Nobody likes Captain Travolta

John Travolta has appeared in a flight safety video, smiling like a nob while standing in front of a plane. Think of the lives he's saved!

I've made my dislike of John Travolta clear several times - most of my bile was reserved for this article - but this new safety video for Qantas Air kind of sums up why. It opens with Travolta smiling his big, self-satisfied, doughy smile, as he reminds us (again) that he's a pilot, you know. Yeah? Well Sean Penn is one of the world's most gifted humanitarians, but he doesn't always go on about i-... ah, fair enough.



Not many people could inspire ire in me from 30 seconds of pleasant gibbering and general do-goodery, but Travolta managed it. I'm not the only one he's upset, either. Qantas staff have called the video "tacky" and "corny" and demanded that a real pilot should front the video; preferably one that didn't star in hilarious family comedy Wild Hogs.

Forgive my indulgence, but I'm about to quote myself: only I understand why I hate him so much, and this just about nails it.

Idiot.