01/26/2005

“We can fulfill the dream which it is actual and is not acquired.”

by Matthew Edward Hawkins

- Continuing on from the prior pissy post… this year’s Oscar nominations were announced today. Each year’s list manages to make me go “What the fuck?!”, but this year’s takes the cake. After all…

… Both Bill Murray and Paul Giamatti weren’t nominated for best actor? You’ve got to be fucking kidding me….

… And how in the hell was David Carradine passed up as well? His performance in Kill Bill v.2 was easily the comeback role of the year. At least Thomas Haden Church got a nod I guess…

… I haven’t seen in it, so perhaps I can’t comment, but I have a strong feeling that the only reason the Aviator was nominated is cuz this will probably be the year Scorsese finally gets an award for being passed up so many times. Sorta like how like Return of the King won last year even though it really should have been Lost in Translation….

… Regarding the best documentary nomination, why wasn’t Some Kind of Monster nominated? And how in the hell did the Tupac get a nod? It was made in 2003, was released in 2003, and even ended its theatrical run in 2003…

… I bet you anything, that piece of crap Super Size Me will win. Hey, good idea, but the whole thing was an annoying exercise in elitism and ego….

… Speaking off, since he didn’t get a best picture nod, I have to assume Michael Moore really regrets not submitting Fahrenheit 9/11 in the best documentary category…

- But in much more brighter news, word is that the Venture Brothers has been okayed for a second season! Go team Venture!

Now, how about a DVD?

- Earlier this evening I got a forwarded email from MK. It was from David Frankel, one of the guys behind both Basil Warriors and Rock Fighter! He apparently caught what I wrote about the film and wanted to pass word that he was quite pleased. Plus he wanted to let it be known that he’s not from Syracuse. Okay.

His site has a bunch of interesting stuff, including his work in video games. Shortly before my trip back home, MK made me a copy of Townies, an RPG David made for OS 9 which I wasn’t able to play due to my iBook dying on me, but I have gotten to dabble with it a bit and its cool. Check it out.

- Steve wrote about this in his blog, so I may as well mention it here: I too have received the following piece of spam. And it’s the only one which I haven’t tossed out.

  • Jason

    Nah, Lost In Translation wasn’t that good. For reasons regarding the qualification of the Tupac documentary, go here: Academy rules. And while Some Kind of Monster didn’t make the cut this year, here’s a list of all eligible entries in 2004, I’m sure there are plenty of movies here many fans would like to see recognized.

  • https://www.fort90.com/ Matt

    Well I still think Lost In Translation was better than Return of the King, and I liked the last LOTR chapter a lot. Though IMHO, the true best film from that year wasn’t even nominated in that category: City of Gods.

    As for this year, I forgot to mention that Eternal Sunshine is sorely absent, and I’m not just saying that cuz I get all gay for anything Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman.

    Thanks for the info regarding documentary qualifications. I can’t rag on the Tupac one too much I suppose since I hear it’s actually quite good. I just hope Super Size Me doesn’t win, that’s all. It was seriously one of the worst movies I saw all last year (and that’s including Van Helsing).

    And I still wish Some Kind Of Monster was acknowledged.

  • http://www.vitaminsteve.com Steve

    Relax, Matt, a Venture Brothers DVD was announced before the show even debuted. They ran one of those Adult Swim bumpers with projected DVD release dates, and Venture was scheduled in there. I think it might ship this summer.

    -Steve!

  • http://untitled13.blogspot.com Jake

    I can’t wait for VB on DVD… that show is genius. That one episode that parodied the Fantastic Four was too funny. The Human Torch character that was screaming when he was on fire killed me.

    Anyway, yes, I fucking hate the Academy.

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