Comments for Fernby Films http://www.fernbyfilms.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:40:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on 82nd Oscars Wrap-up – My Thoughts by Rodney http://www.fernbyfilms.com/2010/03/08/82nd-oscars-wrap-up-my-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1802 Rodney Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:40:16 +0000 http://www.fernbyfilms.com/?p=11309#comment-1802 Heck, I'D love to meet Sohpia Loren too.... whew!!! Heck, I’D love to meet Sohpia Loren too…. whew!!!

]]> Comment on 82nd Oscars Wrap-up – My Thoughts by Robert Nowotny http://www.fernbyfilms.com/2010/03/08/82nd-oscars-wrap-up-my-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1797 Robert Nowotny Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:01:04 +0000 http://www.fernbyfilms.com/?p=11309#comment-1797 Rodney: Your question is a fair one to be sure. I do believe that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences should do everything possible to try to keep the Oscar ceremony as the single most prestigious awards show in the entertainment industry. If they lose that designation, then all is lost. How to accomplish this and how to keep it entertaining as well is the hard part. For now, I don't have a specific suggestion which is troubling for me since I like to be a "results oriented" person. I do think increasing the Best Picture Award to ten (after many decades) is not the way to go. It is like expanding the NCAA March Madness Tournament here in America to the proposed 96-team format. (Your American sports-oriented readers will understand...) If I come up with something more pro-active, I'll get back to you. And no -- I don't know everyone. I'd love to meet Sophia Loren... Rodney: Your question is a fair one to be sure. I do believe that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences should do everything possible to try to keep the Oscar ceremony as the single most prestigious awards show in the entertainment industry. If they lose that designation, then all is lost. How to accomplish this and how to keep it entertaining as well is the hard part. For now, I don’t have a specific suggestion which is troubling for me since I like to be a “results oriented” person. I do think increasing the Best Picture Award to ten (after many decades) is not the way to go. It is like expanding the NCAA March Madness Tournament here in America to the proposed 96-team format. (Your American sports-oriented readers will understand…) If I come up with something more pro-active, I’ll get back to you. And no — I don’t know everyone. I’d love to meet Sophia Loren…

]]> Comment on 82nd Oscars Wrap-up – My Thoughts by Rodney http://www.fernbyfilms.com/2010/03/08/82nd-oscars-wrap-up-my-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1796 Rodney Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:18:23 +0000 http://www.fernbyfilms.com/?p=11309#comment-1796 Robert, just as an aside, I wonder what they could do to actually improve the ceremony? It seems like every critic worth his/her salt has plenty of negative comments about the Oscars, but nobody seems to be able to come up with a solution? Do we turn the show into an MTV-style circus to entertain people, or keep the presitge of the Academy intact? You'd think for the movies big night, they'd be able to get it right more often than not! And of course you've met Suzy Amis.... you know EVERYBODY!!!!! Robert, just as an aside, I wonder what they could do to actually improve the ceremony? It seems like every critic worth his/her salt has plenty of negative comments about the Oscars, but nobody seems to be able to come up with a solution? Do we turn the show into an MTV-style circus to entertain people, or keep the presitge of the Academy intact?
You’d think for the movies big night, they’d be able to get it right more often than not!

And of course you’ve met Suzy Amis…. you know EVERYBODY!!!!!

]]> Comment on Smokin’ New Iron Man 2 Trailer!!! by Rodney http://www.fernbyfilms.com/2010/03/08/smokin-new-iron-man-2-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-1795 Rodney Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:30:52 +0000 http://www.fernbyfilms.com/?p=11304#comment-1795 Testify, brother!!! Testify, brother!!!

]]> Comment on 82nd Oscars Wrap-up – My Thoughts by Robert Nowotny http://www.fernbyfilms.com/2010/03/08/82nd-oscars-wrap-up-my-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1794 Robert Nowotny Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:54:45 +0000 http://www.fernbyfilms.com/?p=11309#comment-1794 Rodney: Your comments are spot on -- except I believe you were too kind. ("The most unremarkable Oscars telecast yet" notwithstanding.) I'd rather have watched a GONG SHOW marathon... Oh yes, I have met Suzy Amis -- we both lived in Crested Butte, Colorado back around 12-20 years ago. (Suzy part-time and me full-time.) She is a fabulous athlete, a phenomenal skier who left me in her tracks on the steeps with ease -- and I had been a serious, devoted skier for over 20+ years at the time. She's also quite articulate and a super-nice person. Rodney: Your comments are spot on — except I believe you were too kind. (“The most unremarkable Oscars telecast yet” notwithstanding.) I’d rather have watched a GONG SHOW marathon…

Oh yes, I have met Suzy Amis — we both lived in Crested Butte, Colorado back around 12-20 years ago. (Suzy part-time and me full-time.) She is a fabulous athlete, a phenomenal skier who left me in her tracks on the steeps with ease — and I had been a serious, devoted skier for over 20+ years at the time. She’s also quite articulate and a super-nice person.

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