# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/121 "2011-08-25T00:34:21Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:118, topic:531531”] [Gratuitous comment pointing out that **Chefguy** was actually using braces–not brackets–in post #107, thus demonstrating my skill at the language and my obviously oversized sexual organs while adding nothing useful to the discussion regarding the film] [/QUOTE] [sarcastic comment abuot your misspelling of the word ‘undersized’ along with a misspelled word so as to satisfy Gaudere’s Law] ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/122 "2011-08-25T00:36:30Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > [Post wondering why we all have to be audiences to the Dio show and asking why we don’t just ignore it and watch it get cancelled] [Reply to tell you why it won’t work] ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/123 "2011-08-25T00:59:48Z")
[Post declaring that a previous poster’s clever phrase would make an excellent name for a band] ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/124 "2011-08-25T01:36:15Z")
Link to a URL that plays the clip better than the one in the OP: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbhrz1-4hN4) followed by a snide comment about the fact that no one has given that link so far. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/125 "2011-08-25T01:55:44Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Link to a URL that plays the clip better than the one in the OP: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbhrz1-4hN4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbhrz1-4hN4) > > followed by a snide comment about the fact that no one has given that link so far. [Observation that link is in post #125, thereby making your post superfluous.] ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/126 "2011-08-25T14:05:29Z")
[Music from the soundtrack is performed on “Glee,” “American Idol,” and “Dog the Bounty Hunter.”] ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/127 "2011-08-25T14:12:55Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > [Music from the soundtrack is performed on “Glee,” “American Idol,” and “Dog the Bounty Hunter.”] [[superior tone of voice]Post to tell you I don’t watch any of those shows so I wouldn’t have known about it anyways[/superior tone of voice]] ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/128 "2011-08-25T14:20:16Z")
[Post to tell you that this movie is based on a really obscure British TV show from 15 years ago that ran for 2 seasons and I have the whole thing on DVD and have every line from every episode (all 9 of them) memorized and you’re all a bunch of stupid posers because you’ve never heard of it and you’ll never go out of your way to watch it…losers. Here’s a really, really, really low quality clip with garbled audio from website that’s not youtube…Don’t bother trying to convince me that Marple, Poirot and House did it better] ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/129 "2011-08-25T14:41:25Z")
[post saying I caught JoeyP’s oh-so-vaunted Brit TV show on PBS 5 years ago and found the entire thing stupid, coupled with the demand that I want my 26 hours back] ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/130 "2011-08-25T17:25:20Z")
[Obligatory comment that British humor – er, humour – simply doesn’t make sense to Americans] ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/131 "2011-08-25T17:28:30Z")
[Comment about actor I don’t like and won’t go see any movie he is in, including this one] ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/132 "2011-08-25T17:33:00Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > [Comment about actor I don’t like and won’t go see any movie he is in, including this one] [Response loaded with assumed astonishment, pointing out that said actor may just be the most brilliant actor of the 20th AND 21st centuries (excepting Sean Connery, of course, because he’s not an actor – he’s a demigod)] ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/133 "2011-08-25T17:52:03Z")
[:dubious:] ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/134 "2011-08-25T19:21:10Z")
[Post from a new user asking how to upload images] ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/135 "2011-08-25T19:34:19Z")
[Post inquiring about why the board doesn’t allow avatars.] ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/136 "2011-08-25T21:40:23Z")
[Hi, Opal !] ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/137 "2011-08-25T21:44:30Z")
[Post discussing how the movie butchers the source material] ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/138 "2011-08-25T21:46:37Z")
[snarky post stating the obvious: that movies and books are two different mediums. Duh!] ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/139 "2011-08-25T22:03:46Z")
[Post repeating earlier post nearly verbatim about how the movie is terrible and a classic example of the Emporer’s New Clothes.] [Edit adding who cares about the source material? This story is a bad as it gets.] ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/140 "2011-08-25T22:22:10Z")
[post apologising for reviving a zombie thread simply because it’s so much fun to read, a thanks to Twickster for re-opening after closing, a note that the director’s new movie opens next month and it should be even better, another gratuitous Happy Rhodes reference and an Attack The Block reference] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531.md?page=8)