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TOoP/Bruce:

--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on February 05, 2008, 05:00:07 pm ---I think they probably don't fix it because they can't change it. Like an umpire's bad call, there's not much you can do but grumble once the game is over.

One thing the Academy does do to "fix" mistakes, though, is to give those honorary Oscars to people who've never won awards, or give makeup Oscars for actors who should really have gotten them for some previous role.

It occurred to me that, on that basis, they might nominate Heath for the Joker. But as Mel pointed out, a posthumous award to an actor in a genre film -- a superhero one at that -- has a lot going against it.


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I don't know about anyone else, but I don't think I could bear to watch Heath nominated for another performance, only to most likely see the academy snub him once again. 

Ellemeno:
If I was an actor nominated for a performance worthy of an award, I sure would be annoyed if another actor won my year to make up for some previous snub they received.

I think my credentials as a thorough Heathen are in order, so I'm going to stick my neck out and say that I just don't see why he would get a lifetime achievement award.  He hadn't really achieved enough to be worthy of that yet.  What he gave us professionally were a couple of outstanding performances, and a ton of potential. 

serious crayons:

--- Quote from: Ellemeno on February 06, 2008, 01:07:57 am ---I think my credentials as a thorough Heathen are in order, so I'm going to stick my neck out and say that I just don't see why he would get a lifetime achievement award.  He hadn't really achieved enough to be worthy of that yet.  What he gave us professionally were a couple of outstanding performances, and a ton of potential.
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Well, I'm with you there [flashes Heathen card]. That would be just silly. But if he gave a really, really good performance as the Joker ...

But you're right, it shouldn't be a pity-Oscar. If I had the energy I'd go to imdb and look up other deserving actors who'd lost to recipients seemingly being honored for work in previous years, when they had deserved awards but lost them  ... to previous pity-Oscars, maybe! Maybe it's a long vicious circle!

Lifetime achievements go to people like Jack Lemmon or Kirk Douglas or Robert Altman, people who've not only achieved their potential but exhibited it over many years. With Heath, it's the unrealized potential that makes things so sad ...  :'(

Penthesilea:

--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on February 06, 2008, 03:24:13 am ---But you're right, it shouldn't be a pity-Oscar.
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I wouldn't want a pity-Oscar either. Heath deserves better. They blew it to give him the Oscar he deserved, and now it's too late.  :(

yb:
At this stage, I don't care if Heath would be nominated for his role as Joker since he won't be there to accept it anyway.  But, if he was nominated and win, I can almost say it wouldn't be a pity-Oscar because, he was able to blow almost all Batman fans away just by the trailer; those people include some who had been very vocal against his casting and didn't like the look of the Joker.  I think the concern here is whether Oscar will nominate someone from a comic movie which is quite against their tradition.

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