Snakes on a Plane

Snakes on a Submarine

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It was bound to happen sooner or later. There were plenty of jokes about it when Snakes on a Plane came out, so you know someone was going to try to capitalize on it. And now it is here, Silent Venom:

And those aren’t just regular snakes! According to the synopsis, there are giant, mutant snakes.

I’m not surprised that the movie was made, but I am surprised that it stars Luke Perry! And not only that, but he appears to be just an assistant to the main girl. Oh Dylan, how the mighty have fallen. (Side note, I happen to notice that lukeperry.com is strangely devoid of a Silent Venom mention…)

I’m still holding out to see Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, but I won’t look a gift horse in the mouth when Hollywood* sees fit to deliver us two pieces of fine cinema.

*You know, Hollywood or Sci-fi channel, or someone’s backyard…

Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus

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Okay people, have you seen this one? Check out the trailer for a movie with the unlikely name of Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.  Make sure you watch to the very last scene…I think you’ll know which one I mean when you see it:

Yeah, that’s right. The one where the mega shark jumps out of the water and eats an airplane. Oh, and the one where the mega shark bites the Golden Gate Bridge ain’t no slouch either.

There is a lot here that reminds me of Snakes on a Plane: the cheesy subject matter, the awesome title that leaves no doubt who this movie is intended for, the pre-movie Internet hype, etc. Just substitute The Renegade himself, Mr. Lorenzo Lamas, for Samuel L. Jackson and you have a movie. I’d guess that this was all intentional in an attempt to try to replicate what Snakes on a Plane had and try to get more money out of a cheaply made movie. But you know what? I don’t care! Intentional or not, cheesy or not, I can’t miss a movie with a title like that. In full disclosure, this is perfectly the type of movie I like to begin with, so it’s not like they had to do much convincing on my part.

According to the IMDB page, this movie is going to be released in 5 days, so they may have started their hype machine a little late, but I’m going to do my part to get the word out there!

Snakes on a plane!!!

/ Shane / 6 Comments

Oooooooh man!

All the buildup for this movie, you would figure there was no way it could live up to the hype…but you figured wrong.

“I’ve had it with these mother fucking snakes on this mother fucking plane!”
-Samuel L. Jackson

It was better than any expectation I had of it.  It’s actually a legitimately good movie!  But what really made it good was the audience.  The theater wasn’t full, but everybody who was there was really into it.  Everybody was clapping and yelling and having a good time, especially once the snakes really got cranked up and were going crazy. To be honest, I don’t know if it would be the same experience if you don’t go opening night.  Also, I was not prepared for the number of snakes or the number of deaths.
This is actually a pefect summary of the movie (probably spoilers)
http://soapsummary.ytmnd.com/

All I can say is GO SEE THIS MOVIE!

SoaP

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Snakes on a plane update!

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According to Wikipedia, “five days of additional re-shooting have been done to bring the movie from a PG-13 rating to an R rating.”  How can you not love that?

For all SoaP related links, please see Snakes on a Blog.  Make sure you check out the original fan audio (warning, kind of long and profane) that started a lot of the hype in the first place.

Best movie EVER

/ Shane / 1 Comment

Okay, I swear to god, they’re making a movie named Snakes on a Plane.  I kid you not.  I mean, based on the title alone, you can’t miss this movie!  Basically the plot is that there’s this international assassin and he’s supposed to kill this guy in police custody, so he decides the best way to do that is to infest the plane he’s supposed to be on with snakes!  I’m talking the bad CGI made-for-sci-fi-channel kind of snakes.  And here’s the best part, it’s staring Samuel L. Jackson.  Now you might be wondering what he’s doing in a movie like this…well according to him (and I quote) “That’s the only reason I took the job: I read the title.”  In fact, the filmmakers tried to change the title and Jackson wouldn’t stand for it.  I think I have to agree with him.

In other news, I’ve been listening to the not-so-new anymore Better Than Ezra CD, “Before the Robots.”  It’s really really good!  I guess I expected it to be so-so since I hadn’t heard much about it, but I’d say it’s as good as any of their old CDs.  If you were a BTE fan back in the day, I’d definitely check it out, especially their first single off of it “A Lifetime.”