People who insist on the frontrunner status of Mank are laughably out of touch. Yes, in any other year conventional award season wisdom alone would seal the deal for Mank, but this is the least conventional year in the Western world since 1945. Giving the top awards to a movie about Hollywood itself would be downright suicidal in this climate, and…[Read more]

Also, “inspired by” as opposed to “adapted from” is not a good sign.

Sure this one has a finished ending, but how much faith do we have in D&D for interpreting such a distinctively Chinese story? It takes a considerable amount of knowledge and understanding in Chinese history and culture to even read these books, let alone adapt them. Nothing D&D have done has demonstrated such strengths.

Unfortunately I don’t think any of that mattered in the end. Doubtful that it even occurred to most voters that voting for an actor from a South Korean film was even an option.

You guys can analyze each individual case to death but at the end of the day, it’s the pattern that tells the story.

Besides, it’s not like we’ve ever had a shortage of white nominees that are less than deserving, so why does that suddenly matter when it comes to minorities?

Yeah sure but one thing working against it that you are missing: it’s blatantly atrocious. Even though the Grammys have never been above rewarding mediocrity, 7 Rings in the General Field would set a new low.

I find it hard to believe that MiguelTwentyFive is an actual Swift stan, and not a blatantly obvious troll.

And please guys – stop feeding the trolls, and start using the Ignore function like I do. I can only block the trolls, but not the endless back and forth, because I don’t want to block the users who genuinely have interesting things to say about the Best Actress race. If the admins won’t take action, then let’s please moderate ourselves so that we…[Read more]