oh fuck oh no look at this cats film

[PlanktonSideburns]

Yea I'm going to watch this in the cinema for deffos!

[kalowski]

I'd watch it if it had been directed by Tobe Hooper.

[Head Gardener]

I'd watch it if it had been directed by Tobe Hooper.

haha, yeah me too!

[Small Man Big Horse]

So far no seats have sold for the 8.45pm showing at the Walthamstow Empire tomorrow night. I'm almost tempted if I can see it on my own without any witnesses.

All the seats are still available, it's looking like my dream might come true!

[idunnosomename]

SOMEBODY SET UP US THE BOMB

[kngen]

The more I hear about this, the more I want to see it. Unfortunately thanks to bloody Star Wars, my local hasn't got it showing in any of the bigger screens, and if I'm paying to see it I want it to be a fucking EXPERIENCE.

Wonder if they deliberately put it up against Star Wars to bury it?

[idunnosomename]

Maybe they think it will gradually bring it in on home releases but you dont want to purposely bury something thats had a lot of money invested in it. They dont care about critical reception, they want investment to make profit

[Small Man Big Horse]

Wonder if they deliberately put it up against Star Wars to bury it?

The Greatest Showman went up against The Last Jedi and turned in to a sleeper hit, so I think they were hoping to cash in on the same audience this time around.

[Jim Bob]

Aye, it was likely counterprogramming.  They were hoping to bring in an audience who wouldn't be interested in seeing a Star Wars movie, but would enjoy a musical.

[Dewt]

All the seats are still available, it's looking like my dream might come true!

"Finally, I can enshitten an entire theatre's worth of seats."

[Small Man Big Horse]

"Finally, I can enshitten an entire theatre's worth of seats."

Tragedy has struck, and the seats will remain unshat upon.



If I find out it's any of you lot I will get my anus finger out and rub it all over your bike seats, I can tell you.

[Bazooka]

Imagine watching Cats with audio description.

[idunnosomename]

Imagine watching Cats with audio description.

"everything is horrible and ugly"

[Glebe]

Somebody brave must go to this dressed as Corden Cat and post pix.

[Kelvin]

"everything is horrible and ugly"

Lol'd on a train

[popcorn]

Apparently they're patching this.

Universal Notifies Theaters 'Cats' Is Being Updated With "Improved Visual Effects"

[Ferris]

Apparently they're patching this.

Universal Notifies Theaters 'Cats' Is Being Updated With "Improved Visual Effects"

Were the visual effects the main problem?

[idunnosomename]

Patch the fact that someone did a cinema adaption of a Lloyd-Webber musical

[Pearly-Dewdrops Drops]

How is that possible? What over-the-weekend improvements could they possibly be doing to an already-released CGI fest?

[popcorn]

From the sounds of it they're fixing a few CG bugs like hands clipping through walls and stuff like that. So yes, rearranging the decks on the Titanic, etc.

I suppose it might have come at the behest of the director who apparently was still working on the film hours before its premiere.

[Ferris]

From the sounds of it they're fixing a few CG bugs like hands clipping through walls and stuff like that. So yes, rearranging the decks on the Titanic, etc.

I suppose it might have come at the behest of the director who apparently was still working on the film hours before its premiere.

This is (presumably) a film with a budget in the tens of millions with thousands of people working on it.

How has it all gone this wrong?

[pigamus]

You can't make people look like real cats. You just can't. And the more you try the more freaked out people get.

[Butchers Blind]

How has it all gone this wrong?

Probably because it was a shit idea to start with no matter who was behind the camera.  What works in one medium is not necessarily transferable to another.

[popcorn]

This is (presumably) a film with a budget in the tens of millions with thousands of people working on it.

How has it all gone this wrong?

Bad source material and very bad art direction seems to have been the cause of the inescapable shitness of the film, but the visual effect bugs will just be the result of overambitious scheduling, desperate to hit the Christmas market.

For complex projects, beyond a certain point, it doesn't matter how many people you have working on them - it's diminishing returns because the extra labour is offset by the increased complexity of managing them and the reduced focus, autonomy, and clarity that comes from being a small part in a huge machine. In the end, once you basically have enough people, you either have enough time or you don't.

I suppose it might still end up being a box office smash. You never fucking know. Avatar looked fucking ridiculous too (admittedly less so) and everyone went to see it. Plus musicals do well at Christmas apparently - they're trying to hit the same market The Greatest Showman hit.

You can't make people look like real cats. You just can't. And the more you try the more freaked out people get.

Sounds like somebody hasn't seen popcorn_private_tape_LEAK_mp4_uncut_16gb.vid.

[Ferris]

Hadn't considered the time crunch for the holidays, I'm willing to let them off on this occasion only.

Sounds like somebody hasn't seen popcorn_private_tape_LEAK_mp4_uncut_16gb.vid.

Did we ever work out who owns the copyright on this?

[bgmnts]

You can't make people look like real cats. You just can't. And the more you try the more freaked out people get.

Why did Thundercats work then?

[popcorn]

Hadn't considered the time crunch for the holidays, I'm willing to let them off on this occasion only.

Did we ever work out who owns the copyright on this?

Well, technically, the cat. See also the Wikipedia monkey copyright dispute.

[PlanktonSideburns]

All the more pumped for this after hearing they were working on it hours before release

Genuinely hope it's a smash and more Hollywood films become hastily cobbled uncanny valley nightmares accidentally based on deviant art niches

Some sort of vore reboot of innerspace

Or a crush video gritty reboot of honey I shrunk the kids, I dunno

[Jim Bob]

Apparently they're patching this.

Universal Notifies Theaters 'Cats' Is Being Updated With "Improved Visual Effects"

This sets a worrying precedent.  I always feared that movies would end up like the current state of the videogame industry, with day one 'patches' and some form of DLC for extra money.  This is the first step towards that kind of hellish landscape in cinema.

[bgmnts]

You'll have to buy the special edition at double the price to watch the film as it was intended by the directors.

For some reason this is accepted by moronic gamers who have more money than sense but can you imagine this in film? Would be very interesting.