Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social

I say this every year: when you are doing an In Memoriam montage, ONLY SHOW THE PEOPLE YOU ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO. Why is this always so hard? This one ended with a list of names that were so deep into the background of the TV image, you'd need a 4K TV and magnifying glass to make them out.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 01:57 UTC

You don't get it: people won't understand death and loss without dozens of swirling dancers in front of those screens. It's more important to convey the *feeling* of loss than make it clear to the home viewing audience who died.

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🌷Skippy The Bush Kangaroo🌷 @skippythekangaroo.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 03:14 UTC

This! This! So much this!

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Tiffany @tsalagitiffany.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 01:56 UTC

I yelled at the TV

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Gregplaysdrums @gregplaysdrums.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 02:23 UTC

They botch it every year. It shouldn’t be hard for the viewers to actually see who’s being included.

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rex 🦖 @rexs1gma.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 01:55 UTC

dancers and performers in center stage were bad taste, agreed

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Michael G. McDunnah @unaffiliatedcritic.com [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 01:56 UTC

It's maddening. That was SO overproduced.

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Cinema Strikes Back @cinemastrikesback.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 01:55 UTC

They are such fucking idiots, truly. Fucking interpretive dancers?

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Jeri Smith-Ready @jsmithready.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 02:11 UTC

I picked out Cormac McCarthy in the blob of text so I immediately assumed they were all writers

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David Bowman @dlbowman76.com [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 01:56 UTC

And a *very* quick trigger finger on the pause button.

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Joshua Luzania @joshualuzania.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 02:21 UTC

Didn’t realize they were doing this now. Not great.

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Ruth @maisiesmom.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 05:23 UTC

Agreed. I did love the music, but that shouldn’t have been the focus. I squinted through the whole thing.

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Sophie Mac @sophiemac.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 01:56 UTC

I was thinking that. With performers in the picture they kind of made the people's lives they were honouring insignificant in the ceremony

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Tyler @rogue15.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 02:31 UTC

People making TV about movies focus on a live stage show instead of a well-produced video montage.

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SteveBikes @stevebikes.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 02:33 UTC

I caught Burt Young

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JBSaltzman @jbsaltzman.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 02:01 UTC

But but…didn’t we need to see Andrea Boccelli multiple times?

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Jeff Hysen @jeffhysen.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 02:05 UTC

It was as if they listened to the criticism of every other In Memoriam segment and said, "hold my beer".

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Bugs Mathis @maneatscereal.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 01:55 UTC

And one of those names was Cormac McCarthy!!!!!

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