Comments on: ‘The Birds’ Remake Is (Hopefully) Not Happening

By: ralphpofhoboken

ralphpofhoboken — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:15:20 +0000

I wish the Hollywood “assholes” would leave well enough alone and stop remaking the classics. What is next? Remaking “THE EXORCIST” or “JAWS”. LEAVE IT ALONE HOLLYWOOD!! Think of something else to make!!!

By: Stinky Pete

Stinky Pete — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:18:15 +0000

I read Daphne DuMaurier’s short story, The Birds, before seeing Hitchcock’s movie. The story is awesome, and I hated the film. If they made a film true to the short story, it would be an excellent movie about the end of the world.

By: Dan Lister

Dan Lister — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:02:15 +0000

“Hollywood, didn’t the remake of Psycho teach you anything?”-Ross Miller

Psycho II (1983)…Psycho III (1986)…Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990 TV-Movie)

In a word, NO.

If you must remake a film, try the film co-written by Psycho star Anthony Perkins and musician Stephen Sondheim:

Plot summary for The Last of Sheila (1973)

Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run car accident following a party one night. A year later her multi-millionaire husband, Clinton, invites a group of her friends to spend a week on a his yacht. He’s a notorious practical joker and insists his guests play a mystery game where each has been assigned a crime for the others to discover. Each night a series of clues is planted in the local port and the team must solve the identity of the criminal-of-the-day. However, things get out of hand and soon there’s a real crime to solve. Written by Col Needham {col@imdb.com}

Impressed the heck out of me…starred Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, James Mason, Ian McShane, and Raquel Welch.

By: peglegspinners

peglegspinners — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:54:17 +0000

No way a Platinum Dunes remake would measure up to the original. There was already a made-for-TV sequel in the 90s, and it was as bad as you’d expect it to be; I have a review of it on my site.

By: SK-47

SK-47 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:29:05 +0000

When the producers say that the Birds might have worked in the 60s with Hitchcock but not now, what are you saying? That any modern director cannot make birds scary? Peck & Poke, you saw how scary and gruesome it was when those crows pecked those prisoners in Dead Man’s Chest at the beginning, Verbinski made that look scary why not this.

Are the producers saying that all we have today are hacks? LOL, anything is possible with someone with a vision, like Verbinski.

By: JessSayin

JessSayin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:19:53 +0000

YES!!

Lots and lots of CG birds……so what?!

Straight 2 Video

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:39:49 +0000

Good….now this and “Rosemary’s Baby” are safe from the remake disease.

By: greenknight333

greenknight333 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:25:46 +0000

Nowhereman you give them more credit than I do as you said they had little brains..

By: Michael Claymore

Michael Claymore — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:38:57 +0000

Not being a fan of the original and given the modern fx i wouldn’t mind seeing this one remade.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:14:06 +0000

Good news on the remake front.
Glad too hear it.

By: nowhereman

nowhereman — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:59:28 +0000

@ greenknight
That will never stop the tiny brains in hollywood, my friend. I’m just hoping they all die or get abducted before they try to “reboot” us…

By: greenknight333

greenknight333 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:43:42 +0000

Leave well enough alone…some things can’t be updated for the modern world and this is one of them

Quote the Raven…