Snakes on a Plane
If you haven't heard about this already, go google the phrase, "snakes on a plane" and read up on the upcoming movie starring none other than Samuel L. Jackson. The basic premise is that Sammy is a Fed. transporting a prisoner on an airplane. An assassination attempt is made on the prisoner by unleashing crates of deadly snakes onto the plane mid-flight.
This was brought to my attention by a webcomic I read (the caption simply gave the instructions to google the above phrase). I was intrigued and slightly disturbed by this film's existence. As such, I dug around in the internet for a while, reading various articles/blogs about the subject. It has created quite an internet buzz, mostly due to the ridiculous nature of the film's concept and title.
While that in itself is interesting, there are far more amusing/disturbing aspects to this upcoming project. For instance, the producers at one point wanted to make the title give more of a thriller feel, so they changed the title to "Pacific Air 121." Following this, Samuel L. Jackson insisted they change the title back because (and I paraphrase here), "I signed on to a movie titled 'Snakes on a Plane.' I'm making a movie called 'Snakes on a Plane.' Change the title back mothafucka." Actually, he publicly stated, "That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title. You either want to see that, or you don't." (This second quotation is real, the first is not)
In addition to this amusing fact, the internet cult following has resulted in numerous parodies of the film concept producing the fictitious Sammy J exlamation, "I want these motherfucking snakes off the motherfucking plane!" The cult following has also resulted in the producers and director to decide to do a second shooting to add further footage to the movie, making it "more R rated." According to an internet article, "the filmmakers added more gore, more death, more nudity, more snakes and more death scenes." (link).
I ask you, friends, acquaintances, strangers, where in the plot of this movie is there room for NUDITY, let alone more of it? The gore, snakes, and death I can understand, but nudity? Are people having sex on a pile of snakes? Does the hot, slutty, untalented chick with implants go down on a guy while topless only to find herself sucking on a snake moments before her death? It makes no sense.
Oh, and the movie also features Kenan of Kenan and Kell.
This was brought to my attention by a webcomic I read (the caption simply gave the instructions to google the above phrase). I was intrigued and slightly disturbed by this film's existence. As such, I dug around in the internet for a while, reading various articles/blogs about the subject. It has created quite an internet buzz, mostly due to the ridiculous nature of the film's concept and title.
While that in itself is interesting, there are far more amusing/disturbing aspects to this upcoming project. For instance, the producers at one point wanted to make the title give more of a thriller feel, so they changed the title to "Pacific Air 121." Following this, Samuel L. Jackson insisted they change the title back because (and I paraphrase here), "I signed on to a movie titled 'Snakes on a Plane.' I'm making a movie called 'Snakes on a Plane.' Change the title back mothafucka." Actually, he publicly stated, "That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title. You either want to see that, or you don't." (This second quotation is real, the first is not)
In addition to this amusing fact, the internet cult following has resulted in numerous parodies of the film concept producing the fictitious Sammy J exlamation, "I want these motherfucking snakes off the motherfucking plane!" The cult following has also resulted in the producers and director to decide to do a second shooting to add further footage to the movie, making it "more R rated." According to an internet article, "the filmmakers added more gore, more death, more nudity, more snakes and more death scenes." (link).
I ask you, friends, acquaintances, strangers, where in the plot of this movie is there room for NUDITY, let alone more of it? The gore, snakes, and death I can understand, but nudity? Are people having sex on a pile of snakes? Does the hot, slutty, untalented chick with implants go down on a guy while topless only to find herself sucking on a snake moments before her death? It makes no sense.
Oh, and the movie also features Kenan of Kenan and Kell.
