Originally Posted By Dznygrl <<It was better than a tap dance tribute to the Holocaust that happened a few years ago!>> A WHAT now?? Is this something Billy Crystal did that I missed?
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Ellen 'said' they were naked when she came back out all toussled, but I'm sure they were in body suits... Otherwise, that gun would have had an extra trigger and the penguins would have been anatomically correct.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I rather enjoyed them, but I think it would have worked better if they'd done all their creations right in a row, in one segment. As it was, they sort of rolled in (literally) and formed... a gun! Um, okay. Then 15 minutes later they roll in and form... penguins! Okay. Very quickly, you saw the screen, you knew they were going to roll in, form one thing, and be gone. It might have worked better if they had been given their own 3 minute segment, "A tribute to some of this year's biggest movies," set up that screen just once, had them roll in just once, formed the penguins, then morphed into the gun, then morphed into Snakes On A Plane... would have been tighter, and I think more entertaining.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I'm covering Oprah's after-Oscar special at this moment, and Dame Helen Mirren is on (I'm glad Dame Judi Dench didn't win only for the fact that I hate it when winners aren't present)." Dench had knee replacement surgery and was unable to attend.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder As for O'Toole, please don't get me wrong, I like the guy, but he did look like he was a breath away from fartin' dust. Kinda hard to feel bad for someone who's led the kind of devil may care life he has, but he did really look disappointed. He should have one for any number of roles over the years. My personal choice would be My Favorite Year, where he basically played a version of himself.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!" That's a great line from the movie. But make no mistake, O'Toole is definitely both.
Originally Posted By DlandJB "I'm covering Oprah's after-Oscar special at this moment, and Dame Helen Mirren is on>>> I swear that on the Barbara Walters special Dame Helen said she never wears pants -- but there she was on Oprah wearing pants. So go figure...
Originally Posted By DlandJB She said pants and shorts - she doesn't understand why Americans wear shorts.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 re: post #46, Thank you TheRedHead The e Harmony ad was the ad the opening reminded me of, I just couldn't place it
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <I think it would have worked better if they'd done all their creations right in a row, in one segment...would have been tighter, and I think more entertaining.> I liked it better the way they did it. If they had done it more like a "tribute" segment, I would have expected much more, and probably been disappointed that "that's all" there was. But the way they did it, when the lights came up behind the scrim you knew they were gonna roll in and do some sort of symbol, but the fun was not knowing what they were gonna do each time, and seeing it come together. Kind of like a "leave them wanting more" thing...just enough to whet your appetite for their art.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Why would they be nude? Not that it's a problem, but since they're behind a scrim and all we see are shadows and outlines, there doesn't seem to be any point to nudity. Maybe it's more fun for them.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 During Seinfeld's funny commentary on movie theatres (I thought it was funny)----I thought why has he not hosted the Oscars before? I think he'd be a great host....
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy gadzuuz, Inspector said they are pretty close to nude. My assumption was that for the outlines to really work there can't be any clothing, and perhaps certain body parts may need to be "taped" to keep certain things "out of the way".
