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Off Topic => Ten Forward => Topic started by: Grim on August 23, 2006, 06:11:29 am
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Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5277238.stm
Snakes released at US screening
Practical jokers released two rattlesnakes at a US movie theatre during a showing of new film Snakes on a Plane, the cinema chain has said.
An AMC Entertainment spokeswoman said one Diamondback rattlesnake was found inside the cinema in Phoenix, Arizona, and another in the car park.
No-one was injured and the snakes were released in the desert, she said.
The film, starring Samuel L Jackson, has topped the US and UK box office charts on its opening weekend.
The venomous Diamondback rattlesnake is native to the south-western US desert.
Russ Johnson, president of the Phoenix Herpetological Society, told Reuters news agency: "There were kids at the show, and it was actually very reckless.
"The snakes' bite carries a powerful venom that could have seriously injured someone."
Snakes on a Plane stars Jackson as an FBI agent escorting a murder witness on a flight on which hundreds of poisonous snakes get loose.
The action film earned a cult following thanks to a wealth of blogs, comedy sketches and trailers generated by film fans.
The word-of-mouth popularity eventually fed back to the film's producers, who even re-shot scenes to incorporate dialogue suggested online.
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Looks like some idiots took the hype of the film too far, lucky no one was hurt.
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Why does this not suprise me at all?
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Why does this not suprise me at all?
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You know us crazy Yanks Jeff! ;)
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This would have been funny if the snakes were harmless ones. Rattlers are a totally different story
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Hope they weren't defanged and now they're released into the wild with no way to feed.
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It was only a matter of time before someone tried something like this... >:(
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Snakes on a Plane is obviously a take off on The Trouble wth Tribbles...it just would have been too obvious had it been entitled Kittens on a Plane.
muhahahahaha
Jackson is obviously Kirk...
"We gotta get these MF Tribbles off the PLANE!!!!"
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Link to full list (http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/09/top-11-rejected-sequels-for-snakes-on-a-plane.html)
Partial list:
10. Rakes on a Plane: Hilarity strikes as rakes left in the aisles of a 747 bonk passengers on the forehead.
9. Fakes on a Plane: Terror strikes the passengers of plane when, during turbulence, the silicone breasts jiggle out of control.
8. Mistakes on a Plane: Terror strikes the moviegoers as a series of plot holes and continuity gaps make this the most dreadful film to watch.
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Actually this story is a bit false. What really happend was a exit door in a theatre complex showing the movie was accidently left open, and somehow a snake decided to come in.
It wasn't found inside the theatre, but in a hallway.