I said "if it is," ftr, but I also believe that people are probably kidding themselves if they think Black Panther is going to bring the show back to Titanic ratings.
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 21:27 (five years ago) link
Feels like Black Panther came out three years ago.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 21:29 (five years ago) link
I hadn't thought of the blockbuster impact, you're right.
― jmm, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 21:34 (five years ago) link
All I wanted was Sade for Widows.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
all the little monsters will surely tune in for ASIB
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 21:49 (five years ago) link
From filmexperience.net Oscar trivia post:
We believe but we don't yet have the clarification that Marina de Tavira is now the ONLY performer ever in the modern era to receive an Oscar nomination without a single notice from critics awards or precursors of any kind. Not a single one. And remember there are 40+ now. There were far fewer precursor awards in 2000 when Marcia Gay Harden stormed toward the Oscar for Pollock out of the blue significant precursor attention but she did have a smidgeon of precursor support. She was a Spirit nominee and she won one major prize: The NYFCC for Supporting Actress.
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Tuesday, January 22, 2019
never wrote that!
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link
Another out-of-nowhere nom that readers picked up on:
Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 22:29 (five years ago) link
Marina de Tavira nom might be an indicator of how many people have been watching Roma on Netflix just in the last month or so.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 22:34 (five years ago) link
I honestly didn't even grok that Black Panther was one of the BP nominees till just now. I pretend it ends around the 75-minute mark. #teamkillmonger
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 01:07 (five years ago) link
anyway despite the lack of a director nom I'm putting my $$ on ASIB
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 01:15 (five years ago) link
Absolutely no one likes how long the broadcast is. Putting a firm cap on it (3 hours) and doing only two montages (memoriam and + rando) would probably have more people stay tuned in. Or do they make it so long for commercial dollars?
― Yerac, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 01:15 (five years ago) link
it's because they love themselves so much I think
― Dan S, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 01:20 (five years ago) link
No, even the attendees usually talk about how much they hate how long it is.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 01:22 (five years ago) link
I was (kind of) joking, I definitely would be stressed out spending 3+ hours in front of cameras
― Dan S, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 01:28 (five years ago) link
as a viewer I've never minded the length of it, for people on the west coast it doesn't run so late that we have to worry about getting up for work the next day
― Dan S, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 01:29 (five years ago) link
ok looking it up I'm surprised to see on wikipedia that it's run closer to 4 hours than 3 hours the last six years in a row
― Dan S, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 01:57 (five years ago) link
I hold the opposing view that people don't care about the results as much as they care how entertaining the broadcast is. People obv. remember the results more than the presenter but if there's no one to host the show that's going to make you laugh, or possibly make you laugh, then no one will care enough to watch with much enthusiasm. Watching Chris Rock presenting in the year of *oscars so white* was a treat, for example.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 02:22 (five years ago) link
Also, people talk about how it's too long but the fact that it's too long is the point of it. If it was actually too long then they could just press-release the results. It would make for terrible oscar parties though.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 02:26 (five years ago) link
The fact that it's too long is what gives it the little cultural currency that it has. If it lasts two hours and doesn't have a host then it is truly fucked.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 02:31 (five years ago) link
I agree, yet I still hold the 2001 telecast with Steve Martin as host was the most fleet of foot.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 02:32 (five years ago) link
Steve Martin was the best. I loved his opening line: "800m people around the world are watching us, and they're all thinking the same thing: we're all gay"
― Dan S, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 02:37 (five years ago) link
ha!
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 02:38 (five years ago) link
Ugh I don't enjoy there being only one, maybe two awards announced after one hour in.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 02:55 (five years ago) link
Absolutely no one likes how long the broadcast is
I do
― jaymc, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 04:53 (five years ago) link
So does Kyle Buchanan:https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/my-unpopular-opinion-the-oscars-should-always-be-long.html
― jaymc, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 04:55 (five years ago) link
Another out-of-nowhere nom that readers picked up on:Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
why for the love of Douglas Fairbanks would anyone remember this fucking shit
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 05:53 (five years ago) link
it's a sodding assbackwards trade show
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 05:54 (five years ago) link
“hosting the oscar is like making love to a beautiful woman, it's something I only get to do when billy crystal was out of town.”
― Jeff Bathos (symsymsym), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 06:00 (five years ago) link
"...Didn't inhale?"
― flappy bird, Friday, 25 January 2019 19:19 (five years ago) link
That is precisely the point of a loooong dining table.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 January 2019 19:20 (five years ago) link
So @theacademy continues to baffle in decision making. This has to be the single worst executed year for the awards body, in a year that they have a great crop of nominees! #JohnBaileyResign https://t.co/30GKSv8k0u via @variety— Clayton Davis (@AwardsCircuit) January 24, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 January 2019 20:49 (five years ago) link
get rid of that award completely.
but this is still bad.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Friday, 25 January 2019 21:22 (five years ago) link
no, it's a fun award that (in other years) offers an opportunity to add lively variety to the telecast
― sans lep (sic), Friday, 25 January 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
also the Welch/Rawlings cowboy song parody offered some good performance options
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 January 2019 22:16 (five years ago) link
So long as it keeps the Oscars from adding a g-d stunt category, I'm fine with them keeping best song and the other twenty-odd categories.
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Friday, 25 January 2019 22:20 (five years ago) link
yes, there should be a separate Stunt Awards, so that they can be awarded retroactively to at least 1918
― sans lep (sic), Friday, 25 January 2019 22:42 (five years ago) link
i'm ok with this, altho the welch song could have been fun.
― adam the (abanana), Friday, 25 January 2019 23:35 (five years ago) link
let's name the 8 awards that will be given out during commercials
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 26 January 2019 01:12 (five years ago) link
best song will obv be live bcz Gaga
There can be a hundred people in the room, and 99 don’t believe in you, but one does.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 26 January 2019 01:23 (five years ago) link
- from some movie I will not be seeing
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 26 January 2019 01:25 (five years ago) link
it's a thing Gaga says in every. single. interview. about her Oscar possibilities.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 26 January 2019 01:29 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRxsX_30tjs
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 26 January 2019 01:31 (five years ago) link
99/100 people didn't think Lady Gaga was believable.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 26 January 2019 01:46 (five years ago) link
but one did.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 26 January 2019 01:47 (five years ago) link
NARRATOR'S VOICE
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 26 January 2019 01:51 (five years ago) link
bradley cooper looks successively more embarrassed every time she says it
― Jeff Bathos (symsymsym), Saturday, 26 January 2019 03:29 (five years ago) link
Could care less about the telecast or results, but the revenues from the ceremony fund film preservation efforts. If the Academy wants to add stunts or best popular film or a zillion other categories, have at it.
― dancing the Radioactive Flesh (Sanpaku), Saturday, 26 January 2019 20:51 (five years ago) link
the Green Book one is funny
www.theshiznit.co.uk/feature/if-2019s-oscar-nominated-movie-posters-told-the-truth.php
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2019 17:46 (five years ago) link