Samuel Jackson's not desperate!
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale--a tale of a fateful trip
that started from this local airport, aboard this 747 airship.
The lead was a mighty actin' man, the director, stinks he might.
168 passengers set sail that day, for a three hour flight, a three hour flight………
The producers started getting board , the tiny script was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the budget would be lost, the budget would be lost.
The film took ground on the production line with this uncharted company, with Samuel, David Ellis too, the Screenwriter and his gal; John Hefferman, the Director and Terry Chen, here on SNAKES ON A PLANE!!
Unbelievable.
When Mike Hankins first told me about Samuel Jackson's new feature film, "Snakes On A Plane", I laughed for such a long time that my nose nearly started bleeding.
I never dreamed that this film would A. Be taken seriously B. Capture the attention of any kind of cast, producer, or director who'd actually want their names affiliated with it.
Little did I know that production was in the works. I nearly wet myself watching the trailor. Here's the back"story":
"On board a flight over the Pacific Ocean, an assassin, bent on killing a passenger who witnessed a crime, lets loose a crate full of deadly snakes."
......Can you hear the crickets chirping? Unfortunately, no, because there's mass hysteria in pop culture waiting for the release of this movie. Heck, I almost feel sorry for the production team...I might have to see it as well---but I'm not paying $8.50 for it.....ever.
What's funny to me is that the script is reaching so hard to be taken seriously. It's going to be one of those films that Sci-fi loves to air on weekday mornings--complete with cheesy effects, an unknown supporting cast, and a beautiful woman who's most likely scantily dressed in order to make the film "worth watching".
The director, David Ellis, has made his living coordinating stunts for Disney movies. This will be his fifth film as director. His directing portfolio also includes the films "Cellular" and "Final Destination 2".
The screenwriters are John Heffernan and Sebastian Gutierrez. Gutierrez is obsessed with cheesy thrillers, and is reknown for his writing/directing of Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature. For Heffernan, this will be his first time to work on a film directly. Wait, that's a lie...he designed the website for "Game Day". As you can see, both of these gentlemen have blossoming careers.
I'm only making fun of this film because it's so stinking funny. I mean, come on. If they would only concede and say "yeah, we're trying to have fun making weak thrillers", they would have audiences rolling on the floor, laughing with them. Unfortunately, they view this kind of thing as good media, and as a result, I laugh at them.
Do you remember when big production films were about delivering art, a story, a message, an idea, to their audience--and not about how much money they reaped in the process?
Me neither.
In the words of Jackson, Enough is enough--I've had it with the snakes. Sammy's never spoken truer words.
posted by Seth @ 10:42 AM
2 Comments:
Dude, let go. This movie isn't about money or trying to rip off america the way Lucas and Spielburg always do. This is about a celebration of cult classic "B" movies. Instead of Godzilla, we'll make "Snakes on a Plane."
And look at that poster. That, my friend, is genius.
Dude how would I have guessed that Mike would make quick comment on the poster. He beat me too it.
Maybe it is a made for MST 3000 movie.
I agree there is too much junk out there that would cost me $8.50 and hours of my time. Dude I am not going to see the movie in case I might not want to fly afterwards. Hey that might be where that kid went on that other movie I will not watch. This might work, Flight Plan vs Snakes on a Plane. The kid is eaten, the end. Riveting.
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