Oscars Relax 2020 Eligibility Rules in Boost for Streamed Movies (bloomberg.com) 21
The group behind the Oscars is relaxing the rules for this year's movies because of the coronavirus shutdown, allowing films that premiered on streaming platforms to compete for the industry's most-coveted prizes. From a report: The change applies only to movies that had a previously planned theatrical release and only for the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards, scheduled for Feb. 28. The old rules will be back once theaters reopen, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences said Tuesday. Rule changes for Oscars are rare, and the guidelines for competing have been the source of controversy as streaming platforms such as Netflix pour billions of dollars into feature films and seek to compete for top Hollywood awards. Normally, movies must premiere in a theater in Los Angeles County and show for seven consecutive days, playing at least three times a day, to be considered for Oscars, including best picture.
Fuck Oscar (Score:2)
And fuck their shitty rules they bend at will.
They can shove that statue right up their uppity collective ass.
And we care ... why exactly? (Score:5, Insightful)
Did at some point when I wasn't looking /. turn into Vanity Fair? If so, it's time to cancel my subscription.
Seriously, any Covid story is more relevant to /.'s original mission statement of "news for nerds, stuff that matters" than this. This is neither news for nerds nor is it stuff that matters.
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Yeah, I don't think that Trolls: World Tour really had much of a chance of winning the Oscar for Best Picture anyway. Being a kids movie, it was probably going to end up on streaming services by summer anyway.
Re: And we care ... why exactly? (Score:2)
Well yeah, it does have a chance. Nobody wins the Oscars for having a good performance, they win the Oscars because they had the biggest pockets. It's a pretty open secret, really, you don't win unless you pay a bribe. Studios pay the bribe anyways because it helps market their films. Basically file that under marketing expenses.
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Entertainment nerds like me. :P
Genius (Score:2)
An awards show by the movie industry, for the movie industry, in promotion of productions of the movie industry...
It's success is apparent in the imitation of its awards show by virtually every other aspect of entertainment media.
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The Oscars is a bit like winning the Olympics for an athlete. No matter how fishy the IOC and the award process is it's the most prestigious prize you can win. Unless the Oscar is seeing any real decline in fame and prestige in the industry which honestly I can't see is happening then the organization behind it can be pretty damn shady. Yeah some people that never would have gotten a nomination whine. Let us know when some of those who do get a nomination decline. About 99.9% would clutch that opportunity w
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If anyone finds what's said about a little unrealistic, check out the history of the cable ACE awards. It's exactly the same thing. These were awarded from 1978-1997 to cable television programs until the Emmys "allowed" them to be considered like any other program.
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What you should be asking is: why have they been excluded? There are two parts to that. First is: because they've always been excluded. The Oscars have always been for theatrical movies, made for the big screen, and the Emmys have been for small screen movies.
The second pa
Could it be that Movies are closed? (Score:2)
Being that for the last month or so. Movie Theaters have been closed. Major movie producers have been putting their movies to their streaming services.
Being the big studios mostly control the Oscars, I doubt they did this to allow Netflix or Amazon Origionals into the playing field. But just because the traditional folks are cut off.
It's where the talent is going ... (Score:1)
Big budget movies are huge risks, so we end up with low risk options like sequels or movies designed by committee. Big little lies, Ozark and others show how really strong mainstream content that is completely original is fostered by streaming services. How much did anyone remember about the last 3 or 4 "fast and furious" movies? Love it or hate it, everyone is still talking about Game of Thrones; where each episode often felt as big as the release of a new Star Wars movie. (and often as purely spectacular)
Theaters are dinosaurs (Score:2)
They probably won't completely die, but they will change to be more like bars or restaurants with video screens.
Award shows are a mostly useless waste of time.
I can make up my own mind what I like without being told what's good by others
It's their award let them make their own rules. (Score:2)
The Oscars are awarded by the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences. It is their award so they have the right to make the rule as to who is eligible for the award. If Netflix or Amazon or any other streaming service doesn't want to follow those rules then they shouldn't too surprised when they don't win one of the awards. Most (well all really) streaming services are viewed on a small screen so wouldn't it be more realistic for them to be awarded an Emmy? Oscars have always been awards for big screen, the
"You need to change so I can get nominated!!!!" (Score:2)
Wow, talk about a crisis actor.