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Oscar Screener Ban to be Revoked for Academy Members

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the saner-solutions dept.

bigjocker writes "Yahoo is reporting that the ban to distribute screeners copies will be revoked. The bad news is that only members of the Academy will receive them." It's still unclear how this will affect events such as the Golden Globe awards. According to the article, several critics' organisations have yet to decide their reaction. I'm guessing that at the least, Academy members are pleased to know they won't have to find a theatre to screen award nominees.

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  1. Bad News? by WEFUNK · · Score: 5, Funny

    The bad news is that only members of the Academy will receive them."

    Don't feel so bad, I know this academy member who always makes a few copies for his friends...

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  2. Academy Members Spared by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    shouldn't that read "academy members will be pleazed to know that they too wont have to get on Kazaa to see the movies?"

  3. Imagine the horror by AvantLegion · · Score: 2, Funny
    Thank God the poor Academy members have been spared the torture of going to public theaters!

    Imagine how hard it would be to judge moving dramas with the welfare mother 2 rows behind them, yelling "callete! callete!" at her 11 screaming kids. Not to mention the fat redneck guy in the row in front of you, taking up 2 seats (exposed butt-crack nested on the unmoveable arm rest). How could anyone enjoy a movie like that?

    Actually, this experience seems familiar...

  4. Re:Im not even really sure what the hell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Dear Ask slashdot:

    I'm working on a sceince project and I need your help. What's the best way to integrate a fleshlight into some sort of robotic goat build from LEGO Technics(tm)? Should I use Ruby or Prel to program it with true live-goat action?

    thx,
    Timmy

  5. Re:Do you want to know what I think about this? by falcon5768 · · Score: 4, Funny
    yeah you know what ruined Kill Bill for me

    seeing those dots every FUCKING TWO MINUTES ON THE SCREEN WHEN I JUST SPENT 20 FUCKING DOLLARS OF MY HARD EARNED MONEY FROM FIXING COMPUTERS THAT SOME SHITHEAD PRE -K'ER FUCKING STUCK GUM IN WHEN I COULD HAVE WAITED 6 MONTHS AND BOUGHT A MUCH NICER UNMOLESTED DVD.

    k done ranting

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  6. Still unclear... by DarkHand · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's still unclear how this will affect events such as the Golden Globe awards.

    It's also still unclear how this will affect events such as downloading your favorite movie. :)

  7. Re:Im not even really sure what the hell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You should write your program using assembly to get truly live goat action.
    Of course in my day we clocked in the binary machine code by hand.