Topic: WEARY BLEARY EYEBALLS (Read 41834 times)

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #60 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:12:18 AM »

I don't know if the "song" categories have rules like the writing categories do...which, IIRC, require that a certain percentage of a screenplay must have been written/rewritten before a credit can be given.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #61 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:12:34 AM »

I might have dreamed that last bit, though. Don't hold me to it.

singdaw · « **Reply #62 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:12:43 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 22, 2008, 08:08:37 AM

made a pot of spaghetti sauce, which I put into five one-quart containers and placed them in the freezer for later use.

Hey, everybody: ~~Mud~~ Spaghetti sauce wrestling at Ron's!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #63 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:13:56 AM »

Ooh! Ooh!

I went and started

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Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #64 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:14:41 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 22, 2008, 08:12:43 AM

Hey, everybody: ~~Mud~~ Spaghetti sauce wrestling at Ron's!

Make sure you wear your woolly knickers. It's cold in my freezer.

singdaw · « **Reply #65 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:15:06 AM »

Wasn't there a brouhaha last year or the year before which led to imposing a limit of no more than three names per nomination per category?

singdaw · « **Reply #66 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:15:58 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 22, 2008, 08:14:41 AM

It's cold in my freezer.

Only if you remember to latch the freezer door properly.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #67 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:20:33 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 22, 2008, 08:15:06 AM

Wasn't there a brouhaha last year or the year before which led to imposing a limit of no more than three names per nomination per category?

There's ALWAYS some brouhaha or other with AMPAS. Generally, it seems there are more wannabes helping to make the rules than there are actuallyares.

The music categories, especially, seem to have suffered a great deal from a massive influx of minimally trained musicians who get into the Academy because they wrote a song some director thinks is "bitchin'" and they get hired to "score" a film (mind you, they don't "score" anything, but they get sole credit for the work done by the few "real" musicians who attempt to make a few notes sound like an inspired idea that can run through the fabric of a 90-minute film).

singdaw · « **Reply #68 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:20:56 AM »

I have a routine outpatient medical diagnostic procedure scheduled for Thursday morning.

Tomorrow, I shall eat nothing but water, Gatorade, chicken broth, and vanilla ice cream.

singdaw · « **Reply #69 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:22:26 AM »

You are right on the mark, DR Ron Pulliam.

Carly Simon "composed" the score to Working Girl by humming into a tape recorder, from what I hear tell.

MBarnum · « **Reply #70 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:29:10 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on January 22, 2008, 07:56:20 AM

Today I begin another TV box set: season five of J.A.G. I'm assuming it's similar to NCIS, but since I never watched an episode when it was on, I'm actually not certain.

I think you might enjoy J.A.G MattH....all I can say is David James Elliott!! (My mom has a crush on him!!)

singingnymph · « **Reply #71 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:32:14 AM »

Wow, it's been an interesting past several days. Went to Disneyland with my aunt, had that interview at Kaiser, took a "virgin" to Rocky Horror, saw Jay Leno in Hermosa Beach, & went to Disneyland again yesterday with my best friend.

Oh & this is amusing. Catherine Page, she of the fabulous accent singing I Need An Earthman, wants to be buddies with me on youtube. So cool! Hehehe.

singingnymph · « **Reply #72 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:36:06 AM »

So this is cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ_LPh8pPi4

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #73 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:36:48 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 22, 2008, 08:22:26 AM

You are right on the mark, DR Ron Pulliam.

Carly Simon "composed" the score to Working Girl by humming into a tape recorder, from what I hear tell.

Charlie Chaplin "whistled" his themes to competent musicans who created the scores for all his movies. Chaplin never wrote one note of music.

He won the scoring Oscar for 1952's "Limelight"...but he won it for the 1972 season. Oscar rules were that a film could only be eligible for nominations if the film played in Los Angeles by a certain date. It seems "Limelight" had never played L.A. before 1972 (can you BELIEVE that?

) and was, therefore, eligible for the nomination.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #74 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:38:14 AM »

Quote from: MBarnum on January 22, 2008, 08:29:10 AM

I think you might enjoy J.A.G MattH....all I can say is David James Elliott!! (My mom has a crush on him!!)

Elliott being much too young for your tastes?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #75 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:38:33 AM »

singingnymph · « **Reply #76 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:38:55 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 22, 2008, 08:20:56 AM

I have a routine outpatient medical diagnostic procedure scheduled for Thursday morning.

Tomorrow, I shall eat nothing but water, Gatorade, chicken broth, and vanilla ice cream.

Can't be all bad then, can it?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #77 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:38:59 AM »

Or is "My mom" a euphemism?

MBarnum · « **Reply #78 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:39:33 AM »

Well, maybe I have a bit of a crush on him too

JMK · « **Reply #79 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:41:24 AM »

Quote from: MBarnum on January 22, 2008, 08:29:10 AM

I think you might enjoy J.A.G MattH....all I can say is David James Elliott!! (My mom has a crush on him!!)

Like mother, like son....

JMK · « **Reply #80 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:42:00 AM »

Great minds....

Matt H. · « **Reply #81 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:42:02 AM »

I really love Joseph Fiennes, and he's simply wonderful in RUNNING WITH SCISSORS.

singdaw · « **Reply #82 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:42:21 AM »

So tell us, DR singingnymph, how did the interview go? Did your skirt cooperate?

Matt H. · « **Reply #83 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:44:10 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 22, 2008, 08:12:18 AM

I don't know if the "song" categories have rules like the writing categories do...which, IIRC, require that a certain percentage of a screenplay must have been written/rewritten before a credit can be given.

They do have rules which is why Beyonce's name was removed from the ballot for the nomination of "Believe" from DREAMGIRLS last year. The names have to have contributed a certain percentage of the music and/or lyrics for inclusions, and she hadn't.

MBarnum · « **Reply #84 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:44:33 AM »

At this time I have no opinion on the Oscar nominations as I have not seen a single film up for an award...but I shall try to rectify this...although since several of the films seem to be R rated due to "bloody violence" I am not so sure I will enjoy the experience...but we shall see.

JUNO sounds interesting, as does ATONEMENT and MICHAEL CLAYTON (I love me some George Clooney!), IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, and AWAY FROM HER.

Matt H. · « **Reply #85 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:44:42 AM »

Quote from: MBarnum on January 22, 2008, 08:39:33 AM

Well, maybe I have a bit of a crush on him too

Smart man! He's gorgeous.

FJL · « **Reply #86 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:44:48 AM »

Ron, with all due respect, I don't understand this concept: "Charlie Chaplin 'whistled' his themes to competent musicans who created the scores for all his movies. Chaplin never wrote one note of music."

Well, it seems from what you say that Chaplin never wrote down his music. If he actually created the melody line that we hear, then he certainly wrote the notes of the melody line, even if someone else wrote the accompaniment.

Matt H. · « **Reply #87 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:46:35 AM »

I must head down now to start preparing lunch. SInce there was no mail yesterday, today's mail delivery will likely be delayed, so I'm not expecting to see it until later in the afternoon. I am expecting some Blu-rays that I bought last week.

Matt H. · « **Reply #88 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:47:53 AM »

Spoo!

Forgot to type WBBL, so. . . .

WBBL.

JMK · « **Reply #89 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:49:25 AM »

Quote from: FJL on January 22, 2008, 08:44:48 AM

Ron, with all due respect, I don't understand this concept: "Charlie Chaplin 'whistled' his themes to competent musicans who created the scores for all his movies. Chaplin never wrote one note of music."

Well, it seems from what you say that Chaplin never wrote down his music. If he actually created the melody line that we hear, then he certainly wrote the notes of the melody line, even if someone else wrote the accompaniment.

Wasn't he also nommed for "This is My Song" from "A Countess from Hong Kong"?

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