I haven’t seen anything written questioning why the upcoming film Barnyard has a protagonist named Otis, who is obviously male, but is obviously a cow, not a bull, complete with udders.
Helloooooo?
Why not draw him like Porky Pig and give him nothin’? At least then it would be generic. I suppose the idea is that udders look funny?
Looks to me more like some kind of alien athletic supporter…
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Why stop there? They could have put a penis on the “female” cows and gave it male horns and a girly voice! I know bulls AND cows have horns, but the female horns don’t grow the same.
Well this made me laugh, my youngest brother is playing barnyard on ps2 and my fiance mentioned to me about male cows. He was so persistant that he was right he forced me to go onto google and see if there was a picture of a male cow with udders and the first picture i came across funnily enough was a picture of the barnyard main character Otis. He is very happy now that he was right. I think personally that its a kids game/film and i dont know why people are making such a big deal when its a game/film, well done whoever noticed it but its been made now so stop fuddy dudding around complaining lol.
Maybe Otis is a metrosexual mutant?
We just watched this with our kids tonight. My wife and I noticed the same curious udder issue right away and soon ended up on this blog. Little did I expect reading through the comments dating back 2 years that this would still be a thread through tonight. Artistic license of cartoon characterization aside (animals don’t really talk…got it) the movie clearly paid deliberate attention to genaral realistic detail in all other aspects its world of animals, fur, textues, woodgrain, etc, etc. The rooster wasn’t popping out eggs, was it? But the udders are just a feature that is glaringly dumb. The writer/director/producer’s comments that ‘he spent .002 seconds thinking about it’ is evidence of that, and ‘I just thought it was funny’ is just irritating. But more so is that, though clearly a B or C level animated film, it still cost millions to make, and was overseen by (how many?) executives, editors etc at all phases of production. NO ONE pointed this problem out along the way? Everyone got the joke? And just how did the movie play the udders for comedy? Just because they’re there? What is that, Zen comedy? Sorry. Not even a one-note joke there. To sum it up folks, think about this: if the farmer walked around the entire movie with a third eye in his forehead just because the director thought it was a funny sight gag, would it make any sense? No, there’d be some other group out there blogging about why in the world the guy had a third eye.
Great an excuse for one of my favorite quotes:
“History celebrates the battle-fields whereon we meet our death, but scorns to speak of the ploughed fields whereby we thrive; it knows the names of the kings’ bastards, but cannot tell the origin of wheat.
That is the way of human folly!”
—J. H. Fabre
Uh… so, are the udders the bastards, or the wheat??
neither, it’s the idiots who pay more attention to “Entertainment Tonight” than the state of the American farm.
Stewardship vs exploited asset. Until somebody tells congress, their’s no bread. Of course I suppose someone will suggest, “they eat cake!” instead..
@Richard
No one is more surprised than I am that this post continues to generate comments.
Vic
Just a great American pastime… Let them bleat udders
I know this is from a month ago- but this detail drove to such distraction, that it was almost impossible to enjoy the movie! Lately, my kids have been watching the series, and in one episode, Otis actually “milks” himself (no euphamism there) and in another episode, they show him talking in his sleep and he murmurs “No Mommy, don’t make me wear a dress!”. So my best guess, is that he was born a girl, but is attempting gender reassignment. That would explain an animal farm run by a vegetarian, it is really a sexual reassignment sanctuary for farm animals!
Happened across everyones comments today - nice to know that I am not the only one who thinks the a male cow with udders is just wrong. It’s not even funny - just dumb. Maybe the thought that he ‘is in transition’ works - then its really not a kids show then, hmmmmmm. People say cartoons have no depth-LOL.
I watch the television show on Nickelodeon. I haven’t seen the movie. It doesn’t bother me that Otis is a male cow instead of a bull but I do think it’s stupid. The people who made the movie and the television show should’ve known better.
“So my best guess, is that he was born a girl, but is attempting gender reassignment. ”
My little brother watches it, and this is my guess as well. It’s the only logical answer, and it would be cool if it was what the director intended. but sadly…. cartoons no matter how crazy, do have to have a sense of logic. Even the early spongebob cartoons had that “out of this world but still logical” logic that made it funny.
From what I’ve seen this show doesn’t and it bothers the heck out of me. If it’s a transgender cow, fine, but don’t make parents try to explain male cows with udders to their kids.. sheesh.
I can believe I did not notice this! We had a discussion in science about how this bothered my Bio teacher, as well as things such as a flaw in the Hungry Caterpillar book. x3; Off topic. Ya. This is somewhat funny though… The thought of a transvestite bull. HA! It’s a stupid, unintentional, hilarious mistake and grade school kid could make.
This is not a good movie. I was watching it today and I changed the channel few minutes after. This brings more confusion than entertainment. And I think is promoting homosexuality.
Wow! Really? I’ve never been more depressed about the state of society than after reading the diatribes regarding a cartoon! A cartoon!!!
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