hhhmmm .... is the live Oscars show different to the re-packaged for later broadcast in other time zones?
I know in years past, the version in Australia missed many of the so-called "minor" awards (you know, short films, documentaries, inclusion of the separate technical achievement awards, etc. that people had slaved years over accomplsihing) to have more time on the red carpet with "de Starz"..... This is the first year for as long as I could remember that I didn't bother watching the Oscars. I snipped near to live internet grabs from the SMH online throughout (our) day as it happened, but the prospect of watching nearly 4 hours (of which well over an hour is commercial breaks down here) lost out to a couple of episodes of the excellent British series SPOOKS and Fritz Lang's HANGMEN ALSO DIE. 60 years apart, definitely creepy what these two things have in common (SPOOKS and HAD, not The Oscars) which to this old geezer is becoming an annual why bother wheezer. Even much younger film industry buddies who also know how it all really works found the self-importance aspect (or attempt at) just way too much. What's obviously needed is clearly a Costume Malfunction. My preference would be with Ms Jolie, but a mate would rather it be Brad Pitt. Ah well, different strokes, for different blokes. Phil Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Potokar To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Oscars-- best show in eons many people had problems reading the names on the flat screens. some camera shots were zoomed out too much, or those on crane arms moving from one flat screen to the other often made it a bit of a distraction. the simple full screen presentation of this montage with music playing beneath should be the way to go. jeff On Feb 23, 2009, at 10:22 PM, Craig Miller wrote: I don't know why people had trouble reading the names on the In Memorium tribute. We didn't have any problems. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
