# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/121 "2006-03-23T22:07:50Z")
August 18 … it can’t come soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/122 "2006-03-23T22:16:23Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: > > Oscar, Oscar, Oscar. SNAKE! Ahhh, it’s a snake! ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/123 "2006-03-27T11:14:54Z")
> [@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. Apologies, bumped to give thanks that someone else loves that scene! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/124 "2006-03-27T22:39:32Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > I’m waiting for the third movie - the one on the space shuttle: > > **Snakes in Spaaaaaaace** Maybe the snakes will eat the pigs. ---
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/125 "2006-03-27T23:06:02Z")
My favorite proposed sequel title that I’ve heard: Snakes on a Plane II: Snakes on a Boat ---
**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:** [March 28, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/126 "2006-03-28T00:02:09Z")
You’ll know they’re scraping the barrel when they resort to product placement, as in _Snakes in a Touareg._ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/127 "2006-03-28T00:07:29Z")
> [@Max Torque](#): > > Yep, it was SNL. Will Ferrell was the pilot. > > “Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain…and we just got word that there are now _seventeen_ cobras loose on the plane.” Or something like that. “Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain. I wish to announce that there is now a cobra in the cockpit and I have just been bitten . . . As the venom courses through my body, I see an Indian beckoning me to follow him across a sand dune . . . In this painful and deranged moment, I would like to thank you all for flying with this airline . . .” ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/128 "2006-03-28T08:31:58Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > Here’s an [official trailer for the movie](http://www.tagworld.com/snakesonaplane) > > Samuel L. Jackson (pulling gun and cockiing it): “Enough is enough. I’ve had it with these snakes!” An unfortunate scene with a snake going after a cat trapped in the hold, I might not see it now unless I have prior knowledge of the cat’s survival. Hey, a Schrodinger’s movie! ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/129 "2006-03-28T23:57:51Z")
I’m making the official [logo](http://img.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/060323/102418__snakes_l.jpg) my phone’s wallpaper tonight. So a somewhat serious question: Is this the first instance ever of pre-release buzz actually resulting in changes to a movie? I mean, they’re adding gore, nudity and Samuel L. Jackson saying “I want these motherfucking snakes off this motherfucking plane!” Like… they made something already perfect and made it… perfecter. Damn. (This is my first post in months… and I’m so fucking proud that it’s about Snakes On A Plane!) ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/130 "2006-03-29T00:19:12Z")
> [@SNenc](#): > > So a somewhat serious question: Is this the first instance ever of pre-release buzz actually resulting in changes to a movie? Actually Harry Potter 5 is now going to take place on an airplane with Nagli chasing him about the cabin. Ron: I want this bloody snake off this plane! _Crucio!_ ---
**Author:** ![Dervish\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dervish\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervish_Jones)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/131 "2006-03-29T03:45:24Z")
I also noticed that New Line is running a fan-song competition with the winner to be included in the movie! I’m not sure if that’s that’s too much; could the New Line people pick a song that we think is cool? Nitpick: Voldemort’s snake is named Nagini. ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_the\_Viking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Erik\_the\_Viking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erik_the_Viking)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/132 "2006-03-29T16:01:44Z")
I think it would be a mistake if they made a sequel involving snakes but no plane. Think about it: would you be excited about this movie if it were called _Snakes_? I don’t think so. On the other hand, millions of people flocked to the theaters to see a movie called _Airplane!_ What’s the significance? I don’t know. Here’s my prediction for the sequel: S2: _More Snakes on a Bigger Plane_ Starring Dave Chappelle “There’s snakes on the plane, bitch!” ---
**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:** [March 29, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/133 "2006-03-29T16:31:21Z")
Re the sequel, would _Pissed-off Bees on a Plane_ or _Zombie Chihuahuas on a Plane_ work, or is there something irreplacably ineffable about snakes? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/134 "2006-03-29T16:33:26Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Re the sequel, would _Pissed-off Bees on a Plane_ or _Zombie Chihuahuas on a Plane_ work, or is there something irreplacably ineffable about snakes? Zombie Chihuahuas would scare the living shit out of me, I’ll tell you that. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/135 "2006-03-29T16:35:47Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Zombie Chihuahuas would scare the living shit out of me, I’ll tell you that. You don’t see them coming, but once you do-- it’s _over_. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/136 "2006-03-29T17:48:41Z")
“So, Joey, have you ever been in a cockpit before?” “No sir. I’ve never even been on an airplane before!” “So do you like films about snakes?” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/137 "2006-03-29T19:18:21Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Re the sequel, would _Pissed-off Bees on a Plane_ or _Zombie Chihuahuas on a Plane_ work, or is there something irreplacably ineffable about snakes? Humans are naturally afraid of snakes and spiders, IIRC. Therefore, the sequel should be: _Spiders on a Cruise Ship_ ---
**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:** [March 29, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/138 "2006-03-29T20:28:43Z")
Hey, maybe we could make dinner theater out of this. _Scorpions on a Buffet Table!_ ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/139 "2006-03-31T10:15:43Z")
I think I have the winning sequel name: Snakes on a Plane 2: Snake on a Plan_er_ Thank you, thank you. ---
**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 31, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane/320309/140 "2006-03-31T17:08:01Z")
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