They could call it something like the people's choice award. Unless that name is already taken, or whatever.

These are the dumbest two changes the Academy could have possibly made. The "popular" award is meaningless, pandering bullsh*t, while choosing to relegate certain technical awards to commercial breaks is a slap in the face to the unsung few who get to share the spotlight with the stars for one night.

That said, I haven't seen an eruption like this in quite some time from the film community, to the point where the Academy will surely reverse at least one of these decisions. People are IRATE right now and these changes are not going over well at all.

Anyway, as most Oscar threads on this board go, this will quickly devolve into a bunch of people bragging about how long it's been since they've watched/cared about the Oscars, others will let us know that it's a bunch of elite, political BS anyway, so I'm just getting my two cents in before people start showing up in an entertainment board thread to complain about awards given for entertainment.

will that be presented before or after the lecturing award?

Looks like I was already too late!

Most people that watch the oscars don't care about any of the technical awards.

I also think this is a stupid decision. Instead of educating the older Academy members on how to expand their idea of what "best" means for best picture, or allowing the rapid influx of new members to show how their tastes will change the oscars, they are throwing in an award that will basically be a ghetto for movies that aren't "important" enough.

Loved this^^

So we can't have just ONE night to honor those people simply because Average Joe Movie Goer doesn't give a sh*t?

Hollywood is so out of touch they keep nominating artsy little niche films for best picture. I saw Shape of Water even though I knew it was about Alien bestiality going into it (Wife didn't believe the mute fornicates with the Alien beast and insisted we watch it), and it was just as ho-hum as I predicted. Extremely overrated. But you just knew Hollywood was going to trip over itself to give this movie the award.

Hollywood basically comes across as uber elite hipsters..."Only WE know true art when we see it".

I always think of Hollywood as the Maude Lebowski of the world.

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I get his point, and there's some truth there...but some of the best pictures have been ridiculous over the years.

Best way to improve ratings is for Hollywood to tone down the preachy narcissism and quit rambling about politics like a bunch of obsessed psychos. That has driven countless people away who use entertainment, sports etc as a form of escape from the constant politics and other drama in their lives.

Hollyweird will NEVER figure this out.

Why isn't there an Oscar for stunts?

Whenever mocap becomes a category or becomes eligible in the acting categories, a Special Achievement one should be immediately given to Andy Serkis.