Comments on: Oscar 2008: Telecast Gets Lowest Ratings Ever http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-telecast-lowest-ratings-ever/ thinking film Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:41:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Marcus Tucker http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-telecast-lowest-ratings-ever/#comment-315549 Marcus Tucker Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:51:27 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-telecast-lowest-ratings-ever/#comment-315549 People aren't really interested in awards and awards shows in general these days. All of the films in the major categories could have been financially successful had the studios that released and or bought them felt the need to promote the films. The strike didn't really factor in as much as the industry is pretending like it did, people just don't really care all that much anymore. It has gotten to the point that I find films because of IMDB and Amazon rather than actually seeing the trailers for films. And no one is really going to the movies anymore so why would anyone really want to watch a show about a bunch of films virtually no one outside of the entertainment community and the festival circuit saw. It's often said that studios pander to the masses but they can't be doing that good a job as people are just plain not interested in what Hollywood has to offer. But that's happening all over the entertainment industry. The Motion Picture Academy is also to blame for the lack of variety in nominees. Even with categories like costume design, it was so predictable and boring that the big period piece won. Nothing fun like Fantastic Four or Enchanted. Always the period piece. The same goes for most of the other categories. But primarily, I think the age of the 24 hour celebrity is turning people off of the entertainment industry in general. Nothing interesting about seeing movie stars or just plain old actors getting awards, we see them all the time: It's boring, and the more people realize actors are real people the more boring the are. Even Pola Negri couldn't manage to seem interesting to the public today, they're just plain jaded. People aren’t really interested in awards and awards shows in general these days. All of the films in the major categories could have been financially successful had the studios that released and or bought them felt the need to promote the films. The strike didn’t really factor in as much as the industry is pretending like it did, people just don’t really care all that much anymore.

It has gotten to the point that I find films because of IMDB and Amazon rather than actually seeing the trailers for films. And no one is really going to the movies anymore so why would anyone really want to watch a show about a bunch of films virtually no one outside of the entertainment community and the festival circuit saw.

It’s often said that studios pander to the masses but they can’t be doing that good a job as people are just plain not interested in what Hollywood has to offer. But that’s happening all over the entertainment industry.

The Motion Picture Academy is also to blame for the lack of variety in nominees. Even with categories like costume design, it was so predictable and boring that the big period piece won. Nothing fun like Fantastic Four or Enchanted. Always the period piece. The same goes for most of the other categories.

But primarily, I think the age of the 24 hour celebrity is turning people off of the entertainment industry in general. Nothing interesting about seeing movie stars or just plain old actors getting awards, we see them all the time: It’s boring, and the more people realize actors are real people the more boring the are. Even Pola Negri couldn’t manage to seem interesting to the public today, they’re just plain jaded.

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