(or alternately, “All Your Snakes Are Belong To Us”)

So the new meme that’s gaining ubiquity among the geekerati these days has to do with Samuel L. Jackson’s upcoming blockbuster “Snakes on a Plane“. So there’s this plane, and there’s snakes on it, right? We got SNAKES….on a PLANE! Dig?
So you know this is going to be a terrible movie, and you know that I’m going to have to go see it. They got snakes on a plane…what could be better?

So the interesting part is that this thing has become a thing. There’s comics:

And merchandise:


And new phrases (courtesy of UrbanDictionary.com), as in:

“snakes on a plane” — An idiom which states an increasing amount of danger or tension, similar to “the shit’s hitting the fan” only much more terrible and apocalyptic. The phrase is partly ironic, as if to exaggerate the rather mild (though hilarious) premise of the “Snakes on a Plane” movie starring Samuel L Jackson, which has snakes on a plane.

“How bad was the motorway pile-up?” “Let me tell you, it was like snakes on a plane down there.”

“How’s your relationship with Chloe going?” “It’s getting close to being like snakes on a plane man, seriously.” “Damn, dude.”