It raises so many questions good for blogs, and thus good for viral marketing…for example, an online poll - who will be the first to be killed by the snakes?
a.) a stewardess
b.) a baggage handler
c.) the herpetologist too blinded by his love of the snakes to see the danger they represent by bringing them on the plane

The possibilities are endless.

The “natural audience” simply finds the absurdity of the plot and the title easy targets for ridicule. A lot of the internet technocrats out there find/found “Snakes on a Plane” even more ripe for mocking because it implies a lack of respect for the audience, that Americans are idiots and that Hollywood can just crank out a film devoid of any nutritive value and we’ll just gobble it up anyway. Samuel L. Jackson got the joke from the beginning and saved the day (and maybe his cred.) by insisting that the title acknowledge how ridiculous the movie is. If they were seriously considering the loftier title (pardon the pun) of “Pacific Flight 121″ I’m inclined to think the producers DON’T actually respect the audience. Too bad “Anaconda” didn’t switch titles too–”Snakes in a River” just isn’t wacky enough though.

Also, we musn’t forget the SoaP cultism over at YTMND:

* http://originalsoap.ytmnd.com/ (Indiana Jones)

* http://soapthemelogo.ytmnd.com/ (fan-created theme song!)

* http://medievalsoap.ytmnd.com/ (medieval tapestry)

* http://mrtonaplane.ytmnd.com/ (Mr. T)

* http://soapcomic.ytmnd.com/ (nsfw - lang.)