For me, nothing spoke to how poorly designed last night's telecast was than this:
In the first hour alone, there were no fewer than three montages about how awesome the movies are, the Christopher Guest day players doing the 'test screening' bit, and Cirque. And yet somehow there wasn't time for live performances of the TWO "Best Original Song" nominees. I would have rather seen Jason Segal perform "Man or Muppet" 10 times than have to sit through that Cirque du Soliel crap. They'd have had the time if they'd just cut down on a) Billy's vamping, and b) some of the more ridiculous presenter moments (RDJ & Paltrow, Emma Stone & Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell & Zach "Shaved Yeti" Galafanakis). But at least Bret won his category, so there's something to be said for that. M-D A very manly Muppet. On Monday, February 27, 2012 6:26:13 AM UTC-5, Jon Delfin wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Obviously I can't speak for anyone in the audience at the ex-Kodak > > theatre, but to me it really felt like they were mourning the end of > > cinema. All of the reminiscing about seeing, and the exhortation to go > > see films at the big screen (Remember the first time you went to see a > > movie? The Cirque du Soleil acrobatics of seeing a movie at a > > theatre.) was relentless enough to suggest the fear of massive theatre > > closings because of Netflix, DVDs, piracy, etc. That is what I meant > > by the feeling of a wake. It really didn't help that by coincidence > > that two of the big films were period pieces set in the 20s and 60s > > respectively. > > I agree about the mourning aspect. There was a definite sense of > desperation: Hey, kids, please stop watching movies on your iPhones > and come back to the multiplexes before it's too late! > > For the broadcast itself, besides the weird audio, my "it really > didn't help" was attached to the Cirque performance, which suffered > from terrible directorial choices -- they kept missing the tricks. Why > show an audience reaction shot if the viewers don't see what the > audience is reacting to? I suspect that the routine played better in > the house than on TV. > > On Monday, February 27, 2012 6:26:13 AM UTC-5, Jon Delfin wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Obviously I can't speak for anyone in the audience at the ex-Kodak > > theatre, but to me it really felt like they were mourning the end of > > cinema. All of the reminiscing about seeing, and the exhortation to go > > see films at the big screen (Remember the first time you went to see a > > movie? The Cirque du Soleil acrobatics of seeing a movie at a > > theatre.) was relentless enough to suggest the fear of massive theatre > > closings because of Netflix, DVDs, piracy, etc. That is what I meant > > by the feeling of a wake. It really didn't help that by coincidence > > that two of the big films were period pieces set in the 20s and 60s > > respectively. > > I agree about the mourning aspect. There was a definite sense of > desperation: Hey, kids, please stop watching movies on your iPhones > and come back to the multiplexes before it's too late! > > For the broadcast itself, besides the weird audio, my "it really > didn't help" was attached to the Cirque performance, which suffered > from terrible directorial choices -- they kept missing the tricks. Why > show an audience reaction shot if the viewers don't see what the > audience is reacting to? I suspect that the routine played better in > the house than on TV. > > On Monday, February 27, 2012 6:26:13 AM UTC-5, Jon Delfin wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Obviously I can't speak for anyone in the audience at the ex-Kodak > > theatre, but to me it really felt like they were mourning the end of > > cinema. All of the reminiscing about seeing, and the exhortation to go > > see films at the big screen (Remember the first time you went to see a > > movie? The Cirque du Soleil acrobatics of seeing a movie at a > > theatre.) was relentless enough to suggest the fear of massive theatre > > closings because of Netflix, DVDs, piracy, etc. That is what I meant > > by the feeling of a wake. It really didn't help that by coincidence > > that two of the big films were period pieces set in the 20s and 60s > > respectively. > > I agree about the mourning aspect. There was a definite sense of > desperation: Hey, kids, please stop watching movies on your iPhones > and come back to the multiplexes before it's too late! > > For the broadcast itself, besides the weird audio, my "it really > didn't help" was attached to the Cirque performance, which suffered > from terrible directorial choices -- they kept missing the tricks. Why > show an audience reaction shot if the viewers don't see what the > audience is reacting to? I suspect that the routine played better in > the house than on TV. > > On Monday, February 27, 2012 6:26:13 AM UTC-5, Jon Delfin wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Obviously I can't speak for anyone in the audience at the ex-Kodak > > theatre, but to me it really felt like they were mourning the end of > > cinema. All of the reminiscing about seeing, and the exhortation to go > > see films at the big screen (Remember the first time you went to see a > > movie? The Cirque du Soleil acrobatics of seeing a movie at a > > theatre.) was relentless enough to suggest the fear of massive theatre > > closings because of Netflix, DVDs, piracy, etc. That is what I meant > > by the feeling of a wake. It really didn't help that by coincidence > > that two of the big films were period pieces set in the 20s and 60s > > respectively. > > I agree about the mourning aspect. There was a definite sense of > desperation: Hey, kids, please stop watching movies on your iPhones > and come back to the multiplexes before it's too late! > > For the broadcast itself, besides the weird audio, my "it really > didn't help" was attached to the Cirque performance, which suffered > from terrible directorial choices -- they kept missing the tricks. Why > show an audience reaction shot if the viewers don't see what the > audience is reacting to? I suspect that the routine played better in > the house than on TV. > > On Monday, February 27, 2012 6:26:13 AM UTC-5, Jon Delfin wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Obviously I can't speak for anyone in the audience at the ex-Kodak > > theatre, but to me it really felt like they were mourning the end of > > cinema. All of the reminiscing about seeing, and the exhortation to go > > see films at the big screen (Remember the first time you went to see a > > movie? The Cirque du Soleil acrobatics of seeing a movie at a > > theatre.) was relentless enough to suggest the fear of massive theatre > > closings because of Netflix, DVDs, piracy, etc. That is what I meant > > by the feeling of a wake. It really didn't help that by coincidence > > that two of the big films were period pieces set in the 20s and 60s > > respectively. > > I agree about the mourning aspect. There was a definite sense of > desperation: Hey, kids, please stop watching movies on your iPhones > and come back to the multiplexes before it's too late! > > For the broadcast itself, besides the weird audio, my "it really > didn't help" was attached to the Cirque performance, which suffered > from terrible directorial choices -- they kept missing the tricks. Why > show an audience reaction shot if the viewers don't see what the > audience is reacting to? I suspect that the routine played better in > the house than on TV. > > On Monday, February 27, 2012 6:26:13 AM UTC-5, Jon Delfin wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Obviously I can't speak for anyone in the audience at the ex-Kodak > > theatre, but to me it really felt like they were mourning the end of > > cinema. All of the reminiscing about seeing, and the exhortation to go > > see films at the big screen (Remember the first time you went to see a > > movie? The Cirque du Soleil acrobatics of seeing a movie at a > > theatre.) was relentless enough to suggest the fear of massive theatre > > closings because of Netflix, DVDs, piracy, etc. That is what I meant > > by the feeling of a wake. It really didn't help that by coincidence > > that two of the big films were period pieces set in the 20s and 60s > > respectively. > > I agree about the mourning aspect. There was a definite sense of > desperation: Hey, kids, please stop watching movies on your iPhones > and come back to the multiplexes before it's too late! > > For the broadcast itself, besides the weird audio, my "it really > didn't help" was attached to the Cirque performance, which suffered > from terrible directorial choices -- they kept missing the tricks. Why > show an audience reaction shot if the viewers don't see what the > audience is reacting to? I suspect that the routine played better in > the house than on TV. > > On Monday, February 27, 2012 6:26:13 AM UTC-5, Jon Delfin wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Obviously I can't speak for anyone in the audience at the ex-Kodak > > theatre, but to me it really felt like they were mourning the end of > > cinema. All of the reminiscing about seeing, and the exhortation to go > > see films at the big screen (Remember the first time you went to see a > > movie? The Cirque du Soleil acrobatics of seeing a movie at a > > theatre.) was relentless enough to suggest the fear of massive theatre > > closings because of Netflix, DVDs, piracy, etc. That is what I meant > > by the feeling of a wake. It really didn't help that by coincidence > > that two of the big films were period pieces set in the 20s and 60s > > respectively. > > I agree about the mourning aspect. There was a definite sense of > desperation: Hey, kids, please stop watching movies on your iPhones > and come back to the multiplexes before it's too late! > > For the broadcast itself, besides the weird audio, my "it really > didn't help" was attached to the Cirque performance, which suffered > from terrible directorial choices -- they kept missing the tricks. Why > show an audience reaction shot if the viewers don't see what the > audience is reacting to? I suspect that the routine played better in > the house than on TV. > > On Monday, February 27, 2012 6:26:13 AM UTC-5, Jon Delfin wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Obviously I can't speak for anyone in the audience at the ex-Kodak > > theatre, but to me it really felt like they were mourning the end of > > cinema. All of the reminiscing about seeing, and the exhortation to go > > see films at the big screen (Remember the first time you went to see a > > movie? The Cirque du Soleil acrobatics of seeing a movie at a > > theatre.) was relentless enough to suggest the fear of massive theatre > > closings because of Netflix, DVDs, piracy, etc. That is what I meant > > by the feeling of a wake. It really didn't help that by coincidence > > that two of the big films were period pieces set in the 20s and 60s > > respectively. > > I agree about the mourning aspect. There was a definite sense of > desperation: Hey, kids, please stop watching movies on your iPhones > and come back to the multiplexes before it's too late! > > For the broadcast itself, besides the weird audio, my "it really > didn't help" was attached to the Cirque performance, which suffered > from terrible directorial choices -- they kept missing the tricks. Why > show an audience reaction shot if the viewers don't see what the > audience is reacting to? I suspect that the routine played better in > the house than on TV. > > On Monday, February 27, 2012 6:26:13 AM UTC-5, Jon Delfin wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Obviously I can't speak for anyone in the audience at the ex-Kodak > > theatre, but to me it really felt like they were mourning the end of > > cinema. All of the reminiscing about seeing, and the exhortation to go > > see films at the big screen (Remember the first time you went to see a > > movie? The Cirque du Soleil acrobatics of seeing a movie at a > > theatre.) was relentless enough to suggest the fear of massive theatre > > closings because of Netflix, DVDs, piracy, etc. That is what I meant > > by the feeling of a wake. It really didn't help that by coincidence > > that two of the big films were period pieces set in the 20s and 60s > > respectively. > > I agree about the mourning aspect. There was a definite sense of > desperation: Hey, kids, please stop watching movies on your iPhones > and come back to the multiplexes before it's too late! > > For the broadcast itself, besides the weird audio, my "it really > didn't help" was attached to the Cirque performance, which suffered > from terrible directorial choices -- they kept missing the tricks. Why > show an audience reaction shot if the viewers don't see what the > audience is reacting to? I suspect that the routine played better in > the house than on TV. > > On Monday, February 27, 2012 6:26:13 AM UTC-5, Jon Delfin wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Obviously I can't speak for anyone in the audience at the ex-Kodak > > theatre, but to me it really felt like they were mourning the end of > > cinema. All of the reminiscing about seeing, and the exhortation to go > > see films at the big screen (Remember the first time you went to see a > > movie? The Cirque du Soleil acrobatics of seeing a movie at a > > theatre.) was relentless enough to suggest the fear of massive theatre > > closings because of Netflix, DVDs, piracy, etc. That is what I meant > > by the feeling of a wake. It really didn't help that by coincidence > > that two of the big films were period pieces set in the 20s and 60s > > respectively. > > I agree about the mourning aspect. There was a definite sense of > desperation: Hey, kids, please stop watching movies on your iPhones > and come back to the multiplexes before it's too late! > > For the broadcast itself, besides the weird audio, my "it really > didn't help" was attached to the Cirque performance, which suffered > from terrible directorial choices -- they kept missing the tricks. Why > show an audience reaction shot if the viewers don't see what the > audience is reacting to? I suspect that the routine played better in > the house than on TV. > > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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