# 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:** 4
**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, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/61 "2014-03-03T02:31:19Z")
Helium, please! EDIT…YAAAAY!!! ---
**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, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/62 "2014-03-03T02:34:11Z")
Aw, the lady just died too. The oldest living Holocaust survivor. ---
**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, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/63 "2014-03-03T02:35:07Z")
I want to see The Lady in Number Six. NPR ran an interview with her last week on the occasion of her death. Amazing woman. ---
**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, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/64 "2014-03-03T02:36:44Z")
At this rate, I doubt Ellen is going to be asked back for a third hosting gig. ---
**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, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/65 "2014-03-03T02:38:04Z")
20 feet!!! ---
**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, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/66 "2014-03-03T02:38:58Z")
I heard a lot of cheering for _The Square_, so it must have been close. ---
**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, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/67 "2014-03-03T02:40:01Z")
Sorry, but I HAD to hit the mute button. I would have not wanted to be the sound engineer in that truck. ---
**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, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/68 "2014-03-03T02:40:11Z")
You go, girl! Those are some pipes! ---
**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, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/69 "2014-03-03T02:40:51Z")
Aw, nice standing O for Darlene Love. ---
**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, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/70 "2014-03-03T02:41:26Z")
Nice job, Kevin Spacey! Way to follow up Darlene Love with a bit of Francis Underwood! ---
**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, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/71 "2014-03-03T02:42:58Z")
I gotta say they must have pumped a shit-ton of nitrous in that place because everyone is more loosey-goosey than I have seen at an Oscars in years ---
**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, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/72 "2014-03-03T02:43:50Z")
Angela Lansbury looks great for 88! ---
**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, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/73 "2014-03-03T02:47:10Z")
Somebody jumped the gun at Reuters: > **[Reuters | Breaking International News & Views](https://www.reuters.com?edition-redirect=uk)** > > Find latest news from every corner of the globe at Reuters.com, your online source for breaking international news coverage. ---
**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, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/74 "2014-03-03T02:50:43Z")
Wow, The Great Beauty, one I actually saw. Worth seeing for the Rome scenery if nothing else. It’s like a love letter to Rome. ---
**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, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/75 "2014-03-03T02:51:02Z")
So who keeps the Oscar that represents the entire country? The president? The local library? ---
**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, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/76 "2014-03-03T02:53:59Z")
It would be nice if whoever wrote the presenter’s blurbs for best picture wrote them the way people actually speak. ---
**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, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/77 "2014-03-03T02:54:16Z")
Her, my favorite of the nominees. Joaquin should have been nominated. Jonze too. Ah well. I’m glad it’s represented anyway. ---
**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, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/78 "2014-03-03T02:56:08Z")
So was Amy Adams actually texting while Tyler Perry was introducing the clip from _Her_? Because it sure looked like she was. ---
**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, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/79 "2014-03-03T02:56:50Z")
gaffa- what’s wrong with ellen? better than having billy crystal for the 800th time. ---
**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, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/80 "2014-03-03T02:58:09Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > gaffa- what’s wrong with ellen? better than having billy crystal for the 800th time. Just because I said I didn’t want something bad doesn’t mean I want something worse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697.md?page=5)