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-t - Jul 19, 2019 6:11:09 am PDT #2113 of 3463

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's hilarious, Toddson!

Just making a movie of Cats is a bad idea, I guess making really terrible choices about how to make that movie kind of...fits? I don't know. I'm not outraged but I am repelled. Kinda curious what they told the cast they were getting into because I can't imagine it was this.

Jessica - Jul 19, 2019 6:11:21 am PDT #2114 of 3463

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

She always sounds like that to me.

Jessica - Jul 19, 2019 6:12:27 am PDT #2115 of 3463

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Kinda curious what they told the cast they were getting into because I can't imagine it was this.

I mean, is there anyone in the world who doesn't have an opinion about Cats? Anyone in the entertainment business who doesn't have a VERY STRONG INFORMED opinion about Cats? I think they knew exactly what they were getting into!

Toddson - Jul 19, 2019 6:20:01 am PDT #2116 of 3463

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

To be generous, they may not have realized what they'd look like after the CGI people got through with them. (Also - Idris Elba? he may have lost his sexiest man rating for this.)

-t - Jul 19, 2019 6:26:39 am PDT #2117 of 3463

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I think they knew exactly what they were getting into!

Oh, come on, Judi Dench said to herself "CGI cats maybe wearing clothes and a forced plot? Sign me up!"

Jessica - Jul 19, 2019 6:35:26 am PDT #2118 of 3463

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The plot is the same as the musical from what I can tell, with slightly more exposition (if those lines weren't added just for the trailer).

-t - Jul 19, 2019 7:12:54 am PDT #2119 of 3463

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The production I saw had no plot whatsoever. That I noticed, anyway.

Jesse - Jul 19, 2019 7:27:27 am PDT #2120 of 3463

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

She always sounds like that to me.

I think that's true, but I just re-read that long Guardian article about vocal technique, thanks to JZ posting it, so it's on my mind.

Jesse - Jul 19, 2019 7:39:52 am PDT #2121 of 3463

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Also, I am now stuck with "Jellicle songs/for jellicle cats!" in my head. Just that part.

megan walker - Jul 19, 2019 8:34:44 am PDT #2122 of 3463

"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Jesus Fucking Christ, it's Belinda: The Musical. [link]

Honestly, that's not as bad as I feared. As someone who saw Cats on Broadway ages and ages ago and thought the people as cats looked fairly ridiculous, this is mostly* an improvement?

But I just suffered through the new Lion King so that might have something to do with it.

[*Judi Dench excepted]

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