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Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video  

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.


Jessica - Apr 27, 2005 7:17:18 am PDT #2242 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

They fade in and out with the rhythms of the scene, and sometimes they go behind things. The vampire "call" subtitles are red and fade into blood when they disappear. Stuff like that.


evil jimi - Apr 27, 2005 7:18:07 am PDT #2243 of 10002
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

Occasionally the subtitles will be on a big card carried by a monkey on rollerskates.

I don't care what the movie is about, I'd pay just to see that.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 27, 2005 7:18:12 am PDT #2244 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

from ew.com

Well, that's appropriate, since my response was "Ew!".

The man must be stopped.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 27, 2005 7:20:01 am PDT #2245 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

The new movie would return to the Daphne Du Maurier short story that was the source of Hitchcock's 1963 film, in which thousands of birds mysteriously attack the residents of the seaside California town of Bodega Bay.

Also, this is a blatant contradiction, since the orignal story is set in England (Cornwall, I think).


Sean K - Apr 27, 2005 7:20:05 am PDT #2246 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Gawd I hate Michael Bay.


beathen - Apr 27, 2005 7:26:51 am PDT #2247 of 10002
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.

The vampire "call" subtitles are red and fade into blood when they disappear. Stuff like that.

Oooo, neat. Thanks.


Lyra Jane - Apr 27, 2005 7:27:51 am PDT #2248 of 10002
Up with the sun

this is a blatant contradiction

It's sloppy writing, but I think the author meant "in which" to refer to the film, not the story. Either way, I do not think this was a necessary remake.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 27, 2005 7:40:09 am PDT #2249 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

It's sloppy writing, but I think the author meant "in which" to refer to the film, not the story. Either way, I do not think this was a necessary remake.

Well, it sounds like they are calling the film "Bodega Bay" (did Michael need his name IN the title as well as before it, or something?), so it doesn't sound like they are going back to the original, at least in terms of setting.

Also, the orignal story, if I remember correctly, was more of a mood piece than anything else, which is why Hitchcock basically had a script written up from scratch based on basically just the premise of birds attacking.


Gandalfe - Apr 27, 2005 7:49:27 am PDT #2250 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

Michael Bay will remake Hitchcock's ''The Birds.'' The producer-director will do for the 1963 horror classic what he did for ''Amityville Horror'' and ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre''

That would be - shit all over it?


Frankenbuddha - Apr 27, 2005 7:51:23 am PDT #2251 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

That would be - shit all over it?

Well, it's what birds do, after all.