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I really want to see the short film Logorama now. -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 07:20 1
- it was on Youtube...not sure if it still is or not...but it was. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 07:22
sitwap: Lessons from a $618,616 death , a Widow recounts wrenching decisions of final months -- (link) - tRuMaN Mar 8, 07:18
The rainbow line on this map is my hike from yesterday. It works out to something like 11KM. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 8, 07:16 [flickr] 1
- it must have been beautiful though! - Hotkiss Mar 8, 07:22
Confession: I don't know a single winner of an award from last night other than the Kanye-esque post linked here on TT earlier -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 07:13
an oscar-inspired e-card. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 8, 07:06
I'm almost waiting for someone to ask Bigelow how long she's been a female director. - Will Hunting Mar 8, 07:04 22
- As an aside, Cameron and Bigelow are very much alike as directors. -- nm - Inigo Mar 8, 07:24
- I didn't know until this morning that she and Cameron are ex-spouses. That's the more interesting story, IMO. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 07:21 3
  - How did you miss that? It was in every story related to Director. - Will Hunting Mar 8, 07:25 1
    - Guess I wasn't paying attention. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 07:37
  - i have no idea how you missed that. it got mentioned constantly throughout the lead up. - Andie Mar 8, 07:24
- I'm surprised Sophia Coppola wasn't the first female winner, since she was the talk of the town a few years ago -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 8, 07:19 2
  - She had no chance in her year (iirc it was LOTR3) - Will Hunting Mar 8, 07:19 1
    - yeah, that was a lock. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 07:21
- *plays "i am woman" in his head while reading this post* -- nm - prayformojo Mar 8, 07:10
- No, I agree. Like it was as if it didn't matter which woman it was as long as it was a woman. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 07:06 1
  - What's wrong with that? -- nm - Sarah Palin Mar 8, 07:10
- "Will we have the first female to win best director, or the first African-American? Or will one of these three white dudes get it? Stay tuned!" - Oscar lead-in to commercial Mar 8, 07:05 9
  - It was like a Veridian Dynamics commercial. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 07:18
  - And when Streisand came out to present, was there even a doubt who won? -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 07:06 7
    - They've goofed that before. Like when they brought out Harrison Ford to present Best Picture to Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 07:09
    - Exactly. It almost makes me wonder who knows the results in advance cuz you know they ain't having - Will Hunting Mar 8, 07:07 4
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        I guess I just think that should come naturally after you give Bigelow the honor of her first award same as you'd give it to Bullock or Bridges for - Will Hunting Mar 8, 07:16 1
        
        ooh, yes, let the woman stuff happen ............ -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 07:16
        
        it's not exactly outlandish to think the organizers would know the winners beforehand. the ballots have probably been counted for weeks at that point -- nm - mafic Mar 8, 07:10
    - oops...didn't actually read Hunting's post...and he said the same thing. :) -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 07:07
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- I only saw it for half a second, but it reminded me of one that Nicole Kidman wore several years ago. - Beryllium Mar 8, 07:04 1
  - This sounds right. -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 07:07
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- I hope they lose. -- nm - mafic Mar 8, 07:05
- Hey that's where I'm a... -- nm - Jared Allen Mar 8, 06:46
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- I don't think so. With all of the instant information, the front runners are always going to be known ahead of time now. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 06:43
- Of course. And there are always a few 50/50 categories. Just last year best actor was. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:43 7
  - Cotillard was a mild surprise two years ago too, as even by the Oscar cast most hadn't heard of her. - Reagen Mar 8, 06:46 4
    - Tilda Swinton was an 8 to 1 upset for best supporting actress. -- nm - Inigo Mar 8, 06:52 2
      - I looked at that one, but remembered more as a case of being a toss up. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 07:05
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    - yep. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:46
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    - "And" - as in there will always be a couple surprises or unknown results. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:46
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  - "Keep in to yourself James Cameron" was my favorite line. -- nm - MDH Mar 8, 06:44 4
    - Banks is awesome. That woman seems to have no fear. She owned that stage for the 60-ish seconds she had it. -- nm - TFox Mar 8, 06:45 3
      - A lot of folks could have taken some cues from her. (Hello - Kristen Stewart...) -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 07:00 2
        
        I hope they stop inviting her to stuff like this. She clearly doesn't care. - Will Hunting Mar 8, 07:05 1
        
        I think she might even care, but she just looks so uncomfortable and wtf about it all. I'm sure there's a young actress in Ho-wood - Diva Mar 8, 07:34
Horrible news: In January, I stayed with a wonderful girl in her traditional palapa house in Puerto Morelos (30min from Cancun). - Hotkiss Mar 8, 06:35 4
- Oh, how sad. I guess Danny is the boyfriend? (from the article) -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 07:20
- That's horrible. Very sorry. -- nm - Inigo Mar 8, 06:55
- So very sorry (was Danny the father or son?) -- nm - Andie Mar 8, 06:39
- that sucks -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:39
Favorite Post on TVBTN: "The only real surprise was THL winning Best Picture. Avatar and Up in the Air, were the 2 Real Contenders" - MDH Mar 8, 06:32
So who pissed in ST's cornflakes last night? Just scanned the backboards... - Jim Mar 8, 06:26 13
- 3.5 hour shows that put 10 minutes of filler for the special people in 3 hours into is ridiculous - Will Hunting Mar 8, 07:00 1
  - the only thing that annoyed me was that they had that *and* the actors getting introduced at the beginning of the ceremony. - znufrii Mar 8, 07:16
- We stopped watching the Oscar's and reading TT ( and then ST) for this very reason. - Trish Mar 8, 06:55 2
  - *ding* -- nm - Strongbad Mar 8, 07:00
  - I watched the Amazing Race instead. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 07:00
- With regard to my post about people on stage talking about the actors/actresses, I was more concerned about me and sleep and the fact that the show - HdnAgnda Mar 8, 06:34 6
  - What I'll never understand is why they set it as a 3 hours show...when they know it will go over. It goes over every year. - Jim Mar 8, 06:36 5
    - Seriously. Realizing that the actual show started at 8:30 did not make me happy. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 8, 06:42
    - yeah, get rid of that lame-ass 30 minute pre-show would help -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:39 3
      - that doesn't really factor in though. people have to arrive anyway, they might as well show it. -- nm - Andie Mar 8, 06:40 2
        
        Yeah...I don't mind that...but put it on at 6:30 and start the show at 7:00...and have it end at 10:30. Done! -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 06:44
        
        Didn't it used to start at 8 (eastern) though? -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:41
- "I just... have a lot of feelings." - TFox Mar 8, 06:27
To Matrix Mafia, LIR - Trish Mar 8, 06:25
Oscar thoughts: The Costume Design winner and the women that pulled a kanye were huge dbags - MDH Mar 8, 06:24 3
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- I wish they didn't feel the need to maintain the decorum of the event. I think it's perfectly ok for security to drag the Kanye's off of the stage. -- nm - Fuzzy Mar 8, 06:38 1
  - I wanted this to happen so bad! -- nm - MDH Mar 8, 06:43
Lady Gaga arrives in Wonderland -- (link) - Hotkiss Mar 8, 06:23 [youtube]
for the first time in years and years, i totally fell asleep way before the end of the oscars. i'll have to youtube the good speeches. *sigh* -- nm - Andie Mar 8, 06:14 2
- I was worried I'd be dead tired this morning, particularly since Alex is still waking up during the night, but I was ok. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:15 1
  - I'm okay now but I suspect the afternoon will be when it hits me. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 8, 06:18
ST Poll: Weekend movies? Moon (C+) -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 06:09 26
- Hurt Locker: A -- nm - decline Mar 8, 06:58
- Alice in Wonderland 3d.....C+ - Will Hunting Mar 8, 06:58
- Zombieland A, Major League B+ -- nm - amoxy Mar 8, 06:38 1
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- All About Steve: D; My Name Is Bruce: B -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 8, 06:36
- Love Happens - D, A Serious Man - B-. -- nm - Jelly Mar 8, 06:17
- Hurt Locker: B+; Triangle: B/B+ -- nm - prayformojo Mar 8, 06:16 9
  - triangle kinda spoiler - prayformojo Mar 8, 06:17 8
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        the big hole in how it plays out - that i want to over look but i cant - - prayformojo Mar 8, 06:53 2
        
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        the best/freakiest scene was - prayformojo Mar 8, 07:00
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      - I like that (spoiler) - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:41
- Vacation: B+ - znufrii Mar 8, 06:15 4
  - So, did you swim naked in the pool with Christie Brinkley? -- nm - amoxy Mar 8, 06:46 1
    - no. that would have pushed it up to an A-. -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 06:47
  - Your life is not a movie - oblique Mar 8, 06:17
  - ~I found out, long agoooo. / It's a long way down the holiday roooaad. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:17
- Avatar: A. Golden Compass: B- -- nm - Fuzzy Mar 8, 06:12
- Just Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (screw you, Jim!!!! - D+) -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:10 3
  - Oh, also The Fugitive (A-). -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:14
  - I'll just chalk it up as yet another person who didn't get it. :) -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 06:13 1
    - It had promise in the beginning. Interesting idea, just poor execution. ;) -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:14
*does not want to be at work today* -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 06:02
A few humorous (and more honest) posters for the 10 best pic nominated films. -- (link) - Don Homer Mar 8, 05:58 5
- The last two are great. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 8, 07:22
- "Transparent Symbolism" is *perfect*. -- nm - TFox Mar 8, 06:14 1
  - gosh, that's insulting to the carefully crafted film! - Beryllium Mar 8, 07:01
- hurt locker's is pretty good -- nm - prayformojo Mar 8, 06:06 1
  - I liked Clooney's too. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 06:08
The story behind Oscar's "Kanye moment" (during best documentary short speech). -- (link) - Don Homer Mar 8, 05:21 3
- That was one of the weirdest damned things too. Dude looked absolutely shocked. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 06:06 2
  - It's even weirder when you read the story since she thinks he screwed up the movie. So she's taking credit now that it won, but tried to get him to - pmb Mar 8, 07:08
  - Yeah, I think it was even more uncomfortable than the Kanye thing. Oscars has a level of professionalism to it that the MTV awards does not (duh), so - HdnAgnda Mar 8, 06:09
"Those aren't pillows!!!" - Don Homer Mar 8, 05:20
Mass Effect 2 for xbox $39.99 on Amazon deal of the day: -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 8, 05:02 2
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- I'm about half way through... fun game. Very similar to 1 -- nm - Strongbad Mar 8, 05:23
*Gets things moving* -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 8, 04:55
What did we think of Martin and Baldwin? -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 04:55 31
- Bah...I thought they were great. Martin is just perfect in timing and delivery. It's why he's one of the best. - Jim Mar 8, 06:08 8
  - I really enjoyed them. I thought the Paranormal Activity bit was hilarious. -- nm - pmb Mar 8, 07:09
  - I thought they were pretty awkward, really. - Callisto Mar 8, 06:32 4
    - Agreed, their opening talk was cringe worthy - amoxy Mar 8, 06:50 3
      - the "poor black child" joke killed. But other than that.... -- nm - Callisto Mar 8, 06:51 2
        
        I enjoyed the bit with Clooney. *shrugs* -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 07:06 1
        
        oh, Clooney was funny. They wereren't. -- nm - Callisto Mar 8, 07:19
  - I don't think Farrah really fit since she didn't do too many movies, though I also don't think MJ fit either imo. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 06:10 1
    - That's just it...include them both, or don't include either one. To have one and not the other was...well, weird. - Jim Mar 8, 06:12
- the material that appeared to be adlibbed was way better than all the rest. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 05:15 2
  - yeah, though I think that's often the case. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 05:16 1
    - true. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 05:17
- The director of the show should be fired. - Will Hunting Mar 8, 05:07 13
  - I'm *very* glad they cut the songs. Didn't care for the dance-off though. (I'm also not crazy about the love-off for teh acting nominees.) - Don Homer Mar 8, 05:12 8
    - Loved the animated feature opening, but the dance off was horrible. -- nm - MDH Mar 8, 06:26 5
      - I didn't think it was horrible, the dancing itself was impressively performed. - znufrii Mar 8, 06:29 4
        
        I really really liked it. It's hard to get the audience to sit and watch prolongued sections of film score. -- nm - TFox Mar 8, 06:33 3
        
        there were a few moments where it really worked. Most of the time the style of the dancing felt disconnected from the tone of the music.+ -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 06:40 2
        
        Intentionally, I'd say, as most film score doesn't really lend itself to anything but some really overexpressive ballet or something. - TFox Mar 8, 06:43 1
        
        I can see what they were going for, it just didn't get there consistently for me. - znufrii Mar 8, 07:05
    - agreed, the love-off is nauseating. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 05:17
    - (oh and the animated features intro was nice) -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 05:15
  - Swayze was up there but Farrah wasn't. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 8, 05:11 3
    - They were too busy showing Taylor that the only reason you knew it was Swayze was he's Swayze...the 2nd person was unknown - Will Hunting Mar 8, 05:27
    - I think Will means you didn't really get to see him on the screen much because they showed the music guy instead. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 05:13 1
      - Yes, true...it was a wide shot of the stage when his image appeared. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 8, 05:18
- I liked them but last night's boards hold a lot of hatey. - HdnAgnda Mar 8, 04:57 2
  - *ding* I was in and out. I usually enjoy/partake in the normal witty snark surrounding big events on ST, but last night seemed more vitriolic - Diva Mar 8, 05:24 1
    - "I am owed far better televised self-congratulation! Anger!" -- nm - ST si Mar 8, 05:57
- they were a real disappointment, but a good part of that may have been due to the material they had to work with. nmbhd -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 8, 04:56 [Backboard] 1
  - (thanks for the tip) -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 04:59

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