# 87th Academy Awards viewing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269 "2015-02-21T17:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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 23, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/121 "2015-02-23T03:24:46Z")
Jessica Chastain (god she’s beautiful, and such a great actress) and Idris Elba present Cinematography. Birdman or Ida? Birdman. So glad Mr. Turner was nominated for this too. Every scene was like a painting. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/122 "2015-02-23T03:25:44Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Siam, I’m a middle-aged lady who never owned a Lego in her life, and I loved it. Me too. I have to watch a lot of shitty kids’ programming and movies so anything that elevates it into something I would watch alone without the kid is fantastic… Like My Little Pony, the inspiration for my username. ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/123 "2015-02-23T03:26:19Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > I love the backgrounds they put together for the production design nominees. Really neat, detailed, and showed a lot of thought put into them. Yes! I was thinking that too. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/124 "2015-02-23T03:26:30Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > I liked LEGO more but BH6 was very deserving in its own right. Lego was the best animated movie of the year, but Princess Kaguya was the best animated of the group(and it would be nice to give a hand-drawn movie the award). I would have ranked Big Hero dead last of the animated nominees. I thought it was totally average. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/125 "2015-02-23T03:27:17Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > I love the backgrounds they put together for the production design nominees. Really neat, detailed, and showed a lot of thought put into them. Yes!!! Who’s the kid with Octavia Spencer? ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/126 "2015-02-23T03:28:21Z")
Playing nto the commercial break with “I’m Alright” from _Caddyshack_. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/127 "2015-02-23T03:28:46Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I really, really, really, did not need to see NPH in his undies. WTF??? It’s a shoutout to a scene from “Birdman”. ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/128 "2015-02-23T03:31:09Z")
Meryl Streep does the In Memoriam. Please no clapping. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/129 "2015-02-23T03:31:36Z")
The memory part. Good. I’ve always forgotten by this time who died early last year. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/130 "2015-02-23T03:33:00Z")
Wow. Meryl Streep gave a very moving speech. ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/131 "2015-02-23T03:34:37Z")
Thank God they’ve gotten away from having somebody on stage singing during the In Memoriam. It only drew focus away from remembering those folks. I thought it bordered on rudeness. Glad they’re not doing that here. ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/132 "2015-02-23T03:35:02Z")
I recognize (but can’t place) the music for the Memoriam segment… anyone? ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/133 "2015-02-23T03:37:16Z")
So many great people gone. Malik Bendjelloul hit me especially hard. He made the amazing [Searching for Sugar Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125608/reference) which won the Best Documentary Oscar just 2 years ago. Is that Jennifer Hudson? Wow. ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/134 "2015-02-23T03:37:31Z")
And now I see I’ve spoken too soon. You know, Oscar producers, for a show that’s always so pressed for time, an obvious thing to cut would be the song for those that have passed on. Awards shows **never** had a singer during the In Memoriam until a few years ago, when it became a “thing” that only distracted from the montage. So there’s really no reason to have an _additional_ song put in after the In Memoriam, you know. At least Jennifer Hudson isn’t singing _during_ the montage, though. One-half credit for that. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/135 "2015-02-23T03:38:28Z")
How do they decide who is in the memorial? Is It based on SAG status or something? Cuz if I’m not mistaken, Rick Mayall (Drop Dead Fred) was left out of this one, and the Golden Globes. Unless I missed him, which is possible. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/136 "2015-02-23T03:39:02Z")
Did I miss him, or did they just leave Philip Seymour Hoffman out of the “In Memoriam” segment? Also, when did they stop showing clips from some of the actors who’d passed? That always used to be my favorite part of the Oscars. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/137 "2015-02-23T03:39:21Z")
I liked the watercolor portraits, but Robin Williams’ artwork looked nothing like him. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/138 "2015-02-23T03:40:07Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > How do they decide who is in the memorial? Is It based on SAG status or something? Cuz if I’m not mistaken, Rick Mayall (Drop Dead Fred) was left out of this one, and the Golden Globes. Unless I missed him, which is possible. It almost always provokes controversy. It isn’t by SAG. I’m not sure who decides. I want to say Andy Griffith was left off last year(or the year before) and they decided he was mainly remembered for TV even though he was in plenty of movies. I don’t know who picks. ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/139 "2015-02-23T03:40:29Z")
PSH was probably in the 2014’s “Memoriam” segment as he passed away prior to the ceremony. I’m pretty sure he was, as a matter of fact. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/140 "2015-02-23T03:41:15Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > PSH was probably in the 2014’s “Memoriam” segment as he passed away prior to the ceremony. I’m pretty sure he was, as a matter of fact. Yep. He was in last year’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269.md?page=8)