My feeling is, everything doesn't need to be a movie, or redone.
Mal: Ready? Zoe: Always.
'Serenity'
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msbelle - Jul 19, 2019 9:12:43 am PDT #2123 of 3463
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jessica - Jul 19, 2019 9:52:12 am PDT #2124 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The plot of Cats:
Once a year, all the Jellicle cats gather together to choose a cat who will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and be reborn. One by one, each cat makes his/her case (or has their case made for them by a narrator cat) until eventually [SPOILER CAT] is chosen, and ascends, and the cats all celebrate. Halfway through the proceedings, they get distracted and put on a play-within-a-play about dogs. (Which had better not involve more CGI. I want to see Taylor Swift as a cat wearing a fucking traffic cone on her head.)
megan walker - Jul 19, 2019 9:56:39 am PDT #2125 of 3463
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Once a year, all the Jellicle cats gather together to choose a cat who will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and be reborn. One by one, each cat makes his/her case (or has their case made for them by a narrator cat) until eventually [SPOILER CAT] is chosen, and ascends, and the cats all celebrate.
This is pretty funny if you know that I watched Logan's Run last night for the first time.
Tom Scola - Jul 19, 2019 9:58:02 am PDT #2126 of 3463
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Huh. I always thought it was the story of how a group of Furries invented Modernist Poetry.
Jessica - Jul 19, 2019 9:58:44 am PDT #2127 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This is pretty funny if you know that I watched Logan's Run last night for the first time.
IT IS THE SAME PLOT YES
Toddson - Jul 19, 2019 10:01:35 am PDT #2128 of 3463
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
For those who do like cats (the animals, not this particular iteration), it's based on T.S. Eliot's book of poems, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" ... which I expect will come out in a new version once the movie hits (unless the uproar over the horror cancels the whole thing which, yes, is going on elsewhere). They're charming little poems, geared towards the younger set ... the previous edition (which came out when the stage show was a THING) had Edward Gorey illustrations (he loved cats, so it was a natural match). I imagine there are multiple copies of that floating around, new or used, if anyone has any interest.
Steph L. - Jul 19, 2019 10:04:08 am PDT #2129 of 3463
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Look, my cat doesn't sing or dance, so I can't endorse it because it's wildly unrealistic.
(Can you imagine Cats the musical with a Murderbiscuit? CAN YOU???)
Jessica - Jul 19, 2019 10:05:27 am PDT #2130 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(Can you imagine Cats the musical with a Murderbiscuit? CAN YOU???)
MacCavity's real name is Murderbiscuit. He just doesn't let people use it in public. #TrueCatsFacts
Connie Neil - Jul 19, 2019 10:06:22 am PDT #2131 of 3463
brillig
McCavity wasn't there!
I have the copy with the Gorey drawings.
DXMachina - Jul 19, 2019 10:13:55 am PDT #2132 of 3463
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
For those who do like cats (the animals, not this particular iteration), it's based on T.S. Eliot's book of poems, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" ... which I expect will come out in a new version once the movie hits
It does say "Based on T.S. Eliot" in the trailer.
The trailer is a little creepy, but I have no intention of ever seeing it, and have never seen the original, so no harm, no foul for me.