Re: the plot of Cats:
Excuse me, there is a sub-plot where the head boss cat gets kidnapped...and then brought back.
I'm supposed to deliver you to the Master now. There's this whole deal where I get to be immortal. Are you cool with that?
Xander ,'Lessons'
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DebetEsse - Jul 19, 2019 1:45:02 pm PDT #2138 of 3463
Woe to the fucking wicked.
megan walker - Jul 19, 2019 2:35:24 pm PDT #2139 of 3463
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
IT IS THE SAME PLOT YES
I have to assume the movie was a direct inspiration for the musical since the Ustinov character is basically constantly quoting Eliot's poems.
Beverly - Jul 19, 2019 7:05:16 pm PDT #2140 of 3463
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
My copy of Old Possum has illustrations by Nicholas Bentley. I've had it forever--but I'd love to have the Gorey one.
I'd never seen a dilute calico cat before, and the little stray looked like she'd been splashed with paint; she had spots, or dots. I named her Jennyanydots. She was with us 15 years.
Dana - Jul 20, 2019 10:29:47 am PDT #2141 of 3463
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm also watching Logan's Run for the first time, and honestly, I'd rather be watching Cats.
Beverly - Jul 20, 2019 11:04:11 am PDT #2142 of 3463
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Logan's Run was impressive back when it was new and I was impressionable. "Not held up well" is a good definition.
ETA: Proto-Farrah, though. Pretty Michael York. And Jenny Agutter was in a couple of the MCU movies as the Brit whose face Natasha used to infiltrate the meeting.
DebetEsse - Jul 20, 2019 4:47:06 pm PDT #2143 of 3463
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I expect someone will (or has already) started taking pictures of their cats with the human-sized items from the trailer, to show Reality Scale.
EpicTangent - Jul 22, 2019 7:30:03 am PDT #2144 of 3463
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Logan's Run was impressive back when it was new and I was impressionable. "Not held up well" is a good definition.
I have a substantially-younger friend who I made watch this recently (I felt it has sufficient pop culture staying power that she ought to know the source material. Plus it was SO COOL when I was a kid). Turns out it's also ripe for MST3K-style treatment, if your senses of humor happen to run that way.
And thanks to you people, though I have no particular intention to watch the movie, if somehow I do, it's going to be very difficult not to shout, "Renew! Renew!" all through Grizabella's big number.
Jessica - Jul 22, 2019 10:59:58 am PDT #2145 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Has anyone else seen Fast Color? I missed it in theaters (apparently it was in limited release back in April) but I caught it on Amazon this weekend and it's really good. It's a small indie sci-fi movie (post-apocalyptic, natch) about three generations of black women who can take apart and reassemble things with their minds.
Jessica - Jul 23, 2019 6:56:30 am PDT #2146 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tom Scola - Jul 24, 2019 8:26:33 am PDT #2147 of 3463
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
RIP Rutger Hauer.
Goddammit.