Oscar Preview

Ok, so I admit, I deserve a kick in the balls for not posting a blog since the baseball playoffs were ongoing, but hey, whatever, it's my blog, well at least partly my blog...as it's a Foundation. Anyway, I'm going to give you a weak ass Oscar Preview blog, because to be honest, I've only seen one of the movies that has a major nomination. That would be The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke who gets a well deserved Oscar Nom for his portrayal of Randy 'The Ram' Robinson, an aged, broken down wrestler, who is struggling to regain his past glories. This film also stars Marisa Tomei's breasts, which really gave a stand out performance as an aging, broken down, stripper who is struggling to regain past glories. That's it, that's all I've seen. I am going to try and see Slumdog Millionaire and Milk before the ceremony, but it may be tough. So this year, may be the MOST unprepared I have ever been for an Oscars. My tops was 1997 when I'd seen every nominated Best Picture, as well as others, but I was in college then, and winter break was pretty boring, and a matinee was pretty cheap.

Will this stop me from doing an Oscar Blog A Thon? NO FREAKIN' WAY!

In fact, there is a very good chance that I will be more drunk at this years blog party...because i am not sick this year, knock on wood, also, I'm seeing Norm MacDonald the night before, so I may have some extra funny kicking around...finally, I think going in totally blind may be worth it, I think part of the fun is randomly picking a winner, before hand, and then rooting for that person, regardless of why you picked them. So that's what I'm going to do this year. Go in blind, but then argue for my picks vehemently. I figure this will make for better reading and for better viewing if you are lucky enough to be invited to the Foundation Compound for the viewing of the Oscars.

I of course will study up on all the nominees, and pick them based on my tried and true Oscar Pool selection process. Remember, never vote against a holocaust documentary. And I just want you all to be on the lookout for the Oscar Blogtacular sometime before March 7th, when I go out to Las Vegas...again.

Finally, a few notes

Friday Night Lights is back again on NBC (it was originally shown to direct tv viewers, but I waited until it came on my tv thank you very much) It's still NOT as good as it was in the first year (which I still say is right up there in the top 10 of all time tv Seasons...of course the Wire is pretty much 1/2 of that list)...but it seems damn good...story lines have been cut, and interconnected to save time and space, it's just good.

Secondly...Dead Like Me has Been added to my can't miss show's list...They only made two seasons on showtime, but like Firefly the producers made a movie to wrap everything up and it just came out on DVD, and I bought the entire collection...Like the "Two Bobs" in office space, I celebrate it's entire catalogue.

Thirdly...Instant Netflix on xbox360 is tremendous...It's better than through the pc, because I can watch it through my wonderful plasma screen without having to hook anything else up! It almost makes not returning the first disc of The Shield for the past year worth the money.

Finally One Oscar Question/Comment. What are the odds that the Oscars double up on Heath Ledger in the Oscar's Parade Of Dead Celebrities this year? Because I think they already bent the rules by including him as the headliner last year, but I don't remember anyone else dying that would supplant him, so I could totally see a double dip...of Costanzian Proportions.

I promise to write more blogs, but I am good at breaking promises.