NYC Snakes On A Plane meetup

August 14, 2006 7:51 AM

NYC Meetup: "I want this motherf*ing meetup in my motherf*ing city"
posted by Afroblanco to MetaFilter Gatherings at 7:51 AM (25 comments total)

Yes, and the city in question is NYC. (I suppose I could have mentioned that in the link)
posted by Afroblanco at 7:52 AM on August 14, 2006

Let me understand, are you proposing a SoaP meetup? I think I'm down, but I thin I've promised to see that movie with about 5 different sets of people.
posted by piratebowling at 8:13 AM on August 14, 2006

Yes, that is what I propose. As for the different sets of people - why not bring 'em all? The more the merrier.
posted by Afroblanco at 8:20 AM on August 14, 2006

I think the premiere showings in NYC are on Thursday at 10:00. [at least that's what the tickets I bought say].
posted by yeti at 9:30 AM on August 14, 2006

I'm down with Thusday. I was thinking possibly Union Square because it's a centralized location.

I wonder if there's going to be crazy turnout...
posted by Afroblanco at 9:43 AM on August 14, 2006

Good thinking. Union Square is where it's at. I'll likely hit up a bar or two for a half dozen pints beforehand. I have no idea how crazy it will or won't be.
posted by yeti at 11:27 AM on August 14, 2006

You know, I've been more aware of the (becoming increasingly annoying) meme than the movie itself. Why do people think this is going to be good? (Not saying it won't be, just wondering what this is all based on.)
posted by Karmakaze at 1:32 PM on August 14, 2006

No one thinks it is going to be good, at least not in the usual sense of the word. The hope is that it will be such an astonishingly bad trainwreck of a movie that it becomes good through its sheer badness.

The spectrum of film quality is circular, like a coiled snake.
posted by brain_drain at 1:43 PM on August 14, 2006

It doesn't have to be good. It only has to be fun.

I'm willing to bet $10 that it will be.
posted by Afroblanco at 1:43 PM on August 14, 2006

The spectrum of film quality is circular, like a coiled snake.

Snakes on a Plane as eternal ouroboros....

And the movie posters use the image of a caduceus, itself a pale memory of the axis mundi, and the serpent's ancient role as a traveler between worlds and powerful shamanic spirit....

Could Snakes on a Plane stumble, drunkenly, through no fault on its own, into faint echoes of profundity? And wouldn't that say something for the Barnum effect, eh?

Most importantly, how am I supposed to properly enjoy the vapid nature of Snakes on a Plane, if they're going to throw my brain just enough for it to chew on like this?

"I want these motherfucking symbols off my motherfucking movie!"
posted by jefgodesky at 2:12 PM on August 14, 2006

Please excuse me for being so direct, Afroblanco, but I think that by going to see SoaP you are making a terrible mistake.

Drinking beer, now that's a good idea. After you all see SoaP, let's drink beer.
posted by Meatbomb at 5:48 PM on August 14, 2006

please don't forget that the movie was supposed to be laughably bad and therefore fun at first because the movie wasn't in on the joke. now that it IS in on the joke, the joke will be ruined.

otherwise, enjoy your movie, and please post a post movie bar here. i may, in fact, be able to attend a meetup for the first time ever, though i've said that before.
posted by shmegegge at 6:56 PM on August 14, 2006

Could Snakes on a Plane stumble, drunkenly, through no fault on its own, into faint echoes of profundity? And wouldn't that say something for the Barnum effect, eh?

Sometimes, a motherf*ing snake on a plane is just a motherf*ing snake on a plane.
posted by necessitas at 7:03 PM on August 14, 2006

Revival would probably be a good post-movie bar, as it's right around the corner.
posted by Afroblanco at 7:03 PM on August 14, 2006

Metro-North fare to NYC, $21.86.
MetroCard fare, $4.00.
Movie ticket, $10.00.
Soda & popcorn, $7.00.
Red Stripe beer, $3.00.
Samuel L. Jackson's Snakes on a Plane line? Not worth it.

So maybe...

Gas fare to the local mall, 53 cents.
Movie ticket, $10.00.
Soda & popcorn, $7.00.
Gas fare home, 53 cents.
Beer and dinner at the corner pub, $16.10.
Samuel L. Jackson's Snakes on a Plane line? Not worth it.

Hmm...

Snarking on MetaFilter, $5.00.
Promising to catch the next NYC Meetup, priceless.

There's some things from Hollywood that aren't worth money. Among the better things in life, there's MetaFilter.
posted by Smart Dalek at 9:42 AM on August 15, 2006

Damn, I just thought of the cure for AIDS, but it got bumped out by yet another "* on a motherfucking *" comment.
Samuel L. Jackson, why do you hate gay people?
posted by hellbient at 9:46 AM on August 15, 2006

I'm in the Meatbomb camp.

I dig MeFites.

I dig their company and conversation.

I do not dig Hollywood flicks.

Soooo . . . I'd be very happy to meet up with y'all at Revival or any other place where you would be drinking afterwards.
posted by jason's_planet at 11:43 AM on August 15, 2006

It seems like there's a general lack of interest in this meetup.

The only reason I called it for Thursday was because Thursday is the opening night for SoaP. If you guys want a general-purpose bar-oriented meetup, you could have it on Thursday, although any other day would be just as good for me. Actually, if you have it on Thursday, I probably won't be able to make it, since the movie probably ends some time around midnight, and I'll need to go home afterwards.

I'll still be going to see SoaP - it promises to be good, stupid fun, and that's something that I could really use right about now. It's been a tough week or so.

If anybody is interested in going to see SoaP, feel free to send me an email, and we can make plans to meet up. I'll probably be dragging along my roommate and one or two of my co-workers.

I don't think I'll be posting a meetup reminder.
posted by Afroblanco at 5:20 PM on August 15, 2006

I'm tempted but $10 for one great line doesn't cut it for me. Sorry, now if instead it was a screening of Withnail and I....well then...


Withnail: What are you going to do with those?
D: The joint I am about to
roll requires a craftsman and can utalise up to twelve spliffs.
It is called a Camberwell cawwot.
I: It's imposible to use 12 papers on one joint.
D: It is impossible
to roll a camberwell cawwot with anything less.
Withnail:
Who says it's a Camberwell carrot.
D: I do. I invented it in
Camberwell and it's shaped like a cawwot.
posted by Skygazer at 11:17 AM on August 16, 2006

That bull wants to get down there and have sex with those cows.
posted by dersins at 11:45 AM on August 16, 2006

::hugs Afroblanco::

I can't do weekday meetups (becuase I'm lame), but I wish you well.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:40 PM on August 16, 2006 [1 favorite]

$10 for one great line doesn't cut it for me.

I counted at least twelve dozen great lines.
posted by yeti at 11:08 PM on August 17, 2006

I won't be making it...typing this from a cruise ship off the coast of Alaska. Not that I want to see that movie anyway. See you all next time.
posted by bingo at 12:35 AM on August 18, 2006

Damn. Not only did bingo get to go on a cruise, he's also cooler then me. pwned.

Oh yeah, and.
posted by Afroblanco at 1:21 PM on August 18, 2006

I suppose I could have just said 'I'm not going' or 'I can't make it' but I provided a little context only to show that, really, I physically can't be there, and also that while I'm into meetups I'm not into seeing that movie. Cruises are more affordable than you'd think, and I certainly lay no claim to cool.
posted by bingo at 9:36 PM on August 20, 2006