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Saved the lives of everyone on Pacific Flight 121, January 14, 2006

Reviewer:

N. Gallagher “Keenan T.” - See all my reviews

So I’m headed to Hawaii and getting a bit drousy from the beer, endless ocean view, and the inflight movie “March of the Penguins” when suddenly the fasten seat belt sign comes on and gas masks drop from the overhead compartment. Only they’re not gas masks … they’re snakes. Not gardener snakes either. Boa contrictors, cobras, black mambas…pick any poisonous snake. Some evil-doer had gotten a bulk deal on these deadly vipers and packed them all stealthily aboard. Man were we scared. I mean we were all seated tightly together on a plane with nowhere to run and these were deadly snakes slithering everywhere. Luckily an FBI agent working with a biologist enroute to stop the escalating snake population in Australia had some Snake A Way (TM) in their carry-on luggage. And it worked like magic. It’s a good thing too cause their ain’t much else you can do to stop snakes on a plane. This product is a must for all cross-ocean travellers these days. I can give it only 4 stars because while it saved my life; the product permanently stained my favorite shirt. But I’m sure that can easily be fixed.

(Thanks Nate)

Now, alas, I’m not the only person who has dedicated a webpage to Snakes on a Plane. Competition will be stiff, but my goal of attending the premiere forces me to persevere. While I’m persevering, enjoy these websites made by some of the other snake lovers:

• KendallBall.net - a collection of links, though the owner wants to be THE Snakes on a Plane site.
• YTMND.com - those of you familiar with the elegant simplicity of YTMND.com will not be surprised by this site.
• SnakesOnAPlane.org - a simple, language independent, statement of fact
• Snakes On A Blog - a LiveJournal blog started long before mine with the same name… maybe I should have checked on that before I bought Snakes On A Blog.com. Oh well, mine has a better snake graphic.
• Wikipedia - the informational Wikipedia site.
• Chud - Michael Bay discusses the plot of the movie (really, this is really Michael Bay, no doubt, not somebody pretending to be him. It’s totally obvious that it’s him.)
• SteveO - A fan written script excerpt.
• IMDB - The IMDB message boards for Snakes on a Plane. There’s a lot of good comedy here.

Ok, still working on real content. It’s coming, I swear. I swear! This pretty much ends my canned, pre-made internet content. From here on out it’s new stuff, or no stuff.

I’m almost done going through all the content that’s already on the net. Today we’re doing songs and videos inspired by the film. Songs:

Noodles With Teeth by Jenny’s Midnight Screamtorium

Snakes on a Plane Song by Destiny Land

Snake Nazis on a Plane by Ghost Bich

Video:

Trailer by The05Project.com

The songs are listed in order of quality from top to bottom. Enjoy.

Depending on how you look at my quest to get tickets to the premiere of Snakes on a Plane, it’s either exciting, or threatening, that there’s so many other fans of the movie concept online. Here’s a quick collection of pieces of fan art dedicated to the film:

New content coming soon. First, here are the official promo pics:

Pictures from BlackFilm.com.

There have been pleas for some more original content, and I’m going to work on that for you, really I will. First, though, I’ve got to burn through all the Snakes on a Plane content that’s already out there. I started this blog late, so I’ve got to catch up a little bit. Anyway, here’s a Samuel L. Jackson discussing the film and, most importantly, the decision to keep the title that we know and love:

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!

I love the Samuel L. Jackson recognizes how important the title is. “You either want to see that, or you don’t.” Damn straight.

Interview from Collider.

Of course I’m not the only one excited about seeing this movie, there might have to be some elbowing for seats at the premiere. These great comics indicates that I am not the only one interested:

Since the saga of Snakes on a Plane has been circulating on the Internet for some time before I started this blog, I’m going to take the next few days to catch everyone up on the story thus far. Early attention to the film came from a blog posting by screenwriter Josh Friendman discussing how he almost worked on an early version of the script and how he was making a zen ‘koan’ out of the title. He also discussed why the title was so brilliant, which I quoted earlier:

I ask Agent the name of the project, what it’s about, etc. He says: Snakes on a Plane. Holy shit, I’m thinking. It’s a title. It’s a concept. It’s a poster and a logline and whatever else you need it to be. It’s perfect. Perfect. It’s the Everlasting Gobstopper of movie titles.

If you’re not sure why I’ve become keenly interested in attending the premiere of this movie, go read his original blog to get an idea of how exciting this whole experience can be.

I’m getting myself into the spirit of the thing. Tonight I ordered two different Snakes on a Plane shirts made by enterprise webgineers. I’ll take pictures of them when they arrive, but for now let’s take a look at the designs:

Yes, now you too can show up for the premiere in Snakes on a Plane style. (click on a shirt to get to the store).

I’ve decided to start Snakes on a Blog by reprinting an email that I sent out three nights ago to a few of my friends. I think this email pretty successfully conveys the message of this blog:

Some of you know each other, others may not, but I’m calling all of your powers together because I have a goal that I cannot achieve alone. It’s a goal of such lofty proportions that the mere thought of achieving it has me trembling in my darkened apartment. It’s keeping me up at night. My goal, my quest, is to be an invited guest to the world premiere of the movie that is destined to change the world. A movie of such scope and awe that you need only read the title to understand everything you’ll ever need to know about the movie. The fact that it’s staring Samuel L. Jackson is a mere afterthought to the magical title. I want to attend the glitzy Hollywood premiere of:

Snakes on a Plane

Now, if you’re not familiar with this movie, the title should tell you everything you need to know. To quote a screenwriter with a blog: “It’s a title. It’s a concept. It’s a poster and a logline and whatever else you need it to be. It’s perfect. Perfect. It’s the Everlasting Gobstopper of movie titles.”

Unfortunately, I have no connections to Hollywood on my own. There’s nobody I could call who could directly get me an invitation to an event that is surely to be as star studded as the premiere of this modern day classic will be. Each of you on this list, however, has friends, roommates, boyfriends, girlfriends, neighbors, co-workers, bosses or siblings who might.

I know this is a lot to ask, mainly because I’m sure each of you was already planning on snatching up as many tickets to this event as you could get your hands on, but I’m asking you for a few morsels of kindness to a fellow Snakes on a Plane lover. Any table scraps will do.

The movie comes out sometime in August. I’m planning on coming to LA for the opening weekend even if I can’t get myself invited to the premiere, but I have faith. I have faith.

My quest is now expanding beyond my small email list - the quest to attend the Hollywood premiere has now that trendiest of all words: blog. You have to ask yourself, what can you do to help me to attend this movie? I need your help.

I have faith.

(If this is your first visit to this site, please visit the main page of Snakes on a Blog. There’s more.)

UPDATED 8/7/06: Quest accomplished!