# Phones On An Airplane

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phones-on-an-airplane/838138>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 3, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phones-on-an-airplane/838138 "2019-08-03T22:41:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phones-on-an-airplane/838138/1 "2019-08-03T22:41:47Z")

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Just saw [the trailer for _Airplane Mode_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaH8YyjbDZQ). Looks like something between _Airplane!_ and _Snakes on Plane_. Anyone seen it yet?

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**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phones-on-an-airplane/838138/2 "2019-08-06T20:02:42Z")

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No.

It looks like one of the endless _Scary Movie_ knockoffs where unless you know who these people are and what their shtick is, or what meme is popular at the moment, it’s not funny, and won’t be funny at all after a few years.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phones-on-an-airplane/838138/3 "2019-08-09T15:42:27Z")

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I linked the trailer to a friend and jokingly suggested he watch it (running joke that he starts into media he hates and then hate-watches the whole thing anyway). He did so – hey, it’s his seven bucks – and said it was terrible and unfunny. It was also apparently filmed in 2016 and only released now so not only is it full of in-jokes and YouTube personalities, it’s full of _2016’s_ in-jokes and YT personalities.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phones-on-an-airplane/838138/4 "2019-08-09T15:47:21Z")

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I’d watch this movie, but I don’t want to get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phones-on-an-airplane/838138/5 "2019-08-09T16:44:43Z")

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> [@Jophiel](#):
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> so not only is it full of in-jokes and YouTube personalities, it’s full of _2016’s_ in-jokes and YT personalities.

So it’s got a lot of whatever 2016’s equivalents were of the 30-50 feral hogs, huh?

I think my life won’t be any poorer for having missed this movie.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phones-on-an-airplane/838138/6 "2019-08-09T16:54:12Z")

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Yeah, even if you’re supposedly the demographic for this movie, I can’t imagine a ton of people saying “Haha, I remember that moderately funny thing that was popular for a few weeks, three years ago! This is great!”