I just caught the end of one, something called "Deadly Situation" or something along those lines and sat through it mainly for the endurance points. Along the way I picked up a few additions to a loose list I'd been mentally tracking. Thought I'd share it for kicks and see if I missed some rules :tongueout:
- All snakes are poisonous
- All snakes have rattles
- Snakes always attack without provocation
- Snakes are immune to firearms, explosives and cave-ins
- Snakes blink
- The best way to fend off a snake is to scream and swat at it
- Snake venom works instantly
- Snakes go "CHAaaa!"
- Grown human beings are absolutely defenseless when a lot of snakes are around
- Any snake can breed with any other snake
- Snakes have a keen sense of hearing
- Snakes can jump vertically
- Snakes are highly flammable
- If a snake has just eaten and spots you, it will regurgitate the meal just so it can swallow you
- Snakes chew and routinely sever the limbs of their prey
- An entire population can arise from one snake
And my favorite:
- "Red on Black" isn't true
Constrictor snakes are always at least twenty feet long.
Constrictor snakes will often simply break your neck instead of, you know, constricting you.
"Deadly" snakes in most movies bear a remarkable resemblance to Corn Snakes and Ball Pythons, unless they are rendered in CGI.
If a killer snake comes after you and you manage to injur it and get away, it will get it's revenge by finding you and having another go.
You are never safe from deadly snakes, not even on airplanes.
- Snakes stand out from their environment because they're usually brighter and have different color saturation/temperature/tint and more or less contrast than anything else around them.
- An 80 foot python can hide behind a few boxes in a garage.
- An 80 foot python can hide in the average basement. You'd never even notice it was there - until it's too late!
- An 80 foot python can fit inside a box about the size of two refrigerators.
- Boas are surprisingly light. You could, for instance, hold an 80 foot boa suspended in midair, behind an airplane, even if it had a parachute opened behind it.
Snake anti-venom is always easy to get.
Snakes are always hungry
Snakes routinely attack creatures larger than itself on sight.
Snakes are warm blooded.
- All snakes are excellent swimmers
- Snakes can stay underwater indefinitely (they can probably breathe underwater)
- No matter how large/long a snake is, it can always fit through the tiniest holes to escape
- If a really giant snake eats the Yeouijoo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372873/synopsis), it grows limbs :lookingup:
Things I learned from "snake movies."
That if you are a virginal boy scout, never ever accept a ride to your next destination from a woman whose car is parked along side the road, and who says she's been "snake watching."
Not even, if . . .
(a) It is raining, and you are wet.
(b) You are wet and cold.
(c) "It'll be getting dark soon."
(d) She is driving a classic Jag XKE.
(e) And she is the "hottest" thing you've ever seen, and most likely will ever see.
Because, she'll make you really, really sorry. That you accepted that ride from her.
Quote from: BoyScoutKevin on February 26, 2008, 09:19:36 PM
Things I learned from "snake movies."
That if you are a virginal boy scout, never ever accept a ride to your next destination from a woman whose car is parked along side the road, and who says she's been "snake watching."
Not even, if . . .
(a) It is raining, and you are wet.
(b) You are wet and cold.
(c) "It'll be getting dark soon."
(d) She is driving a classic Jag XKE.
(e) And she is the "hottest" thing you've ever seen, and most likely will ever see.
Because, she'll make you really, really sorry. That you accepted that ride from her.
Aha, that venerable classic, lair of the white worm. Man, I LOVE that movie :thumbup:
Quote from: Killer Bees on February 26, 2008, 10:32:57 PM
Quote from: BoyScoutKevin on February 26, 2008, 09:19:36 PM
Things I learned from "snake movies."
That if you are a virginal boy scout, never ever accept a ride to your next destination from a woman whose car is parked along side the road, and who says she's been "snake watching."
Not even, if . . .
(a) It is raining, and you are wet.
(b) You are wet and cold.
(c) "It'll be getting dark soon."
(d) She is driving a classic Jag XKE.
(e) And she is the "hottest" thing you've ever seen, and most likely will ever see.
Because, she'll make you really, really sorry. That you accepted that ride from her.
Aha, that venerable classic, lair of the white worm. Man, I LOVE that movie :thumbup:
I'm glad you like it, KB. It's one of my favorite films reviewed at this site. And that scene, as described by me, is one of my favorite scenes from any film.