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<p>In case you missed it, someone spent a gajillion dollars to create a live-action &quot;Cats&quot; movie with an A-list cast, and the trailer just dropped.</p><p>The movie version of &quot;Cats&quot; stars Taylor Swift, James Corden, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Idris Elba, and Dame Judi Dench. DAME JUDI DENCH. They got one of the damn dames to star in this thing. Did she lose a bet or what?</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="" height="600" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/cats-movie-2019-dame-judi-dench-photo-cats-movie-2019-cmtQ4T.jpg" width="1000" /></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>You can see more accursed images of the previously mentioned A-listers <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/entertainment/cats-movie-trailer-taylor-swift/" target="_blank">here</a>. But suffice it to say, the cats are all kinds of creepy &mdash; and the internet kind of wishes they&#39;d put some clothes on?</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why do all the actors look more naked as cats than if they were just naked? I&#39;m scared.</p>&mdash; Synthetic Teapot 🇵🇦 (@SyntheticTeapot) <a href="https://twitter.com/SyntheticTeapot/status/1152200073977225216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Of course, if your brain is as broken by the internet as mine, the trailer might have made you wonder...</p><h2>How does the Furry community feel about &quot;Cats&quot;?</h2><p>Furries, for the uninitiated, are people who either identify as or deeply appreciate anthropomorphized animals.</p><p>Furries hit the mainstream after a notorious episode of &quot;Entourage&quot; back in the 2000s saw Turtle dressing up in a ridiculous, giant animal costume to have sex with a woman who was allegedly into Furries. But <a href="https://www.vox.com/2014/12/10/7362321/9-questions-about-furries-you-were-too-embarrassed-to-ask" target="_blank">Vox argues</a> that Furries aren&#39;t necessarily trying to bone in their costumes on the reg, if at all. And a quick perusal of the Furry subreddit proves most of these people just really like cartoon animals!</p><p>So it would seem that the Furry community would be alllllll about the &quot;Cats&quot; trailer, as it features anthropomorphized animals that are weirdly naked. But it turns out they&#39;re <strong>not into it.</strong></p><p>One furry <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/furry/comments/cf18e6/taylor_swift_from_the_new_cats_trailer/">posted a screenshot</a> of Taylor Swift in character as Bombalurina in the &quot;Cats&quot; trailer on Reddit, which it gives me no joy to share below:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="" height="383" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-07-19-at-91529-am-EO5NI8.png" width="515" /></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The actual footage of her acting like a sexy cat will make you want to pour bleach over your brain, but that&#39;s beside the point. And the reactions were uniformly negative.</p><p>&quot;I thought sonic was bad...&quot; wrote one user who identifies as an <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/furry/comments/cf18e6/taylor_swift_from_the_new_cats_trailer/eu6inoe/">dog</a>.</p><p>&quot;This is a mistake,&quot; wrote <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/furry/comments/cf18e6/taylor_swift_from_the_new_cats_trailer/eu6kl66/">Bruiser_Wild_Dog</a>.</p><p>&quot;Too uncanny for my taste,&quot; wrote another, &quot;I love realistic designs... but this?&quot;</p><p>Another user wrote a measured, thoughtful comment that takes something called &quot;fursona technology&quot; into account:</p><blockquote> <p>I think this is what would be made if animal-based &quot;fursona technology&quot; is real. Nature favours usefulness over superficial appeal, after all. Whether or not it would be appealing is up to us to decide.</p> <p>I think we&#39;d better leave our furry fantasies in our imagination.</p> </blockquote><p>&quot;im gonna have to give that image a hard pass,&quot; wrote <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/furry/comments/cf18e6/taylor_swift_from_the_new_cats_trailer/eu6ggxe/">sylveowl</a>, whose Reddit flair indicates that they identify as a &quot;gay ghost owl.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>It begs the question: if the live-action &quot;Cats&quot; is too much for a &quot;gay ghost owl,&quot; then who is this all for?!</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><div><div class="video-correcting-container" style="left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 0px;position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe src="https://giphy.com/embed/71PLYtZUiPRg4" width="372" height="262" frameborder="0" class="giphy-embed" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px;left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 100%;position: absolute;"></iframe></div></div></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Even the Furry community is creeped out by the new 'Cats' trailer.

In case you missed it, someone spent a gajillion dollars to create a live-action &quot;Cats&quot; movie with an A-list cast, and the trailer just dropped.The movie version of &quot;Cats&quot; stars Taylor Swift, James Corden, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Idris Elba, and Dame Judi Dench. DAME JUDI DENCH. They got one of the damn dames to star in this thing. Did she lose a bet or what?You can see more accursed images of the previously mentioned A-listers here. But suffice it to say, the cats are all kinds of creepy &mdash; and the internet kind of wishes they&#39;d put some clothes on?Why do all the actors look more naked as cats than if they were just naked? I&#39;m scared.&mdash; Synthetic Teapot 🇵🇦 (@SyntheticTeapot) July 19, 2019 Of course, if your brain is as broken by the internet as mine, the trailer might have made you wonder...How does the Furry community feel about &quot;Cats&quot;?Furries, for the uninitiated, are people who either identify as or deeply appreciate anthropomorphized animals.Furries hit the mainstream after a notorious episode of &quot;Entourage&quot; back in the 2000s saw Turtle dressing up in a ridiculous, giant animal costume to have sex with a woman who was allegedly into Furries. But Vox argues that Furries aren&#39;t necessarily trying to bone in their costumes on the reg, if at all. And a quick perusal of the Furry subreddit proves most of these people just really like cartoon animals!So it would seem that the Furry community would be alllllll about the &quot;Cats&quot; trailer, as it features anthropomorphized animals that are weirdly naked. But it turns out they&#39;re not into it.One furry posted a screenshot of Taylor Swift in character as Bombalurina in the &quot;Cats&quot; trailer on Reddit, which it gives me no joy to share below:The actual footage of her acting like a sexy cat will make you want to pour bleach over your brain, but that&#39;s beside the point. And the reactions were uniformly negative.&quot;I thought sonic was bad...&quot; wrote one user who identifies as an dog.&quot;This is a mistake,&quot; wrote Bruiser_Wild_Dog.&quot;Too uncanny for my taste,&quot; wrote another, &quot;I love realistic designs... but this?&quot;Another user wrote a measured, thoughtful comment that takes something called &quot;fursona technology&quot; into account: I think this is what would be made if animal-based &quot;fursona technology&quot; is real. Nature favours usefulness over superficial appeal, after all. Whether or not it would be appealing is up to us to decide. I think we&#39;d better leave our furry fantasies in our imagination. &quot;im gonna have to give that image a hard pass,&quot; wrote sylveowl, whose Reddit flair indicates that they identify as a &quot;gay ghost owl.&quot;It begs the question: if the live-action &quot;Cats&quot; is too much for a &quot;gay ghost owl,&quot; then who is this all for?!

In case you missed it, someone spent a gajillion dollars to create a live-action &quot;Cats&quot; movie with an A-list cast, and the trailer just dropped.  The movie version of &quot;Cats&quot; stars Taylor Swift, James Corden, Jennifer...