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....
Some people juggle geese!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Fred Pete - Jan 08, 2009 5:25:06 am PST #9425 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Barb - Jan 08, 2009 5:27:27 am PST #9426 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Bette was Mama Rose.
Fred Pete - Jan 08, 2009 5:29:49 am PST #9427 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I don't know if I'd say Bette was better than Rosalind Russell, but she certainly made it a contest.
Barb - Jan 08, 2009 5:40:47 am PST #9428 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
I think it's safe to say she was the closest we're ever going to get in a modern incarnation.
And as much as I loved Rosalind as Mama Rose, her iconic role for me is Auntie Mame.
God, I'm going to have to watch that-- it's been an age.
Jessica - Jan 08, 2009 9:00:19 am PST #9429 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
SEAN!
I just watched the 9 trailer! SQUEEEEEEEEEEE.
Also, I saw that back when it was an animated short! There was no dialogue or plot at that point, but it was definitely the same movie. I liked it back then too.
Jessica - Jan 08, 2009 10:55:03 am PST #9430 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Laga - Jan 08, 2009 2:20:12 pm PST #9431 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
no love for Cheyenne Social Club ?
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2009 2:21:21 pm PST #9432 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
*Nothing* from Lord of the Rings made it in?
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 08, 2009 3:17:37 pm PST #9433 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think I'd have dropped the scorpion monster from Howard the Duck in favor of the cave troll from Fellowship of the Ring. That's the first example of a fully CGI humanoid figure I recall interacting believably with live-action figures.
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2009 4:03:47 pm PST #9434 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Didn't they have a number of Weta-related revolutions?
Just watched The Illusionist and disliked Eisenheim more than either of The Prestige's protagonists. I think we were supposed to be on his side. Also, too much f/x, although I understand not near as much as I initially thought. I'd like to know how little.