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[Juice]

No predictions here, but I just hope Letters From Iwo wins best picture.

I've hated everything about the Oscars since Bill Murray got robbed.

 

[StrikerObi]

I'm in, got into the big group too somehow. My guesses aren't terribly informed, though I've been trying to keep up on things.

 

[temp]

I'm going to do so ****ing poorly.

 

[J2 Cool]

No predictions here, but I just hope Letters From Iwo wins best picture.

I've hated everything about the Oscars since Bill Murray got robbed.

Sean frickin Penn. It'd have been so awesome if Depp or especially Bill Murray got that oscar. Without a doubt, both of those guys performances resonate more now than Penn's does. Just shows you not to pick by who deserves anything.

 

[Amir0x]

Since this thread isn't long at all, I've stuck the nominations and an area for the winners of the oscars themselves on the original post for organization sake.

In terms of the pool, updates as regularly as I can get them for when the show starts. Predictions can be made up until the minute before the show starts, and today IS the last day. And there is still plenty of space in GROUP 2, so join up if you didn't see this before.

 

[Y2Kev]

I tried last year and just bomba'd badly. Triumph did pretty well I remembered...he picked Trash over BBM, which most people didn't do. So I'm just gonna watch this year without having to worry about pics.

I don't even know any of the films this year really.

 

[MacGuffin]

I signed up. JScott.

 

[Solo]

Lucas, Coppola, and Spielberg presenting Best Director? Marty gets his 30 year overdue Oscar tonight.

 

[Wes]

Well I've messed up royaly forgetting my password on that pool site :lol

 

[ErasureAcer]

Come on DiCaprio and Hounsou!!!

 

[kernel]

I just stole my picks from this gambling site:

http://www.bodog.com/sports-betting/tv-film-movie-props.jsp

 

[robertsan21]

I have been pricing the oscars for the company i work for.

I have been taking money on Sunshine as best picture today, But its all good I think that film will not win

go to www.expekt.com to check out my prices on oscars and place bets guys

I hope dicaprio wins and hounsu!!!
also scorsese and pans!!!

 

[Amir0x]

I just stole my picks from this gambling site:

http://www.bodog.com/sports-betting/tv-film-movie-props.jsp

Heh, that should technically be cheating but it's impossible to stop sooo... that's one way of doing it

 

[WedgeX]

Jumped in at the last moment...wedgex.

 

[Shard]

Only one day left to make your predictions and sign up. Remember, still one spot left in the original group and plenty left in the second. It's all for fun - whether you care for the oscars or not, it's just for some good sport.

Countdown begins. you're all goin' down!

We shall meet on the hastings once more only this time you will succumb to defeat.

 

[armubaba]

Lol by the time I joined the group the predictions couldn't be edited. At least I got 10th place locked up.

 

[Shard]

What the hell was I thinking when I picked my choices for Best Directing and Best Picture?

 

[Amir0x]

Lol by the time I joined the group the predictions couldn't be edited. At least I got 10th place locked up.

What? You can still edit your predictions!

You can come back to make changes to your predictions at any time before 5:00 PM PT/8PM ET on Sunday, February 25, 2007. Once you are finished, click the "Make Your Predictions" button to enter your selections.

 

[Shard]

What? You can still edit your predictions!

According to the site everything is now locked and can not be edited.

 

[armubaba]

What? You can still edit your predictions!

Your Predictions

armubaba
Group: TTB and GAFots Stragglers
Thank you for playing:
Predict the Winners
This game is now locked and you can not make/edit any predictions.

=(

 

[Amir0x]

According to the site everything is now locked and can not be edited.

Wow, what the heck. This has got to be a temporary thing, they've never locked it this early before. Maybe it's an error...hopefully. Even the rules state differently.

 

[Shard]

Wow, what the heck. This has got to be a temporary thing, they've never locked it this early before. Maybe it's an error...hopefully. Even the rules state differently.

Yea, that is a shitty deal, I want to change my prediction for best directing from United 93.

 

[Wes]

WWhat the game has been locked? Oh well I've lost. I only filled out like half the categories! thought we had at least a few more hours.

 

[Amir0x]

WWhat the game has been locked? Oh well I've lost. I only filled out like half the categories! thought we had at least a few more hours.

You do. According to the rules and every year previous, you have up until the minute the show starts to change predictions. It even says it right freakin' here. This has got to be an error with the people running the pool.

 

[Shard]

WWhat the game has been locked? Oh well I've lost. I only filled out like half the categories! thought we had at least a few more hours.

It isn't supposed to be locked till 5:00 PM EST.

 

[Amir0x]

I'm going to e-mail them real quick, see if there's ANY headway possible to be made but... wow. I apologize to anyone who has not finalized their predictions.

 

[Shard]

I'm going to e-mail them real quick, see if there's ANY headway possible to be made but... wow. I apologize to anyone who has not finalized their predictions.

Well, it isn't your fault, just remember that if you achieve victory, it is tainted one.

 

[Amir0x]

Well, it isn't your fault, just remember that if you achieve victory, it is tainted one.

Well I know, but a lot of people enjoy making their predictions last minute to see how the commentators spin the odds. This really screws things up - who knows how many GAFers had that plan.

It really sucks

 

[Shard]

Well I know, but a lot of people enjoy making their predictions last minute to see how the commentators spin the odds. This really screws things up - who knows how many GAFers had that plan.

It really sucks

No shit but it looks like there is nothing to be done.

Anyway, is the other side even aware it is Oscar night?

 

[Amir0x]

oh, big problem. I see the problem. They forgot to change the words in the "how to play" segment, but in the SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY part of the official rules they say this:

All online entries/changes must be received by 1:00pm PT 2/25/07. The last (online) entry received before the Sweepstakes ends (1:00pm PT 2/25/07) will be considered your only entry. ABC's computer will be considered the official clock of the Sweepstakes

This is the first year they made this rule, so this is the problem. That's freakin' weak.

 

[Shard]

Brilliant, just bloody brilliant.

 

[Amir0x]

that's the weaksausiest thing I've seen all month

 

[Shard]

Indeed, indeed.

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

I was going to make some changes. Too late, but I'm still confident in most of them (come on Whitaker and Scorsese!!!)

 

[J2 Cool]

Well, it isn't your fault, just remember that if you achieve victory, it is tainted one.

:lol

Seriously, that sucks though. If the morons put it in "how to play" we'd of had it in big bold caps on page 1. Bastards.

 

[armubaba]

Well, it isn't your fault, just remember that if you achieve victory, it is tainted one.

EVERYTHING'S TAINTED!

 

[Amir0x]

Well, heck, even I usually wait long... thank goodness this year I locked in my predictions a tad earlier than usual

 

[Shard]

Well, heck, even I usually wait long... thank goodness this year I locked in my predictions a tad earlier than usual

Yea, I am kinda glad I did the placeholder thing, it just means I have a few unsavory choices to contend with.

 

[Amir0x]

Yea, I am kinda glad I did the placeholder thing, it just means I have a few unsavroy choices to contend with.

Yeah, it's always the minor categories that get me but this year I have a feeling a lot of things are gonna be surprising

 

[Shard]

Yeah, it's always the minor categories that get me but this year I have a feeling a lot of things are gonna be surprising

Perhaps, I got a few upsets and dark horses picked (Borat and Pan's Labyrinth) as well as a few The Academy Is Made Up of a Bunch of God Damned Morons picks(Letters, United 93).

 

[Amir0x]

I don't think Pan is a dark horse in Foreign Language, but Borat...yeah just might be

 

[Shard]

I don't think Pan is a dark horse in Foreign Language, but Borat...yeah just might be

Oh no, certainly not in Foreign Language, I am referring to the Original Screenplay slot.

 

[Peru]

Up here in Norway it's time for bed.. got a boat to take early in the morning, so I can't sit around for the winners this time. Good luck to everyone and I'll be sure to pick up my prize first thing in the morning.

 

[Shard]

Up here in Norway it's time for bed.. got a boat to take early in the morning, so I can't sit around for the winners this time. Good luck to everyone and I'll be sure to pick up my prize first thing in the morning.

You shall be crushed and be the recipient of nothing.

 

[armubaba]

You shall be crushed and be the recipient of nothing.

Well, that was frank.

 

[TJ Bennett]

Screw it. I missed out on the Oscar pool thanks to this new rule so I'll just post my predictions here.

Best Picture - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Director - Martin Scorses (The Departed)
Best Actor - Forest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland)
Best Actress - Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Best Supporting Actor - Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
Best Supporting Actress - Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
Best Original Screenplay - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay - The Departed
Best Cinematography - Guillermo Navarro (Pan's Labyrinth)
Best Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker (The Departed)
Best Art Direction - John Myhre & Nancy Haigh (Dreamgirls)
Best Costume Design - Consolata Boyle
Best Original Score - Philip Glass (Notes on a Scandal)
Best Original Song - Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler & Anne Preven "Listen" (Dreamgirls)
Best Makeup - David Martí & Montse Ribé (Pan's Labyrinth)
Best Sound - Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes & Lee Orloff (Pirates)
Best Sound Editing - George Watters II & Christopher Boyes (Pirates)
Best Visual Effects - John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson & Allen Hall (Pirates)
Best Animated Film - Cars
Best Foreign Language Film - Pan's Labyrinth
Best Documentary (Feature) - An Inconvenient Truth
Best Documentary (Short) - The Blood of Yingzhou District
Best Animated Short - The Little Matchgirl
Best Animated Live Action - Binta y la Gran Idea

 

[Shard]

Well, that was frank.

At least it was diplomatic.

 

[armubaba]

Screw it. I missed out on the Oscar pool thanks to this new rule so I'll just post my predictions here.

Meh, whatever. I'll follow suit.

Best Picture-Babel
Actor in a Leading Role- Forest Whitaker
Actor in a Supporting Role- Eddie Murphy
Actress in a Leading Role - Helen Mirren
Actress in a Supporting Role- Jennifer Hudson
Animated Feature Film- Happy Feet
Art Direction- Dreamgirls
Cinematography- Children of Men
Costume Design- Dreamgirls
Directing- Martin Scorcese, The Departed
Documentary Feature- An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short Subject- The Blood Of Yingzhou District
Film Editing- United 93
Foreign Language Film- Pan's Labyrinth
Makeup- Apocalypto
Music (Original Score)- Babel
Music (Original Song)- Love You I Do
Short Film (Animated)- No Time for Nuts
Short Film (Live Action)- Helmer and Son
Sound Editing- Letters From Iwo Jima
Sound Mixing - Dreamgirls
Visual Effects- PoTC: Dead Man's Chest
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)- The Departed
Writing (Original Screenplay)- Babel

 

[sublime085]

So the show isn't in hi-def tonight? Well that sucks.

I haven't really given much thought to the winners but I just saw Pan's Labyrinth and I want that to win all its categories.

 

[J2 Cool]

Screw it. I missed out on the Oscar pool thanks to this new rule so I'll just post my predictions here.

Good deal. I urge anybody who'd like to change or finish your picks to do this. We won't be able to add on the spot to the updates but we can keep count at different points later on. At least keep the GAF competition legit.