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Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Vicky — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:11:20 -0000

I agree - from the moment I saw the first ad for this movie it has bothered the heck out of me that the bull characters have udders! It's enough to really turn me off everytime I see a commercial for it.

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Ennjyx — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:34:36 -0000

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.

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Molly — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:21:23 -0000

"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.

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Randy Johnson — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:58:12 -0000

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.

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Chick — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:57:47 -0000

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.

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Margie — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:34:44 -0000

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!

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Richard — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:29:40 -0000

Just a great American pastime... Let them bleat udders

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:49:54 -0000

@Richard

No one is more surprised than I am that this post continues to generate comments. :-)

Vic

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

the old man — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:44:10 -0000

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.. :(

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Richard — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:29:20 -0000

Uh... so, are the udders the bastards, or the wheat?? :)

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

the old man — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:20:15 -0000

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

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Richard — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:59:50 -0000

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.

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

PhotoShopLifter Dan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:06:46 -0000

Maybe Otis is a metrosexual mutant?

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Jenny — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:48:47 -0000

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.

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

faceless01 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:24:15 -0000

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.

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

faceless01 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:12:08 -0000

For those who say "its a cartoon, none of its real...." some things just don't belong on the screen, such as sexuality cartoons for kids. Its not adult swim. My daughter is 3 and thinks nothing of it, but when she gets older, I dread the day she's conviced bulls have teets that lactate. Why not put penis' on the cows &chickens for christ sake! I know this is an old topic, but it has always bugged me, especially now that there's a weekly Barnyard series on every Saturday morning that my daughter watches. I shouldn't have to sensor kids shows! What's next, SpongeBoob SquarePenis?

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

faceless01 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:00:58 -0000

After googling (my brain), I figured out that the farm is a sideshow for a circus that features hermaphrodite animals. Either that, or its the hormones they put in the feed!

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Screen Rant — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:03:40 -0000

LOL, I'm afraid that explanation won't fly since ALL the "male cows" had udders.

Vic

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Mr. B — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:11:05 -0000

I'm thinking that Otis is a coward and removed his horns and strapped on fake utters to cover his...yeah, right there....to avoid castration. Kinda like Jamie Farr's charater in M*A*S*H pretended to be a homosexual to avoid the frontline of the war.

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Bob — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:13:10 -0000

You people are some angry "Mudder Fudders"!

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Joselito — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:11:24 -0000

It watched about 45 seconds of the movie and I could not get past the utters. Thank God I am not alone!!!!

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

WC — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:19:10 -0000

See how much confusion this causes? There is no such thing as a "male dairy cow". To produce dairy, you have to have udders.....geesh. A male cow is called a bull unless castrated, at which point it is called a steer. Our culture is so dumbed down that we can't even spell correctly, nor can we correctly identify male/female any longer..... which I guess is the whole point of the thing.

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

k e — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:01:43 -0000

My 6 year old asked about the uddrrs on Otis. I told him it was supposed to be funny but boy dairy cattle dont really have udders. he was satisfied and thats the end of that. Get over it everyone.

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

garner — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:44:12 -0000

I made the point of creating my answering in response to this stupid movie. I asked people if they saw this movie and if i was the only man going crazy after seeing and hearing a trans cow.

Im a teacher and had to explain it to all my kids who watched the movie.

Re: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

Tanya — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:00:43 -0000

Watching it right now, and the whole thing is a croc!!!
Make them real bulls, and make the cows real cows!
Dont make me sit here any longer and explain why to my 7 kids,why the men have saggy boobs like the lady cows..
A stupid mistake, and if they say it was done on purpose.They are stupid...or worped, or plain drunk!!