BAFTA not increasing to ten

Post by **Heksagon** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:39 am

I did not even notice the "Ignore" feature until now. How odd. I wonder if I will ever be in a situation where I would feel that I need to use it.

Zahveed · Post by **Zahveed** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:47 am

There's nobody here I can't stand to the point of ignoring them. Perhaps someone is ignoring me?

Post by **OscarGuy** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:28 am

Except, Sonic, that it works great for those who don't moderate the forums, but with my position, it would be impossible for me to do such.

Post by **ITALIANO** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:13 am

Exactly.

Post by **Sonic Youth** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:14 pm

Not so, Wes. Since you've updated the website, there is a brand new "ignore" feature. If there is a poster we can't stand to read, we now have the option to block him out forever. No one has to be bothered by anyone if they so choose.

Frankly, I used to think an "ignore" feature was the coward's way out, but not anymore. Ever since that Invasion of the Psychopaths melodrama last year, I'm now all for it. Granted, for me the circumstances must be extreme, and as things stand now <s>there's no reason</s> there's very little reason to apply that option.

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Post by **OscarGuy** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:19 pm

There's a difference. We all have to read it because it's in the way of other discussions. And I'm not just talking about you, but Eric, Flipp and Zahveed, all of whom have contributed to the matter. I just wish more people could let things go and avoid the conflict, because I'm tired of reading it where it isn't necessary.

Post by **ITALIANO** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:14 pm

Well, Oscar Guy, but like on tv, nobody has to read my posts (or see those movies) if he or she doesnt want to. There are so many channels. Maybe those movies arent so bad then...

Zahveed · Post by **Zahveed** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:58 pm

You are right Italiano.

There are people who think in cliches, but once you manage to manifest your own "-ism" you become the entity you're railing against.

Post by **OscarGuy** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:53 pm

This reminds me of those terrible movies that keep showing up on television from time to time even though everyone's already seen the movie more times than they care to count, but it keeps getting re-broadcast because someone actually believes people like it or that some haven't already seen it, yet it does little more than annoy those who are trying to find something to actively engage in when they are bored, but can't find anything else on TV.

Post by **ITALIANO** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:35 pm

Flipp, my dear Flipp, how shall I put it... Ok, let's just say that you have written this same post countless times, so honestly you are the last one who can accuse me of being repetitive. As for pathological... no, I wont say anything more, not now.

You say that you have studied Literature or something like that. So please, do it for me, SHOW it. Show me JUST ONCE that you can stop thinking in cliches and go to the roots of things, to the depth rather than the surface.

Or even "You are right Italiano" would be nice for once.

Post by **flipp525** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:05 pm

Crawling out of the woodwork for yet another round of European versus American standards of thought and practice? The shtick isn't even funny anymore; it's pathological. Honestly, do you have anything else to say? I can't think of a horse that's been beaten to death more than that one.

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Post by **ITALIANO** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:46 am

Not everything they do, Eric, because as Mister Tee said they have also played the Oscar game in the past. But I guess this would have really been too much to follow, and their reaction in this case was, I will repeat it, Very European. And I love it.

Trust me, I know history. And while I didn't see all this coming so soon, it was easy, watching last year's cerimony WITHOUT blind, dutifully admiring eyes, to realize that something was changing, and in a very wrong way.

Ah, but you got the "five stars on stage". Good for you, but next time my friends please wake up. And at the cost of admitting that you are wrong, trust old Italiano more.

Post by **HarryGoldfarb** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:32 pm

Big Magilla wrote:It has also been announced that no Oscar will be awarded for best song at next year's ceremony if none of the tunes are deemed to be good enough.

Man, this is getting all wrong.

These guys are so arrogant and at the same time irracionally incoherent: The Best Picture category deserves 10 nominees (in a desperate rating-seeking move) but the other ones doesn't? And now the Song category doesn't even deserve a regular award ("the lenght of the show must be strictly watched over!") based on what? on quality?

So, what if the same rule applies to the other categories: if no "great" performance is made by any supporting actor then let's take that category out too... Sounds impossible, right? But why they are getting this selective? This attitude onle makes the Academy seem less and less relevant in today's world. They're not a canon anymore.

I felt something strange in 2005 when Crash won. Since then my respect for the Academy only has grown thinner every year... sad thing.

Zahveed · Post by **Zahveed** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:04 pm

Oh, I love how these start. The next three pages will be on this argument before someone tries to steer back on topic.

Who will say the other person made the attack first?

Post by **Mister Tee** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:10 am

Just out of curiosity: when they moved their presentation to a few weeks before the Oscars, and started including films that hadn't yet been released in the UK but were eligible for AMPAS...were they being very European then, too?

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