Oh, Homo sapiens…just how stupid can you be?
Strange how tunnel-visioned people can be sometimes. No-one has any difficulty interpreting the horse-head scene in The Godfather; yet when their cat leaves a mouse’s head on the mat, they insist on calling it “a gift”. They hear all about missing persons cases, but never stop to wonder why their dog keeps digging holes in the garden.
You keep your friends close, they say, and your enemies even closer: a statement that has somehow come to encompass inviting those enemies into your house, running from shop to shop to find “their favourite”, sharing your bed with them, and going walkies in all weathers; all the while gushing about “unconditional love”.
Well, enough! This month, the B-Masters are making it their mission to expose these cuddly infiltrators – these adorable assassins – these killers in our midst who think they can get away with murder just because of their big eyes and their cold nose and their little whiskers and—and—aww, who’s a little sweetie? you’re a little sweetie, aren’t you? oh yes you are, you are! what, you want me to stand at the top of the staircase? okay, but I don’t see what y…………
It’s PETS GONE WILD – all through November at the B-Masters blog!
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Liz Kingsley is the insane genius behind And You Call Yourself a Scientist!
#1 by RogerBW on November 2, 2015 - 9:29 am
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Into Your Reviews I’ll Creep?
#2 by PCachu on November 2, 2015 - 4:24 pm
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Obviously the little muffin was just making sure that you would be protected from the Terrible Secret of Space.
#3 by Tom on November 2, 2015 - 8:33 pm
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Killer pets? This place is really going to the dogs.
#4 by Dawn on November 3, 2015 - 8:58 am
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So this is why Boots always stares at me every morning while I’m washing up.
#5 by Ken on November 4, 2015 - 8:15 pm
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Do spring-loaded cats count, or are you only allowing movies where the pet is the killer?
#6 by The Rev. on November 5, 2015 - 11:37 am
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Maybe if the spring-loaded cat causes someone to perish by, say, falling down the stairs?
Since it’s “Pets Gone Wild,” I wonder if anyone will review something that doesn’t feature a dog or cat. I know those are going to be in the vast majority of fitting movies, but I can think of a couple that don’t. One in particular I’d love to see Lyz review, but as it’s a sequel she’d have to do the first one beforehand; and while I’d love a Lyz double feature I certainly am not going to try and get her to do more work.
I’ll also be curious to see what Ken goes with, should he participate, as I can think of a few that’d fall under Jabootu’s dark shadow.
I’ve got a checklist of movies that might be reviewed; it’ll be fun to see how many get picked up by our talented pool of writers here. In fact, for even more entertainment, I think I’m going to watch everything that gets reviewed, provided I haven’t already seen it! I haven’t had time to get a good binge in lately; this’ll be a great reason.
#7 by Ken on November 5, 2015 - 11:43 am
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Would the rats in Willard or the snakes in Stanley and Ssssssss count as pets?
#8 by lyzard on November 5, 2015 - 2:26 pm
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The definition we agreed upon is “any movie featuring a rogue domestic animal, whether it was explicitly a pet or not, OR any rogue exotic animal explicitly kept as a pet”.
I know quite a few people who keep rats and snakes, so personally I have no issue categorising them as “domestic”, but I think for most they would be considered “exotic” (which would qualify Willard, for example).
#9 by The Rev. on November 5, 2015 - 6:44 pm
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I suddenly had the sneaking suspicion Lyz had reviewed the movie I was hinting at, and sure enough she had. She even did it without reviewing the original!
Of course, the original WOULD technically qualify under the given caveat of “rogue domestic animal” (although that particular animal isn’t the focus of the movie, only having one scene)…and then she could reformat the sequel review with images and witty captions…but I already said I didn’t want to try and get her to do more work.
Curses! Foiled again!
#10 by lyzard on November 6, 2015 - 4:22 pm
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Down, boy. 🙂
#11 by The Rev. on November 8, 2015 - 10:52 pm
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All right.
But only because I want to!
…grumblemutterthinksshessogreatshesnotthebossofmemuttergrumblegrowl…