Slither in the Sky

There are three reason I will most assuredly be seeing the film Snakes On A Plane, starring Samuel L. Jackson, this coming August.

First, and obviously, there is the title, a title so striking it has created an internet phenomenon, a title so ridiculous it crosses over into the realm of genius. A movie titled Snakes On A Plan is a like a sign saying 'Free Beer' - I am compelled to investigate.

Second, there's the whole idea behind the film. If you asked me to conjure up the most horrifying scenarios I could think of, sharing space with several hundred snakes on a metal tube hurtling through the air at hundreds of miles per hour would certainly place near the top of the list. * Again, I am compelled to investigate.

And third, let us consider the dialogue. Snakes On A Plane promises to be a gold mine of quotes. Some searching has turned up the following:

"Enough is enough. I've had it with these snakes."

Remember the movie Batman - the real old one, with Adam West? Along with Spinal Tap this movie has some of the 'best' dialogue ever written. ("They may be drinkers, Robin, but they're still human beings.") There's one scene where Batman where Batman races about Gotham City for several minutes, desperately trying to get rid of the ticking bomb in his hands. Finally he tosses the bomb into the ocean - it explodes - and he turns to the camera and says:

"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."

Now for years "some days you just can't get rid of a bomb" has been my personal verbal shorthand, for those kind of shit happens days where everything goes wrong. But I now I think that line may have been replaced.
*The only way I think it could be worse is if you were trapped naked on the plane with all those snakes. Truly horrifying.