but I can't seem to remember anything at 3 AM

[enthusiastick]

So by now most everyone on the internet has heard of Snakes On A Plane.

But I just saw a trailer for Nicolas Cage's upcoming movie The Weather Man, about the mid-life crisis of a television meteorologist. The trailer ended with the line:

"People don't throw things at me any more. Maybe because I carry a bow around." This line is voice-over narration for Cage walking down the streets of a city carrying an actual bow and arrows.

Hollywood -- what the fuck?!

Comments

[syganzychick.livejournal.com]

Id never heard of Snakes o a plane before, thanks for fuckin it up for me, I didnt want to hear about it!

[lady-eleret.livejournal.com]

See, and I had heard of The Weatherman, but not Snakes on a Plane. Go figure.

[yeppiagree.livejournal.com]

What about Hot Wheels, the movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381256/)? Directed by the dude who did Charlies Angels? That deserves a WTF from me.

[theshanakee.livejournal.com]

SCORE!

You guys...you know what this means. This is not a bad thing! This is good news!

This is a sign that when you submit a halfway decent script that will fall within a budget and sell a reasonable amount of tickets, you get in. This is hope.

My dream deferred has come back! I will totally get "Cleavage and Explosions" into box offices, probably before the time I'm 30. If freaking movies about deadly snakes on passenger planes can be made, my vision of boobs and carnage will absolutely be a seller. No studio can resist, according to these standards.

[pooka-madness.livejournal.com]

I disagree with your prognosis of the situation based on the fact that both projects have major stars attached to them. Samuel L. Jackson reportedly agreed to do SOAP based solely on the strength of the title/concept.

[theshanakee.livejournal.com]

...I seem to remember him saying he did Shaft because he felt it was racially positive film in some way.

We all know it's Anaconda on a plane, even in its best moments. That just goes to show that if I get one major actor to sign on to a script, it's a green light just waiting to happen.