracy is killing the movie industry.

By: keswick

keswick — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:11:31 -0800

Are they going to give Lorne and the gang a cut? I'm convinced that Sam is saving money to start a secret counter-terrorism intelligence agency.

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:14:20 -0800

There will be the "friendly" snake, the "clumsy" snake, and the "funny" snake... I think when the pilot gets unwittingly locked in the bathroom it should be a pair of adorable teenage snake twins who end up landing the plane.

By: wendell

wendell — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:42:09 -0800

Snakes all the way down. Just sayin'.

By: ikkyu2

ikkyu2 — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 12:59:01 -0800

Snakes on a Plane 2: Snakes on a Higher Plane. With Shirley McClain.

By: afroblanca

afroblanca — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:51:13 -0800

I think when the pilot gets unwittingly locked in the bathroom it should be a pair of adorable teenage snake twins who end up landing the plane. I think there also needs to be a pregnancy subplot whereby one of the snakes lays a clutch of eggs, and a friendly veternarian (Robin Williams cameo?) must keep them safe throughout the flight. And then once they land, the snakelets hatch and people take them home as pets, leaving room for the aforementioned sequels.

By: The Cardinal

The Cardinal — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 15:06:00 -0800

What, no Snakes on a Plane tag?

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 15:09:34 -0800

nice find, keswick. I doubt it, though. I mean, Alan Moore got $8,000 for the rights to V for Vendetta. LorneCo. wouldn't get a free pass to the premiere.

By: livii

livii — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 16:53:04 -0800

This made my night, thanks. Snakes on a Motherfucking Plane, oh yeah. I'm thinking it's a good litmus test. If you say to someone "what do you think of a title called Snakes on a Plane?", and they're all "eurgh, that sucks" then you know they're a bit boring, but if they're all "snakes on a muthafuckin' PLANE!" then you know that person's a keeper.

By: mono blanco

mono blanco — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:03:09 -0800

Ikkyu2, you're a genius. Here we go.. Snakes on a Plane With Shirley McClain Know what I’m sayin’? No need to 'splain Drive you insane.

By: deusdiabolus

deusdiabolus — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 23:20:16 -0800

My personal variation, for the record is "Snakes On A Plane, bitches!" You could also substitute biotch or niggaaaa, I imagine... Oh, and thanks to dodgygeezer for posting the link to the other blog's piece on this. That's where I came to the realization that this at least has memetic potential.

By: neuron

neuron — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:26:04 -0800

snakes on a plane: meh