# 2016 Oscar Watch-along thread (includes nominations and show order) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458 "2016-02-28T23:55:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/61 "2016-02-29T02:58:57Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > If you didn’t like it, there is nothing we can do to convince you. > > Finally, some love for Ex Machina! No there isn’t ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/62 "2016-02-29T02:59:01Z")
Wow, Ex Machina for Visual Effects! Unexpected but very happy for them. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/63 "2016-02-29T03:02:44Z")
How many for Max now? Is it six? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/64 "2016-02-29T03:03:03Z")
Ex Machina wins FX – I would have been happy with that or the Martian or Star Wars or probably Mad Max (guess everything but Revenant) Was trying to figure out why they played Star Trek music for Olivia Munn and Jason Segel (was for the tech awards) Brian ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/65 "2016-02-29T03:04:00Z")
Glad Mad Max is winning all the tech categories! I loved Star Wars but MM was so inventive. Like the first Star Wars! Is BB-8 real?? Was it really there?? Can a robot work like that?? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/66 "2016-02-29T03:04:18Z")
So, why exactly has Andy Sirkus never even been nominated for an Oscar? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/67 "2016-02-29T03:05:48Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Glad Mad Max is winning all the tech categories! I loved Star Wars but MM was so inventive. Like the first Star Wars! > > Is BB-8 real?? Was it really there?? Can a robot work like that?? Yes. There is a toy version that works exactly the same way. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/68 "2016-02-29T03:07:47Z")
Sound Editing and Sound Mixing. What’s next, Sound Amplitude? I don’t usually watch the Oscars, so I’m sure this has been going on for years. I just thought it humorous. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/69 "2016-02-29T03:08:00Z")
Oh yeah. I got a little fan-dumb when my 3 favorite droids showed up. Hehe ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/70 "2016-02-29T03:09:33Z")
_Bear Story_ gets the Oscar for short animated film. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/71 "2016-02-29T03:12:07Z")
Best Animated Feature: _Inside Out_. Pixar does it again. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/72 "2016-02-29T03:13:17Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Best Animated Feature: > Inside Out. Yaaaayyy!!! And I love the acceptance speech! “Make stuff!” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/73 "2016-02-29T03:14:58Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > _Bear Story_ gets the Oscar for short animated film. World of Tomorrow was robbed. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/74 "2016-02-29T03:15:03Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > Yaaaayyy!!! And I love the acceptance speech! > > “Make stuff!” Shout out to makers! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/75 "2016-02-29T03:18:00Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Best Animated Feature: > _Inside Out_. Pixar does it again. Classic Pixar. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/76 "2016-02-29T03:18:03Z")
Loved Jacob Tremblay’s face when the droids came out. And, I’m also really glad they went back to including performances of Best Song nominees. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/77 "2016-02-29T03:21:20Z")
I loved the way little Jacob Tremblay craned his neck to get a better look at the droids. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/78 "2016-02-29T03:22:29Z")
I loved “Inside Out” but really, go watch “When Marnie Was There”. It’s wonderful! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/79 "2016-02-29T03:23:11Z")
Kate Winslet: “I can make even these glasses look good.” ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458/80 "2016-02-29T03:24:32Z")
Kate Winslet needs to get her glasses straightened out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-oscar-watch-along-thread-includes-nominations-and-show-order/747458.md?page=5)