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>It's certainly the worst Oscar show I've seen, and I've been
>around long enough to remember the 1989 shitfest with Rob
>Lowe
1989 was worse than this year. This show wasn't particularly entertaining or good, but it wasn't the knee-jerk "worst episode ever" status that people are laying on it. People are getting too caught up in Norm MacDonald's tweets.
>NONE of the jokes landed tonight, you had one host who acted
>like he was high/thoroughly disinterested and the other host
>who tried too hard.
Again, on any given Oscar night, 95% of the jokes don't land. And the ones that do are dated as hell. And seriously, what did people think they were going to get with James Franco as the host? What about his public persona screamed that he was going to be a dynamic personality? People got what they paid for.
>The awards presentations were awkward and stilted, the writing
>was horrible, the song presentations sucked, the show had ZERO
>life.
Seriously, sounds like just about EVERY Oscar presentation I've ever watched.
>I mean, for all the shit Chris Rock got for hosting, you could
>at least say there was a memorable bit or two during his
>hosting stint (like the bit where they went to the Magic
>Johnson Theaters and asked the patrons what they thought about
>the Oscars, and his jonin' on Jude Law which led an
>all-too-serious Sean Penn to clap back when he came out)
And, of course, both of those got severely panned after the show aired. Everyone missed the point of the Magic Johnson Theater segment, and again worked themselves up into faux outrage over the Jude Law jabs.
>And of course there was the year Jon Stewart hosted and had
>those funny "mudslinging" bits...
Which, again, everyone panned after it aired.
>And while it's not as if every Oscar show is memorable and
>filled to the brim with excitement, to act as if this one was
>just as average and "corny" as the rest is incorrect. This
>particular show was as FLAT as Lindsay Lohan's ass.
A lot of that had to go with the predictability of who won the Awards. There were no surprises, which I'm fine with, because I think surprises at the Oscars are overrated. But when everyone knows what's going to win before the show even airs, it eliminates the drama and contributes a lot to the show's flatness.
>An entertainment reporter out here in L.A. said that tonight
>was a clear indication that the show needs a host who's an
>entertainer, a showman like Billy Crystal or a Steve Martin, a
>cat who can command a room with comedy bits or singing or
>straight stand-up...
Yeah, they tried that with Hugh Jackman. People didn't like it either. People are pining away for something that's long gone and is never coming back, or if we're being honest with outselves, they never had.
Bob Hope is not coming through that door, people. That lovable scamp Billy Crystal is pushing 60 and was burnt out and unfunny by the last few times that he did it. Steve Martin was pleasantly funny in that Steve Martin type of way, but also wasn't particularly dynamic. Plus, all his funniest jokes are were severely dated immediately after the Oscars.
Every year post-ceremony people go through this exact same exercise. I don't see why this year in particular requires the amount of bile that people are working up. -----------------
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