Maybe they were afraid noone would know it's cow unless the teats were there.
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
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.
Aims - Aug 09, 2006 1:48:21 pm PDT #1683 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
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.
Kathy A - Aug 09, 2006 2:08:17 pm PDT #1690 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
so what is Pluto?
Maybe not a planet anymore, according to the Science Channel show I watched last night.
Zenkitty - Aug 09, 2006 2:13:52 pm PDT #1691 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I wonder if enough moviegoers will find male cows with teats "fucking funny" to make this movie its money back.
Alas, probably.
libkitty - Aug 09, 2006 2:16:59 pm PDT #1692 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I don't think it's possible to feel worse based on an NY Times article.
The sinus headache!migraine part was interesting but didn't make me feel worse. The depressing part is the vascular involvement. Before I was in blinding pain. Now (well, not now now, but more generally now), I'm in blinding pain and can expect to die earlier of a heart attack or stroke, which is a little depressing when I think about it. Of course, with the blinding pain it can be a bit hard to think, so maybe that's not a big deal.