Another question: where did you get that pic? Do people just save stuff like that to post at the right time, or did you search for it? Social media is ridiculous to me.

Our leaders on both sides are older than ever now though. They don't want to be outside in the cold. They'd be risking their health.

Not sure what you mean by energy, but The Matrix (1999) was the most clever action/sci-fi movie I've seen. The stunts and fight scenes were meant to be impossible because that world itself isn't real. All rules could be broken. Plus, we the audience can't prove that we aren't in a simulation.

Nah seriously, I'm asking a question. All this thread was about was postponing the Oscars. I said it's been done before. What point were trying to make about 9/11?

I'm just coming back to this. I don't get you. What about the reaction to people dying on 9/11 did you disagree with?

Postponing an event is the least you could do. Plus you can do the event even bigger if you reschedule. It won't be all about the tragedy. I don't understand the replies here.

3) A narrow focus only helps the films within that focus. Film genres that never get nominated never benefit from the Oscars. People have been arguing with me that the whole industry benefits somehow.

All of this is a known problem with the Oscars. I'm not making it up.

2) If you award films that people recognize (just like the Grammys with popular music), the show increases viewers instead of losing them. Award genres that are popular but ignored (like horror as an example) to draw an even bigger audience. The more diversity in film genres, the better the ratings.

1) It seems like people aren't reading my posts. We were talking about industry workers getting more work because of the Oscars. I was saying the viewership and relevance has declined. If you want to increase work in the industry through the Oscars show, award films that people recognize.

I'm not making up any of this up. I read that they even added a popular films category to try to attract casual moviegoers to the show. They know there's a problem. They tried to increase diversity by addressing the OscarsSoWhite hashtag. They can increase their diversity of genres too.

Not having seen the films is the whole point. It's what I've been saying. When a blockbuster doesn't even get nominated, there's backlash. Meanwhile small films that people never heard of win. It's why viewership has declined for years. That disconnect with moviegoers in the problem.

You just said it - the Oscar promotes smaller movies. That's what I've been saying is the problem. We've been talking about how it should promote the entire industry. Instead it has a narrow focus. It's a known criticism. Viewership has dropped because it doesn't promote popular film genres.

That's what I've been saying all this time. The Oscars has faced criticism because it often nominates films that most moviegoers never heard of, or that aren't that popular. It's not really about the entire industry.

Can you explain that? The Oscars isn't just about the films that are nominated? How does the Oscars represent films that are never nominated?

But imagine if fans never heard of the teams playing in the Super Bowl.

Wait, aren't you thinking transactionally? You said it's about promotion. The more films that are promoted, the more films get made. They can keep the focus of the Oscars narrow if that's the brand, but that's not how you promote more films. They've ackowledged the criticism in the past.

I think special effects departments for example do get more work for their Oscar winning work on a film. A lot of films that might have great FX though get overlooked for Oscars. There almost seems to be a formula films need to follow for an Oscar win.

That's the argument he was making. "The more films are promoted, the more films get made". The Oscars show is basically an ad for the films that won. I'm saying that a lot of people don't know or watch the types of films that typically win. They need to expand that. I think they've tried before.

I see the types of films being promoted as so narrow that there's not much relevance to moviegoers. I rarely go see a film just because it won an Oscar. Expand the awards to popular genres though (that would normally be looked down on), and you increase relevance. That puts more film crews to work.