Michael Bay remakes Hitchcock's "The Birds"

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god help us

http://movies.ign.com/articles/739/739501p1.html

(dude should stick to toy franchise adaptations and remaking mst3k movies)

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 00:26 (nineteen years ago)

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 00:33 (nineteen years ago)

i thought this was going to be one of those threads where people riff on a theme like "imagine the worst remakes ever" or something :/

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 00:37 (nineteen years ago)

Gus Van Sant is off somewhere laughing...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 00:44 (nineteen years ago)

It's true that the bird attacks in the original, while often disturbing, were never viewed in slow motion. And poor Tippi Hedren never got her chance to utter "there's a new pecking order, bitch!"

― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 00:46 (nineteen years ago)

there was a remake of this! it was a made-for-tv movie, i think.

― your daughter is one (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0006HBL6E.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V39092871_.jpg

― a.b. (alanbanana), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 01:09 (nineteen years ago)

there was a remake of this! it was a made-for-tv movie, i think.

-- your daughter is one (theundergroundhom...), October 18th, 2006.

actually it was a sequel! it was literally called The Birds 2

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109275/

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha yes, that's right. co-directed by alan smithee.

― your daughter is one (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

six months pass...

“In the original, the birds just showed up, and it was kind of like, why are the birds here? This time, there’s a reason why they’re here and (people) have had something to do with it. There’s an environmental slant to what could create nature fighting back.”

As Kehr says, words fail me...

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

The same line of reasoning that made the remake of Cape Fear such a smashing success.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

holy shit why

― deeznuts, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

xpost

that made $$$! maybe the last Scorsese hit before The Departed.

Great comment on the blog re the Dunne story about Scrooge.

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

Marty's Hughes movie did pretty good box office-wise.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

Hitch's message to Bay:

http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/adults/hitchcock/hitchcock.jpg

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

an episode of hitchcock explains it all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wb7gzn4hGs

― deeznuts, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

I believe there is a little tribute to The Birds, and perhaps Rebecca as well, somewhere in this book

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

If there's going to be an environmental slant, I hope Wes Studi or Graham Greene or Adam Beach is cast as Crying Indian Spirit.

― David R., Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

Wait....you've got to be shitting me.

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

I look forward to the scene in which the bird returns to its nest to see all its baby chicks dead, and then tearfully swears revenge.

― elmo argonaut, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

maybe we can get Bird POV flashbacks!

― elmo argonaut, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

I look forward to some CGI'ed Tora! Tora! Tora! -style bird takeoff action.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 19:40 (nineteen years ago)

HA HA FUNNY JOEK PLZ GO AWAY NOW MR BAY

― en i see kay, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

Oh and the scene where the daddy bird tells the son bird to fly away to his ladyfriend bird because he's gonna ride this comet or whatever it is STRAIGHT TO HELL.

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

And then also the scene where Big Brother bird finally catches up with hero bird and is throwing icecream trucks at him and then the hero bird gets this intense look on his face (the music drops down from bombast to an intense tiny drone here), spits some blood, then says something smart-ass as Big Brother bird falls right into his trap.

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.biopix.dk/Temp/JCS%20Corvus%20monedula%2020301.jpg

"We're not so different, you and I.... Kaw kaw!"

― elmo argonaut, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

also, this one's by the writers of Boogeyman.

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

Poor Naomi Watts.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

Will Dick Cheney be responsible for the invasion?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

will the line 'we're all cawked!' be shouted?

― remy bean, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

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