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If there's not going to be an opening musical number (please come back Billy) or at least a monologue...why have a host at all?

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Feb 28 '11, 06:32

Have the voice over guy introduce presenters and be done with it.

And Hunting's right...what better way to show off the hosts shortcomings than having Billy Crystal come out an intro a clip of Bob Hope?

Who's brilliant idea was that?

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Ya know, with you being a rookie broadcaster here with the Dodgers, we thought we'd bring in Vin Scully to call the 5th and 6th innings.... -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 06:56 1
- Exactly. -- nm - Jim Feb 28, 07:00
no love for the opening montage? I liked it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 06:47 2
- It wasn't bad...but it's not an original gag and some of it fell flat. - Will Hunting Feb 28, 06:48 1
  - Yeah, pretty much this. And there's no reason they can't do the montage and then have some kind of monologue or something. -- nm - Jim Feb 28, 06:54
Yeah the Billy thing was a fail, if was willing to show up surely he would've been willing to host. -- nm - Buzz Feb 28, 06:45 1
- He probably was willing. Oscar chose to go young in their ongoing attempt to appeal to the youth and masses. - ty97 Feb 28, 06:46
I do think the Oscars are not getting enough credit for having a tight show. -- nm - David Feb 28, 06:34 20
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  - There's no reason it shouldn't start at 8 eastern instead of 8:30. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 06:57 2
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      - Yeah...if you have something important to say or do, better say or do it before Best Picture is announced. - Jim Feb 28, 07:03
- if that's the result, though, go long. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 06:42 1
  - Touche. -- nm - David Feb 28, 06:58
- I've never seen a more lifeless show. Almost utterly predictable without any energy. - Will Hunting Feb 28, 06:40 3
  - yeah, i semi watched about an hour of it and then shut it off....nm - x Feb 28, 06:41
  - I'm available -- nm - Ricky Gervais Feb 28, 06:40 1
    - C'mon Ricky, when you mock Downey Jr, it's bad; when Jude Law does it, it's elementary entertainment. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 06:41
- Last night was really tight and I appreciated it. There were none of those filler pieces that make no sense. I liked that. nm - Jim Feb 28, 06:35 9
  - I woulda taken 1 or 2 monologues -- as it was, the closest we got was Crystal and Hope - Will Hunting Feb 28, 06:46 6
    - Yeah. And where the hell is Nicholson in the front row? He's been MIA for a couple years now, hasn't he? -- nm - Jim Feb 28, 06:50 5
      - Yeah, they definietly didn't have any star power...No Jack/Clooney/Pitt/Jolie/Depp even Winslet and Leo. - Will Hunting Feb 28, 06:57 1
        
        Word. And with so many nominees that, while great actors, aren't household names...you needed that star power and it wasn't there. -- nm - Jim Feb 28, 06:58
      - I'm willing to take Clooney as a substitute, but I guess he has malaria or something dumb like that. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 06:56
      - he's old hollywood and hasn't been in a big big movie in a while. -- nm - Andie Feb 28, 06:55
      - yep. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 06:53
  - I think last year wasteh first year I realized that the hosts introduce people who introduce presenters? isn't that kind of inefficient? -- nm - amanda "bus misser" jones Feb 28, 06:43 1
    - This year we had an introduction for a person who did an introduction. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 06:49

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