Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Four-Hundred-and-Seventy-Two-Second Films

I hope everyone had a good Christmas.  Can't complain, myself.    But now that it's over, I can write another critical blog post without ruining any holiday cheer!

This one is about, you guessed it, Kate and Cory again.  I caught up on my vlogs, and there's a few things to mention.

First, we find out that Cory and Sparta are somehow going to be involved with the new Heathcliff movie.  After everyone's had a chance to roll their eyes at this movie even being made, and lived through terrible flashbacks of the CG Garfield movies, let's get to the real question here: what is the point of hiring Cory and Sparta to begin with?  Sparta isn't a trained animal.  Not to mention, Sparta isn't even a kitten anymore.  When that Mean Kitty Song video was made, Sparta was very young and rambunctious.  What's he going to do now?  Stand around and look intimidated on a sound stage?  They're also talking about doing some kind of music video for the movie using Sparta.  Again, all I can ask is, why Sparta?  It's not like he's even a recognizable cat.  Maru and Grumpy Cat are way more iconic.  I just don't get it.  Hollywood is grasping for straws these days. 

I noticed this in particular, though:  "Sparta, a California-based cat known for his “Mean Kitty Song,” is in. But that took a holding deal, meaning money up front, against a full fee to be paid when the “Heathcliff” movie is released, probably in 2014."  I guess Cory took the quicker deal instead of waiting for a bigger amount later on.  Kind of brings us back to his financial situation in which we occasionally get insight.  Probably not a terrible idea, though, because shit movies like this have a good chance of never getting released to begin with.  Kids have no idea who Heathcliff even is these days.

So, moving on.  Kate made a Christmas video of the Easter Bunny saying "happy birthday."

...so, moving on.  Cory shares a bit about his upcoming plans.  It involves something called 36-Second Films.  Because, you know, that's an original name, and has definitely not been used by 5-Second Films, 30-Second Films, 60-Second Films, or similarly-named segments of other media groups or anything.  But hey, I'd figured he'd already come down from his happy phase and decided not to bother with whatever it was he was going on about.  So it's something, at least. We'll see if he follows through.

Lastly, Kate let Cory edit her most recent video.  As you might expect, we get lots of fans saying she should let Cory edit all her videos, because they wouldn't dare criticize even if they hated it.  In fact, I bet it was the fans who suggested him doing it after he edited the ending of a prior one.  I, for one, can do without the goofball video and sound effects.  Plus, when you let someone else edit your vlog, then it's not really yours anymore.  It becomes just a collection of video clips of the person.  I covered this ages ago when we first heard that Shaycarl was going to start paying somebody to edit his vlogs for him.  It loses that personal touch of the person choosing which clips to use, when to cut'em, etc.  It might have a slightly different meaning to someone else who wasn't there to experience it.  But whatever, I doubt it'll become a usual thing in this case.

On a side note, I recently went back and watched some older Katers vlogs, even as recent as when Amy visited.  It was just so much more entertaining to me, and they behaved way more natural in my opinion. I can't put too fine a point on it, but Kate today is just not quite the same person I subscribed to.  Tis a shame.

4 comments:

Adam said...

While its good to see Cory making some inroads in the real entertainment industry, i cant see how a CGI movie about a cartoon that no-one has talked about in the last 15 years will be anything but a flop. At least he found that temporary financial fix he was gunning for with the golds gym challenge eh?

Anonymous said...

It pisses me off to hear them whine about money when they have a home, a new expensive puppy, a new expensive car, buying expensive tablets as gifts, going out to eat all the time, getting starbucks all the time, etc. They have no idea what it means to be poor.

Anonymous said...

So over these two. Love watching Kate's older vlogs and her Katers17 skits from way back.

Cory's type of immature comedy is so unfunny in my opinion. He has the talent to make something of himself but is too into his own fart jokes to proceed in life.

Been reading your past entries and loving your mind :)

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