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WCDT Nov 8 - Nov 13th (4651-4655)
Potato Farmer:
--- Quote from: Tova on 09 Nov 2021, 22:37 ---As silly as that "Level of Furry" chart may be, it does explain the failure of Cats the film. I don't think anyone could handle the cognitive dissonance of hating on furries and enjoying that film.
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I just think they did a terrible job of mixing human and non-human features with the end result being unappealing to most people regardless of whether they're furry or not. I haven't seen the full movie but I've seen some clips and screenshots and my personal conclusion was "It was a brave attempt but it didn't work out."
Also somewhat supported by the fact that I don't think I've seen a lot of furry art which looked like the characters from the movie, and I've seen a lot of furry art.
Tova:
Again, "unappealing" and "didn't work out" I can easily accept.
It's the "kill it with fire" reaction (as oddtail put it) that, for mine, wants further explanation. There are a lot of bad films out there. Some of them extraordinarily bad. Few get that level of reaction. Some of the truly bad ones end up cult favourites.
Potato Farmer:
--- Quote from: Tova on 10 Nov 2021, 04:33 ---Again, "unappealing" and "didn't work out" I can easily accept.
It's the "kill it with fire" reaction (as oddtail put it) that, for mine, wants further explanation. There are a lot of bad films out there. Some of them extraordinarily bad. Few get that level of reaction. Some of the truly bad ones end up cult favourites.
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I'm not sure how to explain it. The only real comparison I have is the original design for Sonic in the Sonic The Hedgehog movie. I believe that received roughly the same reaction where people didn't just consider it bad, they found it actively repulsive. I don't know how to explain the why, but I do know that the reaction was genuine and well-documented.
John Allenson:
Actually, Marten got me wondering 'Why aren't there AI furries?"
Most of the AIs we see are at least anthropomorphic if not full out humanoid, which makes a lot of sense from the function of a comic. After all it's a lot easier to show personality with someone who looks like Bubbles than with a floating, black slab. But we do know that Mech bodies are options for AIs. May wanted to be a fighter jet - not a fighter jet pilot.
But the only animalistic robot I recall was a nightmare fuel spider. (maybe Yelling Bird was an AI?)
I find it easy to imagine AI companions who might opt for 'dog' (especially Winslow - I can see Winslow as a golden retriever). I can imagine Yay Newfriend with a cat body, great for stealth. Elephant, dinosaur, and shark/whale bodies
BenRG:
My idea about humans wanting to look synthetic is discussed a bit more in this thread
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