The Cats movie has a new trailer, and let’s be honest, we’re more creeped out than ever before
So, the much-debated Cats movie released a new trailer, and, well…we’re really still at a loss for words. The more visuals of humanoid cats we consume, the more unnerved we become. We really thought that after watching the last Cats trailer, the image of feline Taylor Swift would be more palatable. But, alas, it just got even weirder. Were we naive to believe we’d be less creeped out by the second iteration of the Cats preview? Maybe. Are we just as chilled to the core by the strange, CGI fur-covered versions of our favorite celebrities? Absolutely, if not more so.
This time around, we get a feel for the actual plot of Cats, which has been argued to be nonexistent throughout the original musical’s entire run on Broadway. But it seems as though a plot does, in fact, exist. Dame Judy Dench (in feline form) gets to pick which kitty can travel to the ~other side~ and get “a new life.” All the cats in the alley compete for this honor by performing their respective song-and-dance numbers.
Although the trailer boasts that the Cats film will be “the most joyful event of the holiday season,” based on the reactions, we can’t help but feel like its release is going to be quite the opposite. Unless you count being joyful making jokes about how scared everyone is.
Let's do this. 🐱✨ pic.twitter.com/96ASci7rY1
— CATS (@catsmovie) November 19, 2019
None of our original questions about Cats have been answered. How did these human-cats (what we’re dubbing “humcats”) come into existence? Why do the female cats have, um, accurate anatomy, but the male cats don’t? How come some cats wear clothes and others don’t? And, on that note, is kitty-cat Jason Derulo wearing the fur of another cat?
Needless to say, Twitter is on fire and will likely be burned to the ground by the end of the day, all because of Cats.
as soon as I saw @catsmovie gave the lady cats breasts, I should have assumed someone would shake them while dancing but I still wasn't prepared for the reality of what that would look like… pic.twitter.com/tT24lyBcAG
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) November 19, 2019
If the animation in the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie was fixed after fans were creeped TF out, then we figured surely the animators behind Cats might reconsider. But, no. No, that didn’t happen. false
We’re just…upset.
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can someone please come over and put the parental block on the #CatsMovie trailer, I have so much work to do
— Emily Andras (@emtothea) November 19, 2019
This is the single worst thing that has ever happened to anyone. Ever.
How did we get here? What did we do to deserve this? Are we in Hell? How do I get out? #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/k62zjTnYyA
— Nick Deal (@nick__deal) November 19, 2019
Me pressing play on the Cats trailer pic.twitter.com/yzuVrH9EeV
— Marc (@MarcSnetiker) November 19, 2019
Why is cat-version Idris Elba so shiny? And why is he straddling that cat statue?
I assume this is why Idris Elba was dethroned as Sexiest Man Alive. #Cats pic.twitter.com/hW76MmfZUK
— Olivia Truffaut-Wong (@iWatchiAm) November 19, 2019
I don’t want Idris Elba’s career to end this way #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/9YFiIgFjFI
— Anita Singh (@anitathetweeter) November 19, 2019
I DON'T LIKE THE NAKED CAT FLESH pic.twitter.com/4sJgy8AvZi
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) November 19, 2019
We just need to step away from the screen for a while.
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I just watched the new Cats trailer on the bus & I felt like I was watching hentai
— Nick Wiger (@nickwiger) November 19, 2019
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— Alison Willmore (@alisonwillmore) November 19, 2019
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if you pay 5 extra dollars you should be able to watch CATS without CGI. just like, james corden covered in green dots licking his own hand
— Alison Herman (@aherman2006) November 19, 2019
This may be the first year we’ve ever been truly scared to enter into the holiday season. Shield your eyes, gird your loins, and pray the cats of Cats stay out of your dreams.
