Alas, I don't work for the film blog Cinematical here in the Weblogs family, so I was hoping that I might see something in last night's advance screening of Snakes on a Plane that would allow me to speak of it in a gaming conext. Lo and behold, a major facet of the movie's plot actually revolved around a character's ability to play video games! How fortunate.Without giving too much away, Kenan Thompson's character Troy is shown throughout the movie as a video game junkie...how? He sports a black PSP model, yelling and screaming at the machine. Later, in a brief shot, an eight year-old is shown occupying himself idly with a (phat) Nintendo DS. Despite the success the DS has enjoyed throughout the industry, there still seems to be a very strong stigma that the PSP is for an older, urbanized culture, while Nintendo's offerings are for children. Further on, Samuel L. Jackson mentions both the Playstation and Xbox brand names, with no mention of the Gamecube or Wii. Exactly how real is this stereotype, and can Nintendo ever really overcome it?
Okay, so this may have just been a thinly veiled attempt to bring up Snakes on a Plane. Since we're already here, I'll go ahead and deliver my review: see it. As soon as possible. I can't remember the last time I had that much fun in the movie theater; the over-the-top action and wonderfully tongue-in-cheek plot were absolutely brilliant. Best movie of the summer? Blast me if you dare...hell yes.
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8-18-2006 @ 3:07AM
bob said...
I'll be the first to say it:
We got motherf**kin snakes on a motherf**kin plane!!!
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8-18-2006 @ 3:33AM
graham said...
just got back from the movie....... it was awesome.....and psp is just a status item, while the ds is more fun. as for the playstation and xbox things, its just because those names are more houshold i think now. xbox is no matter what, and playstation just because.......you know................
nintendo gets used a lot! dont bitch! motha f**ka!!!! er....i mean...... 8)
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8-18-2006 @ 7:24AM
Jon C said...
From what I have noticed living here in London is that most people I have seen playing with a DS in public are adults whereas most people I have seen playing with a PSP in public are 15 year old Chavs.
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8-19-2006 @ 11:35PM
Syntax_Error said...
I was surprised to find one of the last intense lines one of my favorites, right behind The Golden Line.
I am of course refering to:
"Turn this bitch motherf***er left!"
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