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Quick Rant
6 years ago
Hey gang. I hope you don’t mind, but I wanted to use this journal entry to rant a little bit, specifically about the trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of Cats and how I am reminded once again just how scarce true creativity and passion is in modern film adaptations and film in general.
Before I talk about the trailer for the new Cats movie, I want to talk a bit about the 1998 vhs release of the Cats musical production and how it impacted me as a kid. When I was still a young lad, who was still a little ways away from entering my teens. I discovered this spectacular trailer for the vhs release of this musical called cats. It was big, it was grand, and it further stoked feelings inside of me I wouldn’t fully understand until many years later. But regardless, it filled me with a sense of wonder and glee.
Sometime later, I actually find a copy and plopped myself down to watch it with a few of my siblings. Needless to say, the songs, the costumes, and the alluring choreography got me hooked and I fell in love with it. Now that I’ve seen the new trailer for the upcoming film adaptation, I found myself displeased with how the cats have been portrayed in the trailer. To me, it seemed like a simple fix, but it would be damn near impossible to persuade the people behind this new film. Hence, we come to the theme of this rant. Why the cats from the new Cats movie don’t look cat-like enough.
Now, I am aware this is an adaptation and thus some changes are a given. But why the flying fuck did the people behind this movie feel like their cat designs would look even remotely decent? It just boggles my mind, the cat’s designs are straight up lazy, it just basically CGI feline tails, ears and fur on human bodies with the actors faces left untouched. Not only does it not fit, given what they are suppose to be, but it’s simply ugly and overly distracting.
This whole ordeal could probably be averted if the animators and the make-up department possibly attempted to give the cast more feline features, like slit pupils, cat-like noses, maybe some slightly exposed fangs. That would look a million times more fitting that the pitiful look they went with. And to prove my point, I have here a little side by side comparison of an original screenshot from the trailer and a simple edit I myself whipped up.
https://i.gyazo.com/2a8cf53d6eba87e.....1c5f3f1cc6.jpg
And now we come to the next part of my rant, pertaining the big joke that is the entertainment industry. This has been quite the time for entertainment, hasn’t it? A time of lazy cash-ins, knock-offs, failed reboots, and embarrassing remakes. Little to no originality or passion left from these high-end movies studio’s and entertainment companies who’s creative decisions are based purely on how much profit they could turn from an old familiar and beloved concept. Continuously getting praise for their stupid filmmaking choices and lashing out at the audiences they claim to be appeasing and milking beloved franchises dry before plummeting them into the ground, raped and neglected by the greedy corporate douchebags behind today’s entertainment. Meanwhile, there are the smalltime artists and content creators, who consciously do their very best to put out the best content that they can while also praising and respecting the shows and films they grew up with and giving them the respect they deserve and even basing their entire lives around their love for said medium. Most of them barely able to rake in a decent earning from their artistic pursuit’s yet still, they carry on doing what they love to do and thus providing the very best of content to the fan bases they where made for.
Which is why I find it so goddamn frustrating when the higher-up’s are so vain, so self-centered and greedy, that they will resort to petty abuse whenever they are called out on their bullshit by the people they are making it for, when in reality, it was never about the fans in the first place, it was about pushing their agenda and raking in as much profits as humanly possible allowing these disgusting and loathsome people to prosper and get their dicks sucked while the fans get the shaft for having an opinion.
This is also the reason why I praise the old days, back when entertainment was actually entertaining, no beliefs being shoved down our throats, no bigotry, no deception, and no abuse between fans and creators. But rather, awe inspiring shows and films that would inspire a new generation of artist who simply wish to share their gifts with those around them and to have fun doing it. To be an artist is to fully dedicate yourself to the craft you love and to honor both yourself and your work. Without it, you have no passion and an artist without a passion, is like an empty glass completely devoid of the invigorating fluids that makes it full and complete.
Ok. Now that I got that all out of my system, I want to take this moment to personally thank each and everyone of my wonderful viewers as well as those who continue to support me and my work for sticking around and being there with me, even when I felt you weren’t. The greatest honor you have given me is allowing me to share what I love to do with all of you wonderful, beautiful souls. Without you, I would not be the man I am today and I would not trade that for all the money in the world.
Thank you and goodnight.
-Todd J. Hammon/ToddRogue69
Before I talk about the trailer for the new Cats movie, I want to talk a bit about the 1998 vhs release of the Cats musical production and how it impacted me as a kid. When I was still a young lad, who was still a little ways away from entering my teens. I discovered this spectacular trailer for the vhs release of this musical called cats. It was big, it was grand, and it further stoked feelings inside of me I wouldn’t fully understand until many years later. But regardless, it filled me with a sense of wonder and glee.
Sometime later, I actually find a copy and plopped myself down to watch it with a few of my siblings. Needless to say, the songs, the costumes, and the alluring choreography got me hooked and I fell in love with it. Now that I’ve seen the new trailer for the upcoming film adaptation, I found myself displeased with how the cats have been portrayed in the trailer. To me, it seemed like a simple fix, but it would be damn near impossible to persuade the people behind this new film. Hence, we come to the theme of this rant. Why the cats from the new Cats movie don’t look cat-like enough.
Now, I am aware this is an adaptation and thus some changes are a given. But why the flying fuck did the people behind this movie feel like their cat designs would look even remotely decent? It just boggles my mind, the cat’s designs are straight up lazy, it just basically CGI feline tails, ears and fur on human bodies with the actors faces left untouched. Not only does it not fit, given what they are suppose to be, but it’s simply ugly and overly distracting.
This whole ordeal could probably be averted if the animators and the make-up department possibly attempted to give the cast more feline features, like slit pupils, cat-like noses, maybe some slightly exposed fangs. That would look a million times more fitting that the pitiful look they went with. And to prove my point, I have here a little side by side comparison of an original screenshot from the trailer and a simple edit I myself whipped up.
https://i.gyazo.com/2a8cf53d6eba87e.....1c5f3f1cc6.jpg
And now we come to the next part of my rant, pertaining the big joke that is the entertainment industry. This has been quite the time for entertainment, hasn’t it? A time of lazy cash-ins, knock-offs, failed reboots, and embarrassing remakes. Little to no originality or passion left from these high-end movies studio’s and entertainment companies who’s creative decisions are based purely on how much profit they could turn from an old familiar and beloved concept. Continuously getting praise for their stupid filmmaking choices and lashing out at the audiences they claim to be appeasing and milking beloved franchises dry before plummeting them into the ground, raped and neglected by the greedy corporate douchebags behind today’s entertainment. Meanwhile, there are the smalltime artists and content creators, who consciously do their very best to put out the best content that they can while also praising and respecting the shows and films they grew up with and giving them the respect they deserve and even basing their entire lives around their love for said medium. Most of them barely able to rake in a decent earning from their artistic pursuit’s yet still, they carry on doing what they love to do and thus providing the very best of content to the fan bases they where made for.
Which is why I find it so goddamn frustrating when the higher-up’s are so vain, so self-centered and greedy, that they will resort to petty abuse whenever they are called out on their bullshit by the people they are making it for, when in reality, it was never about the fans in the first place, it was about pushing their agenda and raking in as much profits as humanly possible allowing these disgusting and loathsome people to prosper and get their dicks sucked while the fans get the shaft for having an opinion.
This is also the reason why I praise the old days, back when entertainment was actually entertaining, no beliefs being shoved down our throats, no bigotry, no deception, and no abuse between fans and creators. But rather, awe inspiring shows and films that would inspire a new generation of artist who simply wish to share their gifts with those around them and to have fun doing it. To be an artist is to fully dedicate yourself to the craft you love and to honor both yourself and your work. Without it, you have no passion and an artist without a passion, is like an empty glass completely devoid of the invigorating fluids that makes it full and complete.
Ok. Now that I got that all out of my system, I want to take this moment to personally thank each and everyone of my wonderful viewers as well as those who continue to support me and my work for sticking around and being there with me, even when I felt you weren’t. The greatest honor you have given me is allowing me to share what I love to do with all of you wonderful, beautiful souls. Without you, I would not be the man I am today and I would not trade that for all the money in the world.
Thank you and goodnight.
-Todd J. Hammon/ToddRogue69
I dunno if I'll see the new movie, maybe just out of curiosity, but I agree a lot of the design choices are very questionable. x.x