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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 20, 2019 9:55:50 GMT -5
I just watched trailer for cats and I was blown away! The technology is awesome. The costumes are texture mapped onto the actors and live action is seamlessly blended with CG.
This isn't a show that I ever thought I would want to see, but I can't wait for it to come out.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jul 20, 2019 10:00:46 GMT -5
 Years ago wife and I saw Cats at the Sanger Theater in New Orleans, wife was awe struck, me I liked the costumes and the drinks you could buy during the intermission, even got a chuckle at some Society Dame wanting me to get out of her seat, she was reading the seat ticket wrong, wife was tugging at my arm as the (Lady) was not so nice, I was,
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 20, 2019 10:05:23 GMT -5
This movie looks to be on another level from the stage play. And a lot of theaters are serving cocktails and food these days.
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Post by toshtego on Jul 20, 2019 11:05:30 GMT -5
I will pass on this one.
Saw the play in New York back in the middle 1980s. 90 minutes of misery. I so prefer ALW's other musicals, you know, about corrupt South American Dictators, Biblical stories including The Nazarine, Opera House terrorists.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 21, 2019 3:44:46 GMT -5
I've never seen cats or been interested in it but you've pricked my curiosity, Ron. I must check out the trailer.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2019 17:31:10 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 22, 2019 0:13:41 GMT -5
Thanks. I learned a lot about UwU and nyan. I am surprised by the hate, but it is the internet where it's not ok to like anything. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 0:40:24 GMT -5
The Cats soundtrack is much better than watching the play itself. I have two versions one with Betty Buckley and one with Sara Brightman. Buckley is doing Hello Dolly in Fort Worth. Of course her Tony award is for Cats in 1983.
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Post by briarbuck on Jul 22, 2019 8:43:48 GMT -5
I'd rather have sharp objects jammed into my eyeballs.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 22, 2019 9:10:27 GMT -5
I'd rather have sharp objects jammed into my eyeballs. tell us how you really feel... 😂 |
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Post by instymp on Jul 22, 2019 17:25:43 GMT -5
Wife & friends liked it on a cruise we did last year.
I bowed out.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Jul 23, 2019 23:15:54 GMT -5
I find the trailer disturbing and unpleasant.
Cats the book of poetry with original illustration is a rollicking good time.
Cats the musical is ... tolerable.
I'm not looking forward to Cats the film.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 23, 2019 23:38:22 GMT -5
I find the trailer disturbing and unpleasant. Cats the book of poetry with original illustration is a rollicking good time. Cats the musical is ... tolerable. I'm not looking forward to Cats the film. Well, that's that. I must see it now. 🤠|
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2019 2:05:10 GMT -5
I will go with you Ron and foot the bill for the tickets.
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Post by Wolfman on Jul 24, 2019 6:09:12 GMT -5
I just watched the trailer. I’m not sure what I think. I enjoyed the musical when it was on Broadway.
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Post by bigwoolie on Jul 24, 2019 6:45:16 GMT -5
I'm gonna pass on this one. I don't care much about real cats in real life, don't care anything about Broadway musicals about cats, and so turning it into a movie isn't gonna make things any more attractive. I saw the trailer, and to me it looked horrendous.
It's just a matter of taste, and it's not not my taste.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2019 6:59:48 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 24, 2019 8:26:07 GMT -5
I really had no idea what it's about. This is the first time I've heard anyone talk about the plot. I think I understand now why the MSM wouldn't mention it. |
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Jul 24, 2019 10:54:25 GMT -5
Eliot himself was a Unitarian who converted to CoE for the sake of "Englishness," so I wouldn't put too much stock in this essay if I were you.
The "Cats" poems are literally about the psychology of cats. I'm not kidding at all. They are, as much as anything, didactic works for children to understand their house pets better.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 24, 2019 11:01:21 GMT -5
Eliot himself was a Unitarian who converted to CoE for the sake of "Englishness," so I wouldn't put too much stock in this essay if I were you.Â
The "Cats" poems are literally about the psychology of cats. I'm not kidding at all. They are, as much as anything, didactic works for children to understand their house pets better.
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Post by toshtego on Jul 24, 2019 12:09:47 GMT -5
Here is my Cat's Musical response:
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Post by toshtego on Jul 24, 2019 12:12:14 GMT -5
Along with most all other critters, I love cats and everything about their behaviors. This does not mean I want to site through that Musical again.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Jul 24, 2019 12:52:27 GMT -5
Eliot himself was a Unitarian who converted to CoE for the sake of "Englishness," so I wouldn't put too much stock in this essay if I were you.
The "Cats" poems are literally about the psychology of cats. I'm not kidding at all. They are, as much as anything, didactic works for children to understand their house pets better.
Did you find that it helped? No.
As a fellow well familiar with the source material (it was a cherished book as a kid), I think the author is dipping in a dry hole. There's no Christian subtext in "Cats." It's too simple and whimsical for that.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2019 18:18:59 GMT -5
Yeah the whole idea of Old Deuteronomy deciding the Jellicle Choice of which cat gets to be reborn and Journey to the Heaviside Layer and be reborn has nothing at all to do with Christian beliefs.
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Years ago wife and I saw Cats at the Sanger Theater in New Orleans, wife was awe struck, me I liked the costumes and the drinks you could buy during the intermission, even got a chuckle at some Society Dame wanting me to get out of her seat, she was reading the seat ticket wrong, wife was tugging at my arm as the (Lady) was not so nice, I was, 
