It's not Snakes on a Plane 2, because Val Kilmer is not into Jar-Jar Binks and Tarantino--he's into Oliver Stone, which is a way of saying that Val's involvement precludes the possibility of The Steam Experiment becoming another exercise in Irony.
Val's passion and commitment to Art and Politics destroys Irony.
My good friend Tony took a History class at University--he didn't know why he didn't like the professor, until he went to his office, and he saw a lovingly placed photo of Margaret Thatcher framed and hung over the professor's typewriter. Under the photograph read a caption, a quote from Margaret.
It read: "I will destroy Socialism."
Val's caption might read "I will destroy Irony--even if I destroy myself in the process."
By the way: December 2008 is Val Kilmer month:
1. He's running for Governor in New Mexico (thanks to Bejar for this tip)
2. He's starring in a remake of Bad Lieutenant, directed by Herzog, who has never seen the original.
3. The Steam Experiment
4. Val starred in a film entitled The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone. The Doors is Kilmer's seminal performance. Wall Street is Stone's seminal film. Stone is making a sequel to Wall Street, entitled Money Never Sleeps.
5. I basically look like him.
