From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: macthevorlon@yahoo.com   
   Subject: Re: The Case For Star Trek Winning Best Picture (was Re: Star Trek   
   Makes 2009 National Board of Review Top 10 Films List)   
      
   nick wrote:   
   > On Dec 5, 8:45 pm, Led4Aces  wrote:   
   >> On Dec 4, 9:20 pm, "KalElFan"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "Steven L."  wrote in message   
   >>   
   >>> news:u72dnQDUW85FOoTWnZ2dnUVZ_h5i4p2d@earthlink.com...   
   >>   
   >>>> KalElFan wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>> http://www.nbrmp.org/awards/   
   >>   
   >>>>> Perhaps a harbinger of an Oscar nomination, since their Best Film   
   >>>>> category has been increased to 10 this year.   
   >>   
   >>>> Hollywood isn't going to honor a movie that's based on a TV show   
   >>>> with a Best Picture Oscar. But Star Trek will get nominated, at   
   >>>> least.   
   >>   
   >> They have no shot. I'm not hating on the film, it just isn't Oscar   
   >> quality.   
   >>   
   > With ten nominees for BP, it might slip in as the weak 8, 9 or 10th   
   > ranked pick.  But as someone once said (John Harkness?), if a film is   
   > nominated for an Oscar, then by definition it is Oscar quality.  Now   
   > with ten contenders, instead of having three or four nominees that   
   > can't possibly win, they'll have seven or eight.  There ain't no way   
   > Star Trek is going to win a Best Picture Oscar.  Never. Ever.  If   
   > you're going to nominate a summer of '09 blockbuster for BP, The   
   > Hangover is a better choice.  Star Trek road a wave of goodwill mainly   
   > because it didn't suck.  I can't see it getting too far on Ocar night   
   > on its double virtues of not sucking and revitalizing a dying   
   > franchise.  Casino Royale didn't get nominated.   
      
   So, basically, this is a way for more films to be nominated for an   
   Oscar, which they can then use in their advertising and on their DVD   
   cases?  Other than that, what's the purpose of increasing the nominee   
   list to ten films, the off chance that a dark horse could get the Oscar?   
      
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