CATS (December 20, 2019) - As Dreamt by H. P. Lovecraft

[Melena]

I actually went to the play when I was like 16-17. There isn’t so much of a story as it’s just a series of random characters singing why they should be the chosen one. It was all pretty terrible and I distinctly remember wondering why it was so popular.

Probably because Catgirls/furries were a thing before people even realized it. I was in High school from 94-97 and the amount of girls at my school obsessed with this musical was insane.

[Silenka]

Hi, CATS fan here. The musical is highly entertaining. There doesn't have to be a point, everything is pointless in the end (woo nihilism) so entertaining is good enough. I love all of the songs save for one or two of them which are pretty meh. Memory is kind of overrated, Skimbleshanks and Mistoffelees are awesome, but for some reason the song that always pops randomly into my head - despite not being among my favorites and the large part of it being a monologue rather than an actual song - is Gus the Theater Cat. I blame Sarah Brightman's best hits album.

I never found the costumed actors creepy because they didn't really dip into any uncanny valley shit like the movie cats do. It's like the difference between puppetry and CGI. But I was also never attracted to them or anything even though I was a furry when I was younger (I know, shut up) so I dunno if it's that. It might be for some people, I guess. I think probably it's just people like the acrobatics and colorful costumes while listening to music they enjoy. There is certainly a type of person who has fun looking at "all the different choices", in this case all the different kinds of cats the musical puts on display. And there is definitely a crowd the musical is not for, who will never enjoy it, and that's fine too. I don't enjoy watching movies with lengthy car chases or a lot of pointless action scenes, so there's that.

The library I work at has a picture book of all the T.S. Eliot Jellicle Cats poems. I read it while I was working one day. The lyrics are almost exactly the same and there are a few poems that didn't make it into the musical. It was kind of trippy to read because of ye olde racism but I suppose that's just how it was.

I wanted to go see the movie out of morbid curiosity, but nah. Even as a CATS fan I don't know what they were thinking with this one. I have to assume that Hollywood directors are playing the "look at me" game because so many trash movies are rolling out every year that no one pays any attention to that they have to do something really egregious to get noticed. I'm sure making a movie so terrible no one can stop talking about it is easier than making a good movie.

[Silenka]

Our movies are now going to be just like our video games, complete with patches to fix clipping.

[6souls]

No cat assholes is a no for me way too unrealistic if I can't see Taylor Swift's balloon knot then I'm out.

https://twitter.com/jackwaz/status/1240135051288948742

There is a cut of the film that includes buttholes.

[Corrderio]

I'm seriously questioning the life decisions of the guy who added them in the first place

[Eurell]

https://twitter.com/jackwaz/status/1240135051288948742

There is a cut of the film that includes buttholes.

[Moss]

I'm seriously questioning the life decisions of the guy who added them in the first place

Added them... or never took them out

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[6souls]

https://twitter.com/jackwaz/status/1240135051288948742

There is a cut of the film that includes buttholes.

https://twitter.com/benmekler/status...45895524167681

[Melena]

[Koyangi]

As funny as I find these, I'm a little scared to click on this.

[Tyrath]

I stopped watching halfway through the vid. Just too horrible.

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/RiffTrax/status/...g-EvWzttp_Pm1w