How The Web Made Sure There Were Snakes On The Mother Bleeping Plane
from the snakes-on-a-plane dept
Movie studios often have a bit of a love-hate affair with their online fans. In the early days of the web, there was all this fear that online fans would spread bad news about a film before final edits could be made, and a film would be ruined. A few years back, though, the studios finally started to recognize that fans could actually have good ideas for movies, and giving them what they wanted wasn't such a bad idea. Of course, this usually was for films that came with a pre-set fanbase (usually based off of something else, or a sequel). However, since the web has been buzzing for the past few months over a film called Snakes On A Plane, it's interesting to note that the producers of the film were clued in enough to bring back the cast to film more scenes, including one specific one requested by fans, getting Samuel L. Jackson to put in the obvious line involving the (bleeped) snakes on the (bleeped) plane. What's interesting is just how much buzz this film has been able to drum up, mostly off of people obsessing over the sheer brilliance of the name.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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I mean, the trend lately has been remaking old movies or using old tv shows for the big screen. I personally think it's the lack of or is that the overuse of drugs to blame.
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...problem is, they would never actually make it from that point to actually starting production.
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Oh yes, I'm sure we want to see a movie made under the influence of marijuana. Buddy, I'm from Eugene Oregon, and let me tell you, that would be the worst thing you'd ever seen...
::fade in::
(shot up a guys face as he gazes into the camera. Shot mostly features his nose)
Stoner 1
Duuuude, I got a camera... we should totally do something...
Stoner 2 (outside of shot)
Yeah.....
::repeat lines one and two for about an hour and a half::
Stoner 1
Duuuude, I got a camera... we totally should have done something...
Stoner 2 (outside of shot)
Yeah.....
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I'd pay
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"We got mother-****ing snakes on the plane!"
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Stupid Idea (Spoiler)
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Buddies Everywhere
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Just thought I'd fuel the fire...
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The "stereotypical" view of stoners (cheech & chong, dazed zombies cramming food in their mouth as they stare at a lava lamp, etc.) may be true for some, but you would be surprised at the number of SUCCESSFUL people who get high.
I live in a large city and come in contact with all types of people. Doctors, retired military captains, small business owners...LOTS of people you would never expect smoke weed.
Drive through a neighborhood with close to million dollar houses, mercedes in drive...NICE neighborhoods with professional residents...there are people in these neighborhoods who smoke weed, sell weed, etc.
As stated, I don't condone the use of drugs...but marijuana doesn't make people as "stupid" as you guys seem to think.
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Maybe everyone should pass it around so they aren't quite so thrilled by adding "motherf****ing" to the title.
Pothead ( I mean Comedy) Central has some entertaining shows, some actually intellectually based (SouthPark)...and MTV's JackAss & BadBoys are not exactly the most intellegent, but much better than Mr. Oregon's retake.
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WikiScript
http://the-technocrat.blogspot.com/2006/02/that-movie-was-horrible-enter.html
know what? this is a good idea, I can't find anyone that's doing it. I'm doing it. heading over to networksolutions...
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Abotu the only good films are filmed independantly.
Thats, Inarguable, and I don't want to hear anyony do so!
:-)
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Are all TechDirt commenters retards?
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I don't see why
Also- When they do the obligatory porn movie equivalent of this movie... what are they going to call it?
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...Debbie does a motherf***ing snake on a motherf***ing plane?
...And where are all the incomplete sentences we retards are writing btw? I see a few typos, some bad capitilization, maybe a few bad uses of grammar, but for the most part, the commentors on this post have done pretty good...the retard seems to be the one wasting space with nothing at all worthwhile to contribute.
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Wait a minute...
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(y tambien tortilla chips con salsa)
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First of all, Jesus Christ was an illegitimate child.
Second of all, nobody is going to respod to a negative comment in a positive way.
And third, If Americans are making America look bad...well that just means that America IS bad.
Now let me hump your leg.
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LOL
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Ignorance should be painful....
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Way out of proportion
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