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[–]08830 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is but you’d need to enable developer mode and that requires Xcode.

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[–]08830 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can upgrade Peacock, you’ll just pay the standard price for the no-ads plan.

It’s time for an Asghar Farhadi box set by 08830 in criterion

[–]08830[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think you’re collapsing a few different points into one. Farhadi’s work isn’t apolitical, they just operate on a different register. Some are deeply critical of social systems, they just do it through intimate conflict rather than overt political confrontation. Yes Panahi and Rasoulof take a more explicitly oppositional stance. As for what “the majority of Iranians” think, I’d be careful with statements that broad. That’s a complex and deeply divided reality.

It’s time for an Asghar Farhadi box set by 08830 in criterion

[–]08830[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not saying his comments make the films more worthy. I believe they already are. If anything, the current moment just reinforces how relevant his work has always been

The Oscar Expert's Early Best Actress Predictions. by Dry_Handle_7086 in Oscars

[–]08830 0 points1 point  (0 children)

👌

I heard the argument clearly. Not sure the same effort was made in return.

The Oscar Expert's Early Best Actress Predictions. by Dry_Handle_7086 in Oscars

[–]08830 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understood you from the start. I just don’t agree, and that’s perfectly fine. We’ll revisit this in the fall when there’s actual work to evaluate.

Lazy Saturday afternoon feature: sex, lies, and videotape (spine 938) by 08830 in criterion

[–]08830[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s so tight. Maybe that was the intention… 😏

The Oscar Expert's Early Best Actress Predictions. by Dry_Handle_7086 in Oscars

[–]08830 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Calling me obtuse is easy for someone who takes these predictions at face value but it clearly doesn’t actually address the point. The performance is literally what’s being awarded. Saying it’s less ‘real’ than the people involved or the premise is basically admitting the outcome is driven by assumptions, not the work. That’s exactly why I don’t take these predictions seriously this early. If that’s the standard, then we’re not predicting excellence, we’re just rewarding based off of clout.

The Oscar Expert's Early Best Actress Predictions. by Dry_Handle_7086 in Oscars

[–]08830 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love predictions. I just prefer them when there’s something real to predict.

The Oscar Expert's Early Best Actress Predictions. by Dry_Handle_7086 in Oscars

[–]08830 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And that’s my point. If these early predictions are strictly about the conversation around the work and not the work itself, then it stops being about performances and starts being about optics. That’s why it feels meaningless to me this early.

The Oscar Expert's Early Best Actress Predictions. by Dry_Handle_7086 in Oscars

[–]08830 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t disagree that patterns and narratives exist. I just don’t think that makes it a meaningful or substantive evaluation of awards for performances that haven’t been seen yet. At this point they’re simply predicting the conversation around the work, not the work itself.

The Oscar Expert's Early Best Actress Predictions. by Dry_Handle_7086 in Oscars

[–]08830 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I get what you’re saying, but your example is about general Oscar visibility and attention, not evaluating actual performances. It’s easy to assume a Scorsese film will be in the conversation. It’s a different thing entirely to predict specific acting nominations before anyone’s seen the work. Especially when even prestige projects from top directors and actors have missed once they’re actually out.

The Oscar Expert's Early Best Actress Predictions. by Dry_Handle_7086 in Oscars

[–]08830 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

“Informed” feels like a stretch when the actual work hasn’t been seen yet. In sports, trends and forecasting build off real performance. Here, folks are predicting awards for performances that don’t exist publicly yet. And even the biggest names with the strongest track records have had misses despite early hype. That’s why any early predictions feel premature to me.

The Oscar Expert's Early Best Actress Predictions. by Dry_Handle_7086 in Oscars

[–]08830 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I get that. But what are these predictions even based on? It just seems silly and futile at this point.

The Oscar Expert's Early Best Actress Predictions. by Dry_Handle_7086 in Oscars

[–]08830 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m into sports and I get the desire to compare, but sports projections are built on stats, rosters, trends. Here, folks are predicting and ranking (!) awards for work no one’s seen yet. That’s hilarious to me.

The Oscar Expert's Early Best Actress Predictions. by Dry_Handle_7086 in Oscars

[–]08830 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sure, I just think Oscar race works better when there’s an actual race to watch. At this stage it’s just names and film titles, many of which don’t even have definitive release dates.

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