Cats Movie Adaption [Archive] - The Technodrome Forums

TigerClaw

07-17-2019, 04:16 PM

a movie adaption of the musical Cats is coming out this year. Here's a Behind The Scenes Video featuring all the actors in this movie. They aren't in costume. As the actors will be covered in CGI to make them appear as Cats. The Trailer is expected on Friday.

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MsMarvelDuckie

07-17-2019, 07:23 PM

TigerClaw

07-17-2019, 07:25 PM

There's already been a direct stage-to-screen video adaptation of Cats. Given the original play's choreography and script, I don't see a more "movie-like" version doing well. It doesn't make sense....
The movie version will have a bigger budget. Plus it will use motion capture technology so that all the actors look like the Cats.

MsMarvelDuckie

07-17-2019, 07:31 PM

They already do that with makeup for the stage play. Have you ever even SEEN Cats? It's a DANCE/musical performance. And the story is mostly just a kind of gathering of cats on a particular night to tell their individual stories and deteemin who gets to go to the "Heaviside Layer" fo the next life. It doesn't really translate well to a movie adaptation like some other musicals would.

TigerClaw

07-17-2019, 07:52 PM

TigerClaw

07-18-2019, 04:52 PM

Here's the Trailer.

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Taylor Swift is pretty hot as a Cat.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_ybI_gUcAAxH2r?format=jpg

Utrommaniac

07-18-2019, 06:40 PM

My favorite reaction so far
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9e9954906acc6f4f5c1222dfcd4c0af0/900ba5e0442521b3-47/s1280x1920/ed252e858172a7d64fbf49beee809a37fb408388.jpg

ranger_scout

07-18-2019, 08:23 PM

TigerClaw

07-18-2019, 08:28 PM

People who have seen the trailer on Youtube are just as divided about the trailer as the general public is about the musical. Right now it has 13,000 likes and 12,000 dislikes. If it keeps getting negative reception, it could end up like the Sonic the Hedgehog film. Although I'm not sure of Hooper and Universal will listen to fans like Paramount and Jeff Fowler did.
They don't realize that the Cats are supposed to look that way. Have you seen how they looked in the original Play? The performers where cat suits and have makeup on to look like Cats. What this movie is trying to do. Is make these Cats look more realistic. By applying what they are calling Digital Fur Technology.

ranger_scout

07-18-2019, 08:45 PM

They don't realize that the Cats are supposed to look that way. Have you seen how they looked in the original Play? The performers where cat suits and have makeup on to look like Cats. What this movie is trying to do. Is make these Cats look more realistic. By applying what they are calling Digital Fur Technology.

I watched the 1998 direct-to-video film recording of the musical in middle school after reading the poems by T.S. Eliot. The characters and sets look completely different from that one.

TurtleTitan97

07-18-2019, 10:31 PM

They don't realize that the Cats are supposed to look that way. Have you seen how they looked in the original Play? The performers where cat suits and have makeup on to look like Cats. What this movie is trying to do. Is make these Cats look more realistic. By applying what they are calling Digital Fur Technology.

It figures you'd be the first one to jump to this garbage's defense.

Shark_Blade

07-18-2019, 11:40 PM

neatoman

07-19-2019, 06:16 AM

Here's the Trailer.

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Taylor Swift is pretty hot as a Cat.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_ybI_gUcAAxH2r?format=jpg

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The Deadman

07-19-2019, 09:29 AM

This is accurate
https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1152031638622093312

Mr Salk

07-19-2019, 12:20 PM

A movie based on a musical isn't as far fetched as a musical based on a book of ridiculous cat poems ( T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats).

Prowler

07-19-2019, 12:21 PM

I'm surprised it took them such a long time to try and make a movie of this musical.

ranger_scout

07-19-2019, 12:52 PM

I'm surprised it took them such a long time to try and make a movie of this musical.

Well they sort of already did with the 1998 direct-to-video performance.

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Also, Stephen Spielberg had been working on an animated adaptation in the 90's, but the project was cancelled.

Explore the dark, moody art of Steven Spielberg’s animated Cats (https://news.avclub.com/explore-the-dark-moody-art-of-steven-spielberg-s-anima-1798270242)

Egon1982

07-19-2019, 01:43 PM

Here's the Trailer.

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Taylor Swift is pretty hot as a Cat.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_ybI_gUcAAxH2r?format=jpg

Wow sheer laziness, why not hire make up artists than put humans in CGI suits? sheer laziness.

She looks like Selina Kyle in the Tyger Tyger episode of Batman the animated series (anyone remembers that episode where she got turned into an actual cat-woman?), only difference is that Selina Kyle as a catgirl in that episode was actually sexy (of course Selina is lovely no matter how she looks) compared to the abomination in that photo.

Hell even Cleo from Heathcliff, that three breasted alien cat dancer from Star Trek V (one of the best things about it), Callie Briggs from Swat Kats, M'ress from Star Trek, Mirage from Aladdin, Jenny from Bucky O'Hare, Felicia from Darkstalkers games, Aishia Clan Clan from Outlaw Star and Cheetara/Pumarya from Thundercats are even more attractive that the cat-lady in the photo

oldmanwinters

07-19-2019, 02:09 PM

I’m a fan of musicals but not sure about this look they’re going for...

I mean wtf...

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Never watched the original either so dunno. Perhaps I’ll feel adventurous and watch it when it releases

Yeah... Rebel Wilson CGI'd into a naked cat isn't something I would have expected. I never saw the musical, so my only experience with the source material is T. S. Eliot's whimsical "Practical Cats" stories.

I would prefer some semblance of clothing on those CGI monsters. In regards to the play, the audience at least recognizes a "costume" is being worn, but here it dives head-first into the uncanny valley.

Egon1982

07-19-2019, 02:47 PM

Why not get Rick Baker to do make up for them than lazy CGI? i mean he did well with cat people in Beauty and the Beast the series and Thriller.

TigerClaw

07-19-2019, 04:44 PM

I heard that most furries don't like that they don't have Cat muzzles.

MsMarvelDuckie

07-19-2019, 05:39 PM

But the Cats will look more realistic in the actual movie. and not looking like people dressed in face paint.

You totally missed the point. Cats is far from a realistic depiction of animals as they actually are. The entirety of the play consists of introducing and showing the backgrounds and personalities of the characters through their individual themes, loosely tied together by the premise of the "Jellicle Ball", a gathering of all the "Jellicles" to decide who gets to be reborn to a new life. It does not NEED to be realistic. It is literally a dance and lyric performance with a VERY loose "story", based entirely on a series of poems! No cgi or reimagining needed. It works as a stage performance, but as a full movie adaptation? Umm, not so much.

They don't realize that the Cats are supposed to look that way. Have you seen how they looked in the original Play? The performers wear cat suits and have makeup on to look like Cats. What this movie is trying to do. Is make these Cats look more realistic. By applying what they are calling Digital Fur Technology.

And that was fine. They do not need to look more realistic, as realism has no place within the play to begin with. They are all characters with very clear personas, portrayed through their dances and lyric themes. Like Bustopher, the "cat about town", a friendly wanderer of the upper class eateries who greets folk and takes handouts as a food connosuir. Or Macavity, the rough, tough alley-cat who steals, bullys, and vandalizes everywhere he goes, or Jennyanydots, the fat happy housecat with a secret side of teaching the mice and roaches productive activities, or Skimbleshanks, the railway mascot and patrolcat. And so on. These characters are not realistic animal depictions by any means- they are more like particular feline "purrsonas" portrayed via musical themes and dance. Rum-Tum-Tugger is, for instance, the typical cat always wanting to be in the middle of everything, always on the wrong side of the door, center of attention, etc, while Mungojerry and Rumpleteaser are the ultimate mischievous pranksters and hellions, causing trouble when no one is looking. And then there is Mr Mistophales....

I watched the 1998 direct-to-video film recording of the musical in middle school after reading the poems by T.S. Eliot. The characters and sets look completely different from that one.

Exactly. It's a very minimalist production, as it should be, since elaborate and realistic sets are not needed. The entire over-story takes place in a junkyard alleyway, with some of the characters' backstories taking place in quiet homes, a restaurant streetfront, a park, a waterfront dock, and a railway station, among others. But the sets for each are made from random objects found lying around the junkyard, with discarded wheels, boxes, tin cans, pieces of wood and sheets, etc, all used as set props to show different locations. (The "train" in Skimbleshanks' song was made entirely from junk!)

TigerClaw

07-19-2019, 05:45 PM

For anyone not familiar with the Cats Musical the movie is based on. This article from Polygon explains the Musical in great details.https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/18/20696129/cats-2019-musical-trailer-explained

Here's the official poster.

http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cats-movie-poster.jpg

ranger_scout

10-24-2019, 07:35 PM

Taylor Swift and Andrew Lloyd Webber have written a new song for the film titled "Beautiful Ghosts". I believe that Swift is very determined to follow in Lady Gaga's footsteps after she wrote "Shallow" for A Star is Born. I know it's early to predict this, but if Swift wins an Oscar for the song, she will be one trophy away from EGOT status. All that would be missing is the Tony.

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CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

10-24-2019, 07:48 PM

This is legitimately the weirdest movie I've ever seen produced in my lifetime. I don't even think DRUGS explain this.

Alien possession, maybe?

MsMarvelDuckie

10-24-2019, 08:13 PM

You'd have to ask T S Elliot. But he's dead, so..... (Seriously, though, the play is fantastic. I fully recommend seeing it at least once, as it has some wonderful, catchy songs, great characters, and the choreography is simply astounding.)

MsMarvelDuckie

01-09-2020, 12:09 AM

Ok, I went to see this today, partly from morbid curiosity about all the poor reviews, and partly because- Cats! Turns out, I loved it! The cgi was not nearly as cringy as people have made it out to be, though it took a little getting used to. The songs were mostly well-done, including my two favorites, Mr Mistoffelees and Skimbleshanks. Memory was, of course, wonderful, and even the new song brought me to tears! After seeing this, I really don't get all the hate it has gotten. I loved how Victoria had her role expanded (she's the only white cat in the play, and though her coloring was changed up a little, she is still easily recognizable as the "pretty, shy" one) and Mistoffelees was great! Idris Elba NAILED the role of Macavity, and likewise Ian MacKellan was amazing as Gus. Judy really did justice to Deuteronomy as well, which was a relief. The only things that kind of irked me were Rum-Tum-Tugger having a reduced part, no Demeter, and Rum-Tum-Tugger's and Mungojerry and Rumpleteaser's songs seemed a bit TOO changed. Everything else was fine- though I found Jennyanydots dance with the mice and cockroaches a little weirder than it needed to be. Overall, I really loved it!

DarkFell

01-10-2020, 01:26 AM

This is legitimately the weirdest movie I've ever seen produced in my lifetime. I don't even think DRUGS explain this.
Dunno if you are a Washington Post fan, but a few viewers went the route of drug inebriation. Some of the accounts that were told, were just ..yeah.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/people-are-seeing-cats-while-high-out-of-their-minds-these-are-their-stories/2020/01/05/d0ebfb3a-2beb-11ea-bcb3-ac6482c4a92f_story.html