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Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


ChiKat - Aug 09, 2006 1:35:08 pm PDT #1680 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

so what is Pluto?

A dog that doesn't speak English.


Zenkitty - Aug 09, 2006 1:44:24 pm PDT #1681 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Boy COWS with UDDERS? In a movie with bulls? I rage at Disney movies for giving people who are unfamiliar with real-life animals totally unrealistic expectations of their behavior, but this... this is an abomination.

But speaking of real-life animals, I love the Bestiaux photos! I looked at them all and went awwww. We had a Hereford bull when I was about eleven who was quite affectionate and gentle. He'd eat hay and treats out of my hand and let me rub his curly white forehead. These pictures make me want to go back to farm life. (For a minute. Then I remember. It's hard.)

edited because I can spell in French... sort of


§ ita § - Aug 09, 2006 1:47:32 pm PDT #1682 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I wonder what the rationale was for the teats. It seems a very odd mistake to make, much less carry through to the point where it's too expensive to fix.


Aims - Aug 09, 2006 1:48:21 pm PDT #1683 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Maybe they were afraid noone would know it's cow unless the teats were there.


juliana - Aug 09, 2006 1:49:35 pm PDT #1684 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I wonder what the rationale was for the teats.

IIRC, it's because male cows with teats are, and I quote, "fucking funny".


juliana - Aug 09, 2006 1:53:16 pm PDT #1685 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Yep. From a discussion on LJ:

'Actually, the exec producer on Barnyard came to my class and gave a lecture last semester. The rationale for male cows with udders (that's apparently how the staff refers to them, so they are not "girl cows with guy voices" or whatever, in their eyes), per Steve Oedekerk himself, is, and I quote:

"Male cows with udders are fucking funny."

They are a Race Unto Themselves, Aaron claims; they had a run-in with the studio's Standards and Practices department, demanding to know if there was a Transsexual Agenda Being Promoted Here. Steve told them the above quote and promptly declined to discuss with with them further.

Hope that clears that case up, at least.'


Trudy Booth - Aug 09, 2006 1:54:30 pm PDT #1686 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I wonder what the rationale was for the teats.

My guess is that the male alternative, when walking around on two legs, was pretty darn obscene.


§ ita § - Aug 09, 2006 1:54:46 pm PDT #1687 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

From looking at the picture, it occurs to me that the bulls should have schlongs right there. Maybe they decided it was better for rubberised boobies to be exposed than alternative gender-related organs.

it's because male cows with teats are, and I quote, "fucking funny".

But aren't there bulls in the movie? That's just weird.


Jessica - Aug 09, 2006 2:00:16 pm PDT #1688 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

demanding to know if there was a Transsexual Agenda Being Promoted Here.

Heh. That thought had crossed my mind too, in moments when I decided to charitably assume the filmmakers were being subversive instead of dense.


Aims - Aug 09, 2006 2:03:24 pm PDT #1689 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.