# 85th Academy Awards viewing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279 "2013-02-24T19:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/201 "2013-02-25T03:25:29Z")
Oh, God. Anne Hathaway. Now she’ll be even more insufferable, if that’s possible. “It came true!” Barf. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/202 "2013-02-25T03:25:32Z")
I was expecting Anne Hathaway to wear something so much better than that. It’s like a shiny pink smock. Disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/203 "2013-02-25T03:25:32Z")
I would have given all that I have and more to see them Jaws Anne Hathaway off the stage. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/204 "2013-02-25T03:25:51Z")
But it would have been totally awesome to hear that music while she made her tearful tribute to all the Fantines of the world. ---
**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 25, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/205 "2013-02-25T03:26:00Z")
One of the only locks of the night was Hathaway and she did win. I actually think she deserved it. She was amazing in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/206 "2013-02-25T03:26:34Z")
wow, why all the hathaway hate? the award was well deserved. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/207 "2013-02-25T03:27:18Z")
> [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](#): > > Oh, God. Anne Hathaway. Now she’ll be even more insufferable, if that’s possible. > > “It came true!” > > Barf. Hush! Anne Hathway can do no wrong. > [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > But it would have been totally awesome to hear that music while she made her tearful tribute to all the Fantines of the world. Ha! You I like. I would have laughed my dick off if that happened. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/208 "2013-02-25T03:27:39Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > :dubious: > > Hrmmm… I’d be surprised if this was the case. Huh? It was an example of what current game technology looks like. It looked like what was state-of-the-art when I was active in CG a decade ago. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/209 "2013-02-25T03:27:42Z")
Yikes! I thought that “it came true” was nice. I didn’t know Anne Hathaway had such detractors! That was a strong list. I didn’t see The Sessions. But, the actresses in all of the other films were amazing. I can’t imagine disagreeing with any one of them winning. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/210 "2013-02-25T03:27:59Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > That was an amusing way to segue into Christopher Plummer. Wasn’t he rather dismissive of the Sound of Music? > > Well, it was funny at least. Meh. He resented being so famous for that role, but he got over it after a few years. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/211 "2013-02-25T03:28:14Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I like the way you think, kiddo. Well, I suppose they could hold it until the next Oscars after each nominee has gotten a chance to be nominated again and use the count in that year to retroactively award it this year. But a fight to the death with the orchestra playing the music from Star Trek seems so much more audience friendly. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/212 "2013-02-25T03:29:08Z")
I know this is relatively old news, but really, WTF with the orchestra being off-site? Does the Dolby Theater not have an orchestra pit? ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/213 "2013-02-25T03:29:46Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > wow, why all the hathaway hate? the award was well deserved. I’ve got nothing against Anne Hathaway (I don’t really care how many speeches she makes and how goofy they may or may not be), but I would have preferred Helen Hunt or Amy Adams. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/214 "2013-02-25T03:30:08Z")
I wonder if why this whole thing has sounded badly mixed to me tonight. Or is it just ABC being lousy at its job? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/215 "2013-02-25T03:30:18Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > wow, why all the hathaway hate? the award was well deserved. +2 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/216 "2013-02-25T03:31:14Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I know this is relatively old news, but really, WTF with the orchestra being off-site? Does the Dolby Theater not have an orchestra pit? For serious. That is the largest WTF of the evening for me, bigger than how you can have a tie, or how Seth McDouchelan managed to score this gig. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/217 "2013-02-25T03:31:14Z")
With the high price of movie tickets, you’d think they could afford to build a theater with room for the orchestra. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/218 "2013-02-25T03:31:30Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Hush! Anne Hathway can do no wrong. That’s IT!! ::throws down post-dinner pudding cup:: You, sir, I challenge to a duel! Thumb-wrestle for World Domination or never provoke me again!! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/219 "2013-02-25T03:32:18Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Huh? It was an example of what current game technology looks like. It looked like what was state-of-the-art when I was active in CG a decade ago. Just saying, the fur didn’t looked baked or mapped to me (along with other rendering aspects), and the animation was rather nuanced for real time digital puppetry. Not saying I’m right, just my in-the-biz opinion. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/220 "2013-02-25T03:33:03Z")
> [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](#): > > That’s IT!! > > ::throws down post-dinner pudding cup:: > > You, sir, I challenge to a duel! Thumb-wrestle for World Domination or never provoke me again!! GAME ON! ::does some thumb exercises to prepare:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=12)