Comments on: Why The Boss Was Shut Out Of The Oscars: Blame Math http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 22:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: science vs romance http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math/comment-page-1#comment-833642 science vs romance Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:22:36 +0000 http://b7ed6fa071ba02d6c83e861ffd16a775#comment-833642 <p>not quite as bad, but more confusing, than Johnny Greenwood being ineligible for his There Will Be Blood score.</p> <p>and I agree with @<a href="#c10260040">Poubelle</a>: everything related to "Falling Slowly" were among the best and most honest moments of last year's ceremony.</p> not quite as bad, but more confusing, than Johnny Greenwood being ineligible for his There Will Be Blood score.

and I agree with @Poubelle: everything related to “Falling Slowly” were among the best and most honest moments of last year’s ceremony.

]]> By: BeckEye http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math/comment-page-1#comment-833612 BeckEye Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:50:50 +0000 http://b7ed6fa071ba02d6c83e861ffd16a775#comment-833612 <p>Woops...sorry for that double post. But hey, Eddie Vedder is awesome so it deserves to be said twice. :)</p> Woops…sorry for that double post. But hey, Eddie Vedder is awesome so it deserves to be said twice. :)

]]> By: BeckEye http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math/comment-page-1#comment-833622 BeckEye Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:49:09 +0000 http://b7ed6fa071ba02d6c83e861ffd16a775#comment-833622 <p>I'm still waiting for the morons of the Academy to explain how Eddie Vedder got completely shut out for his <i>Into the Wild</i> soundtrack.</p> I’m still waiting for the morons of the Academy to explain how Eddie Vedder got completely shut out for his Into the Wild soundtrack.

]]> By: BeckEye http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math/comment-page-1#comment-833632 BeckEye Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:48:16 +0000 http://b7ed6fa071ba02d6c83e861ffd16a775#comment-833632 <p>I'm still waiting for the morons of the Academy to explain how Eddie Vedder got completely shut out last year for his <i>Into the Wild</i> soundtrack.</p> I’m still waiting for the morons of the Academy to explain how Eddie Vedder got completely shut out last year for his Into the Wild soundtrack.

]]> By: moulty http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math/comment-page-1#comment-833602 moulty Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:56:26 +0000 http://b7ed6fa071ba02d6c83e861ffd16a775#comment-833602 <p>What about the Robyn Hitchcock song from <i>Rachel Getting Married</i>? That song got no buzz (and no nod) but was the highlight of that movie.</p> What about the Robyn Hitchcock song from Rachel Getting Married? That song got no buzz (and no nod) but was the highlight of that movie.

]]> By: Poubelle http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math/comment-page-1#comment-833652 Poubelle Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:29:18 +0000 http://b7ed6fa071ba02d6c83e861ffd16a775#comment-833652 <p>@<a href="#c10256625">Rob Murphy</a>: I'd also blame it on "Falling Slowly" being way better than the Enchanted songs.</p> @Rob Murphy: I’d also blame it on “Falling Slowly” being way better than the Enchanted songs.

]]> By: sicksteanein http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math/comment-page-1#comment-833662 sicksteanein Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:21:48 +0000 http://b7ed6fa071ba02d6c83e861ffd16a775#comment-833662 <p>Don't blame math. Blame artistic peeps trying to do math.</p> <p>Why it's like a mule and a spinning wheel.</p> Don’t blame math. Blame artistic peeps trying to do math.

Why it’s like a mule and a spinning wheel.

]]> By: tigerpop http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math/comment-page-1#comment-833672 tigerpop Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:29:56 +0000 http://b7ed6fa071ba02d6c83e861ffd16a775#comment-833672 <p>I don't want to live in a world where "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" isn't at least a 9.5.</p> I don’t want to live in a world where “Rock Me Sexy Jesus” isn’t at least a 9.5.

]]> By: Rob Murphy http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math/comment-page-1#comment-833682 Rob Murphy Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:05:03 +0000 http://b7ed6fa071ba02d6c83e861ffd16a775#comment-833682 <p>@<a href="#c10256232">Rob Murphy</a>: Also, I have no idea, but I suspect this rule was supported by the people who write songs for films. When a film has multiple nominated songs, the voters are believed to have a tendency to split between those songs, and another song wins. So, the rule gives a song from a big musical film a better chance to win. This vote-splitting may have happened to the songs from <i>Enchanted</i> and <i>Dream Girls</i>, but I'll never know.</p> @Rob Murphy: Also, I have no idea, but I suspect this rule was supported by the people who write songs for films. When a film has multiple nominated songs, the voters are believed to have a tendency to split between those songs, and another song wins. So, the rule gives a song from a big musical film a better chance to win. This vote-splitting may have happened to the songs from Enchanted and Dream Girls, but I’ll never know.

]]> By: Rob Murphy http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math/comment-page-1#comment-833692 Rob Murphy Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:56:35 +0000 http://b7ed6fa071ba02d6c83e861ffd16a775#comment-833692 <p><i>The rule also notes that only two songs from a single film can be nominated, even if more than two songs' average scores go over the 8.25 mark. Is this something else that we can blame on the fragmentation of pop music, or what?</i></p> <p>@maura, @<a href="#c10255785">Chadams28</a>: Chadams28 is correct. This is a rule change reflecting the Academy's displeasure that <i>Enchanted</i> had three nominated songs last year and <i>Dreamgirls</i> had three nominated songs two years ago. The Academy wanted more diverse representation in the category. But, they obviously didn't achieve that goal, as only two films are represented this year. I think the "bar" should be a little lower, allowing for scores of 8 and maybe 7.75 to make the final ballot, which would surely help the competition.</p> The rule also notes that only two songs from a single film can be nominated, even if more than two songs’ average scores go over the 8.25 mark. Is this something else that we can blame on the fragmentation of pop music, or what?

@maura, @Chadams28: Chadams28 is correct. This is a rule change reflecting the Academy’s displeasure that Enchanted had three nominated songs last year and Dreamgirls had three nominated songs two years ago. The Academy wanted more diverse representation in the category. But, they obviously didn’t achieve that goal, as only two films are represented this year. I think the “bar” should be a little lower, allowing for scores of 8 and maybe 7.75 to make the final ballot, which would surely help the competition.

]]> By: brasstax http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math/comment-page-1#comment-833702 brasstax Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:55:02 +0000 http://b7ed6fa071ba02d6c83e861ffd16a775#comment-833702 <p>@<a href="#c10255785">Chadams28</a>: I was thinking the same thing. This rule is less than a year old.</p> @Chadams28: I was thinking the same thing. This rule is less than a year old.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5138100/why-the-boss-was-shut-out-of-the-oscars-blame-math/comment-page-1#comment-833712 Anonymous Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:44:30 +0000 http://b7ed6fa071ba02d6c83e861ffd16a775#comment-833712 <p>I'm too lazy to figure out if the two-song max. rule is recent given that Enchanted had three songs in the running last year.</p> I’m too lazy to figure out if the two-song max. rule is recent given that Enchanted had three songs in the running last year.

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