# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/81 "2006-02-02T19:43:13Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > When you’re a shark > You’re a shark on a plane > From economy class > To the business terrain Great. Now I’m having flashes of a Shark on a Jet. It’s like “Brokeback Side Story.” ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/82 "2006-03-17T16:22:50Z")
The [official trailer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aAkHGCuQT4) is online at YouTube (among other places, I’m sure). “Enough is enough. I’ve had it with snakes.” DAMN RIGHT YOU HAVE, SAMUEL L. JACKSON. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/83 "2006-03-17T16:49:50Z")
Woah, it’s a double-decker plane. I didn’t see that coming, somehow. The CGI looks like crap, but the movie looks like delicious, delicious fun. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/84 "2006-03-17T16:51:41Z")
I can’t find that trailer anywhere else, so I’m not sure it’s officially the official trailer. Looks like a blast, though. It comes out the same day as _Clerks 2_ so I guess I’ll be busy at the movies that weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/85 "2006-03-17T17:17:27Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > 1. William Shatner in a cameo, at least. Pretty please, Hollywood producers! There WAS a…snake ON…the wing the PLANE! Why…won’t…ANYONE…believe me? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/86 "2006-03-17T17:23:42Z")
To ask a serious question (yes, yes, I know)… In the event of SNAKES ON A PLANE, like in the trailer where the snakes seem to outmass the passengers two to one, would it be possible to depressurize the plane? Seems like people could breathe through their masks and the snakes would go into torpor. Anyone? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/87 "2006-03-17T17:25:24Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > To ask a serious question (yes, yes, I know)… > > In the event of SNAKES ON A PLANE, like in the trailer where the snakes seem to outmass the passengers two to one, would it be possible to depressurize the plane? Seems like people could breathe through their masks and the snakes would go into torpor. > > Anyone? > > -Joe Thanks for spoiling the ending! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/88 "2006-03-17T17:29:54Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > Thanks for spoiling the ending! I’m the dude you want around in a crisis! Besides, it MIGHT not end that way. Seeing as how we’ve got a guy with a gun shooting SNAKES ON A PLANE I’m guessing it’ll be more of a “Man vs. Nature Wrestling Match” between SLJ and Queen Cobra Big Mama. The very end will have SLJ Snapping its neck and following with, “I AM THE BADDEST MOTHERFUCKER EVER!”. Because he killed SNAKES ON A PLANE! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/89 "2006-03-17T17:31:30Z")
And people say Hollywood is out of touch. This movie proves that there are still men of genius working in Hollywood. They are snakes. They are on a plane. And Samuel Jackson is gonna kick their ass. Years from now our grandchildren will look back at us today in envy. “Where were you when you first heard about Snakes on a Plane, Grandpa?” they’ll say. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/90 "2006-03-17T17:44:42Z")
> [@Scupper](#): > > Great. Now I’m having flashes of a Shark on a Jet. > > It’s like “Brokeback Side Story.” Or “Broke Backside Story” if you like it rough. (I hate myself.) The great thing about Snakes on a Plane is that it can’t fail to deliver what it promises. Within minutes, if not right at the beginning of the movie, you’ll have a plane. And it won’t be too long after that that you’ll get the snakes. You can’t be disappointed by that. Especially when it’s Samuel L. Jackson vs. Army of Snakeness. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/91 "2006-03-17T17:58:22Z")
You know, I have no real interest in seeing this movie, although I do agree the concept is grabby. But damn if I’m not getting a smile on my face from the sheer enthusiasm you dopers (and, apparently, everyone else on the internet) is showing for this concept. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/92 "2006-03-17T18:20:16Z")
It’s grabby, exactly. It sounds exactly like a B-movie, but these days, Hollywood seems to like to pretend its B-movies are something other than B-movies just because they’re expensive. There are no such pretenses with _Snakes on a Plane_. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/93 "2006-03-17T18:28:44Z")
Think of all the rip-off movies that are bound to come in its wake. _Spiders in a Fighter Jet_ _Rottweilers on a Helicopter_ _Bobcats on a Raft_ _Rabid Chipmunks in an SUV_ _Sheep on a Long, Lonely Boat Ride_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/94 "2006-03-17T18:29:43Z")
The title is a work of genius. It’s like [King King Versus Godzilla](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056142/) - you’ve got King King, you’ve got Godzilla, and they’re versus. What else do you need to know? Go see the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/95 "2006-03-17T18:33:22Z")
There’s a treadmill joke in here somewhere, but I think one of the snakes ate it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/96 "2006-03-17T18:35:11Z")
> [@](#): > > “Uh, roger that Flight 121. Did you say that there are snakes on the plane? Like, loose on the plane? Poisonous snakes? Dozens of them? By any chance is Samuel L. Jackson on board?” “Is that a viper, Victor?” ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/97 "2006-03-17T18:42:23Z")
This is what I like my Summer movies to be like. No sad, gay, love stories, no biopics of famous dead singers, no history lessons. Just **SNAKES ON A PLANE!** Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/98 "2006-03-17T19:09:37Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > And people say Hollywood is out of touch. This movie proves that there are still men of genius working in Hollywood. They are snakes. They are on a plane. And Samuel Jackson is gonna kick their ass. The thing is, snakes dont have asses, but Samuel L. Jackson is such a colossally bad-ass motherfucker than he’s still going to kick their asses even though they don’t have any. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/99 "2006-03-17T19:50:58Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > “Is that a viper, Victor?” “We have cobras, Clarence.” ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/100 "2006-03-17T19:55:16Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > _Sheep on a Long, Lonely Boat Ride_ Hey, **Hal** will pay good money to see that! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309.md?page=6)