Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude streaming movies

Re:Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude strea... by wellpast on Monday March 04, 2019 @08:18AM (#19300970)

Netflix has shipped some good movies.

If we limit movies to non-streaming aren’t we going to get slim pickings and mostly infantile superhero flicks?

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Re:Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude strea... by dpark on Monday March 04, 2019 @08:23AM (#19301000)

That’s as short-sighted as believing streaming movies should be excluded. Traditional studios have shipped a lot of quality movies that aren’t superhero flicks. Indeed a very small percentage of traditional studio movies fit that mold.

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Re:Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude strea... by dagw on Monday March 04, 2019 @09:01AM (#19301255)

Traditional studios have shipped a lot of quality movies

Sure, but the problem is that unless you live in a large city with a vibrant independent cinema scene and have a lot of free time on your hands chances are you'll never get to see them (unless they show up on a streaming service 6 month later, ironically enough).

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Re:Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude strea... by dpark on Monday March 04, 2019 @10:40AM (#19302055)

I think we’re talking about entirely different things at this point. The topic was Oscar eligibility, not whether the movies should exist or be available to you.

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Re:Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude strea... by wellpast on Monday March 04, 2019 @12:20PM (#19302951)

If Oscars reduce the picks to movies unavailable to the general population, I think that's relevant. Maybe. The Oscars is already an overwhelmingly an absurdly scoped and self-congratulatory event, so maybe it couldn't get any more so.

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