Oscars Add New Category for Popular Film
 

Wow.

Guess I've got a little re-coding to do.

https://twitter.com/EW/status/1027218720526139397

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Typical publicity stunt. Oscars have always been a watered-down spectacle that nobody took seriosuly. Now that less and less people get interested, they decided to make up a new category to give to Marvel films, or something. LOL.

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Is the Academy's new Most Popular Film chosen by the voting members? Or is it by overall ticket sales?

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Great. I can't wait until the Oscars just start handing out awards to every mainstream Hollywood film.

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As if it wasn't already a popularity contest...

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The Oscars have needed fixing for awhile, but this ain't it.

Anyone who disliked award show sensibilities and the way it (seemed to) ignore, or even avoid, popular opinion, obviously isn't going to be placated by this. If that was a problem that required a solution at all (debatable, I suppose), the solution was changing the minds and/or composite of the voters to reflect a wider array of tastes, not creating a category that forced the same people to pick their favorites among the films they would otherwise not care for.

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They already have that category, it's called 'Best Picture'.

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I guess this new one is gonna be "Best Picture People Have Actually Seen."

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And the Osukaru goes to...
https://youtu.be/1zByfsZ_fxs

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I recently realized how silly the Oscars are. This certainly doesn't help. :p

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Maybe they'll open it up to an internet vote and keep the trolls and bots busy for a while?
Every cloud and all that.....

It would give the Russians something to do other than screwing with American elections.

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This is basically a pity award. Hey, you're not good enough to win a real Oscar, so take this popularity one instead.

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Yeah, I'm not a fan of this, and I'm one who typically sticks up for these things.

Anyways I know this isn't until 2020 but Black Panther would win this award this year so they could make a huge deal still out of the film, correct?

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I agree, it'll probably be classified as a "special" award a bit like BAFTAs Rising Star category.

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Does La La Land get an Oscar after all?

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What even is the point

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Up next: Popular Actor so The Rock and Kevin Hart will start winning Oscars too.