This week, BH Cinema is proud to present Curse of the Golden Flower, the Chinese epic directed by Zhang Yimou. Nickle heralds this movie as "pretty good". Scooter has viewed the poster art and wholeheartedly agrees.
Kitty Kollision in Kitchen
The two accidently encountered each other in The Kitchen.
THE KITCHEN – Lionelle scurried from The Porch earlier to survey the surrounding area when she encountered Ninja in The Kitchen. The two then provided the first hostilities of the Kitty Konflict in quite some time. One onlooker reported: “Neither of them seemed to be prepared, but they went ahead anyway. That’s the nature of war, though.”
When Lionelle spotted Ninja, however, she quickly entrenched upon the high ground near Window Ledge. Ninja then proceed furtively across the tiled field of Kitchen until he was within striking distance. “He didn’t strike her, though,” Jeff L. Horner, The Blue House Lives Senior Kitty Korrespondent said. “Perhaps, his mind flashed images of his two recent defeats on The Porch. He obviously didn’t want to repeat those failures.”
While he never actually charged, Ninja did employ the age-old tactic of intimidation. He screamed at Lionelle, and the follow shouts pierced the air: “Meow, meow, meow-meow, meow, meeeeow.” While translation is difficult in the midst of an impending battle, The Blue House Lives Felinguistic Expert was on the scene. He reports: “Ninja’s voice ripped through the air, and a few of his chants were incomprehensible. However, there was a specific statement where it seemed he called Lionelle, and I quote, “a pussy”.”
Lionelle, it seems, was not exactly offended, for she interpreted it as merely another word for cat. It did, however, have an unforeseen effect on her. “Lionelle went a bit of an identity crisis,” one witness said. “She really couldn’t understand why Ninja would call her a cat. She may have begun to think that she was, in fact, not a cat.”
Lionelle must weather Ninja's psychological attack.
Experts say the psychological implications of Lionelle’s identity crisis could be disastrous at this state in the war. “She must remain aware that she is a cat,” Horner said. “If she doubts herself, she could lose this war.”
Damage done, Ninja quickly retreated to a more suitable position. He situated in a tiny alcove in The Hallway. The alcove provided a sufficient view of Lionelle and the vast expanse of The Kitchen. Lionelle remained near Window Ledge. She sat pensively with her brows furrowed and her whiskered drooped. Ninja’s accusation has taken effect.
Neither party ever actually engaged each other, but war strategians indicate that this encounter was a considerable skirmish. Ninja has renewed the war and taken it to the psychological front. Initially, the mind games have affected Lionelle, although it is impossible to know the extent of the damage.
The skirmish proved bloodless, though.
Lionelle has since retired back to The Porch, and Ninja has repositioned to Study Window. The two sit where they started. Lionelle, however, must now counter Ninja’s new psychological firepower with something equally innovative. The Kitchen, the site of Lionelle’s initial war declaration, sits bloodless for now.
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Man oh man, you can feel the tension…