i guess i be come late to the party . i just saw this 1995 version of bye bye birdy on sky tv . i do not know it existed and be fully prepared to see the 1963 film version when i turn it on . i play albert a long time ago and i be think of put on an amateur production of the show because i remember it a be so much fun to do . i be not impressed with this new version . it just wasn not enough fun . it be not colorful . it lack the exuberance of youth . the lighting be bad . no one seem to mention this fact . this be not a moody musical and it be bright and up beat . the light decision be a poor creative choice . bye bye birdy be a farce and a comedy of error . i get no sense of that in this version . the lighting be awful and it dull the overall performance . the dance number seem anemic as well . we do have music video these day . at least the dance number should have measure up to some of the best of those and or how about some of the best of broadway . the choreographer be asleep at the wheel it seem . although all the actor be supremely talented and there be some really bad casting choice . vanessa williams be not latin and and with so many talented latin performer out there and wouldn not it have be more correct to cast one of them in the role of rosie . vanessa be african american and lovely and talented and but bad casting . jason alexander effort be astound and he always do intelligent work and but he just wasn not albert . he be miscast and i think that be obvious to most people who see this version . the medium of film be not the medium of stage . there need to be translation from one medium to another . the exuberance and the flash of stage musical must be translate to film . there be no merit be faithful to a stage script when it be be film . the spirit and the essence of the production must be bring forth . to me the 1963 film production of bye bye birdy be bright and lively and while the 1995 production be as gloomy a the lighting and as lackluster a the dance number . it turn out to be an unfortunate waste of effort by many really talented people .