The Oscars - Page 12

Strangler Lewis · 02-26-2007, 10:10 PM

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Most likely they estimated the emissions of CO2 based on the World Resources Institute emission factors for the energy use of the show, then somehow offset them.

I assume they wrote a check.

http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeact...boncalculator/

Gemini Cricket · 02-26-2007, 10:26 PM

Holy cow! Babette knows Kevin Costner!

Gemini Cricket · 02-26-2007, 10:31 PM

Oh, can I also add that while I love Helen Mirren, her "Ladies and Gentlemen I give you The Queen" moment was a little too uppity for me. It didn't play well with me for some reason.

Alex · 02-26-2007, 10:53 PM

My problem with it was that it didn't really make any sense.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-26-2007, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Oh, can I also add that while I love Helen Mirren, her "Ladies and Gentlemen I give you The Queen" moment was a little too uppity for me. It didn't play well with me for some reason.

Yeah, somehow I don't think that went quite the way she thought it did in her head.

Babette, don't know who the presenter is, but they gave the accountants/secret-until-envelope-opening-on-stage spiel over the closing credits.

katiesue · 02-26-2007, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this already, but iTunes has the short films on sale on their site. Both animated and live action. I think that's cool. I may buy The Danish Poet.

I found a compilation of all the 2005 live and animated shorts on Amazon. I'm hoping they do the same for this year. I'd love to buy the whole lot and watch them all again.

innerSpaceman · 02-27-2007, 12:23 AM

Eh, I think her Queen Oscar thing was ok. A tad flat ... but, by God, it was her umpteenth acceptance speech for that role.

I think it was a nice way of saying that, despite all the previous accolades, the royalty level of Oscar still meant something to her.

I think she may have been fudging that a bit, but I appreciated the sentiment of trying to make the Oscar win something somehow more than her previous seven.

Morrigoon · 02-27-2007, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this already, but iTunes has the short films on sale on their site. Both animated and live action. I think that's cool. I may buy The Danish Poet.

That little blurb may just be the thing that finally gets me to download the iTunes software I got with my iPod.

Snowflake · 02-27-2007, 08:24 AM

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That's not saying much, is it? Marty's best days arre long, long behind him.

Perhaps this is true, but I thought the Departed was rock solid from top to bottom, a good film and at least he got his overdue Oscar for a good film (IMO, at least) rather than The Aviator.

Snowflake · 02-27-2007, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this already, but iTunes has the short films on sale on their site. Both animated and live action. I think that's cool. I may buy The Danish Poet.

Oh, great! I'm going to the iTunes store tonight.

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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Oh, can I also add that while I love Helen Mirren, her "Ladies and Gentlemen I give you The Queen" moment was a little too uppity for me. It didn't play well with me for some reason.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Eh, I think her Queen Oscar thing was ok. A tad flat ... but, by God, it was her umpteenth acceptance speech for that role. I think it was a nice way of saying that, despite all the previous accolades, the royalty level of Oscar still meant something to her. I think she may have been fudging that a bit, but I appreciated the sentiment of trying to make the Oscar win something somehow more than her previous seven.
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