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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:15 PM
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Oh fuck the Super Bowl .... honey the OSCARS are coming up!!!
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:16 PM
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1. Fuck the Oscars. They snubbed Wall-e.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:17 PM
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2. They did?
Oh dear.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:18 PM
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5. Fuck the Oscars indeed.
Not just because of Wall-E though.
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:21 PM
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7. They suck in general, have for years.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:41 PM
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16. Uh didn't it get nominated?
http://www.oscar.com/nominees/index?pn=nominees#BestAnimatedFeatureFilmNominationCategory
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 11:01 PM
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21. No idea, I don't really care about Wal-E, I just hate the Oscars in general.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 09:37 AM
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23. Well good for you.
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 02:54 PM
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29. I watched Wall*E again this past weekend
And loved it just a much as when I saw it the first time.
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Starry Messenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:17 PM
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3. Oh yeah!
I'm excited about this year.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:17 PM
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4. Once again, ronnykmarshall is here to remind us of the IMPORTANT things!
:hi:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:19 PM
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6. What day are the oscars?
I'm supposed to go to an Oscars party & don't even know what date.

:shrug:
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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:24 PM
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9. 2.22.2009
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:27 PM
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11. Thanks!
:thumbsup:
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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:29 PM
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12. No problem.
I was probably going to go to a party. But then none of my rooting interests were nominated.
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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:23 PM
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8. Ugh...the Oscars
The Best Picture category should be renamed to "Most Artsy and Overambitious Picture". No "The Dark Knight". No "Wall-E". No "The Wrestler". Instead we get "The Reader" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". :puke:

I'll take my football.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:33 PM
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13. This is why I Love the Oscars...all the "discussions" about
the who, what, why, and OMG what were they thinking and whose gown are they wearing :wow:

The Glamour, dude, the glamour!!
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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:36 PM
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14. I just think the most deserving should be rewarded
if at the expense of the glamor.

I gotta say though, I don't know what would be more glamorous than a Dark Knight or Wall-E best pic nomination.

But "The Reader"?!?!?!? ARGH!!!
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:39 PM
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15. sadly, I haven't seen it so I can not make an informed comment
about it at this time :D
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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:59 PM
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20. It's the kind of movie that made me think
"It is so obviously and shamelessly trying to get a Best Picture nod." Sadly, the Academy took the bait. Winslet elevated it as much as she could, but I personally hated it.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:41 PM
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17. You do that honey.
:eyes:
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:43 PM
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18. MILK is nominated.
Is that too "Artsy and Overambitious" ?
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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 11:02 PM
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22. (Panics) No no no no no no
Not all of them. I loved Milk and Frost/Nixon, and I haven't seen Slumdog Millionaire, but I hear it's great. I actually agreed with last year's Best Picture. I just think they sacrificed two slots for films that fit the mold I described.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:25 PM
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10. I am a fan of both the Bowl and the Oscars!
:bounce:
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:43 PM
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19. Me too.
I love to watch the Oscar haters and Super Bowl haters come out in full force and shit their pants!
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 10:33 AM
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24. Ronny, tell me your picks.
This is the first year we haven't seen most, if not all, of the nominees for the big awards. So I'd like to hear your opinions. Thanks. :)
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 10:41 AM
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25. I know. A film made by the production company I work for is nominated for 2 Oscars.
The economy for film work is shot (there is no money...especially for indie films), but we've got calls coming in left-and-right (and still no money) with great offers based on the nominations. I hope it wins, maybe then we can get some $$$ to start shooting again.

I didn't work on the project and have been asked to not ID it. It's a good liberal movie though. If we win, I'll be over the moon and gloating then everybody will know what film it was. They're big nominations though, not small piddling categories. :woohoo:

Seriously, the Oscars can't come fast enough for me...I may have no fingernails left by then.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 11:37 AM
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26. oscars, like the BCS are rigged
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 02:29 PM
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27. And the officiating sucks big green rocks
;P
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 02:31 PM
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28. The Superbowl was good for the close-up butt shots,
Edited on Mon Feb-02-09 02:31 PM by LaraMN
but the Oscars has nicely-dressed men, and women in cool dresses.
It's a toss-up.
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