Video Catnip: Entertainment for Cats
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Brand: Pet AvisionEdition: VHS Tape
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 60 minutes
Release Date: 1999-04-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Superior Promotions, Inc.
Studio: Superior Promotions, Inc.
VHS Movie Reviews of Video Catnip: Entertainment for Cats
Movie Review: Boring!
Summary: 1 Stars
My cat watched about a minute of it, looked at me with a "you got to be kidding" look and walked away.Movie Review: Could be much better
Summary: 2 Stars
The whole first 10 minutes of this tape has silly slapstick music and old fashioned captions like from a silent movie. It shows birds and animals, but the sound is completely unrelated to the action. Two cats passed through the room on their way elsewhere and did not stop to watch. They didn't even notice it. I was watching it thinking, "Duh, did they not think to put some nature sounds on here? On a video for cats?! How dumb is that?" About 10 minutes in, the soundtrack changes to bird calls and nature sounds, and the cats started watching. "Oh," I said. But what that whole first sequence had been for was never explained. Once the soundtrack changed to one that fit the picture, it got their attention and the cats were totally into it. They stood rapt and mesmerized, sometimes batting at the tv, sometimes trying to go behind it to find the critters they figured were behind the glass. It's got squirrels, birds of all types, and one chipmunk, I think, cavorting to the peaceful sounds of birds and nature. I thought the sound now was very restful and enjoyable. I could meditate to that while the cats have a good time. But a second disappointment quickly follows when you discover the tape is over in about 25 minutes. Then the screen goes blue, and it's worse than if you just left on CNN for them. Dudes, I bought this tape to entertain very bored, attention deficit cats who are often alone all day. 25 minutes of video, 10 of which are accompanied by Benny Hill music, doesn't come anywhere near to doing the job. If it had an endless loop capability, you might get away with it (although I suspect they're smart enough to figure out it's the same thing over and over). But it doesn't even have that. Which makes that first 10 minutes an especially dumb waste of space. It's as if the makers thought the video needed something to occupy bored cat owners too, and birds hopping to the sound of silly slapstick music was it. I still can't figure out what that can possibly be for. A good video for cats would have a copyright warning of 3 seconds and then right into the bird action with exclusively nature sounds throughout. It would be a minimum two hours long, or have a loop capability so that it can go all day. Because they did enjoy the part of it that's clearly for cats, and the picture and sound are good, where they make sense, I have to give this some credit. But because it would have been so easy to make this so much better but they didn't, all around, a 2 is about as good as I can give this.Movie Review: video catnip review
Summary: 5 Stars
this product held my cats interest for quite a while. i loved watching their heads follow the bird and squirrel as they went around the tv screen. true entertainment and stimulation for the cats.Movie Review: In the 80's TVs must have been only 20 inches across
Summary: 1 Stars
I have the DVD version and frankly, my kitten could care less. On our 60" screen, the birds are larger than my kitty! I don't think she sees them as prey, but rather something that could EAT her!
There are WAY too many close up images, where the bird fills the whole screen, as the animal moves, the camera pans across to follow the bird. IMO this deprives the cat of the sensation of the prey moving away/across.
It makes me want to get out my camera and tripod, throw some bird feed out there and let them have at it.
Movie Review: Disappointing video. Not worth the money.
Summary: 1 Stars
This video only runs for 25 minutes!!! If you don't count the opening, it's less than 20 minutes. This is a bit of a rip-off. I wouldn't mind so much if it was good, but it's not. My girlfriend's cat watched bits of it the first time we played it, then ignored it after that. Her cat loves TV if there's some action, but video catnip has too many bits where not much happens.
For us, it's torture to listen to! Even though it's made for cats, it should be nice, like a nature film, to have on in the background.
A friend bought the DVD version because it's longer, but when we watched it it was even worse. It just had even more out of focus and wobbly boring shots just to pad it out. Also, terrible wind noise.
My summary? A waste of money!!!
Summary of Video Catnip: Entertainment for Cats
A best seller! Cats go crazy when they watch this tape created just for them. Your cat will be entranced as he follows the antics of a menagerie of wildlife including birds, rabbits and chipmunks. 25 minutes/VHS.Genres Video
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