First the Oscars banished the Lifetime Achievement Awards to the fall and now comes word from Nikki Finke that the Oscars will forego the Best Song Nominee performances from the show, and instead opt to show the nominated song with scenes from the movie. According to Finke, the show producers, Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic feel that the performances “never delivered ratings, and that is what this Oscarcast is all about.” I’m sorry, but I love the performances more than those stupid montages that have nothing to do with anything. Those producers disagree with me about the montages because they are rumored to be doing one to honor all the movies of 2009. I don’t know about you but I would prefer the Best Song performances any day over another freaking montage. It’s not like we have to sit through 10 of those for the Best Movie nominations.
Not only are they cutting the Best Song performances, but they are asking the winners to cut the Thank Yous out of their speeches and just tell the audience what it means to win the Oscars. Another reason why I watch the telecast is to see their speeches. I don’t care about the hosts’ schtick. The Oscars are about the movies and the winners and not the hosts. On that note, I still don’t get why they went with Steve Martin again, he sucked the last two times he hosted the Academy Awards.
Now while I am talking about what the producers are cutting from the show, Nikki Finke is reporting something they are adding to it. They are adding a special tribute to John Hughes outside of the In Memoriam. Like everyone else under 40, I grew up with his movies but why does he deserve a special tribute over Oscar winners and Hollywood legends who also passed last year?
And one last complaint about this year’s Oscar telecast, I am so sick of Adam Shankman Tweeting about his dance number with a lot of the So You Think You Can Dance contestants. I am sure that dance number will be a time waster and that time could’ve been spent on the Best Song performances or the Thank Yous in the acceptance speeches. How can you cut the Lifetime Achievement Awards and the Best Song numbers and add a second host, a tribute to a non-Oscar winner and a dance number? I really fear that this year’s Oscar telecast will be long, drawn out and extremely sh!tty under the direction Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic, but hey maybe they will surprise me and I will be wrong…but I doubt it.
OK, I feel better now that I got that off my chest!
