Mar
07
Open Thread: The Boss and Mr. October
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There’s really no rhyme or reason to it, but I found that picture to be pretty cool. It was taken during yesterday’s game by RAB’s (un)official Spring Training photographer, Kathy Willens of the AP. It’s a shame George isn’t around as much as he used to be, but in the end I guess it’s good, because the team is run much more intelligently and efficiently than before.
Anyway, use this sucker as your open thread tonight. The Ranger and Devils are both in action tonight, but feel free to talk about whatever you want. Just don’t be a dick.
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The Mason Williams Watch
ugh… ABC and Cablevision are having a tiff so ABC isn’t airing here, so no Oscars. Grrrr >:(
I think they’re streaming on oscars.com
So I decided to stream the Oscar red carpet, and the first thing I see is Miley Cyrus <3
(don't hurt me)
I wish the award ceremony was more condensed. It seems like every year they add more filler and give me more reasons to watch only the last hour or so.
I absolutely love the Oscars. I love the filler, I love all the stupid BS about the dresses and whatnot, I love making fun of it all. What can I say.
Haha. Yeah I don’t watch the red carpet.
The entire ceremony is filler.
Now they’re blatantly doing a commercial for each film.
Just read about the results the next day and skip them patting themselves on the back for doing unimportant and irrelevant things.
“Just don’t be a dick.”
Let the dickery begin!
Even the Boss has to wear an ID tag? That made me chuckle.
Anyone else excited about the Oscars? Hurt Locker all the way!
Oscar Winner Predictions:
Best Picture – The Hurt Locker
Best Director – Kathryn Bigelow
Best Actor – Jeff Bridges
Best Actress – Sandra Bullock
Best Supporting Actor – Christopher Waltz
Best Supporting Actress – Mo’Nique
Best Cinematography – The Hurt Locker
gotta figure Avatar will take cinematography, along with anything visual-related
I think Avatar will get best art direction and visual effects. It shouldn’t win the cinematography award.
that’s pretty much what I think, but Avatar over The Hurt Locker. They always go for the big film, especially when Oscar’s ratings have been soooo low these past couple of years.
If I could even SEE THE FREAKING AWARDS.
I really hope that doesn’t happen. Avatar was pretty, but very shallow
I hung in there for an hour, then had to give it up. I thought Avatar sucked, at least the first hour anyway.
I agree. It was a terrible movie. I was embarrassed to be in the theatre for it (my date wanted to see it).
Terrible? Well, we have have our own taste, I guess. That is why we have Yankee fans and Met fans. We all can’t have good taste.
I never had the warm fuzzies for Stein-grabber as the Daily News used to call him. The man is a convicted felon who should have gone to jail if not for his father’s influence.
The dickery has begun.
Love when people throw around the “convicted felon” tag. He made illegal campaign contributions, he’s not a murderer. Without him the Yanks could be the Mets….UGH
“Without him the Yanks could be the Mets”
PERISH THE THOUGHT!!!!!!
I spent all day spring cleaning. The conclusion I came to is that I have way too much shit. Now that I’ve boxed and bagged all my surplus possessions the problem becomes who to spring it on.
The only film I saw that’s nominated for any major Oscars is Up. How sad is that?
Pixar is the shit, so it’s not sad at all.
I think it’s weird that there are major films called Up and Up in the Air, plus A Solitary Man and A Single Man, 9 and Nine…
Nah, I ain’t ashamed of rocking the PIXAR but there are a ton of movies I wanted to see and didn’t. Avatar not being one of them. :p
Honestly, Up was the only movie I saw in the theater all year.
Yeah, I don’t make it out of the basement much.
I saw about five movies in the theater–mainly because there’s a cheapie theater near me. Otherwise it’s too expensive these days.
Eh, leaving the basement is overrated. At least it is until spreadsheets are easier to work on remotely.
What kind of surplus stuff do you have? Clothes, furniture, or just random stuff?
(Women’s) clothing, books, comics, bondage gear–you know, the usual.
Clothing: Call up any big charity (salvation army for example), leave it outside your door in a big garbage bag and they will come pick it up.
Books/comics: Drop them off at a local boys and girls club or a school.
Bondage gear: Let me know what your private e-mail address is so we can arrange for you to send it to me.
I’ve only seen one, too, but it was Precious instead.
I’ve heard great things about Precious. How did you like it?
I liked it. The prevailing thought I had afterwards was, “Yeah, my mom and I have disagreements but it could be much worse.”
That had to be dispressing.
A little bit.
Clay Buchholz’ first start of the spring was no walk in the park as the 25-year-old righthander allowed three runs on five hits in a game the Sox rallied to win, 5-4.
So when is ESPN going to say he belongs in the pen?
when they say Price and Wainwright should go back
not only that, but the Sox pitcher that got the win? Casey Kelly.
why is that surprising?
Do you know who else won today?
All of us, for being alive in a world where Casey Kelly exists.
@GordonEdes It’s a good sign when a veteran plate umpire, John Hirschbeck, lets it be known that he’s impressed with a kid, which he did with C. Kelly
Oy vey.
Boston writers, most delusional to least delusional:
CHB
Edes
Gammo (that’s right, he’s the LEAST delusional)
I’m going to squeeze Peter Abraham somewhere between CHB and Edes.
You can’t squeeze Pete Abe anywhere.
/obligatory’d
IETC.
Hahahahahh!
@BBWA: We’re pleased to announce that the only member of the HoF Class of 2011 is Casey Kelly, who gained 110% of the vote.
Boston Globe-Were sorry to announce that Casey Kelly has just been traded to the Padres as a centerpiece in an Adrian Gonzalez deal. It’s just as well, since we now know that Kelly is a drug dealer, was found to be in possession of child pornography by a local librarian, and Homeland Security is investigating him for having connections to Al Quaeda.
this is effin’ brilliant.
Don’t forget that he was a malcontent in the clubhouse. They always are.
‘Brilliant’ huh? I like that, Bexy.
@GordonEdes It’s a good sign when a veteran plate umpire, John Hirschbeck, lets it be known that he’s impressed with a kid, which he did with C. Kelly
What’s the protocol on this? I assume that Hirshbeck didn’t run around asking everyone “How old is this kid?” in the kind of spontaneous way that Edes is reporting it, but rather was offering a comment in response to a question from either Edes or some other reporter. But, should an umpire be offering their opinions about any prospects? [Especially if it wasn't a response to a question.] I mean, regardless of whether it is Kelly or Montero, is this something that the umpires should respond to when asked about?
Yes, I understand that umpires are just people and are certainly entitled to their opinions, but it doesn’t make sense to me that they should be giving public commentary on the performance of the players in a game that they were just officiating since they also play a part in determining the outcome of said game. I can understand responding to questions about calls, decisions, etc., but not the performances of prospects or any other players. It seems like a conflict of interest.
If a call goes in the favor of the Red Sox, it’s the right call. Always. Just ask Brian Fuentes.
Is George wearing credentials around his neck? Who working there doesn’t know who he is?
No, that’s the ‘Official Yankee Life Alert™’ just in case he falls, and can’t get up.
I was 10 yrs old when the Yanks signed REG-GIE, REG-GIE, REG-GIE and he was the man. I was a kid but not long after he left, I knew he wasn’t one of the all time Yanks. The recent Yanks they need to make sure are a part of the fold for years to come would be Randolph, Mattingly (might have burned that bridge), Gator, O’Neill, Tino, Wells (damn right Wells). Others?
Did anyone see Zach Galifianakis on SNL last night? He is one funny bastard.
So I decided to create a fantasy baseball league through Yahoo and looking for people to join. It is a 20 team league and you guys should check it out and hopefully join if you are serious about it.
League ID: 411990
Password: Yankees28
(Capital letter is important)
I’m in !!!!!
All in, no looksies
I am so pumped!!
Glad to see you guys join. Still 16 spots. Date of draft subject to change. However, it might be a Saturday afternoon since there may be so many draft picks.
In the above pic, who’s that shadowy figure in the background?
Alec Baldwin.
I was thinking ‘The Angel of Death’, but you just named a fate worse than that.
Rod Blagojevich
I laughed SO HARD for some reason.
Is this going to be your new drfat?
Nothing’s as funny as drfat.
Brian Cashman, caught on film a split-second before he went full ninja and disappeared entirely.
Casey Kelly.
There is nothing on tonight. So boring!
If The Hurt Locker doesn’t win Best Picture, I’ll murder people.
Do you watch Psych on USA? Just wondering, the most recent episode was shark related.
Love Psych.
Me too, I love the repeated shots at The Mentalist. It never gets old.
I like those too, but they dash my hopes of a connection between the 2 once USA is taken over by CBS
Awesome show. I have a mentalist/psych crossover conspiracy theory. Unfortunately, it will never happen, since they’re on different networks.
I do occasionally. I’ll have to check that episode out.
Yes, it’s an awesome show, love it. But that episode, along with this week’s White Collar, are sitting on my DVR.
YAAAAY ABC is back and so are the Oscars!!! (girly squeal)
“drfat”
you stop that.
(giggle)
So I have the #5 pick in my draft, assuming Pujols/Hanley/A-Rod (though the league is full of Sox fans), do I take whomever is left between Braun and Utley?
Utley.
Yeah, I’m hoping he falls there but I know the guy picking in front of me loves him. I don’t want to take an OF with my first pick. I’m just hoping the A-Rod hate allows him to drop to me. The 5th pick really sucks, I’d rather be at 8 or 9 and then get a quick pick on the way back.
Yea 5th is a shitty spot.
Is it a roto-league? If it is and Utley is gone, I may reach for Crawford…not that taking Braun is a bad pick by any means. However, Crawford would give you a pretty big edge in SB’s for a roto-league.
Just a thought.
was it just me or was ryan reynolds trying to make a joke there?
Hey Cameron Diaz looks really nice. Maybe she dressed up for Alex?
reynolds was trying to seriously present the blind side but it felt like he was about to crack up
Does anyone know who is going to be starting the next three days?
My Best Picture ballot:
1.) The Hurt Locker
(decent-sized gap)
2.) Up In The Air
3.) Precious
(small gap)
4.) Inglorious Basterds
(hard-to-define gap)
5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.) Some ordering of Avatar, The Blind Side, An Education, A Serious Man, and Up, which are probably all awesome films that I regrettably didn’t see
(gigantic, titanic, gargantuan, epic, incredibly, almost impossibly large gap)
10.) District 9
oh I thought I was the only person who didn’t like that movie. AT ALL.
“Ooh, it’s a gripping, cleverly-crafted hyper-real allegory to the painful legacy of apartheid and the after effects of the changing political realities of blah blah blah–
Yeah, no. Your movie sucked. Boring, blunt, banal, hackneyed, and flat. District 9 has to be one of the worst films ever nominated for anything. It alone is justification for reverting back to the old five nomination system. I find it hard to believe that Crazy Heart, Invictus, A Single Man, The Messenger, The Last Station, The Lovely Bones, Nine, or a host of other movies weren’t better picks for the 10th spot in the list.
(stands and applauds)
It also made me throw up.
I will say that I don’t think it was one of the worst movies ever nominated for anything. I mean, Norbit was nominated for an Oscar, IIRC. It just wasn’t that good and it was kind of obvious.
We’ve had this discussion. And I disagree. So, kindly blow me.
But, I do agree the apartheid “hype”, so to speak, was unwarranted. They didn’t do as much as they could’ve with it.
A very intriguing first 30 minutes, followed by a standard action / sci-fi movie. No business being nominated, in my opinion. But, never underestimate the politics: “It’s South African! They don’t make movies unless they’re important! Peter Jackson! Guh-faw!”
I didn’t see it, but I’d be shocked if Invictus isn’t a better movie (while also hitting all those political points).
You should see “A Serious Man” and “Up”. I recommend them. This list reminds me that Best Picture shouldn’t be out of 10 movies.
I liked Up a lot.
UP was fantastic. And looked amazing in Blu-Ray.
UP was a great suprise and a great and touching movie.
I have them both in the Netflix queue. The only one of the 10 pics I have absoutely zero desire to see is Avatar, but I’l probably add that to the queue out of boredom eventually.
I haven’t seen “Avatar” or “An Education”. I have no plans to see “Avatar”.
Have you seen Pochahontas? Yes? Then you’ve seen Avatar.
If you haven’t seen either, it’s probably for the best.
But the 3-D!!!
10-minutes-worth of awesome special effects: cool
having to slog through two-hours-worth of shitty, boring story, insipid dialogue, and wooden acting to get said 10-minutes-worth of awesome special effects: not cool
And the worst part is that you have to sit thru three hours of shit. It was turrrrrible.
I’ve heard tons of people say that Avatar is a legitimate ripoff of an older, animated movie called Fern Gully.
Since you’ve mentioned before that story/writing matter to you, I would recommend not even bothering with Avatar. We went and walked out after 40 minutes, it was awful. The story and dialog are really, truly stupid. Honestly, I don’t even mind dumb action movies every once in a while, but this was really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
I thought it was bad in the theater, and I can’t imagine you’ll enjoy it at home, without the gimmick of the 3-D.
Meh, it’ll be on Netflix soon, and the only cost then is a 3-day opportunity cost. It’s virtually free to me.
I was trying to think of a good way to describe the quality of Avatar and I came up with: A 3-hour video game cut-scene. Let us know what you think when you see it, I have a feeling your description of it will be entertaining.
Heh.
I actually thought The Hurt Locker was pretty pedestrian. Really engaging, but very formulaic. Bomb – barracks – bomb – barracks, etc (and the whole “seek vengeance in Baghdad at night” scene was ridiculous). I can’t help but think that if it were directed by a man it wouldn’t have gotten half of the attention it’s gotten.
I thought it was a more gripping and visceral film than Up In The Air, Precious, and Basterds, but if one of those other films beats it out, I wouldn’t object.
Four solid choices.
I have not seen Up in the Air or Precious to date, but I still can’t get Basterds out of my head. I’m not even a huge Tarrantino guy, but that movie, to me, was incredible on a lot of levels. But, you’re right, Hurt Locker was certainly gripping and visceral.
I love Robert Downey Jr.
Ugh, he’s amazing. He was always so talented but obviously quite troubled. I’m glad that he seems to have everything under control now.
He got everything under control just in time to do bad movies. Great.
We have any accountants that are also Yankee nerds? I have a simple question about the 1st time homebuyer’s credit.
Not an accountant, but I did buy a house and have all of you taxpayers gift me $8000, so thanks for that. If your question is somewhat easy I might be able to help.
I have an accounting degree.. Unfortunately, this shat job market has me unemployed and I can give you no help.
It says for the federal that I need a “settlement statement.” but I don’t think I have any paperwork labeled as that. Is it called something else? I have the deed transfer that has the dollar amount and all the signatures on it but says nothing about settlement.
It should be the HUD settlement statement.
Here’s a sample one. http://bit.ly/bEopkl
would I have gotten this at my closing? or is this something that I need to get from HUD now? Also, if I was supposed to get this at closing, can I still get a copy from HUD now to file with my federals?
Yeah, you should have gotten it at your closing. If you can’t find it I would probably contact HUD. I took the credit for my 2008 taxes (but bought house in 2009), so I didn’t have to really do anything extra when I filed. I’m not exactly sure what the process is now. I literally just checked a box that said I bought a house.
Molly Ringwald?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Oh. Now I get it. John Hughes was awesome.
Molly Ringwald and Matthew Broderick announcing an award together? The 1980′s called, they want their poster children back.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Molly Ringwald and Matthew Broderick!”
I literally was like “WTF, is it 1985?” before it clicked for me that it was a John Hughes tribute. I was lost for half a second.
Also, Molly Ringwald looks like a redwood tree. Which is fitting, because she acts like a redwood tree.
OOOOOOOOH, JUDD NELSON!
He was f#$&%in’ harsh.
Dear God, so burnt out. Savor it, Judd.
Anthony Michael Hall has the constant smarm of a child molester.
Ooooh, Sam Jackson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc4axBTKvzw (NSFW)
I don’t exactly root for Cablevision or the Dolan family, but outside of Lost (which I regrettably am many seasons behind on), is there a single thing worth watching on that entire network? Like…anything?
To me, unless the deal was very favorable for Cablevision, they should have kept their strong-arm tactics up. ABC sucks.
I liked Flashforward, unfortunately after like 6 episodes they went one a 5 month break. I also watch Kimmel on occasion.
Jeopardy
/is not kidding
That is syndicated.
Yup. My ABC viewing is:
Lost
Jeopardy
the nightly news (both local and Diane Sawyer)
Nightline
the ABC Sports offerings (non-NASCAR-division)
… that’s about it.
Modern Family is a surprisingly good comedy. It does have a bad habit of getting “Disney schmaltzy” at the end of each ep, but it’s actually pretty smart.
Modern Family rules!
/no sarcasm
You know, at first I was trying to figure out why Macauley Culkin looked so smarmy. But then I remembered, he’s banging Mila Kunis.
Kudos, Macauley.
I saw this somewhere on Twitter: “I’m so glad Macaulay Culkin dumped Michael Jackson for Mila Kunis.”
That’s hilarious.
Say it ain’t so.
I love some Zoe Saldana, but… no. This is not a solid choice. Overly busy, and not flattering.
I was gonna say, WTF is that dress, Zoe?
Eh, whatever, it’s sparkly.
I must be really out of the pop culture loop. I have no idea who most of these people are, particularly the presenters. Most of them seem very unnatural up there.
Your job for a living is to read off prompters or memorize scripts. And you somehow still managed to stammer and choppily mumble through three lines? HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GET A JOB?!
Lastly, who the fuck are you (the presenters of the shorts)?
Zoe Saldana doesn’t appreciate you not knowing who she is.
/specifically referring to the girl in the lilac-colored dress
She’s Uhuru from Star Trek.
/hopefullythathelps’d
Yeah, never got into that. But anyway, poor choice of dress, poor presenting. Cute, but not oh-my-Mo cute. So…not impressed with her in the brief 5 minutes I’ve seen of her.
Thanks for the info, though.
Zoe is gorgeous like 80% of the time, but she’s definitely very “meh” on occasion. I’m not surpised you’re not impressed with her based on this subpar outing.
So she was CC in April ’09 tonight?
That’s fair.
Looks like a young Jada Pinkett. I approve.
Here’s trailer for Guess Who, a “normal” movie of Zoe’s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMrE8e_LakA (safe)
I’ll concede that she’s hotter than I’d initially thought. However, and it may be due more to the script than anything, that preview doesn’t exactly show off any acting chops. You know, if they do exist.
Meh, I wasn’t trying to convince you that she is actually a good actress and shit, just trying to show you she’s eminently doable when she’s not dressed all weird with crappy makeup.
No doubt. She had a shapely ass (if a bit small for my tastes).
just trying to show you she’s eminently doable when she’s not dressed all weird with crappy makeup.
Disagree. She is still eminently doable when dressed weird with crappy makeup.
I’m pretty disappointed to say I haven’t seen any of those documentaries. They didn’t get much attention. A real shame.
Anyone see any of them?
“Which Way Home” was excellent.
I should check that out. Thanks.
WTF!?
That guy looks seriously confused right now.
Ben Stiller always tries to do some weird gimmicky thing at the Oscars that always fails really badly.
Agreed. He’s like the always-tries-too-hard guy from college no one ever expected to do anything with a damn with their life. Inexplicably, he becomes famous and everyone loves him. Baffling. Dude is the same stupid stock character in EVERYTHING. He, along with Will Ferrell, are on my boycott list.
Apparently they had a shot a Sacha Baron Cohen short that was supposed to parody Avatar but it was cut due to poor taste (or something to that effect). This might have been Plan B.
spoiler alert: it’s gonna be Mo’Nique
wow, mega reply fail.
Anyway, to get back on topic, heh, I can see that, but also a few years ago he did this lame thing with a bodysuit.
What did everyone think of Star Trek? I enjoyed it, but I was never into the films/TV shows when I was younger.
(thinks)
I didn’t want my money back after leaving the theater, but I’m not about to buy the DVD either. That’s the best way to describe it. Enjoyable entertainment, but nothing other than that.
Agreed. It was nothing groundbreaking, but it was what it was: a cool looking action flick.
Thought it was entertaining as hell. A good, ol’ fashioned popcorn movie. I’m sure it will become less entertaining as it becomes the newest sequel franchise over the next few years.
In the words of Chris Rock: take off that silly ass hat.
Coolio did some of that shit.
That dude with that hat just had that “When will this dumb bitch shut the fuck up so I can say something about my marriage so I can get some pussy tonight?” look.
that’s a loooootta dress.
Rachel McAdams looks so much prettier as a brunette.
I love those cupcakes like McAdams loved Gosling.
I watched that short approximately 10850286098 times.
Holy shit Rachel McAdams is talking quickly.
Oh, look! It’s Tommie’s favorite movie!
Since we’re on a movie theme here, I think the worst movie I’ve seen of late was the Ricky Gervais flick “The Invention of Lying”. It was horrid.
Am I the only one that can’t stand Ricky Gervais AT ALL? (I wish I could sympathize with you, but I didn’t see the movie. Because of the aforementioned dislike for Ricky Gervais.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related (safe)
Meh, I think he’s usually pretty good.
Suck it up dammit.
I’m more understanding of “behind the scenes” people bringing the affect to their speeches, but spit it OUT, man!
That was maybe the most heartfelt acceptance speech I’ve seen in a while. Kudos to that guy.
Queen Latifah’s stylist >>>>>>>>>>>>> Zoe Saldana’s stylist
With a much more difficult job.
Damn straight.
Not more difficult, just bigger.
In the fashion world, “bigger” and “more difficult” are synonyms.
I have great respect for Steve Martin, but I heard somebody make a great point about him: thirty years ago the whole “I’m great, be in awe of me” schtick was hilarious because he was young and unproven, but now that he’s old and proven it comes off as stale and a little to sincere.
“too” sincere…I’m English teacher, Christ.
Do you teach in the Bronx by any chance?
ietc
Nope. The ‘burbs of North Jersey…Bergen County.
Thank God the taxes will force me out before I can send my little (future, unformed) disappointments your way.
/I keed. You know I keed.
I can read good?
“an” English teacher, holy shit!
/Bronx Teecher’d
I agree that he has not been particularly funny for a while, but he is doing a great job tonight in my opinion. Really funny.
I really do think he’s great. I had just never thought of his persona in that way and I thought it was an interesting point.
Eh, this made me laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ciwd4raZJ8 (safe)
Absolutely great stuff. Like I said, I really do admire him (I actually teach his autobiography in a senior English comedy class).
WTF is Vera Farmiga wearing? It looks like a sofa.
LOL. It’s a love seat. How you doin’?
If Up in the Air doesn’t win Best Actress in a Supporting Role I’m turning off the Oscars.
I’m pretty sure Mo’Nique is a lock, like 99%. (I didn’t see Precious but I heard she’s beyond excellent.)
She is. I saw both films, and was impressed by both Kendrick and Farmiga, but it’s Monique by a mile. She OWNED the screen.
I have not seen Precious, but that one clip they showed of her made he laugh. Maybe you need to get to know her character a little more to appreciate that scene, I don’t know.
…and its off.
Psychotic borderline-homicidal child-molester and sex abuser-enabler: ROLE OF A LIFETIME.
Monique FTW.
If you told me an actress who used to star on a UPN sitcom and Beerfest would win an Oscar, I’d have laughed in your face.
Hey, Jamie Foxx has an Oscar and he used to be “Wanda”.
Tom Hanks won back to back awards, and he was a Bosom Buddy.
Are Tia and Tamara in porn yet?
Ask Matsui.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T....._series%29
Hmm. Decent idea, seemed doomed from the start, though.
Talk about “outliers.”
Uh-oh. Here comes the affect.
Great performance or not, it’s that self-important bullshit that I can’t stand. You made a movie. You were good. Congratulations. Let’s not make it out to be more than it is.
What does everyone think about The Wrestler? I finally saw it last night and was disappointed based on everything I had heard about it. It was decent, and I loved the soundtrack, but wasn’t what I was hoping for.
Though I’m sure George Costanza loved it.
I agree with you. I thought it was kind of flimsy and just followed the “down and out protagonist” formula. When I heard “You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Til It’s Gone” blaring out of Rourke’s cassette player 5-minutes into the movie I realized it was going to be more trite than expected.
Wow, Nancy Pelosi looks almost human.
I laughed.
I’m a few minutes behind, I will believe it when I see it.
Big ups to Mo’Nique for winning a oscar.
Did anyone else interpret her speech as a shot at Halle Berry? “Thanks for giving the award based on talent, not politics.” Halle didn’t deserve for Oscar. The guilt ridden liberals gave it to Halle for being black and doing a serious role, even though she wasn’t great in it.
Ugh. Shut up about “survival”, say thanks and leave.
Why is Keanu there?
And SJP will always look like a horse.
Why is Keanu there?
http://www.blogcdn.com/news.bi.....2/whoa.jpg
Whoa.
This isn’t really so much of an answer as it is an obligatory reaction when Keanu’s name is mentioned.
She looks more like a foot.
Some of the ladies tonight have rather tragic outfits.
Hey look, it’s a centaur!
What the hell is that man doing wearing that shimmery dress?
/SarahJessicaParkerJoke’d
Doesn’t her dress look like a shower curtain?
A shower curtain draped over a totem pole of ugly, yes.
Her nose looks like the faucet.
The irony of this woman winning an award for costume design should not be lost on any of us.
Heh, as someone who was a costume geek for a few years, she really knows what she’s doing when it comes to costume design though. The stuff from The Aviator is just drool-worthy.
Out of curiosity, how does one become a costume geek and then, more importantly, un-become a costume geek?
Hard drugs, rehab, relapse.
amiriteorwut?
I used to be really into theater when I like came out of high school, and I worked in the costume shop at my college for a while to make some money. I just really liked it. I still love costumes and stuff. But then, pretty much everyone involved in the theater stuff at my school – the professors, the other adults, and especially the other kids – were just soooo awful (I wrote another word there originally that was a lot stronger than awful) that they pretty much turned me off theater entirely.
Gotcha. I’m a recovering theater geek, too.
(high-five)
I’m just not NEARLY bitchy enough to work in theater, if that’s what it’s really like. No way.
Woah that was a bomb.
Wow, you already have two of those statues? You poor baby. Your shelf space situation must really be a problem for you.
Why do they take up valuable time by showing things like Best Costume Director? I don’t see Best Boy Grip or Best Production Intern up there.
Actors, directors, screenwriters, special effects, film categories. No more makeup, costume, producers, etc. These awards shows are always bloated with too much crap.
You want to recognize them? Fine, but don’t televise it and subject the viewer to it.
Oh, and best soundtrack/score is a keeper, too.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$
They might get better ratings if they cut that shit and charged more per ad. A two hour show could probably bring in just as much if done well.
The Oscars is the female Superbowl.
Shortening either one: not gonna happen
technically it’s the gay Superbowl
Meh, there’s a nice tidy overlap.
That’s a damn shame. It could be excellent, whereas now neither can ever be better than mediocre-to-good.
Ooooh, a tribute to whore movies! This oughta be good.
Courtney Love unavailable for comment.
/Matsui’d
Jaws? Jaws is a “horror” movie?
(goes to dictionary, looks up word ‘suspense’)
How many of these are actually horror movies? A third of them? Stupid montage.
it wasn’t as bad as the “movies about America” one from a year ago that featured primarily scenes from Magnolia which made no goddamn sense at all.
If Alfred Hitchcock were alive, he’d stab someone, Ty Cobb style, for including his suspenseful thrillers in the “horror” category grouping.
You know I would love to see host the Oscars? Paul Mooney. Just so I want to see how offensive he’ll be.
I’m laughing already.
And somewhere in Heaven, so is Ricard Pryor.
did they just try to sneak in one of the Twilight movies as a horror film????
(The Shining kinda rules)
Team Bad Taste.
I traded Matt Cain for Ben Sheets and Joba. Good trade or bad?
Good.
If it’s a keeper league, fanfuckingtastic.
Nope it’s not a keeper league.
Matt Cain had a great year but he got really lucky. Career high in BABIP in .260. FIP around 3.80, low K/9 ratio, meh K/BB ratio. Sheets if healthy can give me that and I beleive Joba will step it up this year.
Yeah, I’d still definitely make that trade.
Yeah thanks.
Sheets apparently looks sterling in the A’s camp, btw. He’s in line for a lovely bounceback.
That’s great he’ll hopefully stay healthy this year.
And Joba will have a huge comeback season. I gotta feeling.
Well the trade got vetoed by the commissioner. It was unfair…for me because I’m giving up “too much.”
So I can get more from Cain. Lovely.
That’s the most ridiculous veto I’ve ever heard of.
/waits for Steve H. to make a comment about Jaws being on there.
The Oscars are baiting me.
You can always spot the sound guys a mile away, can’t you?
He’s got a face (and a haircut) made for radio.
It’s like Martin Sheen and the bad guy in Die Hard had a lovechild.
The Hurt Locker is a good movie.
But its not a better film than Inglorious Basterds. Or Avatar. Or District 9. Or UP in the Air. Or UP.
It most certainly is.
MINOR SPOILER: That subplot of the kid in the base and its wrap-up took away from the excellent tension of Renner’s character in the field. I kinda hated it.
Or District 9.
(throws up in mouth a little)
I wish I could vaporize your comment with one of those D-9 blasters.
I wish apartheid had never happened.
Not because it was a horrible injustice and a crime against human decency–no, I wish apartheid never happened just so that District 9 would never have been made.
That movie: Such a piece of worthless shit.
I’m not sure what you expected walking into your D-9 viewing, but i didn’t find its politics heavy-handed. The story has aliens in it living under the “care” of a massive private militarized corporation. Aside from being set in South Africa, the politics played a secondary role. JMO though. Visually, absolutely stunning considering its budget.
I felt like Keenan Ivory Wayans kept popping up all movie long, saying “MESSAGE!”
There’s no love QT. None whatsoever. The writing and direction of Basterds should be recognized dammit.
Super overrated movie. Only Avatar is more overrated.
I’m just sad QT got nominated up the wazoo for IB but not for anything Kill Bill-related. I guess what they say about WWII films are true (see also: Kate Winslet).
Is Inglourious Basterds really a WWII film, though?
Can you make a war film about a war that didn’t actually happen? Because the war in that film… didn’t actually happen.
Heh. Well, WWII/Nazi-related films are like crack to the Academy.
I agree with questioning the categorization of Inglorious Basterds as a war film, but not the reasoning.
Of course you can make a war film about a war that didn’t happen. Make up a future war, make a film, and voila, you have a war film about a war that didn’t happen. Also… By your reasoning, just about every war film ever made wasn’t really a war film, because they weren’t completely historically accurate.
The reason Inglorious Basterds might not really be a war film is because it’s a campy story told with a war as the background, the war is kind of a backdrop.
Also… By your reasoning, just about every war film ever made wasn’t really a war film, because they weren’t completely historically accurate.
Yeah, but there’s a large difference between not getting the waves of troop landings at Omaha Beach 100% accurate and killing Hitler and the entire Nazi braintrust in a theatre in France.
Most war films aren’t accurate because of errors or oversights. Quentin’s war film is inaccurate in a wholly different way.
Yeah, but there’s a large difference between not getting the waves of troop landings at Omaha Beach 100% accurate and killing Hitler and the entire Nazi braintrust in a theatre in France.
Hah. That’s what you think.
/hypotheticalmovie-goingmryankee’d
Eh, I was referring to the stories and characters in war films moreso than the historical accuracy of the details like the troop landings, etc.
What I meant was that there was no Private Ryan, and none of the characters in that movie existed and the story never occurred… But that’s still most definitely a war film.
Agreed.
But while the Saving Private Ryan story didn’t happen, it could have.
Inglourious Basterds: much less so. That’s all.
Meh. Who knows. Is Basterds really a WW2 movie ’cause its story simply isnt grounded in much reality aside from taking place in Nazi-occupied France.
Cant wait too find out what QT will next take on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_tarantino
2014 isnt exactly around the corner, so i’m hoping QT doesn’t ham it up in a martial arts film before making KB3. His writing went to another level in Basterds. I hope he keeps with the momentum from Basterds and picks wisely. Man with the Iron Fist re-make … cool , but QT has kinda beyond that.
Isn’t there some sound mixing guy that’s been nominated like 23 times without winning? Is he nominated this year?
The Sci-Tech awards:
Nerd. Sausage. Fest.
It’s a shame his son died and he didn’t.
Saw that guy on a 60 Minutes special. Amazing stuff.
Shouldn’t they show, you know, clips for this award?
yay awkward In Memoriam segment
Controller: Er, some good news, gentlemen. We have quite a treat for you. We’ve been able to coax superstar James Taylor in here to Mission Control to wish you well and play you a little bit of his own brand of laid-back adult contemporary music.
Homer: Wow, former president James Taylor!
Taylor: How ya doin’, fellas?
Buzz: With all due respect, Mr. Taylor, this isn’t the best time for your unique brand of bittersweet folk rock. We have a potentially critical situation here. I’m sure you’ll understand.
Taylor: Listen, Aldrin, I’m not as laid back as people think. Now here’s the deal: I’m going to play, and you’re going to float there and like it.
[sings]
When you’re down, and troubled,
And you need a helping hand,
And nothing, oh, nothing is going right…
Wah, wah, wah. Dead people. Get on with it!
That is the same way I feel when I am reading your post’s.
Please don’t hurt my feelings, Mr. Anonymous internet person.
What I have always found darkly humorous about the “in memoriam” segment of the Oscars is the fluctuation of applause throughout the montage. Some get huge applause, others get nothing. So, more applause sort of equals more meaningful death. It’s bizarre.
Buster Olney:Heard this from a talent evaluator: Cole Hamels’s body language on the mound is much different than last year — he’s more assertive.
Seriously Buster, SERIOUSLY!!!!!
Are you fucking with me?
Mitch Williams said on MLB Network that the reason Cole Hamels was so “bad” in 2009 was that he became a celebrity after 2008 and “couldn’t say no” and didn’t get his work done.
I expect it from Mitch Williams.
Mitch Williams has a job because he was a major league player, and an eccentric one at that.
Buster Olney has a job because someone thought he knew what the hell he was talking about.
your point: it is a good one.
Olney’s generally not an idiot, too, while Mitch Williams is… uh… Mitch Williams.
His arms weren’t akimbo=better ERA. That shit’s practically written in stone. C’mon Steve, get with it. Buster knows what’s up.
I wonder what made Cole Hamels less successful last year. Was it his control? No, everything there was almost exactly the same as the year before. In fact, he had better a BB/9 than in 2008. Was it lack of strikeouts? No, he had the same K/9 and K/BB numbers. Then it must have been a lack of assertiveness. Either that or a .325 BABIP, up from .270 in ’08.
When I think of assertive, I think of teh 8th!!!11!!1
That’s how to fix Cole. With Halladay, the Phillies won’t need more than two starters so they can just stick Kendrick and Hamels in the bullpen like they belong.
Don’t be fooled by the asymmetric haute couture dress that she’s got
She’s just, she’s just Jenny from the block
You didn’t hear she’s living in Hunt’s Point now? She’s real.
What in the red fuck is this? Have I been drinking?
I left the room for a second, then came back to… this.
Huh???
I’d watch that if they made the actress of Precious do that. Otherwise, yeah, no thanks.
I’m about as entertained as I’d be watching The View.
You watch the view?
Wow, just wow.
Never doubt JMK.
Frankly, I’d be more surprised if he didn’t watch that show.
FAIL
Wait, what?
JLO looks pretty pale. Has she been dating Sammy Sosa?
http://sadtrombone.com/
I’m quite sick of both of these guys.
I hope D-9 wins just to piss Tommie off.
If D-9 wins Best Picture, I’m totally cancelling [sic] my season tickets.
That’d be insanely unexpected.
I dont want to pigeonhole Neil Blomkamp strictly into the sci-fi action genre, but Blomkamp could be the next James Cameron and take the genre into a new level of bad-assery.
… Blomkamp could be the next James Cameron and take the genre into a new level of bad-assery.
What’s funny is, that is supposed to be a compliment, but I read it as an insult.
I thought of writing “the next George Lucas” … but then i recalled watching TPM, TCW, and ROTS. James Cameron is the safer critical choice. Hey, some people dont like sci-fi action. Its cool.
There was a time, before he succumbed to the dark (read: stupid) side, when Cameron did good things. If we were to get a few good films out of Blomkamp, on the early-Cameron level, I think that’d be a pretty good thing.
Now though… Agreed. Cameron is garbage.
Agreed.
James Cameron was a good director once. It was back when Molly Ringwald still had a career.
God Up in the Air was so good. I know it has no chance though.
Hey guys, does anybody know what time the gates open at GMS field for 1:05 games? I’m in Tampa and plan on attending tomorrow and Wednesday’s games. Thanks in advance.
Oh, hey, Alec Baldwin is there.
He reminds me of Raquel Welch. Whatever he’s doing (or not doing) with his arms is disconcerting.
Hey, did gritty Brett Gardner’s cousin in a law ever send in the picture of Brett holding up something RAB related?
No, which means he probably didn’t pass along my message that it’s a poor idea for Gardner to be upper-cutting balls. But hey, whatevs.
I feel as though I’ve missed something.
Found it. http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-792837
/TSJC’d
Wait, are you telling me that someone on the internet wasn’t being entirely honest?!?!?!?!?!
MULTIPLE INTERROBANGS?!?!??!?!??!?!??!?
Fisher Stevens was on my subway train when I left the World Series last year. I took a picture. That is all.
Tyler Perry should be placed a raft and sent out to sea. Horrible.
Once again, shouldn’t they show clips for this?
Just me or Tyler Perry, not funny?
Not just you.
Tyler Perry is atrocious.
Given how the talk of Hamels is going on in this thread, would anybody want to get him if the Phils don’t extend him when his deal expires? He’ll be 30 and will likely have bounced back from 2009 and established a new norm for himself.
Just like with anyone, for the right contract, Hamels is an incredibly talented pitcher
He’ll be way overpaid for #3 starter production. Pass.
Agreed and I hope we don’t need him. Keep stockpiling the young arms and avoid overpaying pitching in the FA market.
Except he’s likely not going to be producing at a third starter level. He had a shitty year BABIP wise last year (and maybe he gives up a few too many homers), but everything else (BB/9, K/9, HR/9, FIP) was exactly the same as 2008.
Ok, maybe number two. He’s better than he was in 2009, but I wouldn’t spend $18 mil. per year + on him, which is what he’ll cost. He’ll be marketed as an ace. He isn’t.
Prediction: In the AL East, he’d put up an ERA of 3.65-3.80 with a WHIP around 1.260
If that’s your number three starter in the A.L. East, you’re gonna be pretty happy.
I corrected myself and said #2. He’s a good pitcher, but will a guy with a really weak fastball age well? He’d need top-notch control, a really tight curve and an excellent changeup. Now, his change is among the best and his curve is mediocre. If he relies a lot on deception and a great change, that’s a big risk to toss a huge deal at. Would I be shocked at all if the guy continued to be excellent? No, not at all. He was hurt by a high BABIP last season. Still, I’d be hesitant to throw big cash at a guy with workload concerns and an already-weak fastball as he ages.
He’ll only be 28 (B. 1983) when his deal is done (2011).
And, yes, I’d love to get him.
He still has an arb year after that, so he’s a free agent in 2013.
How well do you think his stuff would play in the AL East for 30 starts a year though? Average FB is right around 90 MPH. As he ages it’s likely to slow down. I can see him becoming Barry Zito II.
True, but he misses more bats than Zito did and his changeup is top notch.
Obviously, we’ll have to see what he does in ’10 and forward, though.
Over Zito’s 1st 536 innings he was getting 7.8 k/9. Transport him to the NL and he’s well over 8 if not in the 9′s. Of course the huge red flags were with Zito by the time he was a FA (yet ignored). We’ll see where Hamels ends up the next few years, maybe he doesn’t regress.
this has been a pretty boring ceremony (though I’m happy I got to see it at all) but the stage is really pretty.
/pointless comment’d
Re: that Dancing With the Stars ad:
Shannon Doherty looks like she ate the cast of whatever the hell show she was most recently on.
Brenda?!
The most recent show she was on: 90210.
It’s the circle of life.
Charmed
Awful show or the most awful show?
But the power of 3!!!
I’ll go with awful, there’s stuff out there way worse.
Huh? Are you saying she was on Charmed more recently than she was on 90210?
Crap, forgot about the new 90201
Mmmm…milk…from babysitters from Peru. Mmmm…
You are a sick, sick man.
Awkward. “Security!”
this is… a strange group of people.
Oh God are they doing that awkward “talk to the nominee” BS they did last year? Noooooo
Vera Farmiga just looks ridiculous. Flat out ridiculous.
Her dress looks like a fan.
It looks like she is being attacked by a giant red flatworm
http://photography.nationalgeo.....242-sw.jpg
http://lh6.ggpht.com/ronyeo/Rg.....atworm.jpg
Absolutely.
Is Clooney’s hair looking a little weird, too? Whatever, he’s still in the pantheon of Hot Old Dudes.
Colin Farrell re: Jeremy Renner:
Yeah, I hit that.
I love you Kate Winslet <3333
(looks it up out of curiosity)
Lloyd Bridges died over 12 years ago.
(feels old)
Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum!!!
You think you’re number one?
Let’s fucking go, Jeff.
the Dude abides
Have you guys seen The Squid and the Whale?
awesome movie, that auditorium scene was shot in midwood h.s.
Yeah, I thought it good.
i was shocked that Jeff Daniels didn’t win an award for his role. i guess the academy is run by philistines
I saw it, but so long ago that I don’t really remember it. So… not really helpful?
Laura Linney rules, though.
Isn’t that one of Matsui’s favorites?
Haha.
Oooooh, I wonder which nominee Oprah is gonna introduce!?!
Meryl.
A brand new car for all the audience members?
I was wrong. It was an SUV.
That’s just wrong.
Oh don’t get like that. You know I’d hit that shit if given the opportunity.
True.
Talking about Oprah.
thats mean
He’s not lying. She’s gigantic.
no need to call her an SUV tho
Eh, SUV, large. Same shit.
Don’t get all self-righteous.
i’m not getting self-righteous, that comment was just a little mean tho. no biggie, i really don’t care
DYING OF LAUGHTER
Sean Penn needs to get back on the juice.
Wait a Sean Penn speech without some political message? Where am I?
I liked the time at the Oscars in … maybe it was 2005 when Chris Rock? made fun of how many movies Jude Law was in and Sean Penn was like “EXCUSE ME, HE IS ONE OF OUR FINEST ACTORS.”
http://www.mediabistro.com/age.....Downer.jpg
Congrates Sandra Bulluck
Frankly, Sandra Bullock having an Oscar for acting is just as shocking as Monique having an Oscar for acting.
We’re through the looking glass, people.
haha
I thought everyone got over the “OMG! ____ has an Oscar!” when Julia Roberts won (except Julia Roberts was really good in the movie she won for, though not better than a few other people she was nominated with, and I didn’t see The Blind Side so I can’t comment on it).
Yeah, I’m not saying that she didn’t deserve to win; she may well have deserved it. I’ve heard good things about The Blind Side.
It’s just weird that the girl from “Miss Congeniality” and “The Net” and “Demolition Man” and “The Lake House” is an Oscar winner.
Freaky.
Yup.
Heh, you forgot The Proposal. From the same year, to boot!
“The Proposal” was boring, overrated as a comedy, and thoroughly sexist (“lesson”: tough, independent women just need to get laid and they will become caring and family oriented).
Don’t forget Love Potion #9.
Most of her movies are awful. But hey, broken clock principle?
And Speed 1 and 2.
“The Blind Side” is another in a long history of Hollywood’s “feel-good” attempts to “tackle” racism that perpetuates racist stereotypes while promoting individual responsibility and white, christian values as the solution to institutionalized discrimination.
Or, in other words, clear oscar-bait.
Hollywood LOVES the guilt-ridden white liberal character who ‘rescues’ the helpless, lazy, dumb minority character. It extremely racist and makes them feel good about themselves.
(nods)
That’s a massive boversimplification. What Hollywood loves about Sandra Bullock and The Blind Side is the $250,000,000 it raked it. When the movie was released Michael Lewis distanced himself from it and it wasn’t seen as a serious Oscar contender or expected to do well other than with Sandra Bullock fans. That movie wasn’t exactly a darling of the “Hollywood elites” you speak of, it was the darling of Middle America.
Middle America loved the theme of that movie, not Hollywood. You have to be careful when you throw around those generalizations.
No offense but.. Do you really have a tap on Hollywood? Can you honestly say Hollywood didn’t love it?
I can say that honestly, but not definitively. But you can say the same thing about anyone else’s opinion, so you can say the same thing about people who hold the opposite opinion.
We’re all dealing in opinion in this conversation. Your point is irrelevant.
You say Hollywood didn’t like it. I question it because every channel I turned on raved about The Blind Side for a feel good story.
When you filter the reviews for “top critics” on rottentomatoes.com, The Blind Side gets a 58% positive rating. That’s not a ringing endorsement, so clearly just because every review you saw was positive doesn’t mean they all were.
I’m not saying Hollywood didn’t like the movie, you’re either misunderstanding or misrepresenting what I’m saying and what I said. I said above that Hollywood liked the movie, I just disagree with the reason why.
Okay, I don’t know what rotten tomatoes is..
When you say;
“Middle America loved the theme of that movie, not Hollywood.”
That comes across to me that Hollywood wasn’t particularly in favor of this movie’s theme. If you’re saying Hollywood “liked it,” they just didn’t really “love it,” I think you should have differentiated.
The only reason I agreed with Poopy Pants is that from all the reviews I heard on the news, I heard “Great feel good story.” Literally, every one. I think people(Hollywood Elites) in Hollywood would have loved to be part of the aforementioned 250 million dollar ride.
“Okay, I don’t know what rotten tomatoes is..”
It’s a very popular website that collects movie reviews and other movie-related information. They have a TV show and everything.
“When you say;
‘Middle America loved the theme of that movie, not Hollywood.’
That comes across to me that Hollywood wasn’t particularly in favor of this movie’s theme.”
Right. The THEME. As in, I don’t think “Hollywood” (I’m not sure what the posters above really meant by “Hollywood” anyway, but I’ll roll with the term) loved the movie because of its patronizing racial overtones (which I think many of the fans of the movie probably enjoyed), I think Hollywood loved the movie because it made a shitload of money.
“If you’re saying Hollywood ‘liked it,’ they just didn’t really ‘love it,’ I think you should have differentiated.”
That’s not what I was saying, at all. I don’t know where in this conversation anyone mentioned a matter of degree. I think what I was saying was pretty clear, and I’ve explained it again in this comment.
“The only reason I agreed with Poopy Pants is that from all the reviews I heard on the news, I heard ‘Great feel good story.’ Literally, every one.”
Again, as I already showed above, you clearly didn’t encounter enough reviews of the film, because almost half the reviews by respected sources were negative. Not just ‘not glowing,’ but negative.
“I think people(Hollywood Elites) in Hollywood would have loved to be part of the aforementioned 250 million dollar ride.”
You’ve completely lost the script, man. Do you think I disagree with that statement – do you think I don’t think Hollywood loved the $250,000,000 the move made? Because in my first comment in this conversation I said the following:
“What Hollywood loves about Sandra Bullock and The Blind Side is the $250,000,000 it raked it.”
I’m sorry, but I think you’re a little confused.
What confused me was the fact that you said it was a darling of Middle America, not the Hollywood Elite. Personally, I thought Hollywood loved it. Again, citing the reviews I saw/heard. If what you say is true then I’m incorrect there, I’m not much of a film connoisseur.
However, we do disagree with the fact that I believe Hollywood liked the story(partially) because of the racial overtones. I think that was a huge selling point. That’s where we disagree.
No problema.
“What confused me was the fact that you said it was a darling of Middle America, not the Hollywood Elite. Personally, I thought Hollywood loved it.”
And, like I explained, you clearly just misunderstood what I said. I said Hollywood loved it for the money it made.
“Again, citing the reviews I saw/heard. If what you say is true then I’m incorrect there, I’m not much of a film connoisseur.”
What I said is true, I didn’t make it up. You can check rottentomatoes yourself.
“However, we do disagree with the fact that I believe Hollywood liked the story(partially) because of the racial overtones. I think that was a huge selling point.”
Ok… If it was a huge selling point… Then who exactly loved the racial overtones? Hollywood, or the audience? Read my initial comment again. What I said was that the audience loved the themes in the movie, including what I would consider to be a patronizing racial tone, but what Hollywood loved about the move was the money it made.
There’s a distinction here I don’t think you’re catching. If you think the patronizing racial undertones of the movie were a selling point… Then the people who bought the movie liked that aspect, not necessarily the people selling the movie. The people selling the movie liked the money, the people buying the movie liked the story and theme.
I don’t even think you really disagree with me, I think you’re just kinda missing the point of what I’ve been saying.
(Just btw, I’m ducking out of this convo, so I won’t be responding any more.)
heh, I was agreeing with you, I said I was incorrect. I trust that you weren’t making the stuff up from rottentomatoes.
How long can she talk for? I thought they had a limit.
Presumably they took it out since it’s kinda a dick move to interrupt a moment like that.
I think the limits only apply to the peons.
Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Picture: talk as long as you feel like, people. You’ve won. You’re the cool kids.
Is it me … or is Kathryn Bigelow kinda of a MILF.
(googles Kathryn Bigelow)
Affirmed.
Not bad at all.
Kathryn Bigelow is 58?!?!?!?
ZOMG A LADY WON!!!!!!
Great. Just great.
Next thing, you’ll want to be able to vote and own property and shit.
Ugh, I’m tired of hearing that she won because she’s a woman and she sees herself as a ground-breaker. She directed a good movie; it’s not about her being a woman.
Exactly.
This was more annoying a few years ago when Lost in Translation was nominated for pretty much everything and people were saying Sofia was only nominated because of her father. No. That movie was awesome on its own merits.
along those lines, WTF ARE THEY PLAYING “I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar”?!?!?!
The only reason the girl from Baylor got suspended for two games for punching an opposing player is because she’s a female!
At Baylor? She only got two games because she didn’t murder anyone.
ZZZZZIIIINNNNGGGG.
Cameron must be seething
At least it wasn’t Linda “$50 million” Hamilton. His head would explode.
Meh, he’s competitive but did you see the 60 Minutes special on the nominees? He seemed to be almost indifferent. Then again, Bigelow is his ex-wife. Hard to say if he’s actually that upset.
Tom Hanks has terrible hair plugs.
…Sigh.
wanna hear something funny?
I’ll bite.
women’s rights
(is confused; afraid to ask for explanation because I may not want to know the explanation)
Wow. That was quick. Running up against the midnight hour. Too bad, i enjoy Tom Hanks whenever he takes the stage.
NY Post headline:
“Huge Hurt Locker Explosion”
Hurt Locker wins Best Picture. Jorge!
Did Alec Baldwin just slap Kathryn Bigelow on the ass?
No, he hasn’t had his single-malt yet. He will later.
Wouldn’t you?
Yes.
On national TV, mere seconds after she made history for being the first woman to ever do Thing X?
Perhaps not.
HELL YES.
I thought I saw this as well. I wouldn’t even consider it from most people, but this is Alec Baldwin we’re talking about here.
Good job, Academy.
No complaints with the winners, at least with the winners considering these nominees.
I feel like best picture this year was like the A.L. MVP race:
THL was Joe Mauer–clearly the best and most deserving–but I had a nagging fear the voters would go for the big name with the recognizable stats–Avatar/Tex. I’m glad both voting parties got it right.
Calling Avatar “Tex” is a huge insult to Tex.
Avatar would have been like, um… Kevin Youkilis. Yeah.
avatar is more like pedroia
Avatar is like Kei Igawa: a lot of hype, but not as special as advertised and needs special glasses to work.
You’re on a fucking roll tonight, ROBTEN.
This is just so unexpected.
(Takes out crumpled piece of paper from jacket pocket)
I’d like to thank the Academy…
There is not one thing at Duncan Donuts anyone could respectably call “delicious”
Coffee cake muffins are good if they are not old…
I saw about 10 minutes of the Oscars. It’s not my scene. Was The Hangover nominated for anything?
-Serious question. IMO Avatar sucked, I;ve seen the hangover about 10 times, makes me laugh every time.
Really? The first time I saw the Hangover I thought it was hysterical. I saw it again and did not find it as funny. I felt like a lot of the humor was due to the random factor, ie the asian in the trunk, so I knew it was coming the second time.
Heh, it gets me every time.
Since no one answered me, I’m going to assume the Oscars do not recognize comedies as respectable film. This I do not understand. Make a kid’s movie or a movie about something Sci-fi/horrible, otherwise, you’re not nominated. Is that how it works?
I don’t think The Hangover was nominated for anything but IIRC it actually won the Globe for Best Musical/Comedy Film.
Pardon my ignorance but I have no idea of the difference between the Golden Globes and the Oscars. Is one more highly regarded?
Oscar >> Golden Globe >>> Emmy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grammy
Nick Swisher is awesome