# 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:** 12
**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, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/221 "2013-02-25T03:33:09Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I wonder if why this whole thing has sounded badly mixed to me tonight. Or is it just ABC being lousy at its job? The direction has been off, too. I don’t think this telecast is going to get any Emmy nominations … ---
**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, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/222 "2013-02-25T03:33:42Z")
Seth is enjoying his own jokes _way_ too much. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/223 "2013-02-25T03:33:53Z")
Hathaway was a pretty huge favourite in that category. ---
**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, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/224 "2013-02-25T03:35:01Z")
> [@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!! Look, she may have a dick, but there’s no need to call MOL “sir”. ---
**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, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/225 "2013-02-25T03:35:07Z")
Jennifer Lawrence! Freckle Pride! Update: Did the orchestra have to run down the street to be in the theater for this song? Up-Update: Did the same guy get nominated for both Argo and Zero Dark 30? ---
**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, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/226 "2013-02-25T03:35:53Z")
And Argo wins for editing in pursuing Iranian revolutionaries where there were none! I’m kidding, I loved Argo, and unlike some other stick-up-their-butt folks, I realize it wasn’t a documentary. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/227 "2013-02-25T03:37:03Z")
Thank god they adjusted the mix on her voice…it was drowning there for a minute. ---
**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, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/228 "2013-02-25T03:37:21Z")
And Jennifer Lawrence joins the telecast from the set of Lincoln. Seriously, that was one big dress. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/229 "2013-02-25T03:37:49Z")
I think the stage is built over the pit. It’s really close to the front row, and parts are low for a normal stage. Plus, the stairs going straight to the audience. ---
**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, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/230 "2013-02-25T03:37:59Z")
They need to turn Adele’s mic up. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/231 "2013-02-25T03:38:04Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I wonder if why this whole thing has sounded badly mixed to me tonight. Or is it just ABC being lousy at its job? Yes, I’ve noticed pretty consistently that singers are ending up buried in the mix. It’s happening right now with the _Skyfall_ number. ---
**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, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/232 "2013-02-25T03:38:46Z")
Hey. Where’s ArchiveGuy? He usually is pretty informative in the Oscar threads from years past. ---
**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, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/233 "2013-02-25T03:38:54Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Look, she may have a dick, but there’s no need to call MOL “sir”. Have at you!! (Ok, I may have had too much sugar in my pudding cup.) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/234 "2013-02-25T03:39:22Z")
Jamie Foxx caught napping and not clapping… ---
**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, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/235 "2013-02-25T03:39:42Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > They need to turn Adele’s mic up. Yeah, and they needed to turn Russell Crowe’s down. ---
**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, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/236 "2013-02-25T03:40:14Z")
Whose bright idea was it to dress Adele in a black sparkly dress and put her in front of a black sparkly background? She looked like a floating head. ---
**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, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/237 "2013-02-25T03:40:18Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > And Jennifer Lawrence joins the telecast from the set of Lincoln. Seriously, that was one big dress. Yeah, it looked like she was smuggling Daleks. ---
**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, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/238 "2013-02-25T03:40:34Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Jamie Foxx caught napping and not clapping… Yeah, I saw that. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/239 "2013-02-25T03:41:10Z")
Adele was, as always, fantastic. She really has a great voice. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/240 "2013-02-25T03:44:36Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Whose bright idea was it to dress Adele in a black sparkly dress and put her in front of a black sparkly background? She looked like a floating head. Your TV’s contrast or something might be wonky. It looked fine to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=13)