A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but Snakes on a Plane by any other name wouldn’t sell as sweet.
What’s in a name? Somehow, this movie title has captured pop culture’s imagination, allowing for brilliant punchlines on The Colbert Report for example (the punchlines themselves giving the title pop culture clout, in a sort of vicious circle of hilarity).
No doubt part of the mystique is entwined with one of the preeminent figures of cool, Samuel L. Jackson. Sammy L is doing the movie for one reason. The title. Now, at first hearing that seems a bit silly. Why would anyone do a movie just on a title? But SLJ is brilliant – he had the foresight to realize the impact on the world by the movie title Snakes on a Plane, which is why he refused to let them change the title to the horribly useless Pacific Air Flight 121.
Meanwhile, the buzz just grew. As the movie’s IMDB trivia page shows, internet fan interest alone allowed for a reshoot to amp up the film’s rating, including adding lines which originated in an internet parody anticipating the film.
Snakes on a Plane doesn’t even come out till August, but it looks like the hype will just keep on growing. Will the movie be awesome? Does it really matter? Because either way, there will be snakes on a plane.
