Comments on: Shut up, or I’ll punch you in the fuck http://heliologue.com/2005/02/28/shut-up-or-ill-punch-you-in-the-fuck/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:16:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: A Modest Construct : Sideways http://heliologue.com/2005/02/28/shut-up-or-ill-punch-you-in-the-fuck/#comment-152629 A Modest Construct : Sideways Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:57:31 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/?p=514#comment-152629 [...] opinions as to Sideways the movie are well-documented. It was with some trepidation that I started in upon [...] [...] opinions as to Sideways the movie are well-documented. It was with some trepidation that I started in upon [...]

]]> By: helios http://heliologue.com/2005/02/28/shut-up-or-ill-punch-you-in-the-fuck/#comment-2229 helios Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:35:18 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/?p=514#comment-2229 The disconnect there wasn't as apparent as it was supposed to be. Really, it's not that I'm angry, just that I'm tired of people. In fact, I can't even remember what it was that prompted me to write that entry, other than the humourously ribald title. When I grow up, I'm going to live in an isolated cabin and have all my interpersonal communication occur via electronic text. Blah. The disconnect there wasn’t as apparent as it was supposed to be. Really, it’s not that I’m angry, just that I’m tired of people. In fact, I can’t even remember what it was that prompted me to write that entry, other than the humourously ribald title.

When I grow up, I’m going to live in an isolated cabin and have all my interpersonal communication occur via electronic text. Blah.

]]> By: Andy http://heliologue.com/2005/02/28/shut-up-or-ill-punch-you-in-the-fuck/#comment-2228 Andy Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:17:04 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/?p=514#comment-2228 Ben, you're just so angry. Like a young... well, like a young Ben Gunnink. Nobody with a college education, a job and a girlfriend should be so mad, regardles of his politics or feelings about The Acadumby. Speaking of Oscars, here's a brief history lesson that will not quell your rage, but put things in perspective a bit. The Oscars ony started in the 20s when Hollywood needed a bit of positive publicity. Need good press? Make your own by assigning otherwise meaningless awards with questionable criteria! Then as now Hollywood was a place of debauchery. Parties with opium and orgies were common, and after one such party a silent comedian named Fatty Arbuckle was reputed to have killed a young woman. Much of the sordid nature of the then-new Hollywood community came out, and the public was outraged. Arbuckle was essentially sacrificed for the cause of policing Hollywood, but stigma remained. Hence, the Academy Awards, the same crappy awards show that handed out 11 statuettes to Titanic, for puking ina bucket, were born. Ben,
you’re just so angry. Like a young… well, like a young Ben Gunnink. Nobody with a college education, a job and a girlfriend should be so mad, regardles of his politics or feelings about The Acadumby.

Speaking of Oscars, here’s a brief history lesson that will not quell your rage, but put things in perspective a bit. The Oscars ony started in the 20s when Hollywood needed a bit of positive publicity. Need good press? Make your own by assigning otherwise meaningless awards with questionable criteria! Then as now Hollywood was a place of debauchery. Parties with opium and orgies were common, and after one such party a silent comedian named Fatty Arbuckle was reputed to have killed a young woman. Much of the sordid nature of the then-new Hollywood community came out, and the public was outraged. Arbuckle was essentially sacrificed for the cause of policing Hollywood, but stigma remained. Hence, the Academy Awards, the same crappy awards show that handed out 11 statuettes to Titanic, for puking ina bucket, were born.

]]> By: ffanatic http://heliologue.com/2005/02/28/shut-up-or-ill-punch-you-in-the-fuck/#comment-2224 ffanatic Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:06:21 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/?p=514#comment-2224 The problem is that the Academy Awards are half-political, half-representative. So some awards go to people for political reasons (Jaime Foxx, even though he was great in Ray; Giamatti was still better), and some go to what the Academy feels should actually win (Eastwood winning for Million Dollar Baby). The end result is that lots of people get shafted, so the Academy tries to make up for it by "awarding awards "after the fact", as it were (Crowe didn't deserve an Oscar for Gladiator, but it was a crime that he didn't win one for The Insider-hence, the Oscar). And this only perpetuates the pattern I mentioned above. But not to worry; the Academy consists mainly of retired gaffers and electricians, technicians, etc. Who really cares what they have to say? And also, Sideways won several more prominent awards (at least in my eyes). It won Best Adapted Screenplay from the Writers Guild, and it swept the Independent Spirit awards, winning all six categories for which it was nominated. It also won the outstanding ensemble award from the Screen Actor's Guild. But I digress. He still deserved a nomination. The problem is that the Academy Awards are half-political, half-representative. So some awards go to people for political reasons (Jaime Foxx, even though he was great in Ray; Giamatti was still better), and some go to what the Academy feels should actually win (Eastwood winning for Million Dollar Baby). The end result is that lots of people get shafted, so the Academy tries to make up for it by “awarding awards “after the fact”, as it were (Crowe didn’t deserve an Oscar for Gladiator, but it was a crime that he didn’t win one for The Insider-hence, the Oscar). And this only perpetuates the pattern I mentioned above. But not to worry; the Academy consists mainly of retired gaffers and electricians, technicians, etc. Who really cares what they have to say?

And also, Sideways won several more prominent awards (at least in my eyes). It won Best Adapted Screenplay from the Writers Guild, and it swept the Independent Spirit awards, winning all six categories for which it was nominated. It also won the outstanding ensemble award from the Screen Actor’s Guild.

But I digress. He still deserved a nomination.

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