D'Oh! Simpsons Director Makes Human Into Aliens' Pet

A group of aliens make a human their pet in a new Disney movie directed by David Silverman (The Simpsons Movie.) Silverman already has a pretty extensive scifi resume including, Robots, Monsters Inc., and RoboCop 3. Even though he has massive experience in animation and computer graphics, rumors are The Pet will be a live-action comedy. For the pet's sake I hope neutering is an Earth tradition only. [Hollywood Reporter]

8:20 AM on Fri May 2 2008
By Meredith Woerner
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Miranda Kali at 08:31 AM on 05/02/08
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Oh dear...it's a trendy concept.
"Fresh NEW idea! ...It's all about aliens 'n stuff...but get this, WE'RE the aliens!" "Like, everyone else is a creature from outer space, but WE are the ones who're different!"
"...Oh come on! All the cool production companies are doing it! You know you want to.."
extracrispy at 08:32 AM on 05/02/08
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For the pet's sake I hope neutering is an Earth tradition only.

I'm afraid not. See Ice Pirates.
BloggyMcBlogBlog at 08:32 AM on 05/02/08
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Don't take me, I'm not housebroken.
Gann at 08:41 AM on 05/02/08
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They should be careful, even well trained humans are never really tame.
92BuickLeSabre at 09:01 AM on 05/02/08
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How very Fantastic Planet meets Alf of them.
Front_Towards_Enemy at 10:30 AM on 05/02/08
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Look out! Here's got a board! With a Nail in it! -Kodos
DSTRYA at 10:54 AM on 05/02/08
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if you set out to hurt Serak the Preparer's feelings, then mission accomplished!
strangrnstranglnd at 11:08 AM on 05/02/08
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If I were treated even half as well as my dogs, I'd love to be a pet!

On the flipside, I would not want to be one of those pets chained to a fence out in the front yard with no water or shade.

I wonder if this movie is going to have human-fighting.
darcymcgee at 11:36 AM on 05/02/08
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RoboCop 3 is not what I would call a "good" sci-fi resume. It might be an extensive one, but it's not a good one.
RAHfanboy at 11:43 AM on 05/02/08
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This reminds me of a short story. Some humans crash on a planet and are captured by the highly superior beings on the planet. They become essentially exhibits in a zoo, and they try every way they can think of to show the zookeepers that they too are sentient intelligent beings. They find a rat-like creature and build it a little cage and feed it it, etc. This shows their keepers that they are intelligent beings, as only the sentient keep pets.

Anybody recognize it?
RAHfanboy at 11:58 AM on 05/02/08
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Sorry, but it was driving me crazy. It was called "The Cage" by a. Bertram Chandler. I didn't reread it, but the last line is, "Only rational beings put other beings in cages."
victheremin at 12:36 PM on 05/02/08
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Look out. It's a cookbook.
jbq at 03:51 PM on 05/02/08
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Pets? We all know they just want us for our lower horn...
Silver_Back at 11:42 PM on 05/02/08
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@RAHfanboy: Oddly, enough it sounds like an episode off of the awesome old show "Outer Limits". But sorry I can't think of anything else familiar.
RAHfanboy at 09:49 AM on 05/03/08
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@Silver_Back:

@RAHfanboy: "Sorry, but it was driving me crazy. It was called "The Cage" by a. Bertram Chandler. I didn't reread it, but the last line is, 'Only rational beings put other beings in cages.'"

I found it. I remember the old "Outer Limits" but not that one.