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Never Send a Reptile to do a Ninja's Job
March 24, 2006
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It's come to my attention that perhaps I wasn't clear enough in explaining the background of the legendary Snakes on a Plane. Simply put, it is a story of a man, trying to protect another man who needs to testify at a trial, and people are trying to kill him. How? Snakes on a plane. That's it. That's all there is. It's not complex. It's so simple - and yet so mindbendingly retarded - that one has no choice but to accept a kind of bewildered awe and horror at the situation. Like Jeffery Rowland (of Overcompensating) discovered, there really ain't a got-damn thing you can do about it. As screenwriter Josh Friedman (who very nearly worked on the project) put it in his blog entry on the topic:
"In fact, during the two or three days that precedes my phone call with the studio, I become obsessed with the concept. Not as a movie. But as a sort of philosophy. Somnewhere in between 'Cest la vie', 'Whattya gonna do?' and 'Shit happens' falls my new zen koan 'Snakes on a Plane'."
It's the opposite of the Brokeback Mountain parodies (although just as rich and alluring for parody): the humor of making fun of "I wish I could quit you!" line is in stripping out all of the nuanced seriousness and passion from it and using the phrase for something silly. On the flip side, the pure hilarity of Snakes on a Plane is in GIVING it seriousness and gravity, adding substance where... well, fuck, FACE it: there is none. There's just muthafuckin' snakes on a PLANE, and that's it. That's all there is.
Don't ask me to explain it any more. There's nothing more to explain. And yet, I've talked for so long about it already. Shit. Somebody buy me the related t-shirt. Size Medium. Thanks.
Now - aside from Snakes and Planes and the interaction of the two - I give you the long-awaited LINKSTRAVAGANZA!
* Holy pants. Even if you don't play World of Warcraft, you should play The Murloc RPG. It is a very neato (AND ADDICTIVE) Flash game chronicling the adventures of Murk the murloc, and dammed if I didn't grow attached to the little guy a bit despite my documented animosity towards them. Go check it out.
* Even if you've never played Metal Gear Solid (shame on you), there's a chance that you will still enjoy the ridiculousness of Metal Gear Awesome. It is fast-paced ridiculousness. Yay.
* So. I may not be an Apple fan like some, but I can recognize they've got an excellent design aesthetic. But what would happen if Microsoft redid the iPod's box? Just a warning: hilarity ensues. Apparently, Microsoft funded the production of this video. Damn. That's crazy. But whether it's true or not - enjoy the video. Because it is funnay
* Holy God. 4 grad students. Made 50 games. In ONE SEMESTER. Read about how they did it - and then maybe go play them for yourselves. Super props to these guys: daring and fun, and very well done. Keep it up!
Well, that's it for me: I've got a world to save! ...Not this one. Another one. Like... whatever the hell the first Final Fantasy world is called. C'mere, GBA... I gotta bone to pick with some nefarious villain. See you all Tuesday.
Heroine of Light,
Annie "Blue" C
He'll do anything
- Freezepop
"Chess King"
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