Comments on: Snakes on Film

Snakes on Film

cortex — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:37:45 -0800

Snakes on Film — at last, a definitive resource for moving-picture snake identification and serpentine fact-checking! Care of our very own mcwetboy! [via mefi projects]

By: unrepentanthippie

unrepentanthippie — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:18:01 -0800

It's a job that needs doin'. Somebody should point out that all movies starring snakes have stunt doubles, and they are usually harmless. Good job, mcwetboy!

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:36:42 -0800

That Tarantino bothered to use (if only in cutaway shots) an actual black mamba in Kill Bill 2 is heartening.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:38:12 -0800

Nice work! And although it's obviously fictional, would you care to comment on the basilisk in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"?

By: mcwetboy

mcwetboy — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:47:55 -0800

I'll comment on the basilisk just as soon as someone provides a real one I can compare it to.

By: TedW

TedW — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:27:05 -0800

Mcwetboy: Here you go. Seriously-excellent job. As someone who has been fascinated with snakes since childhood I have wished someone would do a site like yours. Keep up the good work.

By: mcwetboy

mcwetboy — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:31:49 -0800

The real, running-on-water lizard hadn't occurred to me, but then again, the name of the project is not "Lizards on Film." I meant the mythical, petrify-your-sorry-ass beastie, which the lizard is named after.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:40:44 -0800

Perhaps you should collect records of fictional specimens—screenshots, descriptions—and put together some sort of speculative archeobiological analysis. Or something.

By: mcwetboy

mcwetboy — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:07:39 -0800

In terms of what's next, I've added a list of movies I think I should take a look at for future entries to the site (here). These are just off the top of my head. I'll see what else I can track down as well. Any other suggestions? Romancing the Stone was on TV the other day, and for the life of me I couldn't tell what the goddamn bushmaster was in reality, except that it wasn't a real goddamn bushmaster, insofar as I could tell without a TiVo.

By: unrepentanthippie

unrepentanthippie — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:49:44 -0800

You must do "Frogs". I haven't seen it in years, but they had more different kinds of snakes than I knew existed, all purporting to be the same snake in one shot. Allegedly, they imported a bunch of exotic toads and frogs for the thing, and a lot of them escaped. It was made in 1972, so if there were ecological ramifications, I would assume they'd know that by now.