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should I research paddle wheel or steam giant? -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 24, 10:47 15
- ok, so I bought pwr, now what? - tRuMaN Jun 24, 10:52 5
  - I'd fully upgrade the PWR before your next research. (nm) - musubi Jun 24, 10:52 3
    - Which is to say, research whatever, but use the crystal for the workshop upgrades. (nm) - musubi Jun 24, 10:53 2
      - crystal is mostly in one town, 7hrs away from my workshop. - tRuMaN Jun 24, 10:55 1
        
        Move the workshop. You don't lose the research you have -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 11:01
  - letter chute -- nm - psilotum Jun 24, 10:52
- nmbTru - 'lia Jun 24, 10:51 4
  - hmm, well - tRuMaN Jun 24, 10:52 3
    - dot com -- nm - 'lia Jun 24, 10:53 2
      - i will have an open slot in 4 hours - tRuMaN Jun 24, 10:54 1
        
        you're adorable -- nm - 'lia Jun 24, 10:58
- Personally, I'd go with the PWR. (nm) - musubi Jun 24, 10:50
- PW -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 10:50 1
  - and shame on you! bringin' a whorehouse to ika! -- nm - 'lia Jun 24, 10:52
- paddle wheel -- nm - psilotum Jun 24, 10:49
Also, for those who care, the Tonys are discontinuing their award for "Special Theatrical Event." -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 10:45 1
- The fuckers. -- nm - Stritch si Jun 24, 10:46
cinetopia living room 21 and older TFRM2 for 2 hrs of hooky - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 10:43 1
- This would be the perfect day if only mara were here -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 10:49
The answer to why most things change is money. So let's work back from there; How do you get more revenue from selling ads during the oscar show? Get - Loyola Jun 24, 10:41 21
- I still think Will's theory is superior to this one. There's far more money for all involved parties in billing films as oscar-nominated ... - Beryllium Jun 24, 10:46
- It's all about the ratings, imo. The difference between last year's Oscars and Titanic's year is huge. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 10:45 9
  - And that'll change by #6-10 how? - Will Hunting Jun 24, 10:48 3
    - Because filmslike Dark Knight, Iron Man, Up are now more likely to be nominated. - Inigo Jun 24, 10:51
    - more likely *your* favourite film will be nominated. also, less likely to be a 'oh, XXXXXX is going to win anyway" feeling. - Andie Jun 24, 10:49
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  - yes. *ding* -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:47 4
    - *high five* i think the fault a lot of people are making is assuming the Academy is doing this for the film industry as a whole. - Inigo Jun 24, 10:50 3
      - but, the Academy members ARE the industry, so it does effect them personally. -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 10:51 2
        
        The voters, yes. The people who work for the Academy - the business - needs to serve the show first and foremost. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 10:52 1
        
        Don't they get royalties on every DVD that says "Nominated for Best Picture"? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 10:53
- nominated or not, what big star doesn't already go? -- nm - mafic Jun 24, 10:44 1
  - the ones that don't get invited? -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 10:47
- it's more for industry exposure, I think. "How do we get people to watch more films in the winter months?" -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 10:44
- Like there's a shortage of big stars at the event. - Will Hunting Jun 24, 10:43 6
  - I remember some years when Jolie, Pitt, diCaprio wasn't there. -- nm - Loyola Jun 24, 10:44 5
    - I remember dicaprio discussing not going because *he* wasn't nominated for titanic. don't remember if he showed up that year though. -- nm - mafic Jun 24, 10:50
    - *shrug* If they want stars, they nominate them. Jolie for Changeling, Pitt for Button. - Will Hunting Jun 24, 10:46 3
      - Exactly. They want stars. So they're going to nominate them. And the way they seem to be going about it is increasing the best pic noms to 10. -- nm - Loyola Jun 24, 10:48 1
        
        If they want stars, they increase the nominations for acting. - Will Hunting Jun 24, 10:49
      - well, the academy doesn't really get to make that call (nominations), but they can make them presenters. -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 10:48
poll! next band/concert/live theatre event you will attend.... -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 10:41 21
- Tuesday I'll be in a live handbell concert with a few hundred other ringers. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 10:51
- Tonight: Mavis Staples with special guest Allen Toussaint -- nm - psilotum Jun 24, 10:46
- Coldplay/Elbow in August. -- nm - Jelly Jun 24, 10:46
- Hanna Montana -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 10:45 3
  - Isn't she touring as Miley Cyrus now. Watch out! -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 10:46 2
    - Stop ruining my joke! Bad -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 10:49 1
      - I thought jokes were supposed to be funny? - kelly Jun 24, 10:51
- Blue October tonight, Collective Soul on Friday night. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 24, 10:44 2
  - *jealous* tell me how Blue October is, please! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 24, 10:50 1
    - They'd just better do Calling You and Inner Glow *THIS* time 0 they didn't last time I saw them. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 24, 10:52
- I...don't know. - kelly Jun 24, 10:44
- no idea. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 24, 10:43
- No Doubt, GM Place, July 18th (I *really* need to book the hotel room for that ASAP) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 10:43
- Life in a Blender next month some time. -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 10:43
- Twilight Tattoo, tonight at Fort McNair. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 10:43
- Tomorrow - The Color Purple (The Musical). -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:42 3
  - Oh nice let me know how it is, this is coming to DC in July, I may take my mom -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 10:43 2
    - Oh, and tell Beyonce I said hi. : ) -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:44
    - will do. -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:43
- Beyonce at Verizon Center, DC - tonight -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 10:42
- for me it will probably be a Fringe play or two in July. -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 10:42
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- He who smelt it dealt it -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 10:40
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- how do you think he got approved? -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 10:39 1
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ugh. kfc uses beef products for their grilled chicken. nm but: -- (link) - b! Jun 24, 10:34 6
- It's not like they were promoting their grilled chicken as being vegetarian. Oh now, there's meat in their meat! -- nm - Ender Jun 24, 10:39 5
  - not all meats are the same. - b! Jun 24, 10:47 1
    - b! what you doing eatin' at that trashy place anywho? -- nm - 'lia Jun 24, 11:00
  - well, it's a problem for Hindus. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 10:43 1
    - yah, religious and veg. groups sued mcd's re: disclosure (and lying) about beef stuff in their french fries. nm but: -- (link) - b! Jun 24, 10:52
  - I'm outraged that El Pollo Loco uses fruit ingredients in their chicken! -- nm - Ender Jun 24, 10:43
Similar to TFox lvel of anticipation (Less the band shirt wearing), I'm seeing Spinnerette tonight - JD Jun 24, 10:33 2
- I'm seeing Beyonce tonight -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 10:40 1
  - We're going to a musical tomorrow! -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:41
Really bad day for Iowa HS football. -- (link) - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 24, 10:33
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The top high school football coach in Iowa was shot and killed in the team weight room this morning. - David Jun 24, 10:30 3
- Obviously there's been a lot of coverage here so far this morning... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 24, 10:33
- I wonder what the motivation for that was. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 24, 10:32 1
  - after the scandal with junior hockey coaches in canada a while back, my mind jumps to abuse. - mafic Jun 24, 10:36
"Oscar expands best pic noms to 10" from Variety. -- (link) - Inigo Jun 24, 10:21 60
- Any chance they go the way of the Golden Globes? - Jim Jun 24, 10:46
- Thinking about it...if they opened it to 6 or 7...I could be ok with that. But 10?? That's some overkill right there. nm - Jim Jun 24, 10:39
- Thinking about this...it puts Star Trek and The Hangover in play. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 10:35 2
  - While I would love Trek to get a best picture nom, this is not the way to do it. -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 10:50
  - Star Trek would be awesome. The Hangover was solid, but still wouldn't get one I think. -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 10:37
- "Buy tickets now to our Best Picture Showcase Slumber Party!" - AMC Theaters Jun 24, 10:34 1
  - Haha I would potentially do that -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 10:37
- Getting a best picture nom was a real achievement in and of itself. Feel this dilutes this achievement somewhat. -- nm - Loyola Jun 24, 10:30 1
  - exactly. -- nm - b! Jun 24, 10:35
- Whaaaa? -- nm - kelly Jun 24, 10:30
- Not a fan. It's so they can promote more movies as Oscar nominated and make more money off it :-p -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 10:29
- bizarre -- nm - Jovian Jun 24, 10:27
- So useless. - Will Hunting Jun 24, 10:26 25
  - It could also be seen as WB twisting someone's arm over the Dark Knight snub. - Diva Jun 24, 10:28 24
    - New game: pick the five films that should have been nominated from previous years! -- nm - David Jun 24, 10:31 1
      - 2000 would be easy. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 24, 10:49
    - So becuase The Reader stole a nom from Dark Knight, Wall-E, Wrestler etc etc etc..this is their answer. - Will Hunting Jun 24, 10:31 9
      - It's always movies that guilt people into liking them. So if I don't rush out to go see certain movies, I'm an environment-hating white supremacist -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 10:37 1
        
        aren't you already, though? - znufrii Jun 24, 10:38
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        Snubs will still be there. There are 64 teams invited to the NCAA tourney, and every year people say team A should have made it instead. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 10:38 3
        
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        I think this is mostly ratings and ad revenue driven. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 10:43 1
        
        yes. *ding* -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:45
      - Well, they're certainly not going to do anything to the Weinsteins, because that would take bravery. -- nm - David Jun 24, 10:32 1
        
        I wonder if the Weinstein's have compromising photos of most of the Academy or just Ganis? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 10:33
    - I still say this wasn't a snub, it just wasn't a great movie. -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 10:30
    - But for Dark Knight to have been a "snub" it would've had to have been deserving of a nomination. It wasn't. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 24, 10:29 10
      - This example is a f'rinstance. I thought it was good but not great too, but there was as uproar about it. - Diva Jun 24, 10:33
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        Oh come on. It wasn't even in the same league as Heat. -- nm - Loyola Jun 24, 10:35 3
        
        you're right. It was better. And I LOVE Heat. -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 10:48
        
        Actually, Heat should have been nominated. Don't think it was. -- nm - Loyola Jun 24, 10:36 1
        
        Heat was completely shut out on Oscar nods, which still blows me away. -- nm - David Jun 24, 10:41
        
        here's an idea: keep the 5 open slots for nominations, and each of the additional five spots reserved for a particular genre film - znufrii Jun 24, 10:35 3
        
        I don't think we can assume there will be a nomination-worthy movie in each genre each year. - Jelly Jun 24, 10:38 1
        
        then have a list of seven or eight genre categories, of which they pick five in any given year -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 10:39
        
        Or... the ones people whine the MOST about not getting nominated can fill in the 5 slots. ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 24, 10:36
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  - I think I like it in that the greater competition should reduce political voting. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 10:29
- And the next awards will take place on GROUNDHOG DAY. -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:23 1
  - No, Diva - that's when the nominees will be announced. -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:36
- "Oscar ceremony expands show to 10 hours" -- nm - Max Jun 24, 10:23
- Stunning. -- nm - David Jun 24, 10:23
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  - I wonder if they feel it'll cause there to be more frontrunners - instead of just one. - Inigo Jun 24, 10:29
  - Perhaps they'll do away with the Outstanding Achievement in Animated Features category. And maybe get more comedies and fantasies nominated. -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:25 4
    - And a just plain better variety of what are to be considered "good" films. Instead of always The English Patient Five -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 10:27 1
      - or THE MOST IMPORTANT FILM YOU'VE EVER SEEN -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 10:31
    - Sounds like it'd just be more "empty" nominations though. - Cuzzin Todd Jun 24, 10:27 1
      - though it might encourage broader regard for nominations in other categories - znufrii Jun 24, 10:31
  - Up, and all Pixar films. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 10:25
  - More pics nominated increases interest/ratings in the telecast. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 24, 10:25
  - Though far from the only reason, it gives more films greater exposure from a industry marketing perspective -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 10:24 1
    - marketing / advertising is the reason for the oscars in the first place. -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 10:26
  - they felt the telecast was wrapping up a little too promptly. -- nm - mafic Jun 24, 10:24 1
    - Heh -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 10:26
- I just posted the same thing on the Movies board. Seems like it would be bigger news. -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:22 2
  - I stole it from you and D.Mac ;) -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 10:30
  - It's going to be much bigger news in 7 months than it is right now. -- nm - David Jun 24, 10:24
LIR: Thanks for the B2 help, guys. I now have more to consider. I needed that. -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 10:18 3
- kare would make a great social director. (Was that a character on The Love Boat?) -- nm - mara Jun 24, 10:22 2
  - Julie McCoy! -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 10:23
  - party planning *and* matchmaking! that would rock -- nm - kare Jun 24, 10:23
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- mine has no teeth. now that they've approved me, I can pretty much do anything that doesn't explicitly violate the lease. - mafic Jun 24, 10:22 10
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    - confession: I forged one of mine. I could've found someone to do it, but they gave me like 6 hours. - mafic Jun 24, 10:28 1
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    - just pick the ones with the best job titles. ;) -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 10:25
    - gee, thanks... - znufrii Jun 24, 10:25 2
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      - (note: I am not asking to be one of your references, here) -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 10:26
  - We will EFF YOU UP, mister! -- nm - Old Lady Brigade Jun 24, 10:23 2
    - seriously though, there's one person in the building who's 40ish, the next youngest is about 70. - mafic Jun 24, 10:26 1
      - (and there are at least 5 that are over 90. there're only 18 units in the building!) -- nm - mafic Jun 24, 10:32
Variety says 16M last night for Transformers 2. -- nm - Jelly Jun 24, 10:18 4
- Just a touch below Revenge of the Sith. Somewhere between a $55 and $60 million opening day is a good bet. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 10:23
- If HPOT6 doesnt beat that in a few weeks id be suprised -- nm - eag Jun 24, 10:20 1
  - I have no doubt it'll cleanly beat the 12M from the last Potter film. - Jelly Jun 24, 10:22
- "Paramount pic nabs best midnight run ever for a movie opening on a Wednesday." -- nm - David Jun 24, 10:20
LIR Musubi - con_carne Jun 24, 10:17 1
- Yeah. That's one of the reasons I won't just go on my own. - musubi Jun 24, 10:21
STUPIFY! -- nm - eag Jun 24, 10:16
B2 transform and roll out -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 10:16
TiVo wants me to pick it over Kim. I had to break its heart. -- nm - David Jun 24, 10:15 3
- I bet your Tivo has seen Tin Cup -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 10:22 1
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- "David...what are you doing David?" -- nm - Mel - Wolf Pack of One Jun 24, 10:16

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