Dawn ,'Storyteller'
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It... kind of looks like a video game? Admittedly, a pretty awesome video game, but I'm not really bowled over by it.
Yeah, I just watched it, and it looks like Little Big Planet meets The Matrix. The graphics are gorgeous, but it's not quite my thing.
It is clearly my kind of thing, however.
Why, why, why? No one needs to remake Bye Bye Birdie. FOR REAL, Hollywood-type people. Young Ann-Margaret? Janet Leigh? Dick Van Dyke? Come on, it's perfect!
I really love that movie.
Oh Lord, NO.
And definitely not if that two-dimensional, cardboard pretty boy Zac Efron has anything to do with it.
Bah.
I am pretty sure they also already remade it for TV.
Yep. In 1995 with Jason Alexander and Vaness Williams [link]
HOLY SHITE! *THAT* was Janet Leigh????
t is boggled
What's the story, morning glory? What's the word, hummingbird?
What's the one where Maureen O'Hara is John Wayne's ex and she sends him after his grandson who has been kidnapped? That one's fun.
"Big Jake McCanless? I heard you was dead!"
"I'm gonna shoot the next man who says that."
Simon Pegg: Don't buy my DVD.
ROBERT WEIDE, the director of the film, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, is encouraging fans to bypass the Region 1 (North America) DVD of the film when it's released in February, and suggests they consider purchasing the Region 2 (U.K./Europe) DVD when it's released on March 16. The comedy stars Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges, Gillian Anderson, Danny Huston, and Megan Fox.
The reason, says Weide, is simple. "Simon and I worked very hard to make sure the DVD would be packed with bonus material. The British distributors (Paramount) solicited our input and included all of the extras. Sadly, the American distributors (MGM/Fox) locked us out of the process and managed to leave off most of the bonus material."
I saw the '95 version of Bye Bye Birdie. During the '90s, ABC developed a habit of remaking an old musical each season. Birdie is worth seeing if you happen to run across it -- Vanessa Williams does a bang-up job as Rose -- but it doesn't compare with the original. Now, Bette Midler in ABC's remake of Gypsy....