And The Award For The Most Complete Misunderstanding Of Internet Video Goes To... The Motion Picture Academy
from the way-to-go!! dept
The buzz today is about the Motion Picture Academy's decision to have YouTube yank all the uploaded videos from the Oscars. However, unlike Viacom, who at least seemed to have a plan behind its decision to pull clips from YouTube, the Motion Picture Academy seems to be doing it for either spite or stupidity. Ric Robertson, exec administrator for the Academy, gave one of the most bizarre explanations. It's got nothing to do with money, apparently as he said it's "really not about (protecting that) business opportunity." Even though the Oscars have their own website with clips, Robertson says he plans to even yank down their own clips. Apparently, it's all an effort to "whet people's appetite for next year's show." Yes, apparently the Motion Picture Academy believes that the best way to get people interested in next year's Oscars is to... remove all evidence of this year's Oscars. Back at the Tech Policy Summit earlier this week, David Garfield of the MPAA insisted that movie studio execs weren't as stupid as everyone made them out to be -- but with stories like this, it's not hard to see where that reputation comes from.
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OMFG
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OMFG part II
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He's as mad a box of frogs
I see and hear about a lot of behaviour these days that reminds me of the cartoon character "Spoilt Bastard"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoilt_Bastard
People in public life increasingly display quite serious entitlement and control issues. Fortunately, unless they are people like Bush who have control of military resources they only succeed in making harmless pricks of themselves. But we should not glorify mental illness, this is not an accptable way to behave however you justify it and we should call these people for what they are, the appropriate technical/clinical term I believe is "fucking loony".
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Damn you Ric Robenson...Damn you for addicting me to your artifical ceremonies that no one watches. What ever will I do now?
On another note, I predict the Oscars will go the route of Miss America and Miss Universe in the coming years... Stays on TV even though no one watches it anymore.
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Get real and get a clue
You do realize that the Oscars is the second highest rated show in the world, right? You do realize that only the Super Bowl attracts more viewers, right?
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Re: Get real and get a clue
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Re: Get real and get a clue
"If the estimates hold, Sunday's ABC telecast, featuring a Best Picture win for The Departed, will go down as one of only seven ceremonies since 1974 to not average at least 40 million viewers. In the scheme of things, it was neither a 2003 disaster (33 million viewers), nor a Titanic-powered 1998 triumph (55.2 million). It was more like a slightly undersized 1977, when Rocky's upset Best Picture win was witnessed, on average, by 39.7 million."
So it was mediocre at best...incredible boring at worse.
The Oscars might have been something special back in the 50s-90s but this 2007, we want 3 minute youtube clips not 4 hours of brain drain.
I stand by my comment...they are going to simply continue to lose viewers until the actually telecast falls into Miss. America obscurity
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So it was mediocre at best...incredible boring at
Name one show that charges over a million dollars for a 30 second commercial?
I myself would never watch the show itself, but just because I don't enjoy it (or it seems most people here either) doesn't mean that you can assume it is failing. In terms of trends and styles, most people on the net forget the saying "Will it play in Peoria". Guess what, you may not think much of flyover country, but it is still there and still is the majority of this fine nation.
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Believe me, I'll shed no tears at never see the Oscars or Grammys again in my life, it's just a big orgy of them all caressing each others ego's and trying to be politically correct.
I had heard it was a 'green' oscars... I wonder how 'green' the street outside was with all those V8+ limo engines waiting on the 'stars'.
lol
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These people are getting dumber by the day… or else the people pulling the strings have some kind of master plan we can’t see.
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idiots: they walk among us...
friggen morons...
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it's all ok
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You mean I missed it...?
Awwwwwwwwwwww.....GREAT!
In all seriousness, I saw that they were on, visited my favorite movie site (IMDB), saw that they were prepared to post the results and decided to pass on 3 hours of useless speeches in exchange for some family time with my wife and kids (a couple rousing games of Sorry! and Trouble!).
Keep up the good work Ric. Help these silly "pat yourself on the back" shows fade into oblivion. My family thanks you for it.
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A candid conversation with Ric Robertson...
Man, I remember when we were all playing soccer in elementary school, and we were using your ball, Ric.. What good times. But why did you get so upset that you decided to take the ball away? Didn't you know we all just wanted to have a good time?
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They actually think normal people watch that crap.
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Gotta love it...
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Scooper De Pooper
http://www.tcsdaily.com/printArticle.aspx?ID=022107C
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In good company
I was going to say that I quit caring about the Oscars years ago, and even if the clips were left up I probably still wouldn't care about next year's... but it appears that I am far from alone. Huzzah, brothers and sisters!
Actually, this isn't completely true. I certainly don't watch the show, or care for the most part, but I do hope for the people who deserve to be awarded for their talents. Congrats, Scorsese, on your win. It has been long overdue.
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In keeping with the tone of the previous posts but with less irony and more accuracy... this guy deserves a leadership post in Al-Qaeda or at the very least Castro's administration. His views probably aren't extreme enough to get him into the Mikey Moore looney wing of the DNC... but give him time!!!
Keep on riding that train down the toilet psycho.
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THEY ARE STILL ON THE TEMP INTERNET FILES OF MILL
They are usually FLV files - (do a sort by day and filetype)
---> Then copy and paste each to a different directory where they will be permanently stored
---> Then use any of the several online convertors to change them into Quicktime, Windows media or SWF files - and you will enjoy them at your will for years (plus they load and play faster) :-)
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Just goes to show you!
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That being said, I have no interest in these or most award shows. Not only are they boring and drawn out, but they are often inaccurate.
I do have an idea for an improvement. Show the afterparties instead. I would rather watch celebrities get plastered and grope each other.
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