# 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:** 9
**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, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/161 "2013-02-25T03:10:41Z")
> [@Meltdown](#): > > Indeed. One of my complaints (and there were several) of Les Miz is that Samantha Barks’ character was orders of magnitude more appealing than Cosette in just about every way. Agree. I only liked a few things about Les Miz, but she was one of them. ---
**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, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/162 "2013-02-25T03:11:18Z")
You know what’s interesting? It seems like whenever someone needs a bit of a Star Trek musical theme, they go to Next Generation even if the Original Series music would make more sense in context. Okay, maybe that’s not interesting. But it has been something I’ve noticed. Oh Dear God. I was hoping they were joking about Ted. Liked the movie, didn’t need this. ---
**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, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/163 "2013-02-25T03:11:37Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > :rolleyes: I tend to agree that Eddie Murphy should have won the Oscar. It’s the best he has ever been IMO. Theory is he lost because of Norbit. I don’t begrudge Arkin’s win, he’s great too, but for awhile there it seemed like it was Murphy’s to lose, and he did. ---
**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, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/164 "2013-02-25T03:12:15Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I’m not sure why we were treated to numbers from old films (“Chicago” and “Dream Girls”) but at least it demonstrated the difference between someone lip synching a song and someone singing a song. > > The “Les Miserables” number was good. So much better than anything in the film even though it was the same people singing the same stuff. It’s also the tenth anniversary of _Chicago_"s best movie win in 2003. I dunno what’s up with _Dreamgirls_, though. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/165 "2013-02-25T03:12:37Z")
How are they doing Tes? ---
**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, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/166 "2013-02-25T03:13:57Z")
I was gonna freak out if that puppet actually pulled the card out. ---
**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, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/167 "2013-02-25T03:15:07Z")
Argo… Rhymes with Fargo… Destined to win. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/168 "2013-02-25T03:15:28Z")
A tie? Really? ---
**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, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/169 "2013-02-25T03:15:32Z")
> [@Meltdown](#): > > Indeed. One of my complaints (and there were several) of Les Miz is that Samantha Barks’ character was orders of magnitude more appealing than Cosette in just about every way. well, that’s true for most productions of les miserables. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/170 "2013-02-25T03:15:44Z")
A tie? ---
**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, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/171 "2013-02-25T03:15:52Z")
Oh man, a tie! I’m weirdly excited by that. I’ve never seen a tie before. ---
**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, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/172 "2013-02-25T03:15:53Z")
A tie? I had no idea a tie wasn’t even possible. Well, I guess that blows everybodies Oscar pool! ---
**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, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/173 "2013-02-25T03:16:03Z")
Tie? Bullshit. Make the contenders fight to the death if you have to. This isn’t France. We aren’t all winners here. ---
**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, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/174 "2013-02-25T03:16:09Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > How are they doing Tes? Funny story .. it’s not really Ted onstage. It’s actually Richard Parker from Life of Pi, but they digitized it into Ted. Movie magic! And a tie for sound editing. That’s pretty cool. ---
**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, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/175 "2013-02-25T03:16:17Z")
So there isn’t a tie-breaking procedure in the Oscars? Some sort of fight to the death on stage or anything? ---
**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, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/176 "2013-02-25T03:17:30Z")
Apparently ties have happened before. Huh. > [@](#): > > If a nominee is three or less votes behind the winner, a tie is declared and the Academy will award two Oscars, one to each nominee. This has happened only two times in the history of the Academy Awards. [http://weeklytrivia.blogspot.com/2004/09/oscar-ties.html](http://weeklytrivia.blogspot.com/2004/09/oscar-ties.html) ---
**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, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/177 "2013-02-25T03:17:30Z")
has a tie ever happened before? ---
**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, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/178 "2013-02-25T03:17:42Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > So there isn’t a tie-breaking procedure in the Oscars? Some sort of fight to the death on stage or anything? I like the way you think, kiddo. ---
**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, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/179 "2013-02-25T03:18:08Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > How are they doing Tes? He’s real, didn’t you see the movie?! Pre-CG’d. Audience can see him on the monitors. I’m sure Seth and the animators had to do Ted reading all the nominees, then the producers picked the version of him reading the winner at that moment. ---
**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, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/180 "2013-02-25T03:18:42Z")
Well, _Skyfall_ did have pretty good sound. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=10)