Your 2021* BattleBots Beaties! (Sponsored by Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo)

Senor Weaselo - January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

Hey, as long as they come out before I start writing about new season, I'll take it. So, you know, just in the nick of time. Hey, there weren't Giant Washer awards this year because my non-Mexican union equivalent Dracophile (of BattleBots Update) was apparently *checks notes* donating his time

BattleBots Beat: Presenting Your 2020* Beaties!

Senor Weaselo - April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

The site's working again, so let's do this! Welcome one and all to the BattleBots Beaties! It's a bit late, considering the season's been over for how long, but I'm making the executive decision that next week I'll just write up a briefer recap of the remaining bounties, because I'm currently

Oscars 2019 Preview and Open Thread: We Got to Move These Acclaimed Motion Pictures. We Got to Move These Short Nominees.

makeitsnowondem - February 24, 2019February 24, 2019

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Welcome to Oscars Evening, Commentists! I'm back, and I've got some more capital-T Takes on these awards, specifically the prestige categories, the short films, and the feature films that well-adjusted people probably care even less about than they do the short films. But first, I want to yell about something

Oscars 2019 Preview: I Have Eaten The Polar Bears That Were In Your Ice Cap

makeitsnowondem - February 23, 2019February 23, 2019

Happy Oscar weekend! In past years, I know, I've spread this out a little more, but there were a few key films I had to go down to the wire to find time to watch. It's honestly still looking questionable whether I'll see everything on the list this year, thanks

Oscars 2019: Tell Homeland Security – We Are The Noms

makeitsnowondem - January 25, 2019January 26, 2019

Welcome to late January! It's a time we at DFO most associate with bitching that the goddamned Patriots are in the stupid fucking Super Bowl again, but that's not all these bleak winter weeks have to offer. There are also movie awards! Balls of Steel is already ably handling the

The BattleBots Beaties: Because Senor Couldn’t Come Up with a Better Name

Senor Weaselo - October 18, 2018October 18, 2018

Welcome to the second [DFO] BattleBots Awards! With the rebranding this season of the BattleBots Beat, we (I) decided that we needed something cleverer than the generic "BattleBots Awards." But all the good fasteners were taken (the Giant Nut and Bolt by BattleBots, the Giant Screw was a thing that

Oscar Night 2018 Open Thread

makeitsnowondem - March 4, 2018March 4, 2018

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Good evening, Commentists! It's Oscar night, and I'm here to set the stage for your finest cinematological dick jokes. Here are the nominees for Best Picture, ranked, and my predictions for which of them will actually win. 10. Darkest Hour Impeccably acted and unexpectedly pretty to look at. There are no bad movies

‘A Christmas Prince’ for Best Picture: Oscar Nomination Predictions and Discussion Thread

makeitsnowondem - January 23, 2018January 23, 2018

Good morning! Condolences to any of you who are actually awake when this goes live. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for its ridiculous, interminable award show in a few hours, and as a man who's seen, like, forty or so of 2017's new

Oscar Preview 2017: Ya Betta Act, Someboday (or, Open Thread)

makeitsnowondem - February 26, 2017February 26, 2017

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In the last day or two before the Academy awards, I like to try to expand my horizons and watch a few of the movies Oscar forgot, the ones that were too small or too weird or just for whatever reason overlooked. Last year, just before the show, I caught Tangerine,

Oscar Preview 2017: Arts and Crafts

DFOing Good

makeitsnowondem - February 26, 2017February 26, 2017

Up this morning, editing, writing, and the little things that make the actors look like they belong on the sets, and that make the sets look like places where the actors should be. FILM EDITING Arrival — I haven't seen a single movie this year that was better-paced than Arrival. Arrival is constantly bringing you information

Oscar Preview 2017: Lights and Sounds

makeitsnowondem - February 23, 2017February 23, 2017

Outside of football season, one of my favorite events to share with you fine folks has always been the Oscars. Back during the KSK days, the Oscar liveblog was an oasis in an offseason that, by three weeks in, had already gone on for far too long. I often had barely

Commentist Beer Barrel: The Golden Goblets

makeitsnowondem - January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

I'll be honest about this: I love awards, and awards shows, and basically anything where various things are declared "the best." A big part of this is that I also love to declare things "the best," and to argue when other people declare the wrong things "the best." I'm excited