Since there’s been absolutely no news worth discussing for several years now in this big old uneventful world of ours, much of the internet has spent the last three hours perplexed by some upcoming changes to the Oscars that were announced today. Here’s what the Academy had to say:
Change is coming to the #Oscars. Here’s what you need to know:
A new category is being designed around achievement in popular film. We’ve set an earlier airdate for 2020: mark your calendars for February 9. – We’re planning a more globally accessible, three-hour telecast. pic.twitter.com/oKTwjV1Qv9
In their eternal struggle for relevance, the Academy is introducing new measures that kind of just undercut the entire point of the Oscars to begin with. What few production awards still make the TV broadcast will now be given out during ad breaks to keep the run time down, which is a raw deal if you’re a sound editor or costume designer. The show’s being pushed up two to three weeks, giving us even less time to see all the nominees. And, in the biggest, most controversial, and, frankly, most laughable change, they’re adding a new category for “popular” movies. It’s basically guaranteed to be the Black Panther Honorary Oscar, at least this first year—a gimme to the biggest blockbuster of the year, and one that will probably only further piss off everybody who thinks Panther deserves Best Picture.
In our indefatigable commitment to keeping you up to date with the funniest, buzziest, memenest Twitter blurts, we’ve collected some of the best reactions to the new Oscar changes that popped up on Twitter today. Part of us are disappointed to see people be so flippant and disrespectful about the Oscars—truly the paragon of American culture and artistic appreciation—but a bigger part of us also knows that these things are a pretty easy gig. And it’s a gig you can always trust us here at Paste to undertake, all in hopes of bringing you at least a modicum of joy. It’s truly been our pleasure.
i actually think the “Popular Film” oscar category is a good thing. when Deadpool 2 becomes a legitimate Oscar nominee, it’ll go a long way toward everyone realizing that all of the awards are completely stupid and meaningless. and thats a good thing
I know it’s pretentious but I find it disappointing they’re now giving Oscars to so-called “popular” movies. Oscars only deserve to be given to beloved cinematic classics like Crash
the Oscars is adding a Best Popular Film category to be determined thru a combination of box office, fan voting, and number of a films costars bullied off social media due to constant death threats from racist trolls
Straight guys get multiple channels devoted to sports 24 hours a day, but 4 hours a year was too much for the Oscars? Let me say it again for those in the back: THE OSCARS SHOULD TAKE AS LONG AS THE WORLD CUP
Best Actor Whose Career Should Be Dead But Somehow Isn’t Because Men Never Face Repercussions
And
Best Actress We Owe An Apology To For Fucking Up Her Career.
— Brandi, #2 Heathcliff Investigative Reporter (@ItsTheBrandi) August 8, 2018
I do wish we had an Oscar category for Acting With Motion Capture. Not for the motion-captured actor; that would just be an award given annually to Andy Serkis. But for the actors who had to act while staring at the person in the suit. Consider: pic.twitter.com/RNLOR4axuH
