# Snakes on a Plane! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309 "2005-09-06T05:46:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/41 "2005-09-29T21:19:18Z")
:smack: I thought I had inserted the link into [this](http://wigu.com/overcompensating/2005/09/snakes-on-plane.html). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/42 "2005-09-29T22:33:27Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Samuel L. Jackson would never allow that to happen. Mr. Jackson will ensure we get our snakes. Mr. Jackson is not infallible–he did _SWAT_, \*The Man \* and _Deep Blue Sea_. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/43 "2005-09-29T22:44:17Z")
Ha – I just saw that webcomic a day or two ago and I thought it was a joke. But no – snakes! On a plane! Awesome! –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/44 "2005-09-29T23:10:33Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > Mr. Jackson is not infallible–he did _SWAT_, \*The Man \* and _Deep Blue Sea_. Point of order: _Deep Blue Sea_ kicked ass. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/45 "2005-09-30T01:30:57Z")
OP was funny as hell. _Road Warrior_ had a snake on a helicopter(ultra-light) so I think it deserves some credit. And Mr Jackson in _Deep Blue Sea_ was great. He gives his emotional speech about how they are going to survive and then sharks eat him. Classic. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/46 "2005-09-30T02:08:27Z")
My husband and I saw a double-feature of **Flightplan** and **Red-Eye** the other night. I think they both would have been vastly improved by the addition of a few (or more) snakes. Can’t. Wait. Great OP, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/47 "2005-09-30T02:49:12Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > There are snakes. > They are on a plane. > **With Samuel L. Jackson.** > > Three words: Oscar, Oscar, Oscar. Hmm…Redford’s movie had heart, but _Snakes on a Plane_ had snakes on a plane. ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/48 "2005-09-30T09:03:07Z")
My mate Big Sal - she’s about 6ft 2 with long blonde hair - tells the story of the time she was once on a 'plane (Air South? if there is/was such a thing) from Charlotte to New York when a kerfuffle erupted somewhere in the cabin ahead of her. It seemed that some twat had brought a pet snake with him and put it in a bag in the overhead locker, from which it had escaped and was now emerging from the locker into the cabin. Quite a few people were getting very very agitated (I’m not sure what the snake’s owner was doing at this point; it’s Sal’s story after all) but not Big Sal: being British, she just calmly summoned a flight attendant and said “Excuse me, but there appears to be a snake on the plane. Could you do something about it, please? Oh, and I’ll have another vodka and tonic when you’re ready”. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/49 "2005-09-30T13:05:09Z")
I was in a used bookstore yesterday and I saw a copy of this book: [Snakes in the Cockpit: Images of Military Aviation Disasters](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0760312508/002-4324002-5709655?v=glance). No, seriously. I did. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/50 "2005-09-30T13:07:26Z")
> [@The Long Road](#): > > And Mr Jackson in _Deep Blue Sea_ was great. He gives his emotional speech about how they are going to survive and then sharks eat him. Classic. I remember being surprised as hell when that happened … and then rewinding it at least twice. 🙂 Brilliant movie moment. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/51 "2005-09-30T13:13:05Z")
But are any of the snakes going to swallow and then regurgitate Jon Voight? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/52 "2005-09-30T14:27:46Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > :smack: > > I thought I had inserted the link into [this](http://wigu.com/overcompensating/2005/09/snakes-on-plane.html). Can I just say, “awesinine”: Best. Adjective. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/53 "2005-10-11T15:16:55Z")
Now you can buy [the t-shirt](http://damnation-inc.com/order.php?item=1) (unofficial, I think). And here’s the (also unofficial) [Blog](http://www.livejournal.com/users/tongodeon/tag/snakes+on+a+plane). And [another related link](http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2005/10/snakes_on_a_pla.html). SNAKES!!! ON A PLANE!!! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/54 "2005-10-11T15:50:03Z")
Yeah, okay. You’ll have to drag me kicking and screaming to the theater to see this one. Geez, as if I don’t have enough bad dreams. I imagine some totally brilliant or utterly stupid (take your pick) theater manager could make the premier a real experience by releasing about 100 harmless snakes into the theater at the same time the snakes get loose onscreen. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/55 "2005-10-11T15:55:28Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Now you can buy [the t-shirt](http://damnation-inc.com/order.php?item=1) (unofficial, I think). Yes, but [this](http://topatoco.com/snakes.htm) shirt is More-unoffical-than-thou. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/56 "2005-10-11T15:59:04Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > Mr. Jackson is not infallible–he did _SWAT_, \*The Man \* and _Deep Blue Sea_. That’s an interesting point. However, I would point out the following: 1. While those films were terrible (I haven’t seen “The Man,” but I’m guessing it wasn’t so good) Mr. Jackson was the best thing in them. 2. In the specific case of “Deep Blue Sea” - and despite **Miller** ’s inexplicable comment, it is in fact one of the worst monster movies ever made - the scene where Mr. Jackson is eaten by a pole-vaulting shark is possibly the funniest moment in the history of cinema. I realize they probably didn’t mean for it to be funny, but I still give Mr. Jackson credit for making me laugh. The entire theatre was busting a gut. 3. Ruining a throwaway paycheck movie like “SWAT” isn’t the same as ruining a cinematic masterpeice like “Snakes on a Plane.” Actors know when they’re just pumping out crud as opposed to when they have a chance to make the world a better place. Mr. Jackson knows the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Kaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Kaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaf)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/57 "2005-10-11T16:44:53Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Point of order: _Deep Blue Sea_ kicked ass. For the record, as perfect as Snakes on a Plane is. If Sharks on a Plane was playing in the next theater, I’d go see that. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/58 "2005-10-11T16:48:17Z")
> [@Kaf](#): > > If Sharks on a Plane was playing in the next theater, I’d go see that. I can’t fault your logic, or your impeccable taste in subject matter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/59 "2005-10-11T17:23:24Z")
When you’re a shark You’re a shark on a plane From economy class To the business terrain ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/60 "2005-10-11T18:33:17Z")
I bought the hoody. you know what would be really scary? if they did this like it was some weird ass terrorist plot where you know, terrorists release a bunch of snakes on a plane instead of that nonsense they are talking about now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309.md?page=4)