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- Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:58 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: 2019 Nobel Prizes
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1765
Re: 2019 Nobel Prizes
Well, I was way off with my predictions. I guess Greta Thunberg will have to wait for her Nobel Prize (unless her popularity runs out before that), Raoni Metuktire may be getting a bit too old to win. Abiy Ahmed is not an undeserving choice, but considering he has only been in office for a relativel...
- Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:55 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: 2019 Nobel Prizes
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1765
Re: 2019 Nobel Prizes
I'm guessing they'll give the Peace Prize to environmental causes, since they've been trendy on media this year.
Raoni Metuktire and Greta Thunberg would be the obvious choices there - in fact they feel even too obvious for the Peace Prize Committee, especially Thunberg.
Raoni Metuktire and Greta Thunberg would be the obvious choices there - in fact they feel even too obvious for the Peace Prize Committee, especially Thunberg.
- Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:22 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Campaign 2020
- Replies: 957
- Views: 58822
Re: Campaign 2020
The Democratic Party has plenty of qualified younger candidates, it feels insane to me that there's people as old as Biden, Sanders or even Warren polling so highly. A political leader in their 80s is a huge unnecessary risk, as their health can deteriorate rapidly and they recover much worse from h...
- Wed Jul 03, 2019 12:36 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Campaign 2020
- Replies: 957
- Views: 58822
Re: Campaign 2020
I can't believe that the primary seems to be fully going already. Any predictions on who will win the primary? I used to think Cory Booker looked most likely to "fit" the part, but he still seems to be lagging a lot in polls. So now I'm thinking that Kamala Harris will come out on top. I h...
- Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:56 am
- Forum: 92nd Academy Awards
- Topic: The 2019 Honorary Oscars
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1972
Re: The 2019 Honorary Oscars
Lynch is obviously deserving, I'm not so sure about the others.
Studi feels way too much like an ethnic token. Wertmüller feels like she's getting an Honorary Oscar for getting an Oscar nomination, which is kind of weird.
Studi feels way too much like an ethnic token. Wertmüller feels like she's getting an Honorary Oscar for getting an Oscar nomination, which is kind of weird.
- Fri May 03, 2019 1:13 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: New Developments III
- Replies: 2978
- Views: 711619
Re: New Developments III
You only need two things for printing money (or whatever you want to call it) to become a real policy - an incompetent President and an incompetent Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. So I'd say with Donald Trump we're about halfway getting there. And Trump is certainly working his way to get...
- Wed May 01, 2019 5:18 am
- Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
- Topic: Oscar Face Offs
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7922
Re: Oscar Face Offs
Voted.
But no chance to vote for Music ? or Visual Effects?
But no chance to vote for Music ? or Visual Effects?
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:13 am
- Forum: The People
- Topic: R.I.P. John Singleton
- Replies: 13
- Views: 977
Re: R.I.P. John Singleton
John Singleton's career was the most extreme example of starting at the top and making his way to the bottom that I can think in Hollywood, at least in recent decades. I wonder if there is now going to be some effort to re-evaluate some of his less successful work. The youngest Best Director nominee...
- Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:46 pm
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: Oscar Predictions Contest
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5557
Re: Oscar Predictions Contest
Best Picture: Roma Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma Best Actor: Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody Best Actress: Glenn Close, The Wife Best Supp. Actor: Mahershala Ali, Green Book Best Supp. Actresss: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk Best Original Screenplay: The Favourite Best Adapted Screenpl...
- Sun Feb 24, 2019 1:21 pm
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: Your best picture ballot
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9023
Re: Your best picture ballot
I just barely managed to see all the Best Picture nominees before the awards are handed out. I almost wish I hadn't as this is definitely my least favorite line-up since I started regularly following the Oscars in the late 90s. BlacKkKlansman and Roma were the only films I really liked, and neither ...
- Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:07 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Everything Is Great and Amazing
- Replies: 783
- Views: 72039
Re: Everything Is Great and Amazing
It's too early to say which way the Democratic Party is headed in. One part of the candidates seem to be intelligent opportunists who are willing to say what it takes to get elected but whose actual competence and interests are difficult to determine. Another group consists of populists who appear t...
- Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:47 am
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: Details of the February 24th Presentation
- Replies: 112
- Views: 13777
Re: Details of the February 24th Presentation
It feels insane that they figured that cutting 10-15 min of the broadcast would be worth the inevitable backlash. It's particularly odd that they're trying it this year when Best Picture nominations for Black Panther , Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star Is Born mean that the ratings are going to go up in ...
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 2:42 am
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: Reactions
- Replies: 88
- Views: 9062
Re: Reactions
I'm not sure Free Solo counts as an IMAX documentary, but if it does, does this make it the first IMAX documentary nominated for documentary feature? By coincidence, I just noticed that there's Fires of Kuwait , which received a nomination for Documentary Feature back in 1992 - in spite of being un...
- Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:36 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Everything Is Great and Amazing
- Replies: 783
- Views: 72039
Re: Everything Is Great and Amazing
I'm slightly confused about how the famously complex U.S. health care system actually works, so it's not actually clear what they are proposing here, or why, or how serious they are about their propositions. My confusion is not because of lack of interest, or because of lack of effort about learning...
- Mon Jan 28, 2019 1:32 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Death of Hugo Chavez
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3018
Re: Death of Hugo Chavez
Perhaps Anonymous was only anticipating what things were going to be like with Maduro.HarryGoldfarb wrote:No, he wasn't "that bad"... He was WORST than bad, probably the worst thing that ever happened to Venezuela...anonymous1980 wrote:He's not that bad. R.I.P.