Oscar Nominees Best Animated Feature 2014

Oscar nominees Best Animated Feature 2014

Earlier today this article was brought to my attention, in which it becomes clear that some of the Academy voters have little to no respect for the animation industry. They openly admit not having watched the nominated films and/or claiming that animated films are for kids, so they didn’t vote. Even the ones shown in the article that did vote barely motivated their choice.

I find this extremely disrespectful of the animators who poured their heart and soul into making these movies, only to have their work be pushed aside without a second glance by the judges of one of the most prominent and well known film awards out there. As an aspiring animator, I am deeply insulted.

Please note that in this post I am expressing no opinion on whether Frozen should have won or not. I think it’s a wonderful film, just as all the other nominees. I am simply saying that we deserve better.

What they did is disrespectful to the creators of every single one of these films, even Frozen. By barely motivating their choice, they make it look like they voted for Frozen simply because of Disney’s status in the industry. Because it’s Disney, and it made a lot of money, so it had to be at least somewhat good. To me it seems like some of the voters just defaulted to voting for the Disney film, and nobody likes to win by default.

Don’t get me wrong, I too have been guilty of loving Disney simply because it’s Disney, but there is so much more beautiful animation out there and it deserves to be taken into consideration. And if Frozen won, it should have won because the majority of the voters thought it was the best film, not because part of the voters was too lazy to even watch the nominated films.

So last night I got drunk and played The Sims

Since my post about getting drunk and playing Skyrim seemed to be so popular, I got drunk again last night and played The Sims. I’ll be honest, the whole ordeal felt like trying to catch lightning in a bottle and I really don’t think it holds up to the Skyrim post, and I never really found that funny to begin with. But what the fuck do I know, here’s what happened.

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castr01995

9 years ago

Honestly, Senator Sanders is the only person who I think would characterize me, a woman running to be the first woman President, as exemplifying the establishment. It’s really quite amusing to me.

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton is one of the most privileged women in the world. She has been a Senator, Secretary of State, and First Lady. She is very nearly the definition of an establishment politician. Being a woman does not change that.

I am furious that she would twist this legitimate criticism of not only supporting but representing the status quo into an accusation of sexism against Bernie Sanders.

If I was undecided in this race, this is what would be the final straw for me against Clinton. This was low.

(via iwriteaboutfeminism)

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castr01995

9 years ago

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castr01995

9 years ago

Fact of the Day: The Valles Marineris is a system of canyons on the surface of Mars which, if it existed on Earth, would stretch across the entire contiguous United States, and is 6 miles deep, whereas the Grand Canyon is only 1 mile deep.

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castr01995

9 years ago

An artist's impression of the record-breakingly powerful, super luminous supernova called ASASSN-15lh as it would appear from an exoplanet located about 10,000 light years away in the host galaxy of the supernova. Read more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2016/01/15/superluminous_supernova/#32c48e4d7e4a5cf96a8d7e4a

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castr01995

10 years ago

My life is a lie.

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