Snakes on a Blog
Snakes on a Premiere!
August 7th, 2006 at 12:19 am

Subject: Invitation
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 12:47:27 -0700
From: “Paddison, Gordon”
To: “Brian F”

Brian, our entire team at New Line are big fans of SnakesonaBlog.com. New Line would like to formally invite you to attend the premiere screening of Snakes on a Plane on August 17th at the Mann’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. We will arrange your airfare and accommodations and we thank you so much for your interest and support of Snakes on a Plane.

gordon paddison
evp new media marketing
new line cinema

Woot!



132 Comments »

Let me be the first to congratulate you: congratulations.

Ok, now where’s my invite? Is this like GMail, where you get to invite 100 other people?

Comment by Chris — August 7, 2006 @ 12:23 am

Congrats! Haha to Chris’s coment. :-p

Comment by Andrew — August 7, 2006 @ 12:49 am

Finally!
Good job man

Comment by Peter — August 7, 2006 @ 12:51 am

Very awesome!
Congrats Sir!!!

Comment by ibgerd — August 7, 2006 @ 12:55 am

Way to go!! With Snakes on a plane, all dreams really do come true

Comment by riz — August 7, 2006 @ 1:06 am

Congrats Brian

Comment by Snakes are our friends — August 7, 2006 @ 1:08 am

Dude! Congrats! You are one lucky man. Will this be the most memorable moment of your life?!

Comment by Bobby Andersen — August 7, 2006 @ 1:09 am

Mr. F.

I’m glad you are getting to go. I knew they would let you.

-Jakob (8)

Comment by Jakob (8) — August 7, 2006 @ 1:13 am

Congratulations, muthafucker!!

Comment by Allison — August 7, 2006 @ 1:45 am

CONGRATULATIONS BRIAN!!!!!! I’m soooo happy for you!!

Comment by Regan@8thstreet — August 7, 2006 @ 2:20 am

Congratulations on achieving your goal!

Comment by hardcle — August 7, 2006 @ 3:04 am

Awesome! I knew they’d ask you. I can’t wait to see the pictures.

Comment by Ann — August 7, 2006 @ 3:09 am

Yay, you are living the dream!

Comment by capone — August 7, 2006 @ 3:46 am

congrats man…can i come?

Comment by sefto — August 7, 2006 @ 4:24 am

You finally got it. Congratulations.

Comment by Stephen — August 7, 2006 @ 6:21 am

Fantastic! I hope you have an amazing time, you totally deserve it after all this work and publicity-generation!

Comment by Lauren — August 7, 2006 @ 6:31 am

Mission: Accomplished!

Great job!

Comment by Snakes In A Drain — August 7, 2006 @ 6:33 am

Congratulations, mofo!!! All this time we where uncertain if this would pay off but now… hohoho!

Comment by Russian Snakes Fan — August 7, 2006 @ 7:14 am

Congratulations. I hope you have the time of your life. :)

Comment by Diona — August 7, 2006 @ 9:07 am

In true SOAP fashion they waited until the last minute to get ya! Good job Brian

Comment by Matt Barr — August 7, 2006 @ 9:21 am

Congrats Man. Thanx for this Blog and I hope you have a great motherfuckin time motherfucker!!!!!

Comment by Szin Dragon — August 7, 2006 @ 9:34 am

Congrats. Have fun!

Comment by Link — August 7, 2006 @ 9:54 am

snakes on a congratulations

Now comes the much harder task of choosing which out of the many t-shirts you’ve got to wear…

Comment by Supersnake — August 7, 2006 @ 10:09 am

Hey Brian–

“YOU are the Man now, Dog!!” ;-)

All sort of congratulatory felicitations on your invitation!! You deserve it!!

Comment by Armitage112 — August 7, 2006 @ 10:16 am

You win! Good DAY sir!

Comment by Cole — August 7, 2006 @ 10:32 am

hell you deserve it. nice goin man

Comment by Enrique — August 7, 2006 @ 10:45 am

Congrats!

Comment by Liz — August 7, 2006 @ 10:52 am

half of my is jealous, the other half is saying congradudadiddly doo-lations, I bet youll meet Samuel L. Jackson

Comment by thegreenG — August 7, 2006 @ 11:02 am

You are the champions, my friend

Comment by pepeeg — August 7, 2006 @ 11:09 am

I’m so proud of you! I’m sure many of us who have had similar dreams that have never achieved them for one reason or another, can take some small comfort in the fact we were part of YOUR dream coming true. Thats good enough me for!

WAY TO GO MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Snakes in Europe — August 7, 2006 @ 11:46 am

Congradulations on finally acieving your goal for which you made this site in the first place, Brian! You deserve it after all the work you’ve put into this site, making the best one stop SOAP fan site on the internet, the whole SOAP craze might have not gotten as far and as wide attention as it has if wasn’t for you.

Enjoy the trip and show Brian!

Adrian.

P.S. I saw the TV spot for the first time last night, confirming the Irish release as Augest 18th as well, woot!

Comment by Snakes in a Pub! ( Adrian Collins ) — August 7, 2006 @ 12:45 pm

…and he pulled Excalibur from the stone and struck the dragon opening the mighty beasts chest that gave release to the Holy Grail. He looked inside and there was a Wonka bar that held that last remaining ticket to the SOAP Premiere. The Gods looked upon what he had done and exclaimed, “You still have to pay for the popcorn.”

Comment by DCLugi — August 7, 2006 @ 12:46 pm

Hell yeah! Congratulations!

Comment by dmcco01 — August 7, 2006 @ 1:00 pm

Hey, congradulations, buddy! I hope you have a great time and be sure to take lots of pics for us!

Comment by Banks — August 7, 2006 @ 1:26 pm

[...] UPDATED 8/7/06: Quest accomplished! [...]

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Congratulations.

Comment by ...... — August 7, 2006 @ 1:48 pm

Congratulations Mr. F! Now all that’s left to do is smuggle in a hundred deadly tropical snakes and release them at an appropriate moment during the film…

Comment by Neil — August 7, 2006 @ 2:01 pm

congratulations brian i hope once the dust has settled and the film has one all the awards you will campaign for the sequel and keep snakes on a blog alive all the best mate enjoy your night!!!

ps. lucky motherfucking bastard

Comment by dan — August 7, 2006 @ 2:09 pm

Well done my man. All that hard work paid off! Dont quit on the website yet though!

Comment by MaccyD — August 7, 2006 @ 2:41 pm

Good on ya, Mate!

Since I have yet to receive such an email, I can only assume my quest to attend the premiere has been unsuccessful. Would you get SLJ to autograph a t-shirt or a hat for me or something, as a consolation prize?!?

Enjoy the film,
GKB

Comment by GKB — August 7, 2006 @ 2:46 pm

1. Congratulations
2. AIRfare? How about BUS or TRAINfare instead?! Do you have a deathwish?
3. “That’s it! I have HAD it with these mother******* snakes on this mother******* plane!!!” “Um, sir, I’m going to have to ask you to return to your seat now…”

Comment by Brian Dunkle — August 7, 2006 @ 2:47 pm

Snakes on victory, yo. You earned this.

Comment by K Project — August 7, 2006 @ 2:49 pm

Word, dude. Word. You are, in the parlance of our times, the man.

Comment by SoaPatMIT — August 7, 2006 @ 3:11 pm

It is a day of joy! Congratulations, we knew you could do it! And I have a picture to post for you soon, my friend, soon. zomgsoexcitedfortubinginthemail.

Comment by Robin Lynne — August 7, 2006 @ 3:16 pm

May I be the 45th person to congratulate you. Congratulations! I hope that your flight is serpent free and that you have a marvellous time at the Premier.

Comment by alan1957 — August 7, 2006 @ 3:38 pm

Yay! We expect full reports, dramatic pictures of you on the red carpet, and of course for you to throw at least rubber snake during the screening.

Comment by Anna — August 7, 2006 @ 4:34 pm

I give you mundo props, ‘cuh.

Comment by Cheezer — August 7, 2006 @ 4:46 pm

Rock on man. Live the dream!

Comment by Kristopher — August 7, 2006 @ 4:47 pm

I hope New Line rigs the plane with snakes.

WHAT PROMOTION!

Comment by Yonker — August 7, 2006 @ 5:50 pm

Wow congratulations!!

New Line should definitely arrange for snakes on your plane hahah.

Comment by Anonymous — August 7, 2006 @ 6:22 pm

all right! you’ll keep running s.o.a.b right?
also… i never knew that your last name was F..

Comment by anon. — August 7, 2006 @ 6:38 pm

Do you think New Line would be upset if the plane had to be redirected to Denver because you released snakes on the plane?

Comment by Jeff — August 7, 2006 @ 8:02 pm

Jeez dude, about time those bastids recognized. Congrats, from the world!

Comment by Dan` — August 7, 2006 @ 8:14 pm

In the words of George Bush, “Mission accomplished!”

Comment by Snakes on a Snake — August 7, 2006 @ 8:18 pm

congrats Brian, to say you deserve to go would be an understatement.

Comment by Alex W — August 7, 2006 @ 8:25 pm

Congrats !!!!!!…… enjoy every minute.

Need a date ???

Comment by Leigh Breeden — August 7, 2006 @ 8:56 pm

Dude! It’s been a long time coming. Congrats.

Comment by Chris — August 7, 2006 @ 8:56 pm

Oh, YES! I signed the petition man, and I couldn’t be happier for you! Congratulations, and have a wonderful, amazing, dreamy time!

Comment by Christina — August 7, 2006 @ 9:23 pm

You so totally deserve this. Thanks for the awesome blog, and have yourself an awesome time.

Comment by dg — August 7, 2006 @ 9:35 pm

Con-grat-u-lations ! Thanks so much for keeping everyone updated.

Comment by Katie — August 7, 2006 @ 10:42 pm

Lucky bastard :) Have fun!

Comment by Jay MacLean — August 7, 2006 @ 11:48 pm

Congratulations on the official invite!

A winner is you!

Comment by fishbulb42 — August 8, 2006 @ 12:18 am

It’s not your snake, it’s not my snake, it’s everyones snake. - Snake Communism

Ask ‘em if they’ll be serving snake-on-a-stick at the premier; it is Gruman’s “Chinese” Theater after all, right?

Comment by scumbunny — August 8, 2006 @ 1:48 am

MISSON ACCOMPLISHED. Congratulations like crazy. :D

Comment by Bastian — August 8, 2006 @ 7:23 am

Happy day. :-)

Comment by Mother — August 8, 2006 @ 9:45 am

Wish I coulda gotten in on these comments earlier! Alas, Canada’s colleges are not the easiest to wrangle an Internet connection out of.

The site’s purpose is finally fulfilled! I’m glad for ya, man. Sorry we fans didn’t help out more when we had the chance.

Comment by Sage — August 8, 2006 @ 11:54 am

I say! What a co-inky-dink! Me and 500 of my drinking buddies will be joining you on the flight over! Should be a(n old skin) ripping good time!

Comment by Montgomery W Python — August 8, 2006 @ 2:34 pm

Congrats!!!! The only question is how many rubber snakes to bring to fling into the audience!

Comment by Jared — August 8, 2006 @ 3:41 pm

Don’t forget the others Snakesmen and women in the UK and the rest of the world…they (New Line) should do it with at least one of us in each territories!
Congrat again….

Read my review on SOAP (The 1st made without watching the most buzz-about film of the century!) on:

http://www.whitemercury.com/articles/movies/SnakesonaPlaneReview.html

HD.

Comment by SuperMatricks — August 8, 2006 @ 5:16 pm

job well done! congrats!

Comment by abby — August 8, 2006 @ 6:55 pm

Contratulations. If anyone deserves that honor, it’s you.

Comment by Max — August 8, 2006 @ 10:17 pm

Mission successful! Well done Brian…you’re living the dream for all of us.

Comment by Lisa — August 9, 2006 @ 12:22 am

It’s truly refreshing to finally see an entertainment entity reward ‘fandom’, and see what it’s truly worth (certainly more than any corporate advertising dollars could ever purchase!) rather than trying to sue it out of existence, and in turn alienating it’s very fanbase from the product that it’s trying to misguidedly ‘protect’ (*coughTransformerscough*)!

Congratulations, and enjoy the premiere! (I’ll be there 12:01 AM on the 18th at my local theatre!)

-Paul!

Comment by Paul! — August 9, 2006 @ 12:49 am

Way to go, Brian!
Hip-hooray for a job well done, and a prize well-deserved.

Comment by Logan — August 9, 2006 @ 1:12 am

OMFG the Transformers movie is going to both suck and blow!
they ruined my childhood :(

Comment by Snakes in Europe — August 9, 2006 @ 2:51 am

Congratulations ! It will be a very happy day
You deserve it ! :D

Comment by nayk in france — August 9, 2006 @ 6:03 am

Congrats!

Comment by Snakes on a Norwegian — August 9, 2006 @ 6:23 am

You need to buy some rubber snakes and take them on the … well, you know. PICS!

Comment by sneakysnake — August 9, 2006 @ 1:47 pm

Congrats! Don’t forget to post Piccys and tell us all about it :)

Comment by Grace — August 9, 2006 @ 3:01 pm

Congratulations - I am glad someone recognized all you’ve single-handedly done for this picture! Say Hey to Samuel L. for me.

Comment by Leigh — August 9, 2006 @ 5:47 pm

just be careful there might be snakes on your flight

Comment by asdfgasdf — August 9, 2006 @ 9:08 pm

Better than a house in Saskatchewan.

Comment by darebo — August 9, 2006 @ 11:31 pm

big YAY. you sure earned it. (but free tip: don’t try carrying a guitar onboard)

Comment by Chris Locke — August 10, 2006 @ 4:44 am

Got damn!! Muthafuckin sweet!!

Comment by Jen — August 10, 2006 @ 12:17 pm

Snakin’, flakin’, shakin’, bakin’ GREAT!! Brian, man, you totally SLITHER. Hiss Boom Bah!!!

Comment by Louis B. Mayer — August 10, 2006 @ 3:08 pm

You mean you actually got invited!? Well, Snakes on a Plane…

Comment by thegreybear — August 10, 2006 @ 7:48 pm

Congratulations Brian! Are you taking your Mom?…

Comment by KOAJ — August 10, 2006 @ 10:31 pm

CONGRATS BRIAN! I am so god damn jealous of you right now. Nobody I know wants to see this outstanding movie, shame on them.

Comment by rob — August 11, 2006 @ 4:46 am

Fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!!!! That’s fantastic man!

Comment by Dave — August 11, 2006 @ 10:28 am

Brian,

I’m sooo happy that you get to go to the premiere. Have fun and represent us soap lovers well.

Have a great trip,

Anyanka Bunnyfear

Comment by AnyankaBunnyfear — August 11, 2006 @ 6:25 pm

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You did it!

Comment by Me — August 11, 2006 @ 7:26 pm

That is awesome! Congratulations.

Comment by Chris — August 12, 2006 @ 9:51 am

Congrats Brian! Have a great time at the premiere!

Comment by Stephanie — August 13, 2006 @ 1:26 am

Dude, this is the first time something like this has happened in film history… amazingly awesome, congrats.

Comment by Max W — August 13, 2006 @ 3:06 am

Cool. Congrats. I’m seeing the film with the director and his wife on Friday at the Alamo in Austin(I’m a friend of the family). Pardon me while I bathe in reflected glory. :-) I’m hoping for boffo box office so David gets some cool new director offers.

Comment by Vince — August 13, 2006 @ 6:03 pm

Congratu-fuckin-lations, man! Tell Samuel L. I said hey!

Comment by snakey snakerson — August 13, 2006 @ 6:28 pm

Can’t they spring for the DVD rights too? BTW, I’m tired of these m*therf*ckin Hollywood-rolling paper smokin- critics. I want my Snakes-on-a-motherf**kin-Plane- Biatch! F*ck da critics!!!

…oh yeah. congratulations. Just one ticket? WTF???

Comment by Groovezilla — August 13, 2006 @ 7:40 pm

Now… Which T-Shirt to wear…

Comment by Zaphod_fl — August 14, 2006 @ 2:46 pm

Way to go.

Comment by Mike — August 14, 2006 @ 4:26 pm

nice

http://allaboutmitt.blogspot.com

Comment by theshelldog — August 14, 2006 @ 5:14 pm

Woogie! I’m so happy for you! I just returned from Europe and the London double deckers already are advertising the movie! I can’t wait. I haven’t been this excited a movie since Star Wars, part 1.

Comment by Kim — August 14, 2006 @ 7:24 pm

Congrats on getting the invite to the premiere! Also glad you had a great time at Comic-Con where SoaP reigned supreme.

Comment by David — August 15, 2006 @ 12:52 am

Congratulations, and well done. This has been a fantastic adventure :D

Comment by Alistair — August 15, 2006 @ 12:37 pm

I have watched your site this whole year and have been entertained and frankly, at time, weak with laughter! I have been crossing my fingers for you and today I get to to say Congratulations! I hope you are going to take lots of pictures! I will be looking for them!

Comment by Tammy Fotinos — August 15, 2006 @ 12:41 pm

congrats. you deserve it. I’m almost misting up over here.

Comment by Ang — August 15, 2006 @ 5:07 pm

fuck yeah.

Comment by Dan — August 15, 2006 @ 6:38 pm

Very verklempt here. Contrats dude.

Comment by Verno — August 15, 2006 @ 8:45 pm

Wooo! I won premiere tickets from the snakes on a place myspace so I will see you there!!! Ill be the girl with the Snakes on my Dress!!!

; )

Comment by Jena Rose — August 16, 2006 @ 1:11 am

Congratulations! You deserve it for all the work you’ve done for this movie.

Comment by Allison — August 16, 2006 @ 8:11 am

[...] Also, Brian of Snakes on a Blog has succeeded in his quest to attend the SoaP premier. Cool. [...]

Pingback by Internet? Coming soon! at The TPS Report - by Kiyoshi Martinez — August 16, 2006 @ 4:51 pm

Brian, thanks for help us all push our swag, but major props for achieving the reason for putting this site up in the first place. Congratulations!

Comment by Jim — August 16, 2006 @ 6:21 pm

That’s a lot of publicity and a hard-earned ticket to the premier. It’s impressive what one person can do when they’re determined enough. Congratulations! Don’t even think about abandoning this site now.

Comment by Robin — August 17, 2006 @ 9:35 pm

Congratufuckinglations dude! You fucking deserve it…

Just saw it btw, probably the best movie ever made.

Comment by Daniel — August 18, 2006 @ 12:48 am

You better pwn some noob motherf’n snakes

Comment by Seth — August 18, 2006 @ 2:50 am

Wow…. Congratulations man!

Comment by Andrew in Santa Cruz — August 18, 2006 @ 3:29 am

Congratulations to you!

This movie team did it right. They should support the fans who put so much time, effort and care into promoting their film out of love, and for free, no less.

You earned your place there. Congrats again.

(Just saw that movie. It kicked ass, in a snakes on a plane sort of way.)

Comment by Guy Chapman — August 18, 2006 @ 3:42 am

You made the movie a cult classic before the movie was even released. Well done.

Comment by Vanella — August 18, 2006 @ 10:21 am

Well done mate. I became aware of this movie because of you. You really deserved this!

Comment by Tim Barker — August 18, 2006 @ 2:04 pm

Hi! I am so happy for you. My daughter (21) sent me your website months ago. I think it is great that you are being invited to go!

Have a wonderful time!

Dee

Comment by Dee — August 18, 2006 @ 7:01 pm

Excellent! The fans have spoken, and they have been heard. Congratulations! You earned it, and I commend New Line Cinema for doing the right thing. If I had my way, I would have them put your name in the film’s ending credits as well!

Comment by Tracy — August 18, 2006 @ 10:25 pm

yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyYYYESSSS!!!!!!!!

Comment by Aaron — August 18, 2006 @ 11:09 pm

right on! i knew all your hard work would pay off! :-D

Comment by moodyring — August 19, 2006 @ 4:43 pm

I have to say, when I first heard of Snakes on a Plane I thought it was one of the dumbest movie titles I have heard of since Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. However, after stumbling across your website and enthusiasm, I was slowly swayed. I was thrilled to see that you succeeded in your quest! Congratulations!! I will see this movie as a result of your website. Kudos to the execs at New Line for helping fulfill your dream, it is due to their actions that I plan on seeing this movie. May more executives keep an eye on the public and respond as a result of this. Thanks again for bringing some added enjoyment into my life.

Comment by BarbWireCats — August 21, 2006 @ 12:03 am

Bri,

Congrats! But what about UrineInACup.com? I thoight THAT was your next big project after college…

-UiaC

Comment by Urine in a Cup — August 21, 2006 @ 10:43 am

Congrats man! I loved the film, hope you enjoy yourself :)

Comment by Dew — August 22, 2006 @ 5:43 pm

wow - what a great example of thinking out of the box to get where you want…

Comment by Gigi — August 23, 2006 @ 7:48 pm

[...] Do you know the story behind Snakes on a Blog? Apparently, back in January, some random punk starts a blog to chronicle his “quest to attend the Hollywood premiere of Snakes on a Plane”. Guess what happens. Yep, you guessed it — after much hype, the folks over at New Line Cinema actually formally invite the kid to next Friday’s premiere at Mann’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. But, wait, there’s more: they also agree to cover his airfare and accommodations, too. Can you believe this?!?! [...]

Pingback by » Snakes on a Muthafuckin Blog — August 27, 2006 @ 12:05 pm

Bravo! Congratulations! I love seeing people think creatively to get where they want!

Comment by Heidi — September 10, 2006 @ 1:20 am

i got snakes in my muckin head since i visited this website!
btw. congrats!

Comment by Fugasi — September 15, 2006 @ 4:00 am

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Snakes on a Blog documents my quest to attend the Hollywood premiere of Snakes on a Plane. If I'm really lucky, this blog will do more than just document the quest, it will aid it. Read my first and second pleas.

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