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I thought there already was a Snakes on a Plane thread, but a search turned up naught.
ANYWAY...there's good news and there's TERRIBLE news about the continuing production of the greatest film of all time.
The good news is, that Sam Jackson's getting on board the eponymous Plane:

Jackson plays an FBI agent on a long quest to bring a ruthless mob boss to justice. He finds a witness and takes him on a commercial flight from Hawaii to L.A. Trouble is, the mob boss has loaded the cargo with all kinds of venomous snakes.

The bad news is, the name has been CHANGED! To fucking FLIGHT 121!
In other news, http://www.cafepress.com/splane.19304393?zoom=yes#zoom.

I would have seen Snakes on a Plane with Sam Jackson, but I'm not seeing Flight 121 with Sam Jackson. The sad thing is some schmuck thought the title change was a good idea.

What am I supposed to do? Tell friends I saw "Flight 121" That sounds unexciting. You could get anything with that title. It could be a movie about the dramas of the flight crew aboard the plane or even something like the Airport movies. At least with "Snakes on a Plane" you know what you're getting: Samuel L. Jackson and a bunch of snakes battling it out on a plane.

cdnchris wrote:I would have seen Snakes on a Plane with Sam Jackson, but I'm not seeing Flight 121 with Sam Jackson. The sad thing is some schmuck thought the title change was a good idea.

Seriously. Nobody (myself included) wants to see Flight 121, with or without Sam Jackson. Nobody (well, nobody I've talked to, or would care to talk to) doesn't want to see Snakes on a Plane, even if it stars Carrot Top and Prof. Stephen Hawking.

Did it mention what snakes would be starring in the film?

Maybe they'll change the name to Flight 121 - When Anacondas Strike.

[chirsrock] If you want Snakes On A Plane and all you can get is Flight 121; WAIT! [/chrisrock]

Sweet T-Shirt by the way.

I didn't realize Ronny Yu was no longer involved with this. A shame, he seemed like he was really enthusiastic about it.

Another title change, but not for the better. "Pacific Air 121". pass.

It's quite obvious now that studio beancounters are interfering with the filmmakers' creative vision. At this point, I'd be surprised if the final movie has any snakes in it at all.

totally insane moronic plot. Sam needs to get his head worked on.

Hmm I wonder if he will be Deep Blue Sea Sam or Sphere Sam?

Yikes!

Slightly off topic but I always liked The Rundown's original title "Welcome to the Jungle".
And I'll still call this movie Snakes on a Plane, but I doubt I'll actually see it now.

SAM JACKSON SAVES THE DAY!!!!

Beaks:  One of those films that you're working on right now is... well, it's called "Pacific Air 121"—
 
Jackson:  Snakes on a Plane, man!
 
Beaks:  Exactly.
 
Jackson:  We're totally changing that back.  That's the only reason I took the job:  I read the title.

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solaris72 wrote:SAM JACKSON SAVES THE DAY!!!!

Beaks:  One of those films that you're working on right now is... well, it's called "Pacific Air 121"—
 
Jackson:  Snakes on a Plane, man!
 
Beaks:  Exactly.
 
Jackson:  We're totally changing that back.  That's the only reason I took the job:  I read the title.

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Awesome! Though it's kinda scary he decided to do the movie only based on the title. Maybe that explains his career choices lately. Though I don't see what's so catchy about a title called "The Man" but that might just be me.

lord_clyde wrote:Slightly off topic but I always liked The Rundown's original title "Welcome to the Jungle".

Another original title was Helldorado, but it was changed when Universal execs came to the conclusion that any film with the word "Hell" in a title would be unsuccesful.

See what snakes look like when they're on a plane! See Sam Jackson as the FBI's top snake-wastin' badass!

http://www.blackfilm.com/20050819/featu ... e_p2.shtml
http://www.blackfilm.com/20050819/featu ... e_p3.shtml
http://www.blackfilm.com/20050819/featu ... e_p4.shtml
http://www.blackfilm.com/20050819/featu ... e_p5.shtml
http://www.blackfilm.com/20050819/featu ... e_p6.shtml

http://www.blackfilm.com/20050819/featu ... e_p4.shtml

Not only is that fucking awsome and ridiculous, but it also sends a chill up my spine and feaks me out. Such a wonderful mix of emotions. This film has Oscar writen all over it.

I posted some info about this on another forum and someone pointed me towards this. There's only one review, which contains this very important advice:

The biggest mistake is that the snakes are only peripheral to the plot.

One can only hope the makers of Snakes on a Plane are listening and take heed.

That was entirely the same problem with Venom - not nearly enough snakeage. It must have been onscreen for 10 minutes, if that.

absolutely hilarious:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0417148/board/flat/27261118

You have to have an imdb account to view the thread (a series of titles for
sequels to the much-anticipated "Snakes on a Plane"), but here're some
highlights if you don't:

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Snakes on a plane 2: Planes on a snake

Year 2060. The US Army now uses giant snakes as army bases. The biggest snake-base, Sssrah!, is being attacked by giant bees. It's the 5 snake's best pilots job to go out and defend the snake from the bees in their supersonic snake venom powered jet.

Snakes on a Plane 3: Plakes on a Snane

A non-sensical charming romp through the coma induced dreams of a 12 year old retarded boy. It could have a shocking twist towards the end revealing that the boy became retarded after watching Snakes on a Plane and it's sequels. And he's in a coma because he got hit by a truck... full of
snakes...

Snakes on a Plane 4: Snakes on a Plain

Like the award-winning kevin bacon film, "tremors." but more snakes.

Snakes on a Plane 6: Snakes with Planes

Evil Pentagon scientists develop brain wave operated fighter planes, which fall into the hands of super-intelligent laboratory snakes, (whose genes have been spliced.) Revenge is on their reptillian brains for what happened in "Snakes on a Plane 5: Snakes on a Plain" For the first time in history snakes can work the throttle, control stick, rudder pedals and missile fire control systems simultaneously.

Snakes on a Plane 8: Snakes on Dean Cain.

Joe Rogan from fear factor plays himself attempting to assassinate Dean Cain because of Ripley's ratings over powering. The trailer can show Rogan sassily saying "Belive this or not" as he throws snakes on to Dean Cain. The twist is the film is actually simultaniously a sequel to RoboCop.

Snakes on a Plane 9: Bears on a Train

Joe Rogan from Fear Factor comes back and makes everyone eat the snakes. Bears with a European descent climb onto a train where Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are spending the night, and Tom Cruise says "Our publicity has gone too far!" just as George Bush is eaten and a twist reminescent to "The Crying Game."

Snakes on a Plane 12: Snakes Stake Claim

It's 1849 and the Old West is in for an ass-kicking in the latest in the Snakes installment. Young Claim-Jumpin' Prospectors Billy Gums and Exposition McGee have just found the greatest gold claim of their careers. But, uh oh! Some ruthless, super-intelligent snakes come from the future have narrowly beat them to it. Watch these two groups duke it out with some pickaxes, sacks, and pans in a battle to the gold. The enemies draw a truce, however, when the painted ladies (read: whores) at the Golden Maidenhead need their help to battle the zombies that the snakes accidentally brought back from the future in their time machine. A claim's been staked this Holiday season, and that claim is adventure!

Snakes on a Plane 17: The Snakeplane

The latest offering in the venerable Snakes saga contemplates the unthinkable: planes and snakes teaming up against a common enemy, the Snakeplane. A genious billionaire geneticist goes mad and becomes hellbent on 'purifying' the world by creating the Snakeplane, a 'biologically perfect' organism that is so fast 'you won't know whether to scream or to board the damn thing'. Protagonist L. Fishbourne illustrates difficult concept of the Snakeplane by drawing two dots on a piece of paper, and folding that piece of paper so that the dots meet. PG-13.

Snakes on Planes, Trains, and Automobiles where comedian Steve Martin is forced to travel with crates full of wacky snakes in an attempt to make it home in time to spend the holidays with his family. Oh the hijinks that will ensue! Keep your eye out for Jon Voight's cameo as a cochety travelling saleman who was eaten by one of the snakes and has been living in its belly for 20 years!

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That looks so good. If I was a filmmaker, I'd postpone whatever I was doing till 2007, since there's no way in hell anything can compete with Snakes this year.

"Enough is enough, I've had it with these SNAKES!"

Fucking brilliant.

agreed. when i first heard of this project i could imagine the possibilities, but i was still worried whether the film would deliver or not. now with the trailer i'm confident that this will be on hell of a movie. so bring on the snakes!

Man the CGI even looks horrible in low res.