Has 'Snakes on a Plane' started a new age of silliness??

Necronomicon

I was reading in Empire about a new film called Black Sheep, which has a plot that makes Snakes on a Plane seem sophisticated and, like Snakes, is starting to gather a cult following on the internet.
In fairness, how could it not:

IMDB wrote:

Tagline: There are 40 million sheep in New Zealand....and they're pissed off!

Plot Outline: An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into blood-thirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0779982/

If the plot isn't enough to make you laugh, check out some pictures:

http://www.black-magic.co.nz/home/?p=150

Will deliberately silly movies become a new Hollywood 'thing' because of the success of Snakes on a Plane?

mike65

Troma with a budget!

Mike.

Basq

It's just tongue-in-cheek gone slightly mad!

Nick_oliveri

mike65 wrote:

Troma with a budget!

Mike.

Ha troma, theres some movies i need to get. Whats the one with yer man and the small willy and the lad getting eat by the escalator?? That was deadly!!!

Basq

Nick_oliveri wrote:

Whats the one with yer man and the small willy and the lad getting eat by the escalator?? That was deadly!!!

Both are in 'Terror Firmer' if i recall correctly!

Nick_oliveri

basquille wrote:

Both are in 'Terror Firmer' if i recall correctly!

Thats the one. Thank you!!

TerrorFirmer

Troma are class.....some of their bigger movies like Toxic Avenger IV and Troma War are actually pretty high budget with great effects!

Of course 95% of their other films have the budget of a packed lunch....

Basq

"This Summer... Pirates Rule The Sea.....



.... but Snakes Rule The Sky"

Anyone else see that TV spot yet? Was just on E4!

Necronomicon

No but what a great line

There's a big feature on Snakes in this month's Empire, they show a load of fan art, some of it is golden

Brow

I thought Snakes on a Plane was gonna be somewhat tongue in cheek but I just saw an ad and it took itself very seriously! I dunno what to expect from it but after all the hype I hope it's good.

Terry

basquille wrote:

"This Summer... Pirates Rule The Sea.....



.... but Snakes Rule The Sky"

Anyone else see that TV spot yet? Was just on E4!

oh dear god.
i saw it. i honestly thought it was a joke until i saw some of the scenes.

spacecoyote

Went to se Miami Vice at the weekend and it was such a complete pile of tripe!!!! Best part of the movie...........The trailer for "Snakes on a Plane" beforehand. All this crap about claustrophobia & aviaphobia, brilliance!!!!!!

manti452

Snakes on a plane.. I guess for me.. to understand the appeal you have to take in a few different areas :

B-Movies always always had a fan base.. and they still do. This is a high concept, simple setup and I would wager not much on buget compared to POTC, MATRIX, Star Wars etc.. Add to this the input the fans have had : preventing a name change.. getting a different cut.. more gore, more nudity etc.. this alone is unheard of in Hollywood.. the fans now have a vested interest in this movie : they have helped create it and the film makers should be applauded for listening.

Peter Jackson started out making films like this, see Brain Dead, which is referenced in the Sheeps article you mentioned earlier, with WETA providing effects for it. These are GENRE films.. they are not blockbusters.. so they appeal to a certain part of the moviegoing public. If you don't like it/are not interested that's cool, but at least see it before deriding it and predicting that it's opened the door to a glut of bargin bin style cheap movies.

Part of the draw is someone like Sam Jackson who gets on board (pun inteneded) and says "I just wanna do it cos it sounds cool". this alone generates media hype giving it an excape from Straight-to-DVD hell. His star power is probably why it's getting the placement it is.

It was a cult project on the internet before Empire started to champion it (which is has been doing for some months now). Think Donnie Darko for a reference to the power the internet can have in growing a movie's stature and popularity. That film only survived because of underground success.

The bottom line.. sometimes people just want something that's fun simple and doesn't try to pretend to be something it's not. There's more respect there for honest film making.. whatever the topic

I don't know how good it will be.. but hell it deserves a chance I would wager a lot of the people who are genuinely interested in this wil leave happier than the people who walked out after Miami Vice somewhat unsatisfied.. I love Michael Mann.. but Colin Farrell ruined that film for me.

missingtime

Originally Posted by IMDB
Tagline: There are 40 million sheep in New Zealand....and they're pissed off!

Plot Outline: An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into blood-thirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.

Tommmaaaaccccco!

Brow

^^^ I thought the exact same thing! That was a hilarious episode.