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Sunday, 24 February 2008 |
The results are in, but the epic struggle between man and machine continues.
In last months Oscar prediction article, entitled Oscars 2008: Who SHOULD Win and Who WILL Win, I pitted my warm-blooded contrarian human brain against the cold hard logic of computer calculated statistics to see who could more accurately pick Academy winners.
I suppose I could have used them to help cure cancer or solve world hunger, but this was much more fun.
So how did I do? Well, the battle between neurons and networks was a hard-fought one, with both sides taking heavy casualties. In the end, after the smoke is cleared, one thing is certain: there's still hope for all mankind.
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Monday, 28 January 2008 |
That's right, it's Oscar season again. All the pageantry, all the pomp, all the sycophantic compliments and obviously rehearsed "off-the-cuff" acceptance speeches. All the inane Hollywood chatter and sub-sincere "you deserve it"s. An orgy of self-congratulatory celebration for the rich and famous.
So, I thought to myself, why not join in?
The list of nominated actors, actresses, and films was released last week on the official site (http://www.oscars.com/nominees/), and I've poured over them to bring you my choices for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Film, and so on and so forth.
But that's not all! I've also done thorough research into the last 10 years of Academy Award winners to find the common patterns inherent in each category. Now, instead of only stating who we'd like to win, we can actually predict who will ACTUALLY walk away with the little golden statue at the end of the night.
Does it work? I guess we'll have to wait and see.
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Wednesday, 25 July 2007 |
 As Comic-Con begins today, the Hollywood Reporter broke the news that we finally have a confirmed Watchmen cast, and much to my surprise and delight there's not a single "big name" star in the bunch.
Instead, it appears that director Zach Snyder, in continuing his trend of trying to impress me (which in my rampant egotism I can only assume that what he's trying to do) has stocked his cast full of "actor" actors. People who you may have seen before, or who have made a living out of dramatic roles, but have never had a squabble over which $10 million dollar limo to take to their most recent movie premiere. Never chucked a cell phone at a wayward assistant. Never converted to Scientology and then tried to convince other people that they weren't gay by brainwashing and marrying a poor helpless girl.
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