The Reel Society Of Film Critics Awards 2013

[Buscemi]

But there's no activity anymore, W and Six. It's just the regulars. It's been getting monotonous and it (along with a lot of other factors) has made me belligerent. Do you know how many times in the past year that I've considered leaving the site altogether? Just this week, I left the pricing board.

Maybe I should take some time off. I know no one ever forgive me but I know things would be better with everyone agreeing all the time.

[Chienfantome]

Along the years, there's always been times when the forums have calmed down and seemed a bit slow. The fact some of us have gone, and some particpate less, is obvious, but calling it quits ? It's just like you deleting the thread because you were angry, it's just what you want.
Yes, activity has been slow, but I don't see it as a reason to stop something we've been living for the past, what, seven years almost now. If you want to take a step back, it's your possibility. I have a few year ago, and i've come back. You're not chained here. Everyone's free to come and go, but just stopping everything would be silly.

[numbersix]

The regulars are active. That's activity, surely? The goal should be trying to expand.

If you think taking time off will help you, then go right ahead. I think you do need to find out a way to agree to disagree with people without resorting to name calling. I think it's important to accept others opinions even if they differ from yours. Or if disagreeing, take the high ground (but not too high) and not the low one. And we'd of course be happy to see you return.

And I would say there is plenty of disparate feelings going on still. There's certainly plenty of us who don't agree - just look at the varying opinions on The Dark Knight Rises and The Hobbit.

[Buscemi]

Thanks for the helpful words.

By the way, I'm sure that Surfer has a second copy of the nominees and segments. So even if I deleted four pages out of anger, I'm sure that the show will go on.

[silversurfer19]

I'm not going to deny I was more than disappointed to see the Nomination thread deleted, but I really don't have the energy or inclination to flare up an argument. So I'll just post the nominees here again so that those who have not submitted their final ballots (and there are still plenty) can view the nominees.

Best Picture
Argo
Django Unchained
Moonrise Kingdom
Safety Not Guaranteed
Skyfall
Silver Linings Playbook
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
The Impossible
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Best Director
Wes Anderson - Moonrise Kingdom
Ben Affleck - Argo
Ang Lee - Life Of Pi
David O Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained

Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard - Rust And Bone
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Quvenzhane Wallis - The Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey - Killer Joe
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - The Master
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Juno Temple - Killer Joe
Emma Watson - The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Best Foreign Language Film
Headhunters
Rust And Bone
Oslo August 31st
The Intouchables
The Raid

Best Animated Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
Paranorman
Pirates!
Wreck It Ralph

Best Documentary
Bully
Inside Game: The Movie
Searching For Sugar Man
The Imposter
The Queen Of Versailles

Best Cast
Django Unchained
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
The Avengers
The Master

Breakthrough Performance
Jared Gilman - Moonrise Kingdom
Kara Hayward - Moonrise Kingdom
Tom Holland - The Impossible
Suraj Sharma - Life Of Pi
Quvenzhane Wallis - The Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Best Original Screenplay
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Safety Not Guaranteed
Looper
Django Unchained

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Killing Them Softly
Life Of Pi
Silver Linings Playbook
Argo

Best Cinematography
Django Unchained
Life Of Pi
Moonrise Kingdom
Skyfall
The Master

Best Score
Life Of Pi
The Master
Argo
Skyfall
Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Best Visual Effects
Life Of Pi
Prometheus
The Avengers
The Hobbit
The Dark Knight Rises


As I said in the previous thread, you all have less than three days to submit your votes, for which you can submit a descending score of 5-1 for each nominee (10-1 in Best Picture). I am open for discussion the time and date of the Awards, but as of this moment intend to host it at 11pm GMT on Saturday night. If anyone can think of a more suitable time I'm willing to move it.

[Chienfantome]

Thanks Surf'. I'll send you mine, either tonight or tomorrow, along with my featurette about Skyfall.

[numbersix]

I sent mine in already. Really like this weighted/points system. It allowed me to really focus on films I feel deserve the awards and give nothing to films I've seen but didn't like.

[Geezer]

I'm honestly stunned by this. Dude, if you don't like it here, walk away. Don't use the power that we have entrusted in you to ruin a good thing that we have going on. No one forces you to come here and read these discussions multiple times a day. You do it on your own accord. There is no reason for behavior like this. Seriously, is this how you think life works? You are in for such a rude awakening, I promise you.

[NSpan]

By the way, never give the most mentally unsound person in the room moderating powers.

Fair point.

[NSpan]

If everyone committed to making the jump over to the GeekScape forums, I think it'd be an interesting dynamic. My buddy owns the place.

In fact, I could ask for our own sub-board starting out for the game(s) and general discussion. From there, the migration would be easier on us. And in inevitable integration would happen more organically.

[numbersix]

But it's called Geekspace. And there's a column called This Geek in Netflix.

[NSpan]

...so?

[numbersix]

I don't want to tarnish my tough-guy reputation that I've steadily built on these forums.

[JohnErle]

Stripping him of his moderator status and banning him for a month seems like the next logical step. Surely whoever who set this forum up can do that? If not there's always FB.

What's clear is that if Buscemi can't control his behaviour, we need a place where we can control him. He claims this forum is dying? Well, why would anyone want to join a forum where people are allowed to behave the way he does. Being here is not doing him or anyone else any good.

[silversurfer19]

I'm not someone who advocates banning, it's really a last resort, I think if he feels he needs the time away he should have the willpower to do so himself without being physically forced. Regarding who is able to do it anyway, I'm not sure but I think Barca may be the only person with the power to do so, and he hasn't been online since last July...