Did anyone watch the Oscars?

[Commander Richard]

Bill Paxton got a mention but I kept thinking that they could have worked him into the montage. Would it have been difficult to splice in his pic or some footage in less than a day?

Oh, and there was someone in the montage who is very much alive. Read on...

 

[Greg Cox]

That's because it's never happened before, and shouldn't have happened at all.

Apparently, it happened, although in less spectacular fashion, back in 1964. Sammy
Davis Jr. was given the wrong envelope while presenting the Oscar for Best Adapted Musical Score and read the winner in another category instead. But it was quickly straightened out before anybody came to the podium . . . .

 

[DigificWriter]

Oh, and there was someone in the montage who is very much alive. Read on...

The woman in question who was recognized, Janet Patterson, is dead, but the photo they showed was of her friend, Janet Chapman, who is very much alive.

 

[Greg Cox]

The woman in question who was recognized, Janet Patterson, is dead, but the photo they showed was of her friend, Janet Chapman, who is very much alive.

"We'll never forget Janet Patterson . . . even if we're not entirely sure what she looked like."

Ouch.

Still, I thought the Memorial segment was nicely done this year, although seeing Anton Yelchin among the dearly departed is still a stab to the heart. But I was pleased to see William Peter Blatty, Marni Nixon, and even Lupita Tovar recognized.

 

[Commander Richard]

Ouch indeed.

And I'm glad we got an actual Trek clip for Anton.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Still playing Rebel Galaxy. Such a great game especially coming from such a small team. Nearing the end-game, I believe, with the last-tier of upgrades. Just got the Sorcerer, the huge military class dreadnaught, and working on upgrading everything on it tier 6.

 

[Greg Cox]

Ouch indeed.

And I'm glad we got an actual Trek clip for Anton.

And they ended the reel on a STAR WARS note, with Carrie Fisher, while previously noting the passing of Kenny Baker as well.

 

[Nerys Myk]

or in any of the films mentioned therein.

Your loss.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Ouch indeed.

And I'm glad we got an actual Trek clip for Anton.

Oh I missed all that.

BTW Princess....... Oooh 12 yr old me had a crush on her.

I actually would not have minded had La La Land won the best picture award.

 

[Velocity]

Not interested in the Oscars, Golden Globes, People's Choice Awards,or any others. How many awards does this industry need? They can certainly have all the accolades they want, but I don't feel like I need to pay attention to it. I'm not really a big movie fan.

 

[Greg Cox]

Not interested in the Oscars, Golden Globes, People's Choice Awards,or any others. How many awards does this industry need? They can certainly have all the accolades they want, but I don't feel like I need to pay attention to it. I'm not really a big movie fan.

Honestly, I'm not sure how many people watch the show because they're anxious to find out who "wins." It's a show, an event. You curl up on the couch and check out the clothes and the quips and the occasional heart-tugging moment when some production designer you've never heard of thanks his mom for letting him quit soccer to join the drama club instead, or when some beloved actor or director or composer from days gone bye gets a standing ovation. ("Ohmigod, it's Julie Andrews!") Plus, it's live, so there are invariably a few unplanned water-cooler moments to dissect afterwards.

Nobody's saying that it really matters in the larger scheme of things. It's just old-fashioned Hollywood glamour and nostalgia . . . if you like that kinda thing.

Although they really do need an Award for Best Movie Novelization.

 

[Vorpal_Blade]

It made me want to see the movie Arrival. I mainly watched it because my wife wanted to see the Oscars. I personally could care less who wins. They are usually movies I have no interest in seeing anyway.

 

[Greg Cox]

It made me want to see the movie Arrival. I mainly watched it because my wife wanted to see the Oscars. I personally could care less who wins. They are usually movies I have no interest in seeing anyway.

I admit I wanted ARRIVAL to win for Best Adapted Screenplay just because I wanted to see if Ted Chiang, who wrote the original short story, was present and would be thanked from the stage. I always like it when they thank the authors whose written works inspired the movies--which they sometimes neglect to do!

And, of course, I was rooting for STAR TREK BEYOND to win for Makeup or Visual Effects, although I can't really begrudge SUICIDE SQUAD or THE JUNGLE BOOK their wins in those categories.

 

[Red Shirt]

I didn't watch the Oscars - partly because I don't have cable, but mostly because I have no interest in them or in any of the films mentioned therein.

The Oscars are broadcast over-the-air antenna t.v. for free.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Antenna? Good one.

srsly, I don't have an antenna either. (Only network show I watch is SVU, and I get that from iTunes.)

Plus, it's live, so there are invariably a few unplanned water-cooler moments to dissect afterwards.

So you actually think there's something about the Oscars that isn't preplanned, prewritten, prescreened, and presifted? That's another good one.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

^ Antenna? Good one.

srsly, I don't have an antenna either. (Only network show I watch is SVU, and I get that from iTunes.)



So you actually think there's something about the Oscars that isn't preplanned, prewritten, prescreened, and presifted? That's another good one.

Do we ever get wardrobe malfunctions at the Oscars?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Do we ever get wardrobe malfunctions at the Oscars?

the tape is strong.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

the tape is strong.

It must be. The only place I've heard of that was the Superbowl and that caused Nipplegate. When America got scared of a nipple.

 

[bigdaddy]

It made me want to see the movie Arrival. I mainly watched it because my wife wanted to see the Oscars. I personally could care less who wins. They are usually movies I have no interest in seeing anyway.

Excellent movie, superb sci-fi movie, very well done and well written.

 

[Greg Cox]

What would be your all-time favorite? With four optional runners-up.

Just off the top of my head, and with apologies to those I forgot:

Favorite: Nosferatu the Vampyre by Paul Monette. Based on the remake of the silent movie based on the novel "Dracula."

Runners-Up:

Battle for the Planet of the Apes by David Gerrold is much better than the actual movie.

Wes Craven's New Nightmare by David Bergantino was the first movie novelization I ever edited, so it's a sentimental favorite, and Bergantino had a lot of fun with the metafictional gimmick of that movie, even killing himself off in the end!

Snakes on a Plane by Christa Faust. Okay, I've never actually read this one, but I remain sincerely awestruck by the fact that she got over 350 pages out of Snakes on a Plane.

Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov, which many people don't even realize was a novelization.