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• Re: "Snakes on a Plane": Can you wait? - PdL 13:16:11 07/23/06 (0)
  In Reply to: "Snakes on a Plane": Can you wait? posted by mr grits on July 22, 2006 at 21:13:31:

  Looks like a real turd.

  BTW how many movies a year does Sam Jackson make these days? Seems like he's in a new one about every month.

  
  
  

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• I bet you still starch your collars, too. ;^) - Audiophilander 11:29:18 07/23/06 (1)
  In Reply to: "Snakes on a Plane": Can you wait? posted by mr grits on July 22, 2006 at 21:13:31:

  This movie was apparently made for F-A-N-S, and it may turn out to be a cult film lover's dream flick. The whole thing supposedly is done with tongue firmly planted in cheek, not because of the plot, which is an interesting premise even though it's absurd, but because of the over-the-top dialogue Samual L. Jackson has been given to the delight of his fans. Note: SLJ was brought back & additional cheeky dialogue, some of it supplied by fans over the internet, was shot in post production

  If SOAP turns out to be a real "gobbler" (i.e., a turkey of mammoth proportions) critically, artistically & financially, I'll be among the first to concur with the wary armchair critics' cynical dismissal of the premise, title, website, etc., but to be fair, let's give the film a chance, okay? FYI, Snakes on a Plane was the talk of the campus at Texas A&M when I was guest of a convention held there back in April. If the producers of this film have somehow managed to connect with the college crowd and SOAP turns into a "must-see" event, then it could make for a great openning weekend; who knows, maybe "snakes" will even grow "legs" and do good BO for several weeks! :o)

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  • I can appreciate camp and cult . . . I still swear by Killer Klowns and Pee Wee. * - mr grits 19:16:26 07/23/06 (0)
    In Reply to: I bet you still starch your collars, too. ;^) posted by Audiophilander on July 23, 2006 at 11:29:18:

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• Definitely the worst film title of recent years. How about a title for a bio - tinear 05:03:30 07/23/06 (5)
  In Reply to: "Snakes on a Plane": Can you wait? posted by mr grits on July 22, 2006 at 21:13:31:

  of Barbara or Laura Bush?
  "Snakes in a Head."
  
  

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  • Woah... forgot about this one... - TopPop 19:27:31 07/23/06 (1)
    In Reply to: Definitely the worst film title of recent years. How about a title for a bio posted by tinear on July 23, 2006 at 05:03:30:

    Contender for worst snake movie title.
    
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    • Now that I think about it, featuring snakes=B movie schlock - padreken 10:20:29 07/24/06 (0)
      In Reply to: Woah... forgot about this one... posted by TopPop on July 23, 2006 at 19:27:31:

      Anaconda, SSSSSS, Stanley-all of them awful.
      
      

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  • Your man Samuel L would only agreee to be in the movie if they kept that title. - sjb 17:29:55 07/23/06 (1)
    In Reply to: Definitely the worst film title of recent years. How about a title for a bio posted by tinear on July 23, 2006 at 05:03:30:

    Once and, surely, future Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson went vehemently on the record at The Man junket Sunday, assuring reptile and aviation enthusiasts the world over that the New Line production currently sporting the hopelessly drab title Pacific Air 121 will indeed be rechristened Snakes on a Plane before its hugely anticipated release date on August 18th, 2006. Here’s our exchange in its entirety:
    
    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!
    
    As someone who’s been a fan of the project since its inception, I can’t possibly put into words the thrill of listening to Samuel L. Jackson adamantly insist that a film in which he’s starring be titled Snakes on a Plane. And he’s right! When you hit upon a concept this sui fuckin’ generis, you are duty-bound to flaunt it in the film’s title. Scuttling Snakes on a Plane would be like changing The Exorcist to Evil on the Second Floor, or The Godfather to Crooked Italians. Like my boy Judge Brack said, “People don’t do such things.”
    Luckily, Sam Jackson is one of those people, and we can sleep peacefully knowing that Snakes on a Plane will arrive at a theater near you with its integrity fully intact. Godspeed, sir!
    

    "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
    
    

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    • Might be worth it just to hear Samuel L. shout "GET THESE MOTHERF%#ING SNAKES OFF MY MOTHERFU%#ING PLANE!! - padreken 10:15:33 07/24/06 (0)
      In Reply to: Your man Samuel L would only agreee to be in the movie if they kept that title. posted by sjb on July 23, 2006 at 17:29:55:

      I understand they revamped it mid-production to add more snakes, more gore and nudity.

      Could be a camp classic-they had a big walk-in display of promotional materials, props, etc. at Comicon and there seemed to be a lot of interest.
      
      

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  • Worst website title of recent years? - TopPop 08:51:17 07/23/06 (0)
    In Reply to: Definitely the worst film title of recent years. How about a title for a bio posted by tinear on July 23, 2006 at 05:03:30:

    www.snakesonaplane.com
    
    
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