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You know, it's hard to imagine a worse version of the Cats movie.
The first version released in theaters already had incomplete CGI, which puzzled everybody. Why didn't they just wait until the movie was finished to release it in theaters?
Well... it seems like they were too focused on the buttholes.
Yes, the previously leaked rumor turns out to be true.
Apparently, in an initial draft of the movie, the CGI cats had CGI buttholes.
The visual effects department, or VFX, of the film, found this information out the hard way while watching an initial cut.
This history of the Butthole Cut is utter insanity. https://t.co/E7BOIQBiiV— ✨What’s Up, Capitol Wasteland! (@✨What’s Up, Capitol Wasteland!) 1586303240.0
"When we were looking at the playbacks, we were like, 'What the hell? You guys see that?!'"
"We paused it," an anonymous source told The Daily Beast.
"We went to call our supervisor, and we're like, 'There's a f**king @$hole in there! There's buttholes!' It wasn't prominent but you saw it… And you [were] just like, 'What the hell is that?... There's a f**king butthole in there.' It wasn't in your face—but at the same time, too, if you're looking, you'll see it."
The most fascinating part of the “butthole cut” CATS article: the profound cognitive limitations of Tom Hooper https://t.co/4ov0daG2b1— niraliberalism🌹 (@niraliberalism🌹) 1586275504.0
Ongoing updates about the Cats butthole cut has been the only good thing so far this year https://t.co/i6qRzSnHFN— Mike Trapp (@Mike Trapp) 1586330008.0
@TheAVClub I want to re-iterate: James Corden and Rebel Wilson should apologize for making fun of all the VFX artis… https://t.co/LvhBcZWTiW— Sumsum (@Sumsum) 1586275829.0
@TheAVClub how long until the #ReleaseTheButtholeCut lot surface?— nikki was steelatoms (@nikki was steelatoms) 1586272007.0
@TheAVClub I'm kinda convinced this movie doesn't really exist, we all suffered a mass hallucination or something. 🙃— Waz Jadwiga (@Waz Jadwiga) 1586287588.0
The rumors about this particular cut of the film have been circulating since earlier this month, when Jack Waz took to Twitter, saying a "friend of a friend" had given him the deets.
@benmekler A VFX producer friend of a friend was hired in November to finish some of the 400 effects shots in… https://t.co/1ek9wX3w3m— Jack Waz (@Jack Waz) 1584506211.0
@jackwaz @benmekler @catsmovie And if that exists, we can assume there is also an "OOPS! All Buttholes" cut.— Bojo Exotic (@Bojo Exotic) 1584507343.0
@jackwaz @KurtBusiek @benmekler @catsmovie I refuse to see this film until the buttholes are restored.— Shane Rooks (@Shane Rooks) 1584507928.0
@jackwaz @benmekler @catsmovie But that also means that a conversation was had about both putting the buttholes in… https://t.co/owyiejN6xE— Lil' Elton John (@Lil' Elton John) 1584507154.0
@jackwaz @benmekler @catsmovie The future that liberals want. #ReleaseTheButtholeCut— 𝔸𝕝𝕪𝕤𝕤𝕒 𝕁𝕖𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 🎬 (@𝔸𝕝𝕪𝕤𝕤𝕒 𝕁𝕖𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 🎬) 1584507273.0
Reportedly, the VFX situation on Cats was brutal and unforgiving.
The source also told The Daily Beast that the situation was "almost slavery," and that "recalled working 90-hour weeks for months."
"Some colleagues, they recalled, stayed in the office for two or three days at a time, sleeping under their desks. But worst of all, the source said, was the treatment visual effects staff received from Tom Hooper. The director, the source alleged, has no idea how animation works—but that did not stop him from sending crew members individual emails denigrating their work."
@benmekler @catsmovie Finding this cut is my white whale #ReleaseTheButtholeCut— Jack Waz (@Jack Waz) 1584506678.0
@jackwaz @benmekler @catsmovie A Hole New World— Ryan (@Ryan) 1584507480.0
@jackwaz @benmekler @catsmovie This gives me hope that there’s a cut of Batman Forever and Batman and Robin without the bat nipples.— John Watson Illustration (@John Watson Illustration) 1584507131.0
@jackwaz @CraigSJ @benmekler @catsmovie Some executive screamed: remove the buttholes!— jj (@jj) 1584506967.0
@jackwaz @benmekler @catsmovie Bet this was him looking at their buttholes in some scenes https://t.co/AKyQrYpzub— rantin’Ty🤦♂️ (@rantin’Ty🤦♂️) 1584511508.0
Cats was a thorny production all over, and now, we have confirmation that the buttholes were in fact a part of that.
Late 2019-2020 in the history books is going to be one of the weirdest chapters for future students.
You can get the without buttholes version of Cats here.