# 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:** 8
**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, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/141 "2011-08-25T22:27:30Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > [Post repeating earlier post nearly verbatim about how the movie is terrible and a classic example of the Emporer’s New Clothes.] [Number of earlier post] ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/142 "2011-08-25T22:59:12Z")
[Post ignoring all dates on previous responses and any zombie-related discussion to point out that, actually, this movie came out a while ago.] ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/143 "2011-08-25T23:01:42Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > […the Emporer’s New Clothes.] [Posts in thread solely to make pedantic spelling correction.] ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/144 "2011-08-25T23:30:59Z")
[Humbly but with hostility acknowledges the existence of a typo.] ---
**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, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/145 "2011-08-25T23:34:00Z")
> [@iftheresaway](#): > > [Post _ignoring_ all dates on previous responses and any zombie-related **discussion** to point out that, actually, this movie came out a while ago.] [Color, italics, underline and bolding mine] ---
**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 26, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/146 "2011-08-26T01:01:44Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > [Color, italics, underline and bolding mine] [Post Graped by the Grapist] ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/147 "2011-08-26T05:00:56Z")
> [@Number](#): > > [Query about whether a [perfectly-suited song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dny1MNJyQvw) appears on the soundtrack, though I could have looked it up for myself on IMDB.] [link to [version with lyrics](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=734wnHnnNR4&feature=related) and great comments, all done in this style] ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/148 "2011-08-26T05:17:40Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > [complaint about broken link to [obligatory] xkcd comic.] [[fixed link to [obligatory] xkcd comic for you](http://xkcd.com/813/)] ---
**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 26, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/149 "2011-08-26T05:22:36Z")
> [@digs](#): > > [[fixed link to [obligatory] xkcd comic for you](http://xkcd.com/813/)] [Post linking to the correct [XKCD](http://xkcd.com/917/) comic] ---
**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 26, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/150 "2011-08-26T05:24:19Z")
[Post to tell someone that they won the thread] ---
**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 26, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/151 "2011-08-26T05:26:14Z")
[Post that says nothing but “Reported” because a spammer made a giant wall of foreign words with some links scattered throughout it.] ---
**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 26, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/152 "2011-08-26T05:27:14Z")
[Translate?] ---
**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 26, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/153 "2011-08-26T05:28:14Z")
[Post translating the spam to Engrish using Google Translate] ---
**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 26, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/154 "2011-08-26T05:29:21Z")
[Post wondering if it would be funny if I actually reported the fake spam…post to tell you I’m going to bed now] ---
**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 26, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/155 "2011-08-26T18:53:13Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [snarky post stating the obvious: that movies and books are two different mediums. Duh!] [Snarky post pointing out that the plural of “medium” is “media.”] ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/156 "2011-08-26T19:19:15Z")
[Even snarkier post pointing out that “mediums” is [perfectly acceptable English usage](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medium).] ---
**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 26, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/157 "2011-08-26T20:41:10Z")
> [@Number](#): > > [Query about whether a [perfectly-suited song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dny1MNJyQvw) appears on the soundtrack, though I could have looked it up for myself on IMDB.] > [@digs](#): > > [link to [version with lyrics](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=734wnHnnNR4&feature=related) and great comments, all done in this style] [Smug condescending post pointing out that [something similar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EwujU8nra2o) was done earlier by my favorite band.] ---
**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 26, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/158 "2011-08-26T22:16:27Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > [Even snarkier post pointing out that “mediums” is [perfectly acceptable English usage](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medium).] [Condescending post saying that my dictionary is better than your dictionary, “mediums” is only acceptable as the plural of “fortune teller,” and I refuse to acknowledge any evidence to the contrary. (Hmmm. I’ll have to make some collage/oil paint/watercolor artwork of a group of fortune-tellers – I call it “mixed-media mediums”)] ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/159 "2011-08-26T22:36:26Z")
[Link and commentary to an edited version of the movie made by fans on Youtube, which is claimed to be superior to the theatrical version of the movie.] ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/160 "2011-08-26T22:49:17Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:158, topic:531531”] [Condescending post saying that my dictionary is better than your dictionary, “mediums” is only acceptable as the plural of “fortune teller,” and I refuse to acknowledge any evidence to the contrary. (Hmmm. I’ll have to make some collage/oil paint/watercolor artwork of a group of fortune-tellers – I call it “mixed-media mediums”)] [/QUOTE] [Extreme unusual post that grudgingly concedes the point, but with caveats.] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531.md?page=9)