# 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:** 19
**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, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/361 "2013-02-25T04:28:40Z")
Shit! Tarantino won! ---
**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, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/362 "2013-02-25T04:28:59Z")
QT is starting to look like Lady Elaine. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/363 "2013-02-25T04:29:18Z")
So far it doesn’t look like any one movie dominated the evening. ---
**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 25, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/364 "2013-02-25T04:29:29Z")
QUENTIN!!! Holy fuck, what a great and wonderful surprise! ---
**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, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/365 "2013-02-25T04:29:50Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > So, is Tarantino ever going to win something that isn’t a writing award? Well, that is what he does best. ---
**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, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/366 "2013-02-25T04:29:50Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > Oh my God, Tarantino actually used the finger guns on his way up to the stage. What a megadouche (even I liked **Django** ). Look, no matter how many movies he makes, or how many awards he wins, he’s a giant geek. He’s one of us! Gooble gobble… ---
**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, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/367 "2013-02-25T04:29:57Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Is he that short, or is she just that tall? She’s a former model and models are almost always really tall. She’s probably at least 5’10". ---
**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, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/368 "2013-02-25T04:29:47Z")
I like QT. I don’t think he’s high, that’s just him. ---
**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, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/369 "2013-02-25T04:30:23Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > Poor Renee has always had a freaky face. Y’all just noticing that? It’s always been pinchy, with narrow eyes. Tonight it was pinchy and poofy and stiff and rubbery and, gods help us, moist. ---
**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, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/370 "2013-02-25T04:31:05Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So far it doesn’t look like any one movie dominated the evening. I haven’t been counting, but hasn’t Argo won a ton of awards. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/371 "2013-02-25T04:31:54Z")
Grey poupon commercial FTW! ---
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/372 "2013-02-25T04:32:27Z")
Hope Lincoln wins–and apologize to the audience for the Booth joke. ---
**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, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/373 "2013-02-25T04:32:39Z")
QT was born with natural cocaine running in his veins. The dialog just writes itself. ---
**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, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/374 "2013-02-25T04:33:17Z")
I gotta say, I loved seeing Tim Burton in that Unicorn Apocalypse phone commercial. Pretty darn funny. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/375 "2013-02-25T04:33:28Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > I haven’t been counting, but hasn’t Argo won a ton of awards. Is _Zero Dark Thirty_ still zero? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/376 "2013-02-25T04:33:35Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > It’s always been pinchy, with narrow eyes. Tonight it was pinchy and poofy and stiff and rubbery and, gods help us, moist. Heeeeee!!! ---
**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, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/377 "2013-02-25T04:34:10Z")
Micheal Douglas is dying of cancer and still looks more alive and youthful than Jane Fonda. ---
**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, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/378 "2013-02-25T04:34:46Z")
Ang Lee! That’s awesome and unexpected! ---
**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, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/379 "2013-02-25T04:34:46Z")
Do they normally do Director this early? I thought it was normally right before Best Picture. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/380 "2013-02-25T04:34:47Z")
Ang Lee. WTF? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=20)