According to this report posted on MSN yesterday, the number of people willing to fly dropped rapidly in February.
Folk simply don’t want to step inside aeroplanes at the moment. But why? The statisticians blamed bad weather and a short month.
We don’t agree. We think its the movies. They’ve been scaring us away for years.
But flying’s ace. You get free socks and a rubbish meal, and you can - ironically - watch really cool movies on a tiny screen.
So we’ve decided to set the record straight on a few things films think about flying in the guts of giant metal birds…
The Lie: That there will be snakes. Snakes on your plane.
The Liar: According to Snakes On A Plane (2006), when you agree to step onto a commercial flight you are running a serious risk of encountering deadly snakes, idiot teenagers and misogynistic rappers. We can’t vouch for the last two, but the first one is definitely nonsense.
Why you shouldn’t worry:
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) govern air travel for pets. They told us that any pet travelling by air “cannot be ill, violent, or in physical distress.” So that rules out killer snakes, then. And psycho pooches. And flesh-eating birds. Basically, if you get on a plane, you're safe from any animal that's ever scared you in a movie.
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tconrad001
Mar 16th 2009, 10:32
What does Flightplan have to do with David Fincher? It's not as if Foster is in a lot of his movies, only Panic Room.
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Joscar90019
Mar 16th 2009, 16:37
Interesting list. The first time I flew was in the early 80's and while waiting to board I saw a group of nuns and I'm sure one of them was carrying a guitar. I almost didn't board because I was sure that George Kennedy would come through the door and we'd go down in the Rockies.
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HomicidalClown
Mar 17th 2009, 2:31
That was a pretty good list except for the "Air Force One", Ray Liotta, and "Flightplan" ones. The accents in "Air Force One" were good, I don't know what you're talking about. Ray Liotta is a great actor, grant it he's in a lot of bad movies, but that doesn't mean he's bad. And what tconrad001 said, David Fincher has nothing to do with "Flightplan."
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