The 82nd Academy Awards & STAR TREK

[Classic Fan]

What would be hilarious would be if that Michael Jackson movie ends up taking it.

Given the academys track record for awarding complete shite with awards, it wouldnt surprise. Itll get the sympathy vote, no doubt.

Besides that, Star Trek + Academy Awards + .

but, given its recent re-birth and subsequent success in gaining new fans and re-igniting older fans interest, it might surprise at the awards. Especially a mention for outstanding special effects.

Faran Tahir should get a lifetime achievement award for sheer awsomeness, along with Leonard Nimoy for sheer awsomeness x2.

 

[cooleddie74]

"And the special Oscar for MOST BADASS SUPPORTING ROLE goes to...Faran Tahir!"

 

[Mach5]

"And the special Oscar for MOST BADASS SUPPORTING ROLE goes to...Faran Tahir!"

Faran Tahir wasn't a supporting actor in ST XI. That's only something Captain Robau wants you to believe...

 

[cooleddie74]

"And the special Oscar for MOST BADASS SUPPORTING ROLE goes to...Faran Tahir!"

Faran Tahir wasn't a supporting actor in ST XI. That's only something Captain Robau wants you to believe...

AH. Now I see how cunning Robau's plan really was.

 

[MvRojo]

Variety has a section up with Contenders for the Oscars:
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=awardcentral&jump=features&id=contenders_preview

For Star Trek, they wrote:

When Gene Roddenberry created the TV show "Star Trek," his challenge was to write science fiction that could be taken seriously. Four decades, six TV series and 10 movies later, producer-director J.J. Abrams' challenge in rebooting "Trek" was to inject some energy into a franchise that had come to take itself too seriously. Abrams and screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman succeeded, opening the door for legions of new fans, as demonstrated by the film's $385 million worldwide gross. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto excel as James T. Kirk and the half-alien Mr. Spock, both reconceived as more troubled and rebellious, and, significantly, as rivals becoming friends despite themselves. Their gentle guide: Leonard Nimoy, reprising his role as the original Spock with grandfatherly warmth; he could be a dark-horse for supporting actor honors. Pic will contend in tech categories, especially visual effects (gorgeous work from Industrial Light & Magic). Hard-core Trek fans complained the pic addressed no big issues, but there's no denying "Star Trek" is back, and soaring at warp speed.

 

[Anna Yolei]

Why oh why is Michael Jackson suddenly everyone's hero? He used to be the biggest joke of the bloody planet, and just because he died, everyone thinks he was the greatest artist on Earth. That's annoying.

From the clips I'd seen of "This Is It," his voice sounds the same live on stage as it does in the recordings of his songs. You can't say that about 99 percent of musicians that made it big during the era of computers and voice tweaking.

Getting back on topic, the Oscars are nothing but Hollywood politics. I stopped watching after Mel Gibson beat Tom Hanks for Best Actor in Gladiator, because seiously. Between that and Hank's role in "Castaway," there's no contest over who should have won. Even the commentators were surprised by that win.

Trek won't win, because it's Trek. Technical awards maybe, but nothing that's televised.

 

[Kegg]

Aside from at best a best picture nom (I'd rate Trek's chances of actually winning at zilch), and technical noms, a Leonard Nimoy nomination seems a mixture of possible and damn I'd like to see that happen. It'd be one of those honouring the actor for a whole body of work sort of things, and I really do not think I'm saying anything controversial in asserting that Leonard Nimoy's career as Spock is one of the greatest and most iconic performances in sci-fi film and television.

I think most of us would place the Jack Nicholson BATMAN in our top 3. I have yet to meet the person who doesn't, but I suppose it can happen on these boards. There are so many different personality types around here.

I liked the two Nolan pictures and Batman Returns the best, actually. That seems to be not too uncommon viewpoint, also.

My big question remains: Has everyone forgotten Moon, Academy Awards? Yes or double yes? I thought so. Their trio of sci-fi contenders includes Avatar, a movie not even released yet and COME ON MOON IS REALLY GOOD!

Ahem. I'll stop fanboying now, but that really is the best sci-fi film I've seen in years and among the best ever, and also my favourite film of the year, so, yeah.

 

[AxelFoley]

Why oh why is Michael Jackson suddenly everyone's hero? He used to be the biggest joke of the bloody planet, and just because he died, everyone thinks he was the greatest artist on Earth. That's annoying.

From the clips I'd seen of "This Is It," his voice sounds the same live on stage as it does in the recordings of his songs. You can't say that about 99 percent of musicians that made it big during the era of computers and voice tweaking.

Getting back on topic, the Oscars are nothing but Hollywood politics. I stopped watching after Mel Gibson beat Tom Hanks for Best Actor in Gladiator, because seiously. Between that and Hank's role in "Castaway," there's no contest over who should have won. Even the commentators were surprised by that win.

Trek won't win, because it's Trek. Technical awards maybe, but nothing that's televised.

Russel Crowe.

God I hope Nimoy get that nomination.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

hitfix.com article about Trek & Academy Awards

Paramount is going to be incredibly busy anyway with what is shaping up to be two major year-end contenders with Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" and Peter Jackson's just completed "The Lovely Bones."


...let's be honest, as amazing a job Paramount has done in revitalizing the "Trek" brand, for many Academy members the stigma of what the franchise was may just be too hard to forget. That's why baring a dramatic turn of events, "Trek" will have to make due with more technical nods such as visual effects, production design, costumes, sound and (hopefully) best original score.

'Star Trek' blasts off on DVD, but Oscar may have other priorities

 

[Deckerd]

Then you need to look at the box office numbers, because they were being talked about quite a bit while it was in theaters.

Box office results have nothing to do with quality.

I agree completely, but I'm not the one who implied it wasn't highly rated amongst the "great unwashed masses" (condescending much?). If there is anything that box office numbers show, it's how popular it was amongst the "great unwashed masses."

I don't think you understand the usage of 'great unwashed', do you.

 

[CoveTom]

While I think Leonard Nimoy is a fine actor and has definitely given many award-worthy performances, did he really do anything in -this- film that would be Oscar-worthy? I don't really see it.

I'm not a big fan of giving these kind of awards based on someone's reputation or past performances, and in this case I feel like that's what it would be.

 

[Deckerd]

I think most of us would place the Jack Nicholson BATMAN in our top 3. I have yet to meet the person who doesn't, but I suppose it can happen on these boards. There are so many different personality types around here.

Gentlemen. Let's broaden our minds.

 

[Disillusioned]

I don't think you understand the usage of 'great unwashed', do you.

Then why don't you explain it?

 

[Shazam!]

If Nimoy gets a Supporting Actor nomination then they should stop the Oscars.

 

[Shazam!]

BATMAN(1989)
THE DARK KNIGHT
BATMAN FOREVER
BATMAN BEGINS
BATMAN RETURNS
BATMAN(1966)
BATMAN & ROBIN

I'd swap The Dark Knight for Begins, but otherwise the same.

 

[CoveTom]

If Nimoy gets a Supporting Actor nomination then they should stop the Oscars.

They should have stopped the Oscars years ago. As they are now, they're virtually meaningless.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

Golden Globe awards & gifts by movie studios

They should have stopped the Oscars years ago. As they are now, they're virtually meaningless.

I thought that was the Golden Globe awards.
corrupt, bought and paid for by expensive studio sponsored gifts

The HFPA are notorious for their willingness to be bought. Don’t believe me? The following paragraph written by Matt Drudge (of Drudgereport.com fame) for a Wired.com article dates back to December 19, 1996(!):

Hollywood Foreign Press Association is made up of 88 active members who are not full-time journalists or critics,

http://www.behindthehype.com/featured/golden-globe-noms/

 

[SalvorHardin]

Re: Golden Globe awards & gifts by movie studios

They should have stopped the Oscars years ago. As they are now, they're virtually meaningless.

I thought that was the Golden Globe awards.
corrupt, bought and paid for by expensive studio sponsored gifts

Actually, I don't think there are any Awards people don't say this or similar things about.

Especially if whatever one likes doesn't win an award.

 

[cooleddie74]

I think most of us would place the Jack Nicholson BATMAN in our top 3. I have yet to meet the person who doesn't, but I suppose it can happen on these boards. There are so many different personality types around here.

Gentlemen. Let's broaden our minds.

Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?

Just a little something I like to say...to all my victims.

 

[M'Sharak]

I don't think you understand the usage of 'great unwashed', do you.

Then why don't you explain it?

In pre-Victorian (early 19th-century) England, it was originally coined as a more derogatory or contemptuous term used to indicate the lower classes/working class/the poor. Over the years since, the phrase lost that pejorative sense and has long become simply a slightly humorous way of saying "regular folks", meaning those who are not the critics, the experts on or the rabid fannish consumers of a particular movie or collection of movies and shows such as are Star Trek or Batman.

I think you're working a little too hard at taking offense where none was intended.