# Hold up guys - I know who's getting the oscar for best picture **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531 "2010-03-06T16:24:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/41 "2010-03-07T18:26:39Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [post saying “what, nobody’s mentioned … before” when, in fact, it was mentioned in the OP] [Patronizing comment pointing out that previous comment was already mentioned in the OP] ---
**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:** [March 7, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/42 "2010-03-07T18:28:51Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > [Patronizing comment pointing out that previous comment was already mentioned in the OP] [sniveling reply that hints that I take my online life WAY too seriously] ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/43 "2010-03-07T19:13:49Z")
[Monty Python quote that uses one word similar to ‘Catch Phrase’] ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/44 "2010-03-07T21:04:43Z")
[guy who accidentally posted in wrong thread] ---
**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 7, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/45 "2010-03-07T22:47:10Z")
Post sneering that I saw this years ago, when it was called [Film That Won Academy Award] ---
**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 8, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/46 "2010-03-08T00:04:40Z")
[Post about how I probably won’t see this film because I don’t like Acadamy Award actor’s political views and how he was a jerk on [Talk show with host] and how he was bad to [friend of my secons cousins’s dogwalkers sisters friend] one time] ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/47 "2010-03-08T00:35:22Z")
[Post I find somewhat witty that I look forward to maybe getting a reply to, but most likely becomes the last post of the thread] ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/48 "2010-03-08T01:23:58Z")
[post responding to previous poster 2 years after thread had died] ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/49 "2010-03-08T03:16:30Z")
[Naive criticism, misquote, forced pun, cynical dismissal, subtle evidence of complete misapprehension of theme] ETA: [Wait, I was thinking of [similar film released ten years ago]] ---
**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 8, 2010, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/50 "2010-03-08T10:29:26Z")
[Post criticizing the movie for something that shows that I wasn’t paying attention because it was, in fact, explained in the film] ---
**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 8, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/51 "2010-03-08T10:35:17Z")
[Another post going on and on about how the plot should have unfolded in a very different way and criticizing the movie because it didn’t go with my plot, which is much better] ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/52 "2010-03-08T12:18:57Z")
[Irrelevant complaint about slow internet connection, buffering and having to wait to see the whole clip] ---
**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 8, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/53 "2010-03-08T17:02:55Z")
[Joss Whedon comparison] ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/54 "2010-03-08T17:18:33Z")
[link to TV Tropes] ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/55 "2010-03-08T20:12:30Z")
[Post complaining about all my day now about to be wasted surfing TVTropes] ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/56 "2010-03-08T20:36:30Z")
[Margaret and David agree] ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/57 "2010-03-08T20:37:31Z")
[^^Post responding to OP without having read the entire thread] ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/58 "2010-03-08T20:40:37Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > [link to TV Tropes] [Hours of life lost to browsing site, again—makes bemoaning note of it. Secretly doesn’t regret it much.] ---
**Author:** ![ethelbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/59 "2010-03-08T21:12:53Z")
[Way out of line, drunken post pointing out **bathsheba’s** faux pax. Where is a moderator when you need one?] ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/60 "2010-03-09T00:18:03Z")
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