May 14th, 2009 / 8:12 am
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Something I should’ve read a long time ago but didn’t because I was probably playing video games or sleeping: Animal Farm by George Orwell

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It’s like Milo & Otis meets The Hunt for Red October! As I read about Napoleon and Mollie and all the rest of the barnyard communards, I begin to wonder: This isn’t really just about talking animals, is it? It’s, like, a metaphor or something, right? Touché, Mr. Orwell.

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12 Comments

  1. Adam Robinson

      LOL

  2. Adam Robinson

      LOL

  3. chris

      what’s a metaphor?

  4. chris

      what’s a metaphor?

  5. jereme

      woah even i have read animal farm. that is crazy.

      milo and otis is kind of sad. they killed a lot of animals to make that movie.

      bad pool on both fronts mr. toal. bad pool indeed.

  6. jereme

      woah even i have read animal farm. that is crazy.

      milo and otis is kind of sad. they killed a lot of animals to make that movie.

      bad pool on both fronts mr. toal. bad pool indeed.

  7. Drew

      They killed animals in Milo and Otis?

  8. Drew

      They killed animals in Milo and Otis?

  9. jereme

      the “actors” yes.

      there was a lot of controversy over that movie when it first came out if my memory serves me correct.

      from the net:

      Milo and Otis was a popular flick in the late 80’s that starred a puppy and a kitten as the film’s main characters. They go on a series of adventures that include fording rivers, jumping off cliffs and falling into death pits. Unlike the computer animated films of today, Milo and Otis was filmed using all real animals. And I emphasize the “s” at the end of animals. Rumors have it that the filmmakers may have gone through as many as 27 tabby kittens and several pug dogs. The movie was originally created in Japan by director Masanori Hata and it wasn’t until later that it was released in the Unites Stats. Because there was no such thing as laws forbidding Animal Cruelty in Japan during the 80s the film became a huge hit without much controversy.

  10. jereme

      the “actors” yes.

      there was a lot of controversy over that movie when it first came out if my memory serves me correct.

      from the net:

      Milo and Otis was a popular flick in the late 80’s that starred a puppy and a kitten as the film’s main characters. They go on a series of adventures that include fording rivers, jumping off cliffs and falling into death pits. Unlike the computer animated films of today, Milo and Otis was filmed using all real animals. And I emphasize the “s” at the end of animals. Rumors have it that the filmmakers may have gone through as many as 27 tabby kittens and several pug dogs. The movie was originally created in Japan by director Masanori Hata and it wasn’t until later that it was released in the Unites Stats. Because there was no such thing as laws forbidding Animal Cruelty in Japan during the 80s the film became a huge hit without much controversy.

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  12. pr

      fuck.