Mog and Chips

I fell asleep while reading material for my essay >_> <_< Which also meant not saying “bye” or “thanks” to my landlord who was around trying to fix up some TV stuff up. Oops.

I think I’m doing genre for my essay, and I’ve been thinking “I know! I’ll use Fritz the Cat in my essay!”

Fritz the cat was directed by Ralph Bakshi (Yes, the same guy that animated/directed the Lord of the Rings, the went bust and didn’t do the second half, apparently without having any animation supervisors judging by the sloppiness of the colouring and such. ) it’s about cute fluffy animals that walk around on two legs and talk and so on.

It also got an X rating in the US.

Basically, it’s a rejection of the ways of Disney and extreme attempt to get people to recognise animation isn’t just for kids, which is why I want to watch it (challenging the idea of the ‘childrens genre. It’s also still got the squish and stretch cartoon-ness, which is a strange technique for an apparently serious film).

Unfortuneately I don’t actually want anyone to see it on my shelf and go “ooh, what’s that?” And having to reply and tell them it’s X rated not just for violence (not sure if that’d be an 18 or 18A), but because of anthropomorphic group sex scenes (which I don’t particularly find appealing either, before you say it =P). To make a point against fuzzy cute animation (a bit like Happy Tree Friends), but badly drawn (as far as I know not more graphic than cats and god knows what else having… breasts? O.o) cartoon furry sex all the same.

Now imagine getting that for Christmas =P

I also don’t want to pay £14 for it >_> <_< But I suppose cult films probably do hang on to that kinda price tag, even if they are 25 years old. I think the people distributing the DVD are quite a small company too. Pretty much every big distributer said no (Can’t imagine why)

It’s not on Youtube either, so I can’t even write about a bit of it so it looks like I’ve actually watched the whole thing =P (You’d be amazed how much of an essay you can write on the first three minutes of Minority Report, and that’s without any controversial material)

Also I had a dream, I think it involved me sleeping in my bed on top of my reading pack (which I was) and Paul going “awwww!” and then a whole group of people gathering around and going “awwww” before getting bored and walking off.

EDIT: To see how sloppy The Lord Of the Rings was, see: http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/bakshi/bakshi.htm

But damn, you gotta love the big floofy hair. Even if you don’t like Elrond’s shirt flickering the wrong colour every now and then. And the overdramatic actions. And the way all the hobbits look the same, apart from Sam, who looks and moves like a clinical retard, I kid you not.

EDIT 2: “In Bag End, Gandalf just can’t sit still. He won’t just sit down and talk to Frodo about the Ring; instead he paces around meaninglessly, gesturing like a rabid stork.” *Cackle* Ah this brings back memories. Would you believe I actually liked this film, when I was 7? And my sister liked this film, despite actually having read the book?

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