I think the point is that we'll still get the public acknowledgement of the winners in the announcement format, but without the 20 minute montages of (e.g.) Cowboys On Film.
Yep. That's exactly what I meant.
What is your childhood trauma?
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The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kat - Jan 08, 2008 9:11:53 am PST #9412 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
msbelle - Jan 08, 2008 10:12:01 am PST #9413 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
But would people really dress up for a red carpet just for our enjoyment?
I suggest that several big A-list stars have parties that night and let the press cover the arrivals much like a red carpet and winners can be announced at a press conference that would be broadcast during said parties. We wouldn't see reactions of winners or losers, but who cares?
Sue - Jan 08, 2008 10:12:09 am PST #9414 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Can someone explain the difference (if any) between the Critic's Choice awards and the GGs? I mean, why one was ok and the other not?
I read somewhere (I think Alan Sepinwall's blog ETA: It was in the comments here: [link] that VH1 which aired the Cirtics Choice awards, is not a WGA signatory and Dick Clark Productions, which produces the GGs, is.
Trudy Booth - Jan 08, 2008 10:21:45 am PST #9415 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I suggest that several big A-list stars have parties that night and let the press cover the arrivals much like a red carpet and winners can be announced at a press conference that would be broadcast during said parties. We wouldn't see reactions of winners or losers, but who cares?
Isn't that the plan?
Tamara - Jan 08, 2008 10:26:20 am PST #9416 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
brenda m, I don't think the WGA's decisions right now are about being "fair".
The decisions are about being strategic. Screwing over NBC on the Golden Globes is being strategic. Screwing over VH1 on the unwatched and unnoticed Critcs Choice award just doesn't have any strategic value.
Kevin - Jan 08, 2008 12:23:42 pm PST #9417 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Just read about fancast.com. More streaming stuffage.
Kristen - Jan 08, 2008 12:27:13 pm PST #9418 of 10001
Lovely quote regarding the Golden Globes cancellation:
Earlier Monday, NBC Entertainment cochief Ben Silverman told E! News anchor Ryan Seacrest that the network was "obviously trying to find a solution to satisfy fans of these great movies and all the incredible stars who have worked so hard all year and got this incredible opportunity. "Sadly, it feels like the nerdiest, ugliest, meanest kids in the high school are trying to cancel the prom. But NBC wants to try to keep that prom alive."
I have to object to his assertion. I think I'm looking pretty damn cute these days.
Daisy Jane - Jan 08, 2008 12:28:11 pm PST #9419 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Yeah, cause the nerds were the mean ones.
Polter-Cow - Jan 08, 2008 12:30:11 pm PST #9420 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And a lot of really ugly actors were already planning on not attending anyway in support. So mean and nerdy.
DebetEsse - Jan 08, 2008 12:32:54 pm PST #9421 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Precisely, DJ
the nerdiest, ugliest, meanest kids in the high school
I can think of...1 kid from HS who maybe might fit this category.
And he certainly didn't have any friends among the "beautiful people". Seriously, wasn't the rule that if the cool people like you, you, by definition, cannot be the nerdiest kids in school?