Any Oscar-watch parties?
 

My wife and I are arriving in a few days to close on our new home (!!!), only as snowflakes for a short while :smiley:. This is quite a short visit and we're not setting up any live TV for it, just streaming (Roku device); none of our subscriptions include live TV. She looked around for any Villages-sponsored or -related Oscar events and didn't see any listed -- is anyone aware of anything happening? Thanks.

You will find that most people here, including myself, have no interest in watching a bunch of pompous elitists give each other awards.

Most? Was there a poll?

Oh, I thought you were talking about the Academy awards. I find lately it has nothing to do with talent. A true disappointment.

Time difference is the main factor.
The Villages close at 9pm.
All in bed by 9.05pm!

If you haven't already, one of your first tasks will be to set up internet access for your new house. You might have Xfinity.

Ideally, someone who is watching the Oscars will invite you over after seeing this post, & or let us know of any Oscar events.

Otherwise, this link provides the answer to how to watch this year's Oscars:
Access Denied

It says it is free over the air, so perhaps one of those antennas? Not the elaborate kind, just the kind you can put on a tabletop. Maybe some living in the area will chime in if ABC comes in with good reception over the air, or we're back to Xfinity. The link also mentions a few streaming sites.

You also need a television, or a couple of tablets, or phones.

Good Luck!

As usual the "Access Denied" still links to the appropriate site. So go ahead & click it anyway, if you are interested.

And we have not seen any of the movies that are up for awards. Do find it reaches new height in boredom so I have no interest in seeing it.

Since we have not gone to a movie in 8 years and never plan to go to a theatre again, we don't care about the current movies.

Ever since that wretched movie La La Land won an oscar, we don't care what any critics think.

At the present, we are very happy watching Blue Bloods and Castle re-runs and we are recording other TV shows we like. Life is very good for us.

I'm not really into woke movies and entitlement awards.

We’ll watch them better past time than complaining about golf course conditions.

WOW! I never thought of Barbie as a woke movie.

What the hell is woke anyway?

Original poster here: I get that many don't care about the Oscars or go see movies with too many messages (Dune is the type of movie I'll go to ), but it's been a tradition in the family for decades to watch and "bet" on the outcome (movie candy prize), and my wife wants to keep that going with the adult kids, even if we're not around; they like the tradition as well.

We will be setting up internet for streaming TV the day we arrive but do not plan to have a subscription/app/cable with live TV, hence the inquiry.

Thanks anyway for the responses.

You must have missed it...

https://media.tenor.com/GFbI4g92lg4A...pole-dance.gif

Keep the tradition alive.

I'm working on it. Worst case we might get an over the air antenna, but I hold out hope my wife might meet someone who is interested in watching -- I'll likely be playing pub trivia. :smiley:

I once bought an antenna at Best Buy for $15. It didn't get any channels, but I saved a lot of money.

Haven’t you noticed the awards don’t go to people who earned and deserve them?
 

Perfectly stated my sentiments, and most people’s sentiments about Hollywood.

If you plan to be a snowflake, get YouTube TV. You can watch live TV from home or your new place in TV.

I did not see any “movie clubs” in the villages (I only did a quick search).
But previous post is correct, you won’t find anything for an event that starts after 9PM

If you don’t find an Oscar’s party you can take advantage of a 1 week free trial offered by HULU, or YouTube TV. You can also download ABC to your TV.

Consider YouTube TV if you are going to be a snowbird/snowflake. It will travel with you, picking up local channels at your new location. One plan, watch everywhere.

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Did you see it? It absolutely was a man hating woke production…

HaHaHa.

I must apologize for 'most' of the repliers to your post. Sadly, we theatre geeks are far and few between here in the friendly villages. I will be watching. Please pm me if you are interested...

you could use the responses here as a mini poll.......Kimmel hosting with his one-sided agenda is all I need to know.

Oscars? You mean the "mutual adoration society"?
I've never watched them......don't follow them .....totally disinterested.

The last good movie I saw was Sound of Freedom which Hollyweird tried to stop from being released.

Imagine trying to stop the release of a movie bringing awareness to human smuggling for sex.

I’ll be interested to see how low the viewership ratings are this year or how many diversity awards they give out.

I'd rather watch nose hair trimming.

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This has been an amusing time, and I can appreciate the various views; I love movies and wish the Oscars hadn't become so politicized. I did laugh at the comments about the ceremony starting after 9:00, and thought some might find it interesting that it's now starting at 4:00 West Coast time (I guess the East Coast dropped the hammer on the producers).

Anyway, particular thanks to Jann Carl for the kind offer to accommodate my wife, however, she'd found someone with whom to watch before I saw the message this morning.

That’s not so… many of us enjoy the Oscar’s!

And here you go - Florida’s Friendliest Hometown! Can’t you tell from all these nice comments? Welcome!

When I was a child, I was allowed to stay up late and watch the Oscars with my family. I continued the tradition with my 3 kids. We saw most of the movies in the weeks before the event. We enjoyed watching the awards together and all the process They are now adults and live apart but we keep the tradition and call each other during the awards.

When I hear "Oscar" I think of Oscar Madison. I googled "Oscar" and discovered the show is now called The Oscars as shorthand for The Academy Awards. The last time I watched any of it was when Patty Duke muddled her acceptance speech in 1970. I quit watching all but a very few new movies years ago as they misportrayed reality to such an extent that I found it upsetting, especially when I realized I was paying to watch such trash.

I believe it started a long time ago when Vanessa Redgrave went on and on about the situation in palestine in a very long and slanted diatribe. They let her go on and on and nobody apologized for letting her do this. Since than I have had zero interest in the views of any actor or so called celebrity.

You’ve got that right!!

The Oscar trophy is a model of a Crusader holding his huge sword. Crusaders fought wars against Muslims all over the Middle East. I find it strange that the woke Hollywood society uses this as their highest form of award.

So glad your wife found someone to watch the show with. And sorry that you received some snarky replies, which did not address your question.

I try to stay up to watch the In Memoriam segment but don’t always make it. With the earlier start time, perhaps I will this year.

Welcome to The Villages!

Wifes GF's say they found it demeaning to men, if that is woke.

Much like the GOP