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What is Oscar buzz? Where does it come from? Who is to decide who gets it and who doesn’t? Every summer there is inevitably a summer blockbuster movie that garners Oscar buzz even though it is far from the typical Oscar fare. People thought Christopher Nolan would get nominated for Best Director, or that Wall-E would get nominated for Best Picture. But these nominations didn’t happen. Oh yes, some of the blockbusters manage to get a token nomination. Heath Ledger had Oscar buzz even before he passed away and The Dark Knight came out in theaters. But these incidences are few and far between.
So far, none of the Summer movies this year have generated any false hope Oscar buzz. Well maybe Up, but it’s pretty much a given that it won’t be nominated for Best Picture, but will win Best Animated Feature. I mean, how could Wolverine not be generating Best Picture buzz? It’s a travesty! I kid, I kid. But let’s face it, Oscar buzz comes out of nowhere. It’s like this made up thing that the studios create to collect even more buzz for their movie. But they don’t really care about the nomination itself, they just want the buzz to boost ticket sales.
Well screw them!
I say we should grab the bull by the horns and create some buzz ourselves. The person I elect to generate Oscar buzz for is Leonard Nimoy. Did you hear they’re already talking about nominating him for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Spock in Star Trek? No? That’s because they’re not. I’ve searched the internet high and low and nowhere has anyone even dared mention that he should get nominated for an Oscar. Is it because he’s undeserving? Or is it because the Hollywood media hasn’t told us there was buzz for him?
So what we need to do is start putting this idea out into the world. If you have a blog, do a post about it. If you’re talking about movies with your friends, throw in the possibility of Leonard Nimoy getting an Oscar nomination. If people don’t believe you, you can tell them you heard about it on a big time Hollywood website. I mean, if Hollywood says it’s buzz, it’s buzz, right?
But I’m not just doing this to make some statement against Hollywood or the buzz creating machine. I really do think Leonard Nimoy should get nominated and if we build up enough buzz, the thought may enter the social atmosphere and the minds of those ridiculous Academy voters. Here are some reasons why I think an Oscar nomination is not only deserving, but possible:
Leonard Nimoy IS Star Trek: He may never have had first billing, but Leonard Nimoy is the epitome of Star Trek. The hand salute that he devised himself has become a symbol of the franchise to the point where the entire cast of Star Trek gives the salute at red carpet events, regardless of never playing Spock themselves:
Shouldn’t the man responsible for creating and carrying the franchise trademark all these years get the most Academy recognition when it comes roaring back to life on the big screen? Everyone I talked to is ecstatic about Leonard’s involvement and performance in the latest Star Trek movie. Of anyone they could have brought back, Leonard Nimoy was the man for the job. And who’s favorite line isn’t: “Since my customary farewell would appear oddly self-serving, I shall simply say good luck.”
A Short and Sweet Performance: The Academy loves these types of performances! The shortest performance time to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar was for Anthony Quinn for about nine minutes as Paul Gaugin in Lust for Life. Judi Dench won an Academy Award for about ten minutes of screen time as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love. Hell, Anthony Hopkins won Best (NOT SUPPORTING) Actor for his role as Hannibal Lector in Silence of the Lambs with a mere sixteen minutes on screen. And you can’t tell me Leonard Nimoy’s performance wasn’t as good as Alan Arkin’s in Little Miss Sunshine. I mean, did Alan win just because grandpa was a heroin addict and that’s supposedly edgy? Come on! Just like these previous winners, Leonard Nimoy made the most out his limited screen time and gave us all the wise Vulcan we’ve known and loved all these years, but in a way that is relevant and exciting in this new generation.
You may just say that those nominations only happened because these people were highly regarded in Hollywood and in the Academy. So that’s why I present the following point:
Street Credibility: Everyone knows the Academy likes to stick with the same usual suspects. James Spader, anyone? How about anything directed by Clint Eastwood? Well did you know that Leonard Nimoy was nominated for an Emmy every season of the original Star Trek series? The Academy loves him! They just haven’t had enough reason to nominate him for something lately. Now’s their chance!
The Sentimental Nomination: And lastly, I pull out my final card. It’s a bit of a last resort sucker punch, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Was The Departed really Martin Scorsese’s best job directing? Or was it just because the poor man was let down so many times in the past? Let’s face it, Leonard Nimoy is 78 years old. How incredible would it be to give him his first Oscar nomination so far into his career? It’s exactly the type of stories Hollywood loves! I know I’d need a tissue box on Oscar night!
So what do you think? It can totally happen, right? Well I can’t make this buzz strong enough on my own though. I need your help to put the word out there. Start blogging about the possibility and get the word out there, and together we can make this happen.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Except that in many ways, he was the worst part of the whole movie and really broke the fourth wall.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Really??? You’re the first person I’ve heard from that didn’t love him. Oh Avitable, why must you be so difficult? In some ways, even more difficult than adding text to a picture on a Mac
June 24th, 2009 at 7:41 am
The fact that they used him as Exposition Man annoyed me, plus the conversation with young Spock and the obnoxious voiceover – those are the most negative elements of the film in my opinion.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:48 am
I agree with you about the final voiceover at the end. It kinda came out of nowhere, and doesn’t really make sense if they plan on continuing the franchise without him.
And they better continue the franchise without him. As much as I loved him in this one, I don’t want old Spock hanging around just to give the future movies a connection to the previous ones.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Me either. He did say that he was going to focus on rebuilding Vulcan, which I took to mean that he was planning on fucking a ton of Vulcan chicks. Maybe that will keep him out of the picture.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:52 am
LOL. After we saw it, my brother joked about the possibility of old Spock taking Uhura with him to start working on the new colony.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Okay, a few nitpicks: I snickered when I read ‘heroine addict’. Heroines are female heroes, heroin is a drug. Course maybe grandpa DID have a Wonder Woman fetish, who knows? Also, I believe the Academy that hands out the Oscars is different from the academy that hands out Emmys for TV directors, so just cause one likes him doesn’t mean the other one does.
having said all that, and gotten the ‘obnoxious, correcting-your-mistakes” type of guy out of my system, let me say, i’m all for this! Let’s roll!
Course it’ll never happen. Awards are not given for Star Trek, cause the Academies, all of them, view Star Trek as only geek fare. I mean, if Patrick Stewart was never nominated for Captain Picard (especially the episode when he has tortured by the Cardassian), well then there NO performance that will ever get an award. (granted, this was an Emmy and not Oscar, which factors back into my second comment above, but anyway…)
I hope it happens Craiggers. I’m with you! I’ll sign your petition (if you have one) I’ll send an email to the appropriate person (if you can tell me who that is), I’ll do what I can!
let’s make this happen!
HUGS….
June 24th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Ugh. Heroin is fixed. I was gonna make a comment about the two Academies also, but in the end decided not to. You guys are so difficult sometimes…
June 24th, 2009 at 8:07 am
I’ll post something tonight! Though my mere 50-100 hits/day aren’t significant enough to catch the eye of any Academy voters.
But we’ll give it a whirl!
A friend and I were just talking about the movie last night and both of us were raving about Nimoy’s Spock and how the way they used him was awesome. Oscar noms never entered our conversation, but, hey, if a buzz can be started, let’s get it on!
Can we also start a Razzie campaign for Zoe Saldana? She was awful.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Awful? I think that word doesn’t mean what you think it does. She was the first time I cared about Uhura in any way. I think she was one of the best parts of the new film.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:15 am
No no no! She carried *none* of the understated regal nature of Nichelle Nichols’ Uhura. Zoe just made Uhura into a bitchy smary-pants.
I was incredibly disappointed.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:16 am
Uhura wasn’t awful, but I thought her character was pretty boring. I don’t think it’s the actress’s fault though. The role she was given seemed limited to just being the girlfriend. She gets bonus points for being gorgeous though.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:16 am
Of course, I have an eternal crush on Nichelle Nichols (even at 70+ she’s gorgeous!)…
June 24th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Zoe doesn’t hold a candle to Nichelle.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:17 am
See, I thought Nichelle Nichols was the worst part of the OS.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Well, you thought wrong.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Craig: Get us talking geek speak and the comments rack up! lol
June 24th, 2009 at 8:20 am
But it’s a well-known fact on the Internet that I’m always right.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:21 am
The high point for Uhura in this movie was the bar scene. “Her shot’s on her.” And the shove after the accidental boob grab. Good stuff
June 24th, 2009 at 8:32 am
I kinda wanted to BE Zoe Saldana cause she got to kiss Zack Quinto and got to see Chris Pine in this tight grey boxerbriefs in person.
Of her role, I wasn’t overly impressed, but I wasn’t upset by it either. I felt her role was the least developed and most static of all the players.
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Leonard Nimoy IS Star Trek??? Oh no my friend, this man IS Star Trek!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3MGN899yE&feature=related
June 24th, 2009 at 8:39 am
As someone who used to run an awards website with a focus on the Oscars, I’m afraid you’re probably going to be sorely disappointed. Paramount will have to mount a major campaign to remind people of Star Trek, and with James Cameron’s Avatar coming out in December, I really think it is going to suck up all of the Academy’s Sci-Fi brain power (which is almost nil).
With that being said, if they do push the sentimentality side, there is an off chance Nimoy could get a nod. However, that sentimentality is usually reserved for a aging actor that really stretches and knocks one out of the park. I think it is going to be hard to justify a nod for a character he’s played for, what, almost 50 years? I really think Trek only has a chance in the technical categories and possibly a screenplay nod for the higher wire act it was to write a script that appeased the nerds and casuals.
But you never know…stranger things have happened…
June 24th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Mark! I loved that! I have Shatner’s “Has Been” CD that was produced by Ben Folds and its completely brilliant.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Well, I hate to interrupt the little bickerfest between Craig/Dave/Avitable, but I’m on board. I LOVE Leonard Nimoy (in a non-romantic way – ewwww, he’s old). I would squee in delight if he was nominated, probably faint if he won.
As for the new Uhura, gorgeous yes although her neck is freakishly long but I didn’t like the part much, eye candy tossed in for a love interest. Blah. And I’m with Dave, Nichelle Nichols is class personified.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Sure, okay, I’m board with that.
And how about a Grammy for “Proud Mary”, “If I Had a Hammer” and the musical genius that is “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins?”
Poet Laureate for his poetry? The Pulitzer for his autobiographies? People’s Sexiest Man of 2009?
As for Zoe Saldana, I was captivated by her magical ponytail.
Nimoy for president 2012?
June 24th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Michelle: “I was captivated by her magical ponytail.” To steal from Polt: Bwahahaha! Damn, that was funny.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:58 am
But as captivating as hypnotic bouncing rubber boobies…?
June 24th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Ha! I love the vocal stylings of Shatner. Mr.Tambourine Man and Lucy in the Sky with diamonds are my favorite.
Mark – have you seen the Stewie version? CLICK HERE
June 24th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Nick: That’s a good point. I forgot about Avatar. I think I try and put that movie out of my mind because I hate projects shrouded in secrecy. Although I know once I see it, I’ll love it. Just like Cloverfield.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Dave S. – If there was an award for vibrating boobies, Craig would win hands down.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Michelle: Was that supposed to be a compliment?
June 24th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Dave S. – I meant Craig’s animated drawings of vibrating boobies. I would never insinuate that Craig had boobies, vibrating or otherwise : ).
June 24th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Michelle M.: Yes, Stewie’s version is actually better than Shatner’s.
And Ignore the following off topic comment:
If no one saw the premiere of NY Prep last night, keep up the good work. Those worthless sacks of sh*t make me ashamed to be a carbon based life form! And why do half of the female Upper Eastsider’s have lazy eyes. Seriously; I’m not joking on people with lazy eyes, but half of these worthless sacks of carbon based excrement have lazy eye’s. Is it an inbreeding problem? And with all of their millions, can’t they afford to get them fixed?
June 24th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Lol! Poor Craig. The first few comments were quite difficult.
Anyway, the only thing I question about this plan, is whether or not he even entered his name/performance as a contender. You know, not everyone enters the running to be nominated for an Oscar. It’s like how Katherine Heigl didn’t put her name in for an Emmy and everyone was surprised.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Man it is flaming in here and not in the usual way….
I don’t have a blog but will help with the grass roots verbal campaign, but Nick is right, “science fiction” is hardly looked upon as Oscar fodder.
Michelle M.: I’m not saying he has them, but if he did, wouldn’t Craig technically have moobies?
Nick: Avatar is finally being made? Hasn’t he been kicking that around since Titanic? Interesting, Zoe Saldana is going to be in Avatar…
June 24th, 2009 at 9:52 am
“Lazy eyes! I swear to God, she had lazy eyes!”
Yeah, Mark, I saw the promos for that show, and even then thought that these kids were train wrecks waiting for a track to jump. I hate seeing kids brought up in that environment where excess is the norm and their lives become empty with the help of it. It’s both angering and sad at the same time.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:54 am
john – As far as I know Craig has neither boobies nor moobies.
Mark – I watched NY Prep, too (apparently I’ll watch anything). Those kids were absolutely horrendous. Their parents must be so proud.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Enrico — You have to put your name in to be nominated for an Oscar or Emmy???
I’d be happy if Nimoy wins, but that’s all on historical basis since I still haven’t seen the new movie.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:55 am
We’re not talking about Avatar the Last Airbender movie, are we? I barely saw a trailer for the movie yesterday and was aghast that 1) its live-action and 2) its being directed by M Night. I swear if he F’s it up with his stupid heavy-handed metaphors, i’ll never fogive him for it.
I saw NYC Prep and will probably keep watching. I think they’ve been watching too much Gossip Girl and are trying to play those characters. I’m sure they were spoiled before that but now its just more affected since GG. They are high schoolers after all and I was mean and bitchy in high school and I didn’t have half their money or live in such a large city. I will say that I kept wondering was no one going to acknowledge Jesse’s lazy cross-eyes? I wonder if she knows herself because if I were her, I would not be on tv and would just hide from the world in my upper east side palace.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:57 am
I donated my facebook status to the cause (Nimoy for best supporting actor).
June 24th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Yup, Avatar is coming out in December in all it’s 3D glory. Cameron debuted 24 minutes of it yesterday in Amsterdam, and it apparently melted the eyeballs of all who saw it. Granted, from the story elements I have read so far, it has a snowballs chance in hell of being an a big Oscar film (outside of tech, which it’ll probably sweep). However, we never really thought fantasy would fly with the Academy either, but LOTR did pretty well.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:01 am
” I would never insinuate that Craig had boobies, vibrating or otherwise ”
To quote Dave S. quoting me: Bwahahahaahaha!!!
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 10:03 am
GoKitty – I thought they were playing Gossip Girl, too. And I wanted to slap PC. And I hate that I even know this person’s name. And Sebastian and his stupid hair flipping. Blech.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Last night on TV I watched a two hour documentary on the Lincoln assassination on History International…and I’ve never even HEARD of this NYPrep of which you speak.
I am SO out of the cool loop, I can’t even SEE cool anymore….
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 10:05 am
I can’t see cool, but to appease john, i CAN be flaming:
I’m FABulous, thanths for ATHKing!
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 10:06 am
A guy named Sebastian with hair flips? now I’m kinda upset I missed it.
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 10:08 am
GoKitty: Nope different Avatar. I’m cautiously optimistic about Avatar: The Last Airbender. I’m hoping it doesn’t become a train wreck as the series was so much fun. I’m not watching anything until I see a trailer in the theater.
Nick: Excellent point about LOTR. Perhaps there is hope for Nimoy yet.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Polt – I don’t know if watching NYC (yes, there’s a C) Prep makes the viewer cool. After I watched it I just felt pathetic about the hour I wasted. But then I watched The Real Housewives of New Jersey and I felt better.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Michelle M.: I hated Sebastian too, and PC is totally a closet case.
Oh God! I know their names too, someone shoot me.
And Polt, I left out the C, It’s NYC Prep, Just in case you want to record the next episode. But seriously…Don’t! It will awaken feelings of rage you never knew existed inside you.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:17 am
GoKitty: It’s not just Jesse, I swear it’s half of the girls and one of their Mom’s.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Xi_Heather: Yup. So if you KNOW you suck, you basically don’t bother. Sometimes a movie will enter the running that has no chance and people laugh at it. I believe a few years ago, High School Musical entered the run.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Anyone remember In Search Of, hosted by the fabulous Leonard Nimoy? Some of those episodes creeped me out when I was a kid. Even more so than NYC Prep.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Michelle M.: My Mom and I would watch them on Saturday afternoons. It’s a good thing they came on during the day because if they were on later I wouldn’t have been able to sleep. There was something about his voice that made the eerie stories even “eerier”. (Is that a word?)
June 24th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Don’t hate me but I actually like PC. Yes, he’s probably a horrible human being but his outfits are so cute and he’s not bad looking.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:46 am
GoKitty: That’s true, but like most closet cases, they tend to use the women who care about them to maintain their facade. I’ll admit it, I did it when I was younger.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Wow, I’m out of the NYC Prep loop. Never heard of it, will never watch it, flippy hair or not. Lazy eyes scare me.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Okay, I just googled NY*C* Prep to see what I missed, and I see it’s absolutely nothing. I deTEST these types of shows (My Sweet 16, Bridzillas, Real Housewives of ANYWHERE). Why in the name of Gucci would I want to watch a bunch of rich snotty people whine snottily about being rich and all the problems their lives give them? Take these kids from NYCPrep and drop them in the middle of South Central LA and film their lives and THAT would be worth watching.
Although, since Sebastian’s a lifeguard, were there to be an episode following him around the pool whilst he wears nothing but a Speedo, I HAVE to tune in for that one.
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Polt: On the next episode, Sebastian has a 15 minute scene where he is self pleasuring, and then after the climax, he takes his right hand and flips his hair.
That may or may not be true. But he’s a jerk so I wouldn’t watch either way.
June 24th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Michelle M.: I remember that show!
Polt: “Why in the name of Gucci..” BWAA!
June 24th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Ugh, I am soo glad I missed NYC Prep based on all the comments here. I am with Polt, I can’t stand these types of shows.
Oh, and if Craig did have moobies, which I am sure he does not, he would still be too adorkable for words.
Go Kitty: are they still allowing M Night Shamalamadingdong to direct movies?! After that last travesty with the trees I thought they would have revoked his director’s guild card, burned it, and pissed on the ashes. I will be very upset if he screws up AtLA.
June 24th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Mark: Okay, the scene you described would get me to watch as well. But only for those 15 minutes.
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Nico: Great name there. HA!
June 24th, 2009 at 11:30 am
If nothing else, I certainly enjoyed seeing him in that role again. It was like having comfort food after a horrible day.
On a side note, I would pay good money to have three guys continually punch PC in the face for 60 seconds. And that’s just seeing one 20-second clip on The Soup.
June 24th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Howard: Ugh, yes! I didn’t see the show, but the clip on The Soup was horrendous!
June 24th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Don’t cute clothes make-up for an obnoxious personality?!? Give PC a chance! You can hate on Jesse and Sebastian all you want though.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
I’m totally on board with this. And btw, Zoë Saldana was amazihehen.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Everybody is hatin on PC and he’s the poor closet case who hasn’t accepted himself yet. What about 16 yo Kelly or whatever her name is. She lives in a huge condo on the Upper East Side with her 18 yo old brother. Her parents live in the Hamptons and visit once a week. The funniest moment in the first show was when her blond bimbo Mother with the super-sized silicone boobs asked her and her brother about their homework. Like you give a Sh*t. You let your 16 yo daughter and 18 yo son live in the city while you lounge in the Hamptons? I can read her mind, she was trhinking, “I’m going to be on TV, I better say something that sounds remotely like a responsible parent”.
Anyone who has read my comments might think that I planned on watching more of this train wreck. Well, you couldn’t be more wronger.
As If!
June 24th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Going to bed – hopefully I’ll dream of Leonard…. *sigh*
June 24th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Okay, Mark, now you’re making want to watch it…
June 24th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
john: I hope not. I’d hate for Matt Damon to come into his office and kill him.
Michelle M.: He has posted shirtless pics. You could check.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
I’m not into watching narcissists misbehave on TV.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
OK, I might watch next Tuesdays episode just to see if PC comes out. But that’s the only reason. Till then I will give you guys a vacation and be silent. But watch out next Wednesday.
Seriously though, do not watch this show. It is poison.
And as Jesse says:
“I love fashion, fashion is a huge part of New York, I treat my clothing like my children, you don’t wear all of your labels at once”.
Words to live by. Nite Nite!
June 24th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Jesse right on target, I mean one should only wear one of one’s children at a time. Anything more would just look pretentious.
And while I like Nimoy’s acting, I’m really not into dreaming about him. A shirtless Leonard Nimoy would NOT be a pleasant dream for me.
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Polt: saggy old man moobs *shudderz* Hey! Adding the ‘z’ really is more fun!
June 24th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
polt: A shirtless Zachary Quinto is much better.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
M. Nico: Well that’s obvious.
And Cupcake: That’s even MORE obviouz!
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
There’s also that youtube video of Zachary in a sauna making out with another guy from Tori Spelling’s old show. I can’t go on youtube at work, so I’ll leave it to someone else to link to it.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Ryan: Thanks for your help last night. Gimp will take some getting used to, but looks like it’ll work out great.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Craig: Do I get a cape for saving the day? I like GIMP because it’s powerful enough for anything I’ve tried to do and is free.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
You get my undying love and affection. Okay and a cape.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Craig: Sweet.
Are my links geekily awesome our awesomely geeky?
June 24th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Hey Craig! It was just announced on Variety today that there will be 10 Best Picture Nominees starting with the upcoming Academy Awards!! I’m SHOCKED! I can totally see Star Trek being in the Top 10 (though not sure if that would be enough for Nimoy to slip in)
This really throws things for a loop. Very interesting!
http://tinyurl.com/kodevw
June 24th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Ryan: They are aweseomely awesome. I’ve been wanting to update the comment template to allow for me freedom to make linking (and other stuff like bold and italics) easier. I need to get on that.
Nick: Wow, that’s incredible! That should definitely (hopefully!) help shake up the Oscars this year.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Nick: That shakes things up. That’s enough slots that a few can be reserved as token slots for non-traditional nominees.
June 24th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Star Trek and/or any of the actors especially Leonard Nimoy being nominated would be a dream come true. I do think it has a better chance than ever before. Sci-fi is always ignored by the academy but the reviews have been so overwhelming glowing and Star Trek has become such a sentimental part of many lives (including mine) that I could see it happening.
As Spock would say, “There are always possibilities”
PS- cool about the 10 nominations –are they doing like Golden Globes, 5 drama and 5 comedy/musical?
June 24th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Cupcake: I was going to comment on your links, I think they are geekily awesome
Oh, and do you know of any good resources for GIMP 2 online? I have been kinda struggling with a few things on it.
June 24th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
M. Nico: I don’t. The most advanced thing I’ve done lately has been pasting Craig’s head onto a doll. Before that, I used it mainly to add transparency to the outsides of graphs for a poster.
June 24th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Cupcake: That is awesome! Who knew Craggers could pull off such a hot little number?
June 24th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Cupcake: Both!
June 24th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
In the doll pics, I think Craiggers boobs are hypnotizing.
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I totally agree with Dave S. that Zoe was annoying–not at all worthy of the part. I’m afraid I’m one of the few that didn’t really *love* Leonard Nimoy in this particular movie. I thought it seemed contrived–not as heartfelt or sentimental as, say, DeForest Kelly in Encounter at Farpoint (the 1st TNG episode). Also–was Anthony Hopkins really in Silence of the Lambs for only 16 minutes??? That can’t be right.
June 24th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Ryan is the link-master. Love Craig’s head. Is that your design? Have you revealed yourself before all of us (aka me) have finished our design? Hmmm.
June 24th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Tam: Copy him. I’ll make it really dramatic.
I just took my own photos and now I’m just waiting for everyone else to finish. Did you LOVE your bio? I did!
June 24th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Nicolle, I’m afraid I must disagree with yo on one point. IN Encounter At Starpoint, you could have used Scotty, or Sulu, or Checkov or Spock or ANY of them as the old ancient guy being shown around the ship. I mean, Deforrest was good in the part, but it wouldn’t have had to be him, you could have plucked him our and replaced him easily.
There’s no way, the movie way was written, that anyone but Spock could done what the Spock character did. He was MUCH more intergral to the movie than was McCoy to the episode.
Not saying Spock’s performance was any better than McCoys, just saying I think the latter was more contrived than the former.
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Enrico: I am NOT starting over. Holy shit I haven’t finished the first one. That is first on my agenda tonight. Hope my hot glue gun has enough glue sticks. I am the last one aren’t I? Waaaaahhh.
I love my bio.
Everyone’s is hiliarious, you are funny. But I think its going to be a case of girls rule and boys drool. 
June 24th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
I’m so sad I’m not part of this seasons Project Runway. But there was no way I’d be able to make designs worthy of the contest. I don’t even get to judge!
Good luck to everyone involved!
Polt: No way! Then we wouldn’t have had this awesome exchange!
Admiral McCoy: How old do you think I am, anyway?
Data: 137 years, Admiral, according to Starfleet records.
Admiral McCoy: Explain how you remember that so exactly!
Data: I remember every fact I am exposed to, sir.
Admiral McCoy: I don’t see no points on your ears, boy, but you sound like a Vulcan.
Data: No, sir. I am an android.
Admiral McCoy: Hmph. Almost as bad.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Tam: Once I made the Craig version, it was hard not to show it off to people.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
And it is worthy of being shown off Ryan. Stunning.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Tam: Judging by Craig’s expression, I don’t think he would have agreed with you at the time.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
100, 100, 100!!!!! Aren’t I special? Now I’m going out into the heat and going home. Its going to be 100 F here tomorrow. How appropriate. Bye-bye.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Tam: You should come south to Michelle M. and I. It’s not as sweltering as Canada.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Tam: I second Cuppers. But maybe you should wait until PR is over. I wouldn’t want you to have an unfortunate “accident.”
June 24th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Michelle M.: While apparently choking on a cupcake, the victim appears to have fallen backwards onto a knitting needle. Despite the appearance of a freak accident, it was a suicide. The victim left a note written in frosting saying, “
TamI can’t bear the pressure of designing anymore.”June 24th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Polt: I agree that Spock was more interwoven into the movie than McCoy was in Encounter at Farpoint. McCoy’s appearance just felt more genuine to me. Maybe because McCoy was the first of the original show to appear in anything outside the original Star Trek. Back in the day (showing my age and geekiness here), when going to Star Trek conventions, people would actually leave the room when the convention started talking about TNG–like it wasn’t really Star Trek.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Cupcake – Exactly.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Craiggers, I’m gonna SERIOUSLY hope that you pulled that conversation off the Internet somewhere and do NOT have it memorized in its entirely, cause if you do, that’s just freakish! Even for you.
But you made my point for me, that exchange had nothing to do with the episode at large. They just as well could have Scotty on there talking about how his engines were better than these new fangled ones, or Sulu talking about how it was when HE commanded a starship as compared to the Enterpise D or what have you.
But without Nimoy, the whole entire movie would have to have been totally rewritten or just scrapped.
And people used to walk OUT of trek conventions when they brought up TNG???? How weird, those fickle trekkies.
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
oooo, right as I hit submit, I realized I SHOULD have typed “How illogical those fickle trekkies!”
HUGS…
June 24th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Michelle and Ryan: Oh, you guys are going DOWN!!!!
June 24th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Tam – don’t worry about Ryan. Once you’re out of the way, he’s next.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
I guess I need to watch move movies so I can better participate on these movie related posts.
Going back to worrying about my dress design as the clock ticks down!!!
June 25th, 2009 at 12:55 am
I go a-walkin’ after midnight, out in the moonlight, just like we used to do. I go a-walkin’ after midnight searching for yooooooouuuuu.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:02 am
josh: I walk for miles along the highway, Well, thats just my way
Of sayin I love you I’m always walkin after midnight, searchin for yoooooooouuu.
Lovez me some Patsy and that big fat tone of hers.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Ooo, I love Patsy too!!! How surprised am I that jozhcopterz knows her as well! I mean, I KNEW john would like her since I like her too, but jozhcopterz…nope, no idea!
HUGS…
June 25th, 2009 at 10:32 am
I know what you mean Nicolle. The first time, I didn’t get the emotional connection to Nimoy’s role but I for me it was because I was kind of taken aback because he looked so frail. But the next four times, I was able to really appreciate his acting and how integral he was to the plot. His appearance affirmed that everything that we know and loved from the original series did occur, it was not un-done, just that a new separate timeline was now happening.
I also agree that DeForest Kelly’s appearance was extremely sentimental and just as important because as you said, he was the first and only member of the original cast to support the Next Generation which was having trouble being accepted by Trekkies. It took time for the other actors to get over their egos. It was a testiment to the kind of classy gentleman that DeForest was. Polt, I’m sure if you had been been as much a Trekkie as we were/are – you would have felt the same way.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Whose a Trekkie? I’m a Trekker thank you very much!
I agree totally about how classy DeForest Kelly was. I’m really glad we got to see him at a convention before he passed away. He was probably the sweetest of all the actors we saw.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Trekkie, Trekker. You say tomato..:)
I’m really glad we got to see him too. He and Mark Lenard, who played Sarek (as well as first Romulan) were classy, humble and very sweet.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I’ve been a HUGE trekkie/trekker since watching the reruns of the originial series in the 70s. But when TNG started, I was all hip to it. I wasn’t upset the original cast wasn’t in it, they had their movies after all. I was just excited that I was gonna get to see a brand new Star Trek every week. Although, to be fair, I don’t feel TNG hit it’s stride until about midway through the third season.
At any rate, what AM I gonna do today without a new Puntabulous post to refer back to time and time again? May I actually have to *GASP* work????
HUGS….
June 25th, 2009 at 11:55 am
For Tim Burton fans, here are some pics from the upcoming Alice in Wonderland. Typical freaky Burton (with of course HBC in the cast *sigh*)
Alice in Wonderland
June 25th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Tam: I was just reading about Alice in Wonderland, I was so excited to hear that Tim Burton was at the helm as I always felt that AiW should have a somewhat darker feel to it than the original Disney version.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
And Disney was very miffed to find out that a big part of the original AiW audience were stoners delighting in the movie’s psychedelic colors and patterns while high.
2001-A Space Odysee’s relative success is also owed in part to people enjoying the trip while tripping….
June 25th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
We do love Tim Burton (no drugs needed to get that freaky feeling
and will go but he does seem to be getting in a bit of a rut with his actors, always the little woman, Johnny Depp (not that I don’t love him) but its becoming the TB Gang for every movie. Spread your wings Tim, there are actors out there who’d likely gnaw off their left leg to work with him.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I still haven’t recovered from Sweeney Todd (hated that movie! very disappointing–especially since it was one of my top 2 fave Sondheim musicals)
June 25th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Nicolle: I’d say that’s one of the few I DIDN’T see, it really didn’t seem my type of movie and I’ve never seen the musical. But generally I think his vision is pretty amazing.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Bernd: Maybe if I’d been high I might have enjoyed 2001. I’ve never been so bored in my life. I’m not sure I even made it to the end. Sacrilege I know.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Tam: I haven’t watched 2001 since I was a kid, but I remember being bored as well.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
2001 = Worst Movie Ever
June 25th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Craig: You obviously did not have the misfortune to see Epic Movie.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Okay, I’m glad I’m not the only one who hated 2001. Seems because it was so out there that it immediately equalled genius. Umm. No. I am not sure it is the worst EVER, Chevy Chase’s Funny Farm is the only movie where I was this )( close to asking for my money back.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
WHAT?! Funny Farm is great!
June 25th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
And since when does Epic Movie count as a movie and not a piece of trash?
June 25th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Craig, you must have been 10 when Funny Farm came out. To a 10 year old it was hilarious, to anyone over the age of 12 it was crap.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I think you just insulted the whole McAnally family. Unless I’m mistaken I’m pretty sure we all loved it. We even owned it.
At least you didn’t make fun of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles…
June 25th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Lately, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying Greek.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Tam: The only movie I have ever walked out on was Cool World now THAT was crap.
Craig: It has been a long time, but I remember Funny Farm as being very funny. I loved Yellow Dog, I swear they hired my uncle’s dog for that role.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
“Fresh Horses” with Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy. Worst. Movie. Ever. My girlfriend at the time said she wanted to see it and it was terrible. To this day, it is the only movie I have ever walked out of and I saw “The Punisher: War Zone”.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I love Yellow Dog!
I also love the end when they’re trying to make the house look perfect:
“Cue the deer!”
June 25th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Planes, Trains and Automobiles? To mock that is to face my wrath. Just thinking about parts of it makes me snicker sitting here (driving the burned out car) and other parts make me cry (meeting the wife). LOVE that movie.
I’ve never seen Yellow Dog or Cool World or Fresh Horses. Seems I have better taste than most.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Ryan: Is that on TV or did you rent it? I’ve never heard of it before.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Sorry, you’re all wrong. Last year’s The Day The Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reaves. Worzt. Movie. Evah! Seriously. My review of it is http://poltspalace.blogspot.com/search?q=day+stood+still (again sorry I can’t do the compressed links thingee).
As I recall, I wasn’t overly impressed with Funny Farm. I enjoyed the parts of 2001 where they get to the space station with the Blue Danube playing in the backround. But everything before that, and everything else after they leave the space station is just too psychodleic for me (although now that I think of it, hearing HAL pleading in his emotionless voice for Dave NOT to do that…that’s kinda cool).
HUGS…
June 25th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Tam: I’m watching season one right now. It is on ABC Family. It’s nice to have a gay tier one character.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
polt: This is what I use:
<a href=”[insert link here without square brackets]” ref=”nofollow”<[insert text here without square brackets]</a<
Turn the second and fourth < around. I wrote it that way so that it wouldn’t turn into a link.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Ryan: We don’t get ABC Family. Too “American” for our cable companies probably. We don’t watch much TV regularly. Mostly cooking shows. How lame. Although if Glee makes it this fall we will tune in.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Like that? I was so going to call you show off, but then I read the instructions you posted.
Tam: We watch Food Network all the time. Love me some Ina and Giada.
Polt: No argument there, that remake was a travesty.
Anyone like Uncle Buck?
June 25th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Clearly I did something wrong….(my Cupcakesque link didn’t work until Craig fixed it.)
June 25th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
john: Put the link between the quotation marks after href=. Put the text between the tags (where you put the link the first time).
June 25th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Craig to the rescue!
June 25th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Craig: Ironically, I was trying to reduce the amount of work that you have to do.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
John: I don’t care for Ina. She’s a bit odd. I’m kind of getting sick of Guy Fieri, over-kill. We have some different shows up here with Canadian chefs that I’m not sure you get like Anna Olson. We like those cake-off shows with Kerry Vincent, the Simon Cowell of cake decorating. I’d kill to have little Jason make me a cake.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
I’ve never seen all of Uncle Buck. Bits and pieces on TV but I love John Candy. Loved? Not sure the appropriate term.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Tam: Kerry is hard core! I picture her wearing a leather dominatrix outfit under her chef’s jacket.
Craig: My hero!
Cupcake: I’ll have to figure it out later, right now I’m in exempt vs. no-exempt hell.
June 25th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
John: Great! Now I will never be able to watch her ever again without picturing her in black leather with a cat o’ nine tails. :-/
June 25th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Oh, and I used to think that Tyler Florence was hot, but now I just find him annoying.
June 25th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
The Food Network is how I learned to cook. Sara Moulton was my favorite back when she was on. The husband enjoys Good Eats with Alton Brown. Love me some Ace of Cakes, and we’re currently going through a Man Vs. Food phase.
Cupcake – Epic movie was absolutely horrible. It’s our gold standard in awful movies. Worst movie I ever saw, I think, was Nightfall (Asimov). It came out in 1988.
john – I love Uncle Buck!! Macauley Culkin was so cute.
Buck Russell: A lot of people hate this hat. It angers a lot of people, just the sight of it.
I’m guilty of using this quote when wearing a hat.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
john – have you seen this?
http://jezebel.com/5302596/meet-ponyo-hayao-miyazakis-latest-girl+friendly-film?autoplay=true
June 25th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Michelle: We love Alton and Ace of Cakes. I’d love to meet Geoff. We had a Canadian show called Family Restaurant about a family running a Chinese restaurant in Calgary. It was hilarious and I don’t like those reality type shows but we got totally sucked in.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Do people really go and see a movie because a baby Jonas Bro and a baby Cyrus (a girl named Noah?) do kid voices? I don’t quite get that celebrity appeal to animation unless its someone with a very distinctive voice.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
I would prefer animation without celebrity voices. It takes me out of the movie when I can imagine the actor standing in front of a microphone. I also dislike the “Arnold Schwarzen-kitty” syndrome (pop culture references in animation).
And that is what I think.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Its celebrity death day. First Farrah Fawcett now they are saying Michael Jackson is dead. Hmmm. Things come in threes, any guesses on who’s next?
June 25th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Uh oh – which one will make the cover of People magazine…
Going to hell.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Michelle: MJ, he was more notorious and richer thus will make the cover.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
But he diddled (allegedly) little boys. And Farrah was an angel.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
M Nico.: Tyler was rocking the hotness when he was on Food 911. Now he comes across as arrogant to me. Oh and as for Kerry, I always hear a whip crack when she comes on screen.
Michelle M.: I’ve heard of Ponyo, but I wasn’t sure when it was being released. I’m curious to see if I like it as much as I have some of his other movies.
As for who’s next….Liz Taylor, I’m looking at you.
Michelle M. & Tam: I love Alton Brown, he is so funny and I like the style of his show. I also like Ace of Cakes.
I also dislike celebrity voices in animated movies.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
On and Michelle M.: I’ll see you there (in HELL!).
June 25th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Michelle M., Tam, & John: Alton Brown is the shiznit, when I am looking for a recipe all always check for his version first. Oh, and I will bring the margaritas (to HELL)
June 25th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
If you count Ed McMahon from yesterday, MJ was the third…just sayin’….
June 25th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
I’m thinking Patrick Swayze is getting close to the end. He’ll be my bet for the troika. Well, Facebook said I was going to be in the lowest circle of hell so make sure you being me a drink down Nico.
John: Did you contact Enrico? He needs your materials list for Daisy’s design. Sheesh man, you’re holding up the process. I said put alfalfa and carrot tops? Am I close?
June 25th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Ohh, good point Bill. Perhaps that is three.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
There’s a small pic of Ed on the cover of my People magazine. Kate and her drama made the cover. He wouldn’t have had a chance next week. Sorry Ed.
M. Nicky – Yay! Martinis!
There’s plenty of room in the handbasket. Who else wants to come?
June 25th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Tam: Trix.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Michelle M.: Oooo… I love me some Bombay Sapphire Martinis!
June 25th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Cupcake: Silly Rabbit!
June 25th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Who is the King of Pop now? Any nominations?
June 25th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
I nominate Justin Timberlake.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Barry Manilow.
For King of Pop – not for next dead.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
What about Pink? She is way more butch than Justin Timberlake.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Hmmm. Its hard to say Ryan. Not too many single male pop stars out there, usually groups or girls it seems.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Nico: Good point.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Tam – I was thinking Swayze, too, but didn’t want to say it.
In case I have magical powers…
June 25th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Michelle M. : In case? Hasn’t that been proven with all your guest posts? Gotta be something magical with those….
June 25th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Tam: Enrico LIES! He had everything. I think the novacaine threw him for a loop. I said everyone was going to lynch me.
I forgot about Swayze, that is probably true and very sad.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I agree with Bill, Michelle. You have magical powers, I’m just not sure the power of life and death is one of them. I hope. Crap. I’m going near any wool stores in the foreseeable future.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
With all these knitting jokes, maybe I should learn how.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Michelle M.: I would be careful if I were you; once you start down that path, forever will it dominate your destiny. You will have to make baby blankets, or booties, or little hats for all the children you know for every occasion and god FORBID you should forget someone, or have a life that doesn’t involve skeins of Debbie Bliss. And don’t get me started on how much yarn COSTS… um, not that I would know. ‘Cause I am waaay too manly to know about such things… um, so… How about them Giants?
June 25th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Nico: I might have thought you were just theorizing until you threw out the name of a brand of yarn. You gave yourself away. I could use some mittens for winter.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Michelle M.: “There’s plenty of room in the handbasket. Who else wants to come?” With the people around here, I think we’ll need a bus. And I’m DRIVING BABY!
HUGS…
June 25th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
M. Nico: “What about Pink? She is way more butch than Justin Timberlake. ”
BWAHAHAHHAHAH!! Awesome! you, sir, are a GENIUS!
HUGS…
June 25th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
yo…someone hatez on P!nk and they will get in trouble.
She’s my fav…
June 25th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Josh: Pink is great but you have to admit she’d kick Justin’s ass in a street fight. She’s no girly girl.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Eff yeah she would…ever see the “Trouble” video?!
June 25th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
And she was way sexy in the “Lady Marmalade” video.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Josh: There is no Pink hate’n going on here, I love her music, it’s just like Tam said, she smack JT like a bad, bad, donkey.