Topic: THE ANNUAL OSCAR BASH (Read 158017 times)

bk · « **Reply #1740 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:24:10 PM »

And to think, we have another hour and forty-five minutes to go. Anyone watching Miss Walters?

FJL · « **Reply #1741 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:24:36 PM »

I find myself wondering what MusicGuy would do if Cason took him up on that offer to go to Europe, or for that matter if Tobey Maguire took him up on that offer with the butter.

bk · « **Reply #1742 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:24:39 PM »

So it is written, so it shall be done - page fifty-nine. We'll get to sixty easily.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #1743 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:25:11 PM »

Yeah, MBarnum. It was a snowy movie. My digital cable sometimes won't give me the full title of a movie when I click on "Info" stuff gets cut off and all I could see was "The Abominable..."

bk · « **Reply #1744 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:25:14 PM »

Quote from: FJL on February 25, 2007, 10:24:36 PM

I find myself wondering what MusicGuy would do if Cason took him up on that offer to go to Europe, or for that matter if Tobey Maguire took him up on that offer with the butter.

Or if I took him up on his offer of marriage.

bk · « **Reply #1745 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:25:33 PM »

I'm going to take a quick shower.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #1746 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:25:45 PM »

May I be the first in the history of HHW to say Page 59 Dance!!!

George · « **Reply #1747 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:26:06 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 25, 2007, 10:24:10 PM

And to think, we have another hour and forty-five minutes to go. Anyone watching Miss Walters?

I am. I like Eddie Murphy's interview.

George · « **Reply #1748 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:26:48 PM »

Helen Mirren's interview was fun, too.

FJL · « **Reply #1749 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:28:49 PM »

Europe and butter sound much more intense than marriage, though.

George · « **Reply #1750 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:30:06 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 25, 2007, 10:25:33 PM

I'm going to take a quick shower.

I just realized something. I haven't taken a shower today (that's not what I just realized) but when I take a shower, I always empty the kitty litter beforehand, and I just realized that that's what I forgot to do! So, I'm going to empty the kitty litter and take a shower...as late as it is. Also, I'm a little cold and that will warm me up, very nicely.

FJL · « **Reply #1751 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:32:02 PM »

An odd thought: If the tally for today keeps going up and up, aren't we making it more difficult to break the record in the future? :_

bk · « **Reply #1752 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:32:48 PM »

Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?

bk · « **Reply #1753 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:32:59 PM »

Only kidding.

George · « **Reply #1754 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:33:27 PM »

Be back a little later.

bk · « **Reply #1755 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:33:30 PM »

Yes, I should think this record would be difficult to top, but then I thought last year's would be difficult to top.

FJL · « **Reply #1756 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:34:00 PM »

In honor of the American films that won, will we ever see post #1776?

Rodzinski · « **Reply #1757 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:36:29 PM »

Here's a question, BK, I'd like you to consider when you come back from your shower.

The digital cable systems, such as Time Warner here, have info pages for movies. They assign a star rating to every movie.
My question, or series of questions is, why is this in the best interests of the cable company or the various networks to supply these ratings? Would it not be better just to give a recap of a movie and who is in it, the basic info, let the viewers make up their own minds?

The reason I ask is, if you think about it, these ratings are completely anonymous and not backed up with any insight. They follow roughly along with Maltin's book ratings with a few discrepancies. TV shows are not rated in this manner. Could you imagine? This episode of "According to Jim" is a 2-star episode? I wonder who decided that my TV should make anonymous qualitative judgments about movies.

FJL · « **Reply #1758 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:36:38 PM »

BK - Not sure if you saw my post earlier. Melinda Tanner from your old LACC days was working on music with Skip today. She mentioned that her very first song sung at a New York City audition many years ago was "I See Rainbows."

bk · « **Reply #1759 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:37:02 PM »

I think so, as edisaurus has joined us - she's currently on page seven so she'll be posting on Tuesday.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #1760 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:37:49 PM »

Note that FJL's last post was #1758, which will be a big part of my film, THE NUMBER 58.

FJL · « **Reply #1761 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:38:27 PM »

Of course, with today's NYC weather, "Icy Rainbows" would be more appropriate.

bk · « **Reply #1762 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:38:48 PM »

I think those star ratings are stupid, stupid, stupid. I dislike anonymity and the stars are, most likely, cadged from other sources or websites - in other words, it's a star system by amateurs - what else is new?

Edisaurus · « **Reply #1763 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:40:07 PM »

And the winner for Moist, Creative Dish:

Flan's Labyrinth!

I'd like to thank the Academy of HHW, my muse: FJL, my Agent, Orange, my DH who now is suffering from carpal flan hand as a result of drawing the labyrinth, and of course, God, who makes it all possible.

bk · « **Reply #1764 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:40:55 PM »

I see Melinda once in a blue moon and once in a green moon. Nice person - she was ahead of me at LACC by a year or two. I had no memory that she sang I See Rainbows. According to a novel I read, Kritzer Time, Benjamin Kritzer wrote that song. It's even in the little "scrapbook" included at the end, and it's on the little Kritzer Time CD - I'm in the process of putting together the complete Kritzer songs CD and I think we'll be having copies for sale at a very, very low price on the kritzerland.com site - stay tuned.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #1765 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:41:06 PM »

There were over 2 dozen dishes, so they didn't even make it to flan #2. The people at work tomorrow will have dessert with lunch!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #1766 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:41:18 PM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on February 25, 2007, 08:42:50 PM

Well, I can understand the DREAMGIRLS backlash. But I don't understand how PAN'S LABYRINTH lost Best Foreign Pic.

I have a hunch that more and more we think of Mexican film makers as "family" - Pan's was marketed more as a "native " film than as a "foreign import" - it is showing in mall multiplexes, not just art houses.

der Brucer

Edisaurus · « **Reply #1767 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:41:37 PM »

I will never be able to catch up with all these posts!

Rodzinski · « **Reply #1768 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:42:35 PM »

Indeed, and well said. Amateurish and anonymous. Probably some kid sits there with a Maltin book and just types in what he sees, adjusting a little if he likes, say, DePalma's SCARFACE a little more than Leonard does.

But what intrigues me is the psychology of why it is even done. Theoretically, you wouldn't want to plant anything in a system that would cause a viewer not to watch a certain movie, which a low rating might do.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #1769 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:43:53 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on February 25, 2007, 10:40:07 PM

And the winner for Moist, Creative Dish:

Flan's Labyrinth!

I'd like to thank the Academy of HHW, my muse: FJL, my Agent, Orange, my DH who now is suffering from carpal flan hand as a result of drawing the labyrinth, and of course, God, who makes it all possible.

Moist creative, huh? Was that intentional?

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