Comments on: Love

Love

Mwongozi — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:33:51 -0800

Cat + Rabbit != Love
Flash movie.

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:47:09 -0800

But Strawberries still mean love, right?

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:47:24 -0800

Double post, I think.

By: reklaw

reklaw — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:49:14 -0800

Yeah, I know I've seen it somewhere before, and I think it was here. It's still a brilliant piece of flash though. Visual storytelling done really well. Plus I identify with the cat, and the ending makes me all happy inside.

By: Mwongozi

Mwongozi — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:54:52 -0800

Bah, well I couldn't find it. I declare it to be Double Post Sunday. ;)

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:54:57 -0800

See, I dunno, reklaw. If this were real, it would be stalking, and it would be criminal. And I know, yes, it's a flash cartoon with a rabbit and a cat, but I never understood why stalking was considered 'romantic' (*cough*The Graduate*cough*), and I think things like this kind of perpetuate the 'ignore them when they're not interestted, be everywhere they go no matter what they say, and in the end you'll get them' thinking

By: banished

banished — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:58:59 -0800

Double post indeed.

By: reklaw

reklaw — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 18:14:28 -0800

John: it's not stalking, really... not in that context at least. It's more like "the chase", if you like, not literally following someone around but letting them know you're interested over and over again. To be a bit sexist for a second, if the rabbit was the male in the story then it would be more creepy. As it is, the rabbit is just a sweet girl with a crush on a boy cat who thinks their relationship wouldn't work -- until he finally gives it a chance. It's a nice story and, as I kind-of-said already, reminds me of my own relationship.

By: MegoSteve

MegoSteve — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 20:03:34 -0800

Could someone tell me what that song is?

By: whatzit

whatzit — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 20:11:03 -0800

MegoSteve, it's track 4 on this album by the Witches. The whole album is good. A translation of the lyrics (and Korean, if you and your computer can read it) are here.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 21:20:37 -0800

Cat and Bunny posted by SPrintF at 9:22 AM PST

By: Guy Smiley

Guy Smiley — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 22:07:41 -0800

Cat + Rabbit = Love!

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 23:49:47 -0800

and I think things like this kind of perpetuate the 'ignore them when they're not interested, be everywhere they go no matter what they say, and in the end you'll get them' thinking Seeing as how 86% of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes find "Kill Bill" to be a delightful piece of fiction, I think we're long past the point of requiring our art to inspire morality. You miss the obvious which is that many times just such a scenario ends in romance. It's the grand contradiction between rules and romance. In an ideal universe maybe people would have to ask permission to kiss or touch someone in any way, but most of the time its about a subjective reading of subtle clues and "making a move". Of course this way the chances of violation and unwanted touching increase, but the other way romance is diminished to a level that almost nobody wants. To use Chris Rock's take on the dilemma:

Sexual harassment! What is sexual harassment?! What's the difference between sexual harassment and just being an idiot? I mean, if my father didn't harass my mother, I wouldn't be here! I mean, I understand some sexual harassment.. if a man is your boss and says, "Hey, sleep with me, or you're fired." That's sexual harassment. And that's the only thing that's sexual harassment! Everything else falls under "Just trying to get laid." You can't put a man in jail for that! I don't care how hard he tries, that's all he was trying to do! Anita Hill started this whole thing. It's all about looks, you know? Because if Clarence Thomas looked like Denzel Washington, this would have never happened! She'd be all, "Oh, stop it, Clarence, you nasty! Your fine self!" So, what's sexual harassment, when an ugly man wants some? "Oh, he ugly! Call the police! Call the authority!"

By: xmutex

xmutex — Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:07:27 -0800

God almighty... the goatse.cx guy devolved into an argument about homophobia over on MeTa and now we're discussing stalking and sexual harassment and gender politics because of some freaking Flash cartoon. Get a grip.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:30:48 -0800

I take back my (much) earlier comment. xmutex has his moments of glorious purity.

By: shepd

shepd — Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:55:34 -0800

Ummm... Hands up anyone who looked at the URL, or, checked out other files in the temp directory (oh so very NSFW -- and probably NSFC/NSFM*)? I think you guys are totally on the wrong track as to this little clip being about stalking. Note the main theme of the entire cartoon is interspecies relationships. Then note the content of the site. Then note the name of the site. (Brick falls on MeFi audience rather than lightbulb). Yeesh! C = Catholic/Christian, M = Muslim. I am certain there are other religions I missed. Feel free to cascade them in.

By: johnny7

johnny7 — Sun, 18 Apr 2004 07:25:36 -0800

The whole album is good. That's the part I'd like explained.

By: ursus_comiter

ursus_comiter — Sun, 18 Apr 2004 10:45:26 -0800

Shepd, the original link is to a site that grabbed the .swf file for their own purposes. The original source of it is here.

By: t r a c y

t r a c y — Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:20:41 -0800

it's still just a cute lil bit of animated flash, about falling in love outside your "type", not a propaganda tool for promoting stalking. geez. you know when the anvil falls on wyle coyote's head...? it's not real, eh... they're cartoons...!

By: shepd

shepd — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:05:19 -0800

Ahhh, that makes more sense ursus. :-) Sorry, I have a hard time taking anything near seriously when the site has the word "furry" in it. You know...