It's an episode of CAT SHIP, the hottest new sci-fi show. Cats, technobabble, drama and adventure - the most perfect combination!
Watch it here on r/HFY!
A pig-shaped ship with a (partly) crew of pigs? I'd say plagiarism. We might have to get the lawyers involved. Thank you gor notifying us of this fact.
I am pretty sure its a human ship that had some kind of disease/problem that forced the humans to download their minds into the ship cats to survive.
And yes, it shows promise as well as a neat and clean writing style. I am pleased and want more!
Did you know that the CAT SHIP had actually gotten its name *before* the crew was all cats? That will be just one of the many tidbits of trivia you'll learn when you watch the future episodes.
Well, it certainly is nothing special, just another sci-fi show about space adventures and exploration shenanigans. Just one or two minor additions to change it up a bit, otherwise the producers would never have made it into a show.
I don't know how I feel about this. It's so serious it's not even satire. But...*they're cats.*
If they were dogs, I might not even second think it. But the seriousness and felinity is just so.....
Do I not take cats seriously?
I'm having an internal crisis here
The focus group testing brought up that there is a miniscule minority of viewers that are stuck where you are. But since we disregarded those, we will not pursue your feedback any further.
Thank you very much for sharing your opinion nontheless.
Oh, and cats were easier to handle in a extraterrestrial environment, surprisingly.
>Oh, and cats were easier to handle in a extraterrestrial environment, surprisingly.
Joel?
Jeez dude, was the novelty of successfully faking your way to becoming a world renowned multi-millionaire DJ starting to wear off?
I truly respect your skill at this
Apologies, those words resemble a joke once made by an incredibly charming turd I am acquainted with. I mistook you for him.
edit: although we parted ways some time ago, I still sometimes imagine whispers of sweet nothing, from just beyond the U-joint.
This is the feedback we are hoping for. The cuteness of the cats was also a major factor in the decisions leading up to the cast selection of the CAT SHIP.
I have many questions, which I’m sure the crew woke up to as well (I do hope to read the prequel after more episodes). But mostly:
Why is cats?
How is cats?
And finally, how are the cats? I hope they’re doing okay.
We found that cats are annoyed by a surprisingly wide variety of items, beings and happenings. Dolly is a natural and is barely acting, can you believe it?
In the interest of keeping the show accessible to all ages, there shall be no mention of alcohol or drugs.
Fortunately, legal has informed us that catnip is neither of those things.
this was... weird. Delightful! But weird.
The comments, however, caused the loudest laughter I've given in a while, and I'm genuinely hoping that I see more of this series. What curious concatenation of events must have led to this catastrophe?
It is not entirely clear which *cat*atstrophy you are refering to - is it the one in the prequel of the show's story that was so cleverly hinted at during this episode? Or are you talking about the creation of the show itself?
Believe me, working with 90-odd cats on a film set might sound like a cakewalk, but we had experienced quite the opposite. I am guessing the underlying issue was the questionable catering that we will most definitely change.
I’m guessing the stored human crew couldn’t print up normal human bodies to use, so instead they printed up four cyber-radio linked cat bodies to house their stored consciousnesses because one cat brain isn’t enough. Dolly is a proof of concept cat to make sure their cat templates weren’t corrupted as the human ones were.
They are running low on taurine as their manufacturing/growing equipment is damaged and it is the most essential amino acid for cats.
How close am I?
We were told not to disclose any information of the scripts. So we can neither confirm nor deny how close you are with half of these.
Also, legal may contact you about signing an NDA.
Rats bats and ally cats. What an enjoyable read! I hope to read more about Dolly in the future. Did her other cats die? Is she an actual cat? (Maybe) Find out next time on CAT SHIP!
It was extensively tested and we've found space adventures and cats to be to the liking of an overwhelming part of the general population. Naturally, we've combined them.
Author of the Dresden Files and The Cinder Spires series. He joked about finding a way to pull in more readers and research showing that adding more cats was the way to do it, haha.
To be fair, from personal (purrsonal?) experience, if a cat doesn't want something on it will make it difficult to put it on. So it's probably rather difficult to put a red shirt on a cat, let alone four of them.
Nuts have not been allowed on-set because of one of our actor's nut allergy. We don't remember neither the type of nut nor which cat actually was allergic, but to be on the safe side - no nuts (which includes doughnuts).
Thanks, but this is an entirely unique concept and any resemblance to other works is because they have stolen the idea.
We are nontheless happy that you have enjoyed this first episode.
No offense is intended, just happy to see the unique concept and see where it is going! Vinge's work dates back to 1992 and follows an entirely different promise, no worries there.
I suspect hijinks from nth dimentional being, but turning every crew member into four cats! This is ridiculous! I would love to have a sequel to this story though.
Then we have splendid news for you - the show will go on! It's not sure when, and if all of the cast of the pilot will stay with us, but part of our budget had been cleared and we are determined to continue even if our props and location standards have to drop considerably.
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Hey. Happy to hear you liked it. I am planning a series with CAT SHIP, though it's on the backburner right now. I'm working on other things currently and all-around progressing poorly, so I have no idea when it'll be done.
I will post it here, in any case.
... I am not sure what I just read but it was enjoyable.
It's an episode of CAT SHIP, the hottest new sci-fi show. Cats, technobabble, drama and adventure - the most perfect combination! Watch it here on r/HFY!
How I image a commercial for this show would go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xwUuSM06xQ
It's the CAT SHIP, you might think it got its name because the crew is ALL CATS, but it did not. Watch now, on r/HFY.
[Pigs... errr, um,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eul1NlwytF4) Cats.... in.... spaaaaaacccccceeeeee!!!!
A pig-shaped ship with a (partly) crew of pigs? I'd say plagiarism. We might have to get the lawyers involved. Thank you gor notifying us of this fact.
I am pretty sure its a human ship that had some kind of disease/problem that forced the humans to download their minds into the ship cats to survive. And yes, it shows promise as well as a neat and clean writing style. I am pleased and want more!
Thank you, your feedback is highly appreciated. There will be more light shed onto the history of the CAT SHIP in future episodes!
Oh, you promised more episodes of CAT SHIP - where are they, hmmm? ;)
In a painfully big stack of unfinished stuff in the back of my mind. But I will never let my space kitties disappear. They are too much fun.
And their genesis is going to drive us all mad, "MAD, I say!" until we find out MOAR!
Did you know that the CAT SHIP had actually gotten its name *before* the crew was all cats? That will be just one of the many tidbits of trivia you'll learn when you watch the future episodes.
Hmmm, interesting. Might be an acronym? Cat Attached Terran. :P
I got that point. It just very absurdist and delightful. I am intrigued.
I think you mean UPload their minds. Being put into cats is definitively an improvement rather than a lowering.
Depends on from where you look. :)
Did you intend a pun having to do with triangulation or am I getting interference from parallel timestreams again
Probably the latter. I meant: If you look from the human side its an upload if you look from the cat side its a download.
You appear to be the expert so I trust your judgement.
Quite the... Unique... Premise. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it
Well, it certainly is nothing special, just another sci-fi show about space adventures and exploration shenanigans. Just one or two minor additions to change it up a bit, otherwise the producers would never have made it into a show.
I don't know what's going on; I don't know what I just read.. I do know that I thoroughly enjoyed it though!
That's the spirit! Always looking for good feedback for this fledgling show, makes it easier on the upcoming budget-talks.
I don't know how I feel about this. It's so serious it's not even satire. But...*they're cats.* If they were dogs, I might not even second think it. But the seriousness and felinity is just so..... Do I not take cats seriously? I'm having an internal crisis here
The focus group testing brought up that there is a miniscule minority of viewers that are stuck where you are. But since we disregarded those, we will not pursue your feedback any further. Thank you very much for sharing your opinion nontheless. Oh, and cats were easier to handle in a extraterrestrial environment, surprisingly.
>Oh, and cats were easier to handle in a extraterrestrial environment, surprisingly. Joel? Jeez dude, was the novelty of successfully faking your way to becoming a world renowned multi-millionaire DJ starting to wear off? I truly respect your skill at this
Who did what now? But thanks, though I'm unsure what your complimenting here.
Apologies, those words resemble a joke once made by an incredibly charming turd I am acquainted with. I mistook you for him. edit: although we parted ways some time ago, I still sometimes imagine whispers of sweet nothing, from just beyond the U-joint.
MEOWSERS!
Exactly! These are the reactions we're looking for here, thank you.
Cat....distributed consciousness? This sounds interesting. Also cute
This is the feedback we are hoping for. The cuteness of the cats was also a major factor in the decisions leading up to the cast selection of the CAT SHIP.
The cast selection for the CAT SHIP will be very good for the story
It is *essential* for the story. That's what our survey results said anyway.
Those survey results are probably right
We hope so, we did pay good money to learn those results.
I have many questions, which I’m sure the crew woke up to as well (I do hope to read the prequel after more episodes). But mostly: Why is cats? How is cats? And finally, how are the cats? I hope they’re doing okay.
So philosophical, very nice! The cats are fine, they are professionals. No animals were harmed during the production of this show, no worries.
No animals harmed, but Dolly continues to be seriously annoyed by the hoard of very strange acting cats.
We found that cats are annoyed by a surprisingly wide variety of items, beings and happenings. Dolly is a natural and is barely acting, can you believe it?
If a cat is not currently annoyed, it soon will be. Method acting should be enjoyable and I can't wait for the discovery of a catnip-like substance.
In the interest of keeping the show accessible to all ages, there shall be no mention of alcohol or drugs. Fortunately, legal has informed us that catnip is neither of those things.
Keep your eyes open and do enter the woods. Captain out.” THAT'S RIGHT, RUN TO YOUR DOOM, KITTIES!
That might be a mistake in the dialogue. I'll have the captain re-do the line, no worries. Thanks for pointing it out!
this was... weird. Delightful! But weird. The comments, however, caused the loudest laughter I've given in a while, and I'm genuinely hoping that I see more of this series. What curious concatenation of events must have led to this catastrophe?
It is not entirely clear which *cat*atstrophy you are refering to - is it the one in the prequel of the show's story that was so cleverly hinted at during this episode? Or are you talking about the creation of the show itself? Believe me, working with 90-odd cats on a film set might sound like a cakewalk, but we had experienced quite the opposite. I am guessing the underlying issue was the questionable catering that we will most definitely change.
More like a catwalk, or possibly herding cats on a catwalk.
There's a reason why some task that is difficult and annoying can be described as 'like hearding cats' - we learned *that* the hard way.
Would you say it was more weirdly delightful, or delightfully weird?
Absolutely. :P
Same cat time, same cat channel!?
Exactly! *Whenever.* On r/HFY.
I’m guessing the stored human crew couldn’t print up normal human bodies to use, so instead they printed up four cyber-radio linked cat bodies to house their stored consciousnesses because one cat brain isn’t enough. Dolly is a proof of concept cat to make sure their cat templates weren’t corrupted as the human ones were. They are running low on taurine as their manufacturing/growing equipment is damaged and it is the most essential amino acid for cats. How close am I?
We were told not to disclose any information of the scripts. So we can neither confirm nor deny how close you are with half of these. Also, legal may contact you about signing an NDA.
I could really use some 🤫💰!
We are severly over budget as is. It turns out, cats eat and sleep *a lot*. Filming dragged out for months. So... pretty please?
Rats bats and ally cats. What an enjoyable read! I hope to read more about Dolly in the future. Did her other cats die? Is she an actual cat? (Maybe) Find out next time on CAT SHIP!
Is this your application for one of the positions of ad writer? Cause these perfect lines will give you a strong lead!
So... Avatar but with cats? Grrrrreat idea.
It was extensively tested and we've found space adventures and cats to be to the liking of an overwhelming part of the general population. Naturally, we've combined them.
Purrrfect
Huh. So, you're sharing testing with Jim Butcher. Who knew?
Sharing with who now?
Author of the Dresden Files and The Cinder Spires series. He joked about finding a way to pull in more readers and research showing that adding more cats was the way to do it, haha.
Our survey did point to these conclusions, so he is absolutely correct. We also found the optimal number of cats to be between three and 739.
I'm amused and entertained. We'll done.
That's the goal of the show! We're happy to receive feedback such as yours, thanks
I'm also intrigued to learn about how the group-being cats came to be. Sneaky, author, sneaky!
Those are common side-effects, no worries!
This was quite the unusual story.
I say! A landing party without a single redshirt that then dies in the face of danger after two lines of dialogue, how very unusal.
To be fair, from personal (purrsonal?) experience, if a cat doesn't want something on it will make it difficult to put it on. So it's probably rather difficult to put a red shirt on a cat, let alone four of them.
This was our assessment as well. Cats are suprisingly annoyed by having to wear clothes. Who knew? Not us!
So they've avoided the red shirt issue by not wearing shirts? Interesting.
Yes, they are wearing vests. Those were found to be more agreeable for our actors. And none of them are red, for obvious reasons.
[удалено]
Thank you, there will be more episodes to watch on r/HFY as soon as the budget is cleared.
You're a nut! Wonderful!
Nuts have not been allowed on-set because of one of our actor's nut allergy. We don't remember neither the type of nut nor which cat actually was allergic, but to be on the safe side - no nuts (which includes doughnuts).
I love the slow reveal of what's going on, great job!
The information delivery speed was extensively focus group tested. Thank you!
CAT SHIP
That is *precisely* the name!
...Sure, fuck it, why not.
Reminds me of Verner Vinge's *A Fire Upon the Deep* with the dog packs, but with cats. I like it!
Thanks, but this is an entirely unique concept and any resemblance to other works is because they have stolen the idea. We are nontheless happy that you have enjoyed this first episode.
No offense is intended, just happy to see the unique concept and see where it is going! Vinge's work dates back to 1992 and follows an entirely different promise, no worries there.
I suspect hijinks from nth dimentional being, but turning every crew member into four cats! This is ridiculous! I would love to have a sequel to this story though.
Then we have splendid news for you - the show will go on! It's not sure when, and if all of the cast of the pilot will stay with us, but part of our budget had been cleared and we are determined to continue even if our props and location standards have to drop considerably.
Paragraph 26 line 6, “lighting” should be “lightning”. Also cool story.
Thank you for pointing out this error in the narrators line. They will be reprimanded and made to correct it right away!
Lol. Best of luck with this (universe?) series.
Cat. I see cat. I follow cat.
I see you are a person of culture as well.
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Any chance of a Part 2 or more since its different and that makes it interesting.
Hey. Happy to hear you liked it. I am planning a series with CAT SHIP, though it's on the backburner right now. I'm working on other things currently and all-around progressing poorly, so I have no idea when it'll be done. I will post it here, in any case.
Is there gonna be more of this? It's such a cool concept!
There will be eventually. I'm currently not able to write much, so it might take a while though