Snakes in Perspective
Compiled by various OP Snake Handlers

Rather than fill the pages of the Other Press with pages upon pages of
Snakes on a Plane, we’ve opted to bring you a look at a handful of asp:

 

 

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Snakes in a Crowd:
Audience Reaction

Vince Yim

With the rowdy crowd in Snakes on a Plane, audience participation
began even before the movie began with heckling of the trailers (“Are
there snakes?”’). While this may not be the next Rocky Horror Picture
Show, it invited one of the most rowdy film crowds I have ever seen.
Heckling everything from the product placement (Red Bull, PSP,
Mountain Dew) to the amazing one-liners, the film prompts laughter
and cheers. The audience went nuts during Samuel L. Jackson’s line,
“T want these muthaf**kin’ snakes off this muthaf**kin’ plane!”

Ordinarily, talking during movies is taboo, but Suakes on a Plane is
a film that warrants it. While certain scenes dictate certain reactions
(such as scenes where characters get bitten on the eye, crotch, and
nipple) you're largely encouraged to write your own. Whether you are
shouting out dialogue from ober Samuel L. Jackson flicks or having
witty responses to lines (Samuel L: “You have to be strong.” Me:
“BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!”), you’re guaranteed a good time. The
film isn’t that bad either.

Snakes on a Chart:
Living up to
the Hype

Steph Smi

What can be said about Snakes on a Plane that has not been said
before? The hype leading up to its release was unlike any other film
in history. But did it deliver?

The plot was just as one would hope. It was nothing more than
snakes, snakes on a plane. It was exactly what everyone had wanted
it to be. It was not a great film, but it was never meant to be. It was
meant to be a classic B movie. It was meant to be the
horror/thriller movie that did not have a fancy plot, a big budget,
great special effects, or terrific acting. And it did what it was meant
to do. Like other cult favorites, such as The Rocky Horror Picture
Show, it was a film that relied on audience participation and fervor.
If you did not cheer and jeer and comment and yell, you did not
experience the film the way it was meant to be.

Snakes on a Plane is the perfect bad horror movie. Blood and
gote, screaming, terror and hot chicks getting bit by a snake on the
boob. Okay, so maybe it’s got a few unconventional aspects, but it
delivers what it promises. Suakes on a Motherf**kin’ Plane, yo!