With just a few days to the 2014 Oscars, the social media has been hashtagging and chit-chatting all sorts of Oscars-related trivia. In the most recent case, Thursday night Twitter blew up with Comedy Central’s @midnight show Hashtag War. The topic was #NewOscarCategories, which was the top Twitter trend for Thursday evening and continued well into early Friday. Here is a fine selection:
Best Actor in a Leaning Role #NewOscarCategories @midnight pic.twitter.com/2d69Uu7iuZ
— CAKE Comedy (@cakecomedy) February 28, 2014
And some were referencing Shia LaBeouf’s plagiarism tendencies:
Best Original Screenplay Plagiarized by Shia Labeouf #NewOscarCategories @Midnight
— G (@XGroverX) February 28, 2014
Best completely original film by Shia Labeouf #NewOscarCategories @midnight
— Khalid Nigh (@Eternal0Star) February 28, 2014
Here is one that may be referring to the “eye-opening” The Act of Killing or The Square
Best Documentary Film No One Saw But We're All Sure Is Super Poignant And Eye-Opening #NewOscarCategories
— MaryCatherine Finney (@mickfinney) February 28, 2014
While others were mocking the often-predictable film world:
Best Believable Towards the End 'Death' of Villain Before They Just Come Back Again and Die For Real This Time. #NewOscarCategories
— Imperator Faora (@AKsevenseven) February 28, 2014
Actress Most Likely To Say It's Just An Honor To Be Nominated #NewOscarCategories @midnight
— Matthew Gellert (@MatthewGellert) February 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/MissFyeRed_/status/439276788209156096
Most bullets fired without reloading #NewOscarCategories
— techweenie ? (@techweenie) February 28, 2014
Best Expositional Monologue By a Villain Revealing His or Her Entire Master Plan Before It’s Actually Complete #NewOscarCategories @midnight
— John Humphrey (@JohnAHumphrey) February 28, 2014
The Best Product Placement Award, Sponsored By Heineken #newoscarcategories @midnight
— Ali Mason (@alimason) February 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/stevenwongjr/status/439325035191218176
This one refers to the Alan Smithee pseudonym used by directors who wished to dissociate their name from a film when they were unsatisfied with the product and did not have artistic control over it. Whenever a movie was credited to Allan Smithee, it typically meant something went wrong. Alan Smithee officially retired in 2000, but his legacy may have been continued by Harry Kirkpatrick.
Best Film Written and Directed by Alan Smithee #NewOscarCategories @midnight
— Just Bill (@WilliamAder) February 28, 2014
While others took the joke to unpredictable meta-levels:
Best Bullshit Spam Post Trying To Get Your Attention By Using This Hashtag #NewOscarCategories
— eVil sQuirrelus (@eVil_sQuirrelus) February 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/CrunchyMoose/status/423919420382408704/photo/1
And one that could be referring to Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death before the release of the new Hunger Games movie:
Best Death of an Actor Before the Release the Film #NewOscarCategories @midnight
— Comedy Mansion (@ComedyMansion) February 28, 2014