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Posted: **Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:07 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 23, 2018 1:32 pm For whatever it's worth, Mary Queen of Scots have apparently opted to skip all of the fall festivals... that doesn't bode well. I'll update the spreadsheet tonight

Zoinks scoob.

Posted: **Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:18 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 23, 2018 1:32 pm For whatever it's worth, Mary Queen of Scots have apparently opted to skip all of the fall festivals... that doesn't bode well. I'll update the spreadsheet tonight

Meh. I still bet it gets technical noms these kind of movies tend to. But I’m wavering...

Posted: **Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:12 pm**

Spreadsheet is updated! No change in the standings, but I will say that with amanda Seyfried in Mamma Mia 2 and Selena Gomez in Hotel Transylvania 3, iront dwarf is slowly crawling back into a fight for not-last-place... Dunya had better watch out! The next couple of weeks will be slow ones, as no one has any films opening up, and only a handful of actors appearing in any new films...

Also, I'll be in Toronto for TIFF in a few weeks, so if you see any mad changes to my roster in September, that'll be why!

Posted: **Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:56 am**

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:12 pm Spreadsheet is updated! No change in the standings, but I will say that with amanda Seyfried in Mamma Mia 2 and Selena Gomez in Hotel Transylvania 3, iront dwarf is slowly crawling back into a fight for not-last-place... Dunya had better watch out!

Posted: **Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:18 am**

Spreadsheet was updated Monday, no big changes.

And for anyone curious, he is my tiff schedule, I locked it up this morning:

https://2018.tiffr.com/schedules/timmer

Posted: **Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:49 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:18 am Spreadsheet was updated Monday, no big changes.

And for anyone curious, he is my tiff schedule, I locked it up this morning:

https://2018.tiffr.com/schedules/timmer

Looks dope, have fun!

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2018 7:28 pm**

Good buzz out of venice for a star is born and roma, also decent notices for John c. Reilly in sisters brothers...

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:43 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 03, 2018 7:28 pm Good buzz out of venice for a star is born and roma, also decent notices for John c. Reilly in sisters brothers...

Posted: **Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:27 pm**

A star is born is going to win it all.

Oh and...

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... ry-1140423

Posted: **Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:29 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:27 pm A star is born is going to win it all.

Oh and...

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... ry-1140423

And, as I saw on twitter (paraphrasing) "I'm glad they decided to postpone the separate-but-equal Oscar at least until it wasn't incredibly awkwardly racist"

Posted: **Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:43 am**

Saw Kursk tonight. How do you spell the sound of someone sticking their tongue out and loudly spitting while doing a thumbs down move? That's me right now.

Posted: **Sat Sep 08, 2018 12:10 pm**

I think the word is Kursk.

Posted: **Sun Sep 09, 2018 5:50 pm**

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sat Sep 08, 2018 12:10 pm I think the word is Kursk.

Perfection lol...

Btw Widows is insanely good. Like best of fest so far good.

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:00 am**

Read amazing things about GaGa's performance. Who had her?

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:28 am**

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:00 am Read amazing things about GaGa's performance. Who had her?

Posted: **Sun Sep 16, 2018 5:45 am**

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:00 am Read amazing things about GaGa's performance. Who had her?

Me.

Posted: **Sun Sep 16, 2018 11:57 pm**

Ok I'm back and will get to work on the spreadsheet later tonight!

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:55 am**

Spreadsheet is updated.

Congrats to Golden for crossing $1 billion!

Some thoughts post-TIFF... Golden has probably got 3 of the eventual Best Lead Actress nominees on his roster. DH has the favorite to win Best Picture, and Supporting Actor. Dunya has a potential Best Pic spoiler and a lot of possible nominees...

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:10 am**

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:55 am Spreadsheet is updated.

Congrats to Golden for crossing $1 billion!

Some thoughts post-TIFF... Golden has probably got 3 of the eventual Best Lead Actress nominees on his roster. DH has the favorite to win Best Picture, and Supporting Actor. Dunya has a potential Best Pic spoiler and a lot of possible nominees...

Things are really shaping up.

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2018 12:18 pm**

What about Carell to win Best Actor?

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2018 6:46 pm**

I saw Beautiful Boy and Carell put everything he had into it, it's a heavy film... but I'm worried that a) hes overshadowed by Chalamet who has more "acting" to do since his character fights addictions, and b) the film may not be a huge hit.

I think hes a likely nominee but the oscar is coopers to lose.

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2018 7:38 pm**

I'd just like to take this time to thank everyone for my 6th place award.

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:06 am**

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:55 am Spreadsheet is updated.

Congrats to Golden for crossing $1 billion!

Some thoughts post-TIFF... Golden has probably got 3 of the eventual Best Lead Actress nominees on his roster. DH has the favorite to win Best Picture, and Supporting Actor. Dunya has a potential Best Pic spoiler and a lot of possible nominees...

I could have more than three.

Can’t say I didn’t go in with a strategy huh!

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:48 pm**

As we get closer to crunch time...

Here is how the points work for the subsequent rounds. Round 2 will be the Golden Globes.

Your film and actor picks earn you points in the following ways during awards play:

- Nomination: 1 point each (films earn 1 point for every nomination in any category, actors earn 1 point for every nomination they specifically earn, but not for ones their film earns)
- Best Film win: 10 points (film selections only; for the Golden Globes, 10 points will be given to the two films that win Drama and Comedy/Musical); if a studio owns a doc, foreign or animated film they only earn 10 points for BP-equivalent wins, not their genre-specific categories (that counts as "All other categories" below)
- Actor win: 5 points to actor selections, 2 points to film selections (lead and supporting, and only 2 points to an actor and film when part of the SAG ensemble win)
- Director win: 5 points (film selections only)
- Screenplay win: 5 points (film selections only)
- All other categories: 2 points (film selections only)

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:02 pm**

So for instance, DH has A Star is Born. I'm assuming it will be under comedy/musical because it is so musical, but maybe drama? Let's go with drama.

Let's say A Star is Born get nominations for Best Film (Drama), Director, Lead Actor (Drama), Lead Actress (Drama), Screenplay, Song.

DH will get 6 points for 6 nominations.

Golden, having Lady Gaga, will get 2 points, one for Gaga's actress nom, one for best song (presumably she is listed as a co writer).

I've got Bradley Cooper, so I would get 4 points (one for lead actor, one for director, one for co-writing screenplay I think, one for co-writing song)

SO... if you are looking at your roster, and you know you are moving onto round 2, but you feel like you don't have much Golden Globe firepower, now is the time to think about your films. Swapping out a film for one that gets screenplay, director or score or song nominations could save your ass.

Posted: **Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:23 pm**

Public service announcement. Natalie Portman's Vox Lux has been picked up and set for a December 7th release date. Natalie will be a fun contender to watch in the supporting actress category. As of this moment, she is available for pickup. Just sayin'

Posted: **Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:07 am**

timmer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:02 pm So for instance, DH has A Star is Born. I'm assuming it will be under comedy/musical because it is so musical, but maybe drama? Let's go with drama.

Let's say A Star is Born get nominations for Best Film (Drama), Director, Lead Actor (Drama), Lead Actress (Drama), Screenplay, Song.

DH will get 6 points for 6 nominations.

Golden, having Lady Gaga, will get 2 points, one for Gaga's actress nom, one for best song (presumably she is listed as a co writer).

I've got Bradley Cooper, so I would get 4 points (one for lead actor, one for director, one for co-writing screenplay I think, one for co-writing song)

SO... if you are looking at your roster, and you know you are moving onto round 2, but you feel like you don't have much Golden Globe firepower, now is the time to think about your films. Swapping out a film for one that gets screenplay, director or score or song nominations could save your ass.

Lets not get ahead of ourselves here,

Posted: **Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:09 am**

timmer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:32 pm
DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:17 am Question: If Lin-Manuel Miranda wins for best Original Song, does that count towards him since he wrote the song or just the movie?
I believe the rules for non-acting categories are always for the movie alone.

Posted: **Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:44 am**

Hmm, so the post I made above was a direct cut and paste from the rules I borrowed at the very start, but if I posted that other comment after that and it affected how people drafted then we need to discuss.

Posted: **Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:01 am**

I don’t really see how there can be points for actors that aren’t for acting.

Posted: **Sat Sep 22, 2018 11:09 am**

I drafted Lin Manuel with the intent to score some cheeky points RE: Scores/Songs and I think he's also a producer/involved in writing the screenplay (though I don't know for sure about that last one) So I basically drafted him to get Supporting Actor (Musical) and Original/Adapted Score/Song points.

Posted: **Sat Sep 22, 2018 11:11 am**

EBWOP: Nevermind I didn't drop him like I thought. I considered dropping him tho.

Anyway My point is "Actors only score acting points" should be the norm. Nobody can draft Spike Lee or Michael Giacchino.

Posted: **Sat Sep 22, 2018 12:32 pm**

I'm fine with only letting actors get acting points. So my B Coop pick won't be the goldmine I thought it would be lol, but sure actors will only get nods for acting.

Posted: **Sat Sep 22, 2018 12:49 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Sat Sep 22, 2018 12:32 pm I'm fine with only letting actors get acting points. So my B Coop pick won't be the goldmine I thought it would be lol, but sure actors will only get nods for acting.

Smart pick, and kinda what I was thinking with Lin, but I don't wanna be the guy that wins R2 with 3 points or w/e because Lin got a song award/nod and like, Lucas Hedges or whoever can't write songs.

Posted: **Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:43 pm**

Speaking of round 2... I'm trying to find it, but didn't we break down previously how many people would advance in each round?

Posted: **Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:44 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:43 pm Speaking of round 2... I'm trying to find it, but didn't we break down previously how many people would advance in each round?

I think we did. 1 Elimination in R1 and I wanna say 2 in R2, then 2 in R3 and R4 was final 4, but I could be wrong.

Posted: **Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:47 pm**

[mention]timmer[/mention] found it fam

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:17 pm We should set the categories now... this is how I'm adapting the eliminations to fit our reduced number of players:

Elimination Chart:

Round 1 (Box Office):
Top 8 advance to Round 2
Bottom 1 eliminated

Round 2 (Golden Globes):
Top 6 advance to Round 3
Bottom 2 eliminated

Round 3 (Critics Choice):
Top 5 advance to Round 4
Bottom 1 eliminated

Round 4 (BAFTA):
Top 4 advance to Round 5
Bottom 1 eliminated

Round 5 (Guilds):
Top 3 advance to Round 6
Bottom 1 eliminated

Round 6 (Oscars):
Top 1 wins

Sound good to everyone?

And for those who don't know the "guilds" category is for a cluster of awards all given out in about a 10 days span from the various technical guilds.. off the top of my head they are CDG (Costumes), ACE (Editing), ADG (Art Direction)... uhm... there is a makeup/hair one I think... oh the Cinematographers are another one, the PGA (producers), DGA (directors). I might be forgetting one.

Posted: **Sun Sep 23, 2018 3:08 am**

You da meng

Posted: **Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:11 pm**

Spreadsheet is updated. This week saw a few minor Oscar hopefuls enter the fray - The Sisters Brothers opened, as did Life Itself. The best the former could do is a comedy nod at the Globes, while Life Itself is likely DOA.

Everyone should note that Golden has released his claim on Emily Blunt, who is a virtual guaranteed Golden Globe nominee for Lead Actress - Comedy/Musical...

Oh, and Ad Astra is rumoured to be having some special effects issues and there is a feeling that it may get pushed right out of the oscar window and moved to somewhere else in 2019...

Posted: **Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:21 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:11 pm Spreadsheet is updated. This week saw a few minor Oscar hopefuls enter the fray - The Sisters Brothers opened, as did Life Itself. The best the former could do is a comedy nod at the Globes, while Life Itself is likely DOA.

Everyone should note that Golden has released his claim on Emily Blunt, who is a virtual guaranteed Golden Globe nominee for Lead Actress - Comedy/Musical...

Oh, and Ad Astra is rumoured to be having some special effects issues and there is a feeling that it may get pushed right out of the oscar window and moved to somewhere else in 2019...

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Posted: **Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:37 pm**

the two beautiful boy trailers........im dead.

Posted: **Tue Sep 25, 2018 5:48 pm**

edit nvm i had a brain fart

Posted: **Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:49 pm**

A Star is Born is going to literally carry me into R3.

Posted: **Fri Sep 28, 2018 10:51 am**

I’m going to watch A Star is Born by myself in a theater and cry

Posted: **Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:10 pm**

Vice (formerly backseat) will open Christmas day...

Posted: **Fri Sep 28, 2018 8:25 pm**

timmer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:10 pm Vice (formerly backseat) will open Christmas day...

Posted: **Sun Sep 30, 2018 4:46 am**

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 10:51 am I’m going to watch A Star is Born by myself in a theater and cry

probably same

Posted: **Tue Oct 02, 2018 12:06 am**

Spreadsheet updated... we are getting into the fun stuff, now!

It appears that round 1 will resolve without much fanfare, unless Iron Dwarf somehow shows up and actually plays the game. It'd be easy to grab enough box office to threaten dunya with a loss, but if they can't be bothered, I can't be bothered to remind them...

Posted: **Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:37 am**

timmer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 12:06 am Spreadsheet updated... we are getting into the fun stuff, now!

It appears that round 1 will resolve without much fanfare, unless Iron Dwarf somehow shows up and actually plays the game. It'd be easy to grab enough box office to threaten dunya with a loss, but if they can't be bothered, I can't be bothered to remind them...

I mean he's my friend and I could and should do that but at the same time why would Dunia do that you know what I'm saying?

Posted: **Tue Oct 02, 2018 12:42 pm**

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:37 am
timmer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 12:06 am Spreadsheet updated... we are getting into the fun stuff, now!

It appears that round 1 will resolve without much fanfare, unless Iron Dwarf somehow shows up and actually plays the game. It'd be easy to grab enough box office to threaten dunya with a loss, but if they can't be bothered, I can't be bothered to remind them...
I mean he's my friend and I could and should do that but at the same time why would Dunia do that you know what I'm saying?

Yeah definitely remind him 4 months in.

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