# 86th Academy Awards viewing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697 "2014-03-02T20:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/41 "2014-03-03T02:13:07Z")
Very cool that _Mr. Hubot_ won! ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/42 "2014-03-03T02:13:27Z")
Oh dear, Kim Novak appears to be even cloudier than Harrison Ford. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/43 "2014-03-03T02:14:43Z")
I thought sure Disney’s Get A Horse would win. It was pretty wonderful, but Mr. Hublot was truly special. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/44 "2014-03-03T02:17:02Z")
Frozen wins. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/45 "2014-03-03T02:17:06Z")
Nice that these folks planned it all out so everyone got to say something. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/46 "2014-03-03T02:18:08Z")
Bill Murray does NOT look good in HD ! ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/47 "2014-03-03T02:19:11Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I thought sure Disney’s Get A Horse would win. It was pretty wonderful, but Mr. Hublot was truly special. Strike one in the pool ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/48 "2014-03-03T02:21:12Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Strike one in the pool Me too! Did we do the same ballot? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/49 "2014-03-03T02:21:49Z")
Prettiest presenters so far: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emma Watson. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/50 "2014-03-03T02:23:18Z")
agreed ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/51 "2014-03-03T02:23:42Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Me too! > > Did we do the same ballot? I can’t get on the site to be sure !! :mad: ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/52 "2014-03-03T02:24:36Z")
Gravity wins the lockiest lock of the night. Best Visual Effects. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/53 "2014-03-03T02:24:52Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > I can’t get on the site to be sure !! :mad: Well I can ease you there, I didn’t do a ballot here. When I say my ballot I mean the one I did for an office pool ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/54 "2014-03-03T02:24:57Z")
Presenters have to read about two sentences off the teleprompter. Do these people not rehearse? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/55 "2014-03-03T02:25:40Z")
Zac Efron on the Academy Awards stage? They are desperate to bring in the younger viewers, huh? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/56 "2014-03-03T02:27:20Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Presenters have to read about two sentences off the teleprompter. Do these people not rehearse? Rehearsals are for chumps. Chumps who aren’t invited to come up on the Oscar stage. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/57 "2014-03-03T02:28:31Z")
yep they do rehearse, i saw pictures. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/58 "2014-03-03T02:29:04Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Harrison Ford looks and sounds stoned. Very likely because he is. Harrison Ford is a huge stoner. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/59 "2014-03-03T02:29:25Z")
I know some of her music from the movies she’s done, but that’s the first time I’ve actually seen Karen O. Midnight Muppet commercial. Did I miss Kermit saying “HEY! I’M WALKIN’ HERE!” ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/60 "2014-03-03T02:29:52Z")
What was THAT? As far as I’m concerned, that breathy “little voice” singing style should be banished from the Earth for all time. Is singing off-tune part of its supposed charm? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697.md?page=4)