# 78th Oscars Thread (unboxed spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198 "2006-03-06T00:07:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/121 "2006-03-06T02:36:04Z")
What’s wrong with Keanu? He looks like the Terminator… or something. Is he finally showing a little age? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/122 "2006-03-06T02:39:06Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > What the hell is up with the full-sized burning car onstage during that song? It’s from _Crash_. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/123 "2006-03-06T02:39:14Z")
Who will get the most applause during the “Wait A Minute! He/She Was Still ALIVE Last Year?” montage? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/124 "2006-03-06T02:39:54Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > The H3 ad was just sick. H3 the bastard child of Godzilla and giant robot - sounds about right to me. :eek: This ad originally aired during Super Bowl XL and got a lot of strange comments here. What the hell is Aaron Copland’s _Rodeo_ doing in a montage of films with a message? It’s too upbeat. Subliminal advertising from the Beef Council? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/125 "2006-03-06T02:39:59Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > Oh look, Keanu is acting “wooden.” That’s not acting. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/126 "2006-03-06T02:40:11Z")
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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/127 "2006-03-06T02:41:11Z")
“Hit the tympani, kids- It’s Sid Gannis!” ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/128 "2006-03-06T02:42:21Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > 😃 > > That poor man can’t act his way out of a paper bag. Yeah, he’s “poor.” His agent is a genius. I know 2x4s with more talent, but he still gets work. I don’t get it. Best Art Direction: **Memoirs of a Geisha** Everyone’s posting about this one, so clearly this award is a hot one. The music behind the “activism” montage was so over the top. Barf. “And none of those issues was ever a problem again” and “Susan Sarandon just mailed us a check for $50,000” were pretty good. Please don’t tell me that Sid Dennis was the “very special performance”! “State of the heart” storytelling? Oh my god. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/129 "2006-03-06T02:42:42Z")
The president of the Academy? To paraphrase P.J. O’Rourke: “…and then the show that wasn’t moving stopped doing even that.” ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/130 "2006-03-06T02:43:26Z")
God, would he just shut up already?? ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/131 "2006-03-06T02:43:34Z")
Clearly, Sid Gannis hasn’t been to a public movie theater in quite some time. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/132 "2006-03-06T02:43:44Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > The president of the Academy? > > To paraphrase P.J. O’Rourke: > > “…and then the show that wasn’t moving stopped doing even that.” When did they start electing nobodies? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/133 "2006-03-06T02:44:47Z")
If they’re filming in New Orleans they should be making movies about a huge flood! The set decoration has already been done! ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/134 "2006-03-06T02:44:57Z")
Salma Hayek’s boobies just introduced Bill Conte. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/135 "2006-03-06T02:45:07Z")
Salma Hayek. Yowsah!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/136 "2006-03-06T02:45:30Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > It’s from _Crash_. I know, but it was a bit much for an Oscar show, accompanied by a ridiculously choreographed dance. And as Jon Stewart said, “When trying to escape from a burning car, best not to move in slow motion.” Salma Hayek is magnificent. So the “very special performance” is from Bill Conti and Itzhak Perlman. OK. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/137 "2006-03-06T02:45:31Z")
Jon’s getting warmed up now(or maybe it’s that the _audience_ is getting warmed up?)…I was starting to worry about him with that “I’m a loser!” remark. Go, Jon, Go! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/138 "2006-03-06T02:45:42Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > What the hell is Aaron Copland’s _Rodeo_ doing in a montage of films with a message? It’s too upbeat. Subliminal advertising from the Beef Council? That’s what I was thinking. Hoe-down in a montage of activist films? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/139 "2006-03-06T02:45:48Z")
If he’s really “internationally acclaimed,” do you really need to point that out? I’m just asking… ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/140 "2006-03-06T02:45:51Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > Salma Hayek. Yowsah!!! She makes me wish I was a lesbian. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198.md?page=8)