# Oscar watch-along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674 "2010-03-08T00:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/101 "2010-03-08T03:20:17Z")
We’re paying tribute to HORROR? God help us all… I think I am out of step with the rest of the world. What’s next–Lifetime achievement for Chucky or Freddy Kruger? :rolleyes: And it just goes on and on… ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/102 "2010-03-08T03:20:14Z")
Oh, good, just what we needed: a horror montage. Thanks _Twilight_ douchebag! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/103 "2010-03-08T03:20:47Z")
I didn’t think Twilight films were horror, but man were those two actors scary during their presentation. Nice to see Horror getting SOME recognition for once. I hope they show a clip of The Strangers in this montage…that’s the scariest movie I’ve seen in recent memory. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/104 "2010-03-08T03:20:59Z")
> [@me](#): > > I’ve heard 3 brief blips in the audio so far. If it wasn’t technical, I’m guessing someone in the audience yelled something. Or maybe the hosts and presenters are saying “retard”. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/105 "2010-03-08T03:21:13Z")
I’m doing very poorly in the pool this year. 6-6 so far. Worst year in recent history. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/106 "2010-03-08T03:23:25Z")
Zac–COMB your hair! I do love Morgan Freeman. ---
**Author:** ![bramma23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@bramma23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bramma23)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/107 "2010-03-08T03:25:39Z")
All of these choices were made in the design of the casual viewer. By and large, most regular people don’t particularly care about the lifetime achievement award. I mean, think about it. If you’re a casual viewer, you probably think the Oscars are elitist and esoteric. So to pull in that audience, they increase the best film categories to 10 choices, do a montage to John Hughes, and a tribute to Horror films which NEVER get nominate. Also, that wasn’t just all of horror movies. There was no Nosferatu, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Diabolique, Salo, no Dario Argento, no Polanski, etc. This was pretty much a tribute to 1970s -2010 American Horror and Psycho. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/108 "2010-03-08T03:27:25Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > To be replaced by a montage of horror movies. I’m not seeing the logic behind the decision. Demographics. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/109 "2010-03-08T03:27:55Z")
Nice, starting to catch up. The Hurt Locker HAS to be watched on a DTS 5.1 system. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/110 "2010-03-08T03:29:20Z")
It was the first time I ever considered Edward Scissorhands to be a horror movie. Could a woman please wear a gown that has sleeves? I have nothing against sleeveless, strapless dresses, but it’s getting boring. Oh, john Revolta is on now. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/111 "2010-03-08T03:29:32Z")
I got skunked on the sound awards. I went with _Avatar_ for the tech sweep. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/112 "2010-03-08T03:29:33Z")
Great, the sci-techs got a _class picture_… …and the San Juan station is consistently squeezing in one additional ad, and running over the start of the segment. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/113 "2010-03-08T03:29:35Z")
Wow, this looks more and more like a slam dunk for _Hurt Locker_. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/114 "2010-03-08T03:30:42Z")
OK, so why did those “Twilight” people say it’s been 37 years since a horror film has been recognized at the Oscars (The Exorcist), and then in the montage showed clips from several films of recent years that have won & been nominated for awards, including Best Picture? (Silence of the Lambs, The Sixth Sense, Misery, Sleep Hollow, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/115 "2010-03-08T03:30:56Z")
Am I a weird person to wish that the Sci-Tech awards were televised? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/116 "2010-03-08T03:31:05Z")
“Bawn-jerno.” ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/117 "2010-03-08T03:31:06Z")
Wow, way to go, ruining Inglorious Basterds’s whole plot during that clip. Everything short of Hitler getting gunned down by Ryan the Temp… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/118 "2010-03-08T03:32:41Z")
To quote from a different message board I am also monitoring: "One of the really helpful decisions ABC made this year was showing all the pivotal scenes from the best picture noms, even those that are at the end of the movie. That way you don’t need to watch the movie if you haven’t seen it yet." ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/119 "2010-03-08T03:33:45Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Wow, this looks more and more like a slam dunk for _Hurt Locker_. IMO, HL will get everything BUT Best Pic. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/120 "2010-03-08T03:34:31Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > OK, so why did those “Twilight” people say it’s been 37 years since a horror film has been recognized at the Oscars (The Exorcist), and then in the montage showed clips from several films of recent years that have won & been nominated for awards, including Best Picture? (Silence of the Lambs, The Sixth Sense, Misery, Sleep Hollow, etc.) I couldn’t figure that out, either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674.md?page=7)