#1
Posted: 1/6/09 at 9:59am
Bye Bye Birdie comes back to the silver screen
#2
Posted: 1/6/09 at 10:04am
Yay! I love me some Birdie!
#3
Posted: 1/6/09 at 10:17am
I'm all for any movie musical being made, but unless this is is radically different from either of the other two versions, I see no reason for this...
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#4
Posted: 1/6/09 at 10:33am
They say in the article that Columbia has been developing this "hip-hop" version for years. I'd say that was radically different.
Ugh.
Ugh.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#5
Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:24am
This has "mess" written all over it.
I'm sure it's going to be targeted to the 16-28 demographic. Do they even have an understanding of a star musician giving up a career to go in the army?
I'm sure it's going to be targeted to the 16-28 demographic. Do they even have an understanding of a star musician giving up a career to go in the army?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#6
Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:31am
J-Lo should play Rosie
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#7
Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:35am
I'm seeing Rhianna in the Ann part -- brella, brella, brella.
#8
Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:39am
Beyonce is writing a new song that she can sing as Rosie even as we speak.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#9
Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:41am
A hip-hop version?????
KFTC!!!!!
#10
Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:45am
Is it the remaking or the possibility of hip-hop that's making people cringe?
#11
Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:50am
"Is it the remaking or the possibility of hip-hop that's making people cringe?"
Both.
Why don't they spend the money remaking something that has a lackluster version rather than trying to put a new spin on something that has two versions and has been done by every community theater on the planet.
Both.
Why don't they spend the money remaking something that has a lackluster version rather than trying to put a new spin on something that has two versions and has been done by every community theater on the planet.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#12
Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:51am
That article is really confusing- is this going to be an updated, hip-hop version or the old fashioned 50's version?
I don't know how you update Birdie as a rap singer- they do know we haven't had a draft since the 70's, right? I guess he could be Israeli or maybe he's going off to prison instead of war.
I don't know how you update Birdie as a rap singer- they do know we haven't had a draft since the 70's, right? I guess he could be Israeli or maybe he's going off to prison instead of war.
#13
Posted: 1/6/09 at 12:15pm
So if a credible updated plot could be made - which would most certainly have to be about a war created for the movie, as I can't imagine much joy in a musical about Iraq or Afghanistan, not to mention there's not draft - would the hip hop angle (which no one seems to know for sure if Shankman is even taking) be more palatable? Or is it just a grand, sweeping, distaste of hip hop music that's getting all your knickers in a twist?
#14
Posted: 1/6/09 at 12:16pm
Nah, it was just a ****ty musical to begin with.
#15
Posted: 1/6/09 at 12:18pm
You take that back!
#16
Posted: 1/6/09 at 12:21pm
My first thought with the hip hop idea is how ridiculous "One Last Kiss" would be to a hip hop crowd. Part of the appeal of the original for us looking back is the innocence of the whole thing -- one last kiss being such a big deal. In the hip hop world, where that innocence is LONG gone, the plot would just be ludicrous. Additionally, as mentioned, the war thing would be a pretty big issue -- there's no draft now so a "modern" version would have to be pure fantasy anyway.
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#17
Posted: 1/6/09 at 12:39pm
I love the original. For me it's the hip-hop angle that I don't like.
But that's just my personal taste, it may work very well updated as a hip-hop musical.
So will Kanye be the new Birdie?
But that's just my personal taste, it may work very well updated as a hip-hop musical.
So will Kanye be the new Birdie?
....but the world goes 'round
#18
Posted: 1/6/09 at 12:44pm
I think Usher would be the new Birdie, and he'd be volunteering for the military.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#19
Posted: 1/6/09 at 12:50pm
Yeah, it's the hip hop part that's bugging me. And the plot doesn't really make sense that way....like other's have already said.
KFTC!!!!!
#20
Posted: 1/6/09 at 12:56pm
I'd guess that there would need to be a whole score for a hip-hop remake.
#21
Posted: 1/6/09 at 12:56pm
Babydaddy Birdie:
Oh, one last fuk,
Give me one last fuk,
It never felt like this,
No, never felt like this,
You know I need your love.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh, give me one last fuk!
Oh, one more time,
Oh, babymama, one more time,
It really is sublime,
Oh honey, so sublime!
You know I need your love.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh, give me one last fuk,
Ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aby-y-ymama, give me one last fuk!
Ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aby-y-ymama, give me one last fuk!
Oh, one last fuk,
Give me one last fuk,
It never felt like this,
No, never felt like this,
You know I need your love.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh, give me one last fuk!
One last kiss, one last fuk,
Oh, give me one last fuk!
One last kiss, one last fuk,
Oh, give me one last fuk!
Oh, one last fuk,
Give me one last fuk,
It never felt like this,
No, never felt like this,
You know I need your love.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh, give me one last fuk!
Oh, one more time,
Oh, babymama, one more time,
It really is sublime,
Oh honey, so sublime!
You know I need your love.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh, give me one last fuk,
Ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aby-y-ymama, give me one last fuk!
Ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aby-y-ymama, give me one last fuk!
Oh, one last fuk,
Give me one last fuk,
It never felt like this,
No, never felt like this,
You know I need your love.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh, give me one last fuk!
One last kiss, one last fuk,
Oh, give me one last fuk!
One last kiss, one last fuk,
Oh, give me one last fuk!
#22
Posted: 1/6/09 at 12:58pm
Oh, SOMMS.........you are so talented!
KFTC!!!!!
#23
Posted: 1/6/09 at 12:59pm
I kinda like the idea of "The Telephone Hour" re-done about texting.
#24
Posted: 1/6/09 at 12:59pm
SOMMS, in another life I would wanna birth your babies.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
#25
Posted: 1/6/09 at 1:01pm
Maybe Shirley Q Liquor could play Mae!
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