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#1 2006-08-14 2:53 pm

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Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

...in my book.

Now you can have Samuel L. Jackson call your buddies and tell them to go to the movie with you.  And it's FREE!

Dang, ain't computers cool?!

Check the Snakes on a Plane website, I'm not gonna post it lest I be accused of spamming or something worse.


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#2 2006-08-14 3:17 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

But fails for being an interesting movie.


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#3 2006-08-14 3:27 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

I just saw an ad for this movie…  I can't believe how fake those snakes look. for the amount of money that goes into making one of these hollywood flicks you would think you could get somone to make a decent snake.  combine that with samL jackson's acting and you have… a…  well a movie that I'm not going to waste my money on.

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#4 2006-08-14 3:36 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

Donkey Butter wrote:

I just saw an ad for this movie…  I can't believe how fake those snakes look. for the amount of money that goes into making one of these hollywood flicks you would think you could get somone to make a decent snake.  combine that with samL jackson's acting and you have… a…  well a movie that I'm not going to waste my money on.

Some of the snakes are cgi - but a lot of them are real.
Here's a podcast with the snake handler - http://kingsnake.com/radio/jules_sylves … 22006a.mp3

That being said - I'll see it when I can netflix it, the plot looks totally un-interesting.


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#5 2006-08-14 3:40 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

Too bad they didn't realize the most effective method of stopping the snakes: turning up the AC. tongue


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#6 2006-08-14 3:43 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

You all have missed the point o' living.  Snakes on a Plane is a once in a lifetime Snakesploitation film.


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#7 2006-08-14 4:20 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

Metacell wrote:

You all have missed the point o' living.  Snakes on a Plane is a once in a lifetime Snakesploitation film.

Even more than Anaconda?


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#8 2006-08-14 4:31 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

resedit wrote:

That being said - I'll see it when I can netflix it, the plot looks totally un-interesting.

I think you're missing the whole point if you see SoaP at home. You need to watch that movie with as many people as possible. 

I'm watching it on opening night at the Grand Lake in Oakland, and I'm going to yell and laugh at the screen with a couple hundred other people. That's how you watch mother smurfing snakes on a plane.

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#9 2006-08-14 5:02 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

Steyr AUG wrote:

But fails for being an interesting movie.

Really?  You've seen it?

Look, I don't want to get all MiniThink on your ass, but you're judging it without having seen it.  Not cool.

Although I wouldn't exactly say I disagree with you.

Personally I'm waiting for the DVD.


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#10 2006-08-14 5:16 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

If it was interesting I would see it, but since its not, I wont.


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#11 2006-08-14 5:56 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

It's going to be damn interesting if dry humor and stupid violence is your thing.

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#12 2006-08-14 5:58 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

snakes + confined spaces = panic = comedy gold

Math!


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#13 2006-08-14 6:43 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

Aqua OS X wrote:

It's going to be damn interesting if dry humor and stupid violence is your thing.

No, you're thinking of the Middle East.


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#14 2006-08-14 6:47 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

My first thought when I saw the trailer and they gave the plot was "HOW high were these guys when they made this film?" 

Let's see.  I'm a Kung Fu killer Ninja and to get rid of my "enemy" I'm going to fill an airplane with poisonous snakes and hope they bite him.  yeah. 

I SMELL OSCAR!!


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#15 2006-08-14 6:51 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

"Yeah, well, he doesn't have to hope (that they bite him), not if he brings the whole (mother-smurfing) plane down."

Metacell wrote:

You all have missed the point o' living.  Snakes on a Plane is a once in a lifetime Snakesploitation film.

Snakes on a Train, a rip-off beating it to cinemas by three days.

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#16 2006-08-14 7:10 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

Zetetic Apparatchik wrote:

Aqua OS X wrote:

It's going to be damn interesting if dry humor and stupid violence is your thing.

No, you're thinking of the Middle East.

i fail to see the humor in the Middle East.

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#17 2006-08-14 7:25 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

Jyri Erik wrote:

I SMELL OSCAR!!


Jyri

Barbara, please. How you spell Oscar is with Dakota Fanning and an artfully done rape scene with the mood being set with the best of Elvis.


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#18 2006-08-14 7:59 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

jhota wrote:

Zetetic Apparatchik wrote:

Aqua OS X wrote:

It's going to be damn interesting if dry humor and stupid violence is your thing.

No, you're thinking of the Middle East.

i fail to see the humor in the Middle East.

????
(It's either that or weep, I guess.)

Anyway, back on topic:
SNAKES ON A smurf PLANE.
(That should do it.)

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#19 2006-08-14 8:11 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

Aqua OS X wrote:

resedit wrote:

That being said - I'll see it when I can netflix it, the plot looks totally un-interesting.

I think you're missing the whole point if you see SoaP at home. You need to watch that movie with as many people as possible. 

I'm watching it on opening night at the Grand Lake in Oakland, and I'm going to yell and laugh at the screen with a couple hundred other people. That's how you watch mother smurfing snakes on a plane.

There was a suggesting of buying rubber snakes to throw around the audience during certain parts of the film. That would make it worth it, though it would also probably get me banned from the theatre.


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#20 2006-08-15 4:43 am

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

resedit wrote:

Aqua OS X wrote:

resedit wrote:

That being said - I'll see it when I can netflix it, the plot looks totally un-interesting.

I think you're missing the whole point if you see SoaP at home. You need to watch that movie with as many people as possible. 

I'm watching it on opening night at the Grand Lake in Oakland, and I'm going to yell and laugh at the screen with a couple hundred other people. That's how you watch mother smurfing snakes on a plane.

There was a suggesting of buying rubber snakes to throw around the audience during certain parts of the film. That would make it worth it, though it would also probably get me banned from the theatre.

ahaha.

No way. If you're going on opening night, that's fair game.

perhaps this will persuade you to go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjo01sbmzrg

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#21 2006-08-18 10:46 am

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

Apparently Snakes on a Plane is getting great reviews:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/snakes_on_a_plane/

Awesome smile I'm meeting everyone at the bar after work, and after a few cocktails it's right to mother smurfing snakes on a plane!

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#22 2006-08-18 10:59 am

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

I was impressed.  I honestly didn't think it would live up to the hype, but I found it to be entertaining from start to finish. 

IT'S THAT GOOD!

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#23 2006-08-18 11:00 am

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

Aqua OS X wrote:

Apparently Snakes on a Plane is getting great reviews:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/snakes_on_a_plane/

Awesome smile I'm meeting everyone at the bar after work, and after a few cocktails it's right to mother smurfing snakes on a plane!

I luv this quote:

"I don't know if snakes have a booty, but I know Samuel L. Jackson kicks some in this campy classic! I even thought I saw some Homeland Security guys in the crowd taking notes, just in case. "

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#24 2006-08-18 2:05 pm

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Re: Snakes on a Plane Wins an A+ in Marketing

Steyr AUG wrote:

If it was interesting I would see it, but since its not, I wont.

Probably get a copy for 2 bucks in Baghdad....


Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.

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#25 2006-08-18 11:22 pm

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It's amazing. It's not a movie, it's an experience. The audience will break into applause without warning, it is glorious.


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