Despite a rollicking introduction from Dr. Horrible himself, the Oscars seemed a smidge muted tonight. Was this because Avatar got trounced? Or was it because the show was so damn long I had to zehalu with a bottle of GlenlivetWas the 82nd Academy Awards science fiction's coming-out party? Perhaps not, but speculative fiction of all stripes put in a solid showing. A glitzed-up Neil Patrick Harris opened the festivities, Quentin Tarantino's alternate reality World War II epic scored early with a Christopher Waltz's Best Supporting Actor statuette, and Pixar's Up nabbed Best Animated Picture. Science fiction proper struggled to get its foot the door for the show's first half, until Star Trek finally scored Best Make Up.
Of course, the real story of the night was The Hurt Locker blanking Avatar - Kathryn Bigelow's bomb squad drama positively wrecked the highest grossing movie of all time, snatching the Best Picture, Best Director, and a number of technical awards from the 3D space odyssey. Avatar walked away with Best Art Direction, Visual Effects, and Cinematography.
Other stray observations/factoids from the Oscars:
[io9's Oscars Round-Up: Blue Cats Get Bombed Out]
* Tina Fey makes a fine Wilma Flintstone. I'm pretty sure RDJ has a switch on the neck that oscillates between two settings: endearingly raffish and caddishly rakish.
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