# Questions about movies you certainly have no intention of seeing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323 "2011-05-18T14:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/1 "2011-05-18T14:48:15Z")
This is threat to ask questions about movies you certainly have no intention of seeing, as the title says. It’s also a thread for others to answer those questions, I hope. Mine is: why couldn’t they make an emergency landing of the mother@!%ing plane if there were so many mother@!%ing snakes on it? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/2 "2011-05-18T15:31:15Z")
It was a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles. The pilots were among the first killed by the snakes. Where would you suggest they put down? ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/3 "2011-05-18T15:43:38Z")
**Snakes on a Plane** - Why don’t they just depressurise the cabin? The passengers can don oxygen masks, while the snakes fall unconcious. **Snakes on a Plane** - How did the fracking snakes get on the fracking plane in the first place? **Birth of a Nation** - Why is this considered a landmark film? **Saving Ryan’s Privates** - They are in danger from who or what exactly? ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/4 "2011-05-18T15:44:38Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > It was a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles. The pilots were among the first killed by the snakes. Where would you suggest they put down? Isn’t it because then the film would be called “snakes on the ground”? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/5 "2011-05-18T16:21:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Snakes on a Plane - How did the fracking snakes get on the fracking plane in the first place? One of the passengers witnessed a big mob boss committing murder. The boss (of course) had connections, and had the snakes put on the plane as a creative but ultimately impractical method of getting the witness killed before he could testify. And they didn’t depressurize the cabin because they were operating subject to movie physics, not real-world physics, where any depressurization would result in a hole ripping open in the side of the plane and the contents getting sucked out. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/6 "2011-05-18T16:30:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Birth of a Nation - Why is this considered a landmark film? Wikipedia has a nice article about it. I liked this quote from Roger Ebert: > [@](#): > > . Despite its controversial story, the film has been praised by film critics such as Roger Ebert, who said: "The Birth of a Nation is not a bad film because it argues for evil. Like Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will, it is a great film that argues for evil. To understand how it does so is to learn a great deal about film, and even something about evil. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/7 "2011-05-18T16:47:57Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > It was a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles. The pilots were among the first killed by the snakes. Where would you suggest they put down? I don’t know. That’s why I asked. I haven’t seen the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/8 "2011-05-18T17:00:51Z")
> [@Bakhesh](#): > > Isn’t it because then the film would be called “snakes on the ground”? And then it would be Anaconda. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/9 "2011-05-18T17:10:37Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > And then it would be Anaconda. I hate to admit it, but I have actually seen Anaconda. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/10 "2011-05-18T17:15:22Z")
[QUOTE=Alka Seltzer] **Snakes on a Plane** - Why don’t they just depressurise the cabin? The passengers can don oxygen masks, while the snakes fall unconcious. [/QUOTE] Many airplane O2 systems are designed to run for 10-15 minutes. Just enough to get the plane to a lower altitude. (The cockpit crew has a more advanced system.) The snakes, being cold blooded, would hardly notice the difference. The humans would run out of air. No one on board was capable of performing a controlled descent to a safe altitude. Et-losing-cetera. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/11 "2011-05-18T17:21:33Z")
Plus, is there really a “depressurize plane” button in the cockpit? ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/12 "2011-05-18T17:39:40Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The snakes, being cold blooded, would hardly notice the difference. Really? > [@ftg](#): > > No one on board was capable of performing a controlled descent to a safe altitude. Et-losing-cetera. Then how did they land? Never mind, I’ll go read a plot summary… > [@Simplicio](#): > > Plus, is there really a “depressurize plane” button in the cockpit? Just shoot out a window. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/13 "2011-05-18T18:07:20Z")
> [@Caricci](#): > > I don’t know. That’s why I asked. I haven’t seen the movie. heh. Didn’t mean to sound snarky, I was smiling when I said it, honest. More on the snakes: as I recall, the snakes were all hopped up on steroids or Red Bull or some other movie crap like that, making them hyper-aggressive. Maybe that would also make them resistant to depressurization. Besides, there were a lot of bitten/injured people around, they probably figured it wasn’t optimal to put everyone to sleep. My own question about a movie I never intend to see: why does Mars need moms? ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/14 "2011-05-18T18:17:03Z")
Dude, did he ever find his car? ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/15 "2011-05-18T18:44:43Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > And then it would be Anaconda. Whereas my anaconda don’t want none unless you’ve got buns, hon. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/16 "2011-05-18T18:47:55Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > heh. Didn’t mean to sound snarky, I was smiling when I said it, honest. > > More on the snakes: as I recall, the snakes were all hopped up on steroids or Red Bull or some other movie crap like that, making them hyper-aggressive. Maybe that would also make them resistant to depressurization. Besides, there were a lot of bitten/injured people around, they probably figured it wasn’t optimal to put everyone to sleep. They were hopped up on pheromones that were sprayed everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/17 "2011-05-18T19:02:32Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > **Saving Ryan’s Privates** - They are in danger from who or what exactly? Ryan was one of 4 brothers, the other three had been killed already and the Department of War decided it would be best if he could be pulled from combat for the duration. Unfortunately he had gone in with the D-Day invasion and was already deep in the fighting area. Tom Hanks’ character was assigned to find him and bring him back to the rear area. You should watch it, the famous first twenty minutes are an amazingly detailed depiction of the D-Day landing and the rest is at least okay. Based loosely on the true story of the Sullivan Brothers? (Not googleing anything here). ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/18 "2011-05-18T19:11:45Z")
Psst - Saving Ryan’s Privates? Completely different movie. Probably does not feature Tom Hanks. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/19 "2011-05-18T19:17:02Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > Based loosely on the true story of the Sullivan Brothers? (Not googleing anything here). IIRC the [Sullivan brothers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_Brothers)were killed after their ship sunk at the Battle of Guadalcanal. They are the reason for the [Sole Survivor Policy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sole_Survivor_Policy) though, and a major influence on _Saving Private Ryan_. Not sure it influenced the movie _Saving Ryan’s Privates_ though. For me, I refuse to see any of the _Twilight_ movies. It is against everything I believe in. I will also add to that a huge chunk of kids movies (including _Air Bud_ and spin-offs) and anything from _Liftime_. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323/20 "2011-05-18T19:20:58Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Psst - Saving Ryan’s Privates? Completely different movie. Probably does not feature Tom Hanks. Oh, I don’t know, he may have a bit part. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-movies-you-certainly-have-no-intention-of-seeing/582323.md?page=2)