# 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:** 14
**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, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/261 "2013-02-25T03:54:12Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > They announced that the orchestra is down the street and around the corner at the Capitol Records building. Right. I’m addressing the notion that the theater was built without an orchestra pit. I think there is a pit, and the stage for tonight was built out over it. ---
**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, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/262 "2013-02-25T03:54:46Z")
> [@pricciar](#): > > Yeah, that high hair makes Salma Hayek look like she’s recovering from a terrible disease. It’s worse than Hitler. Couple white stripes and she could star in a remake of Bride of Frankenstein. Ah, well, guess I can’t bag on McFarlane any more, after that. ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/263 "2013-02-25T03:55:15Z")
D.A. Pennebaker should have damn well have won an Oscar for something before this. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/264 "2013-02-25T03:55:30Z")
She’s a teenager. You just don’t understand the depths of her soul, her pai– > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > And she’s only 22. Oh. Shit. Really?! ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/265 "2013-02-25T03:55:30Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > She looked like she was under the influence of something. She was shaking her leg in a weird way on the red carpet. Apparently she was on crutches, so she must have injured a leg, or foot, or toe or something. That explains the halting, jerky walk, but not the bored attitude. Unless it’s the painkillers. Naw, probably not - she usually looks like that. edit: ninja’d by MsWhatsit! ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/266 "2013-02-25T03:55:40Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Kristen Stewart apparently showed up using crutches tonight. That said, she pretty much always looks that bored and uninterested in every appearance I’ve ever seen. That explains the leg thing, but she looked out of it in a chemical way. Harry Potter almost had to throw an elbow at her when she missed a cue. ---
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/267 "2013-02-25T03:55:51Z")
Poor Kristen. She can act and show enthusiasm, really, but it seems so rare. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/268 "2013-02-25T03:55:52Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Kristen Stewart apparently showed up using crutches tonight. That said, she pretty much always looks that bored and uninterested in every appearance I’ve ever seen. Exactly. Every single time. I saw her on one of the late night talk shows last year and she can barely string a coherent sentence together. Bad attitude all round ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/269 "2013-02-25T03:55:57Z")
Well, now that the Twilight Series has ended, I doubt we’ll be hearing to much from her anymore. ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/270 "2013-02-25T03:56:10Z")
They should have put Kristin Stewart down the street in the building with the orchestra. ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/271 "2013-02-25T03:56:54Z")
Miss Stewart apparently [injured her foot](http://www.etonline.com/awards/130943_Kristen_Stewart_Hobbles_to_Oscars_on_Crutches/index.html), thus the hobbled walk. Still exhibits quite the attitude, though. ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/272 "2013-02-25T03:57:01Z")
Rent _[The Runaways](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017451/reference)_. She really can act, I swear! ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/273 "2013-02-25T03:57:32Z")
Bring out your dead! ---
**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, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/274 "2013-02-25T03:58:19Z")
Ohh, the part of the show where we say, “Holy shit! He/she died?!” ---
**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, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/275 "2013-02-25T03:58:58Z")
I am glad they quit having somebody sing during the In Memoriam segment. Maybe some Jaws music, though … ---
**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, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/276 "2013-02-25T04:00:17Z")
One pleasant side-effect of the orchestra being elsewhere - No applause leaking into the mics on the orchestra, turning In Memoriam into a popularity contest. ---
**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, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/277 "2013-02-25T04:01:49Z")
Babs in the house. ---
**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, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/278 "2013-02-25T04:01:50Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > I am glad they quit having somebody sing during the In Memoriam segment… So you say… ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/279 "2013-02-25T04:01:58Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > I am glad they quit having somebody sing during the In Memoriam segment. You spoke too soon. ---
**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, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/280 "2013-02-25T04:02:41Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Rent _[The Runaways](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017451/reference)_. She really can act, I swear! She was pretty good in Adventureland, too. But her role as the mostly frozen older sister in Zathura probably fits her attitude best these days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=15)