The 97th Annual Academy Awards

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[Kane52630]

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[Drizzle]

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[Shinobi Shaw]

 

[Drizzle]

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You must be a Jay Leno fan, huh?

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

You must be a Jay Leno fan, huh?

Absolutely NOT.

I'm of the David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel and Arsenio Hall tribe.

 

[Drizzle]

Absolutely NOT.

I'm of the David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel and Arsenio Hall tribe.

I didn't go crazy for Letterman like the generation before us did, he came off as a little crusty to me towards the end of his late night run but he had his moments.

Arsenio was great from the clips I've seen but his show ended in '94 which was way past my bedtime back then.

Kimmel's alright. I also like Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert out of the currently active television late night hosts. I just can't stand Jimmy Fallon. That guy has never been funny to me.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I didn't go crazy for Letterman like the generation before us did, he came off as a little crusty to me towards the end of his late night run but he had his moments.

Arsenio was great from the clips I've seen but his show ended in '94 which was way past my bedtime back then.

Kimmel's alright. I also like Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert out of the currently active television late night hosts. I just can't stand Jimmy Fallon. That guy has never been funny to me.

I'm in the middle of a Microsoft Teams meeting, I read this and I just busted out laughing on camera. Thank God I was muted and played it off like I had a sneeze!

Damn you Drizzy LMAO

But I feel you about Jimmy Fallon. That fake laugh, the way he doesn't allow his guests to talk, he's annoying as hell.

 

[Drizzle]

I'm in the middle of a Microsoft Teams meeting, I read this and I just busted out laughing on camera. Thank God I was muted and played it off like I had a sneeze!

Damn you Drizzy LMAO

But I feel you about Jimmy Fallon. That fake laugh, the way he doesn't allow his guests to talk, he's annoying as hell.

I wasn't even trying to be funny though!

But re: Fallon, you have to check out his interview with the Costco Guys and the Rizzler if you haven't already. Just track his facial expressions through the segment to see how annoyed he gets, it's amazing.

 

[Kane52630]

I feel like almost all of the late-night hosts are not doing well currently. They're beginning to become stale with the current product after the writers strike and increasingly irrelevant saved for a few moments here and there.

Of the current crew on network tv, I think Kimmel is probably the best one and he's been doing it the longest... then it's Colbert, Fallon, and then Myers who I find less funny or creative than Fallon who continues to only be saved by the game segments and The Roots skits.

I would also count After Midnight even though it's technically a comedy game show and Taylor Tomlinson is the best thing on late night.

And I'll say The Daily Show came back strong when Jon came back for obvious reasons.

 

[Drizzle]

and then Myers who I find less funny or creative than Fallon who continues to only be saved by the game segments and The Roots skits.

The reason why I rank Meyers higher than Fallon is because he's a much better interviewer. That's pretty much why I like him as a talk show host in the first place.

Actually, I forgot that John Oliver may be my current favorite but I categorize his show differently since he doesn't interview anyone.

 

[Kane52630]

The reason why I rank Meyers higher than Fallon is because he's a much better interviewer. That's pretty much why I like him as a talk show host in the first place.

Actually, I forgot that John Oliver may be my current favorite but I categorize his show differently since he doesn't interview anyone.

Yeah that's true, his interviews are so much better than Fallon's.

But when both of them try to do comedy they stink, and even Seth knows it because he stopped doing standing monologues a long time ago.

Honestly, Seth Myers's show should be more like Graham Norton.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I feel like almost all of the late-night hosts are not doing well currently. They're beginning to become stale with the current product after the writers strike and increasingly irrelevant saved for a few moments here and there.

Of the current crew on network tv, I think Kimmel is probably the best one and he's been doing it the longest... then it's Colbert, Fallon, and then Myers who I find less funny or creative than Fallon who continues to only be saved by the game segments and The Roots skits.

I would also count After Midnight even though it's technically a comedy game show and Taylor Tomlinson is the best thing on late night.

And I'll say The Daily Show came back strong when Jon came back for obvious reasons.

It's just pop culture sucks now, we don't have any real stars anymore and then on top of that, the audience today are too sensitive for people to just go out there and make jokes.

Funny that we talk about this because I've been watching a lot of vintage Dick Cavett, Johnny Carson and Letterman segments recently. They all had great conversation with REAL superstars and they weren't afraid to be funny.

We'll never have that kind of TV again sadly.

 

[Drizzle]

Yeah that's true, his interviews are so much better than Fallon's.

But when both of them try to do comedy they stink, and even Seth knows it because he stopped doing standing monologues a long time ago.

Honestly, Seth Myers's show should be more like Graham Norton.

When Meyers was picked to take over Late Night I was like "Huh, okay I guess". I thought he was better than Fallon was on Weekend Update but there was a reason why he wasn't in sketches anymore once he got behind the desk.

It's just pop culture sucks now, we don't have any real stars anymore and then on top of that, the audience today are too sensitive for people to just go out there and make jokes.

Funny that we talk about this because I've been watching a lot of vintage Dick Cavett, Johnny Carson and Letterman segments recently. They all had great conversation with REAL superstars and they weren't afraid to be funny.

We'll never have that kind of TV again sadly.

Also too, nobody really tunes into late night TV much these days. They're basically surviving through YouTube clips now. Conan has adapted through podcasting and Seth Meyers dabbles a lot in it too, maybe that's where the future is?

 

[Kane52630]

Yeah, podcasting is where it's already headed based on the past year.

Good thing Conan was already on top of it because he's GOAT'd.

@Shinobi Shaw

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

When Meyers was picked to take over Late Night I was like "Huh, okay I guess". I thought he was better than Fallon was on Weekend Update but there was a reason why he wasn't in sketches anymore once he got behind the desk.


Also too, nobody really tunes into late night TV much these days. They're basically surviving through YouTube clips now. Conan has adapted through podcasting and Seth Meyers dabbles a lot in it too, maybe that's where the future is?

TV is steadily becoming more and more non-linear. The more productions understand this, the more that they will thrive.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Yeah, podcasting is where it's already headed based on the past year.

Good thing Conan was already on top of it because he's GOAT'd.

@Shinobi Shaw

LOL, the chokehold this unfunny, no rhythm having ass white man has on you is crazy.

His Oscars monologue better be blockbuster or else we squaring up.

I still owe you a Stone Cold Stunner for Longlegs.

 

[Drizzle]

Yeah, podcasting is where it's already headed based on the past year.

Good thing Conan was already on top of it because he's GOAT'd.

@Shinobi Shaw

And honestly Conan was always a great interviewer but he's never been more comfortable than he's been on the podcast because he's talking to the people he wants to talk to. It's even better when he's talking to people he's actually close with like Jeff Goldblum or Bill Hader or Timothy Olyphant.

 

[Drizzle]

LOL, the chokehold this unfunny, no rhythm having ass white man has on you is crazy.

His Oscars monologue better be blockbuster or else we squaring up.

I still owe you a Stone Cold Stunner for Longlegs.

Wait, hating on Conan AND Longlegs?!

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Wait, hating on Conan AND Longlegs?!

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Drizzy...



Maika Monroe was great for the script she was given, Perkins shot it beautifully, but Longlegs had a mid script, its viral marketing told a better story than what we got onscreen and I wasn't impressed with what Sir Nicolas Cage brought to the table.

I've seen scarier psychos on a Brooklyn bound local train after midnight.

 

[Drizzle]

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Maika Monroe was great for the script she was given, Perkins shot it beautifully, but Longlegs had a mid script, its viral marketing told a better story than what we got onscreen and I wasn't impressed with what Sir Nicolas Cage brought to the table.

I've seen scarier psychos on a Brooklyn bound local train after midnight.

Just gonna leave this here...

 

[Kane52630]

Oscars Consider Requiring Films to Disclose AI Use After ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ Controversies

Advancing AI tech can be used in a wide range of ways in motion picture production.

variety.com

The use of AI in best picture contender “The Brutalist” recently grabbed headlines and ignited controversy, but it isn’t the only Oscar contender to use the advancing technology. High-profile films such as “A Complete Unknown,” “Dune: Part 2” and “Emilia Pérez” have also used AI in large or small ways, and the growing popularity has led the Motion Picture Academy to actively explore changing its Oscar submission requirements so that films would have to disclose their use of AI, Variety has learned.

The Academy currently offers an optional disclosure form for AI use, but Governors and Branch executive committees are now investigating how AI is used in each branch with an eye toward making disclosure mandatory in the 2026 Oscars rules, which are expected to be published in April. The Academy’s SciTech Council is working on recommended language, Variety has also learned.

Development of visual effects tools and processes that take advantage of AI (including AI subset machine learning, or ML) isn’t a new concept. But for a look at the state of the art, this year, the Visual Effects Society Awards’ emerging technology category is packed with such nominees including Australia-based Rising Sun Pictures’ Revize machine learning toolset, which according to the company’s website, has been used for “a variety of digital ML augmentation, most notably face replacement, facial performance modification, deaging, body replacements and other likeness adaptations.”

 

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