The Bait An Oscar Revolution

Something is happening.

Something different. Something... new.

The baiters of Bait An Oscar are changing things. Its been happening for a while but it's recently picked up steam. Its a revolution! OK, Maybe its not quite that dramatic. But a few months ago Johnny slapped us with one hell of a shocker. Bait an Oscar would end in the fall as new people took over the website. But we're a resourceful bunch and started to make plans for the next generation of Bait an Oscar.

With its own website, this Bait an Oscar would not be confined by the room allotted to it by a parent website. It would be be like real hollywood. Big, Broad, and Far Reaching. We'd have more than enough room for those unbaity baits that are looked down upon. Maybe we'd have special awards for them. And we'd also have those great Baity baits that started it all. We would keep a history of the baits, have every bait archived so that new authors could read them, and our past work would never be threatened by the people in charge. We would allow two or three or even four baits a month, letting the author's imaginations run wild! So. Why isn't anyone talking about this anymore?

Yes, Bait an Oscar as we know it now is still in existence. And, as far as I know, there's no one threatening to get rid of it any longer. But lets face it people. We, the authors, are the only people who can truly appreciate this contest. We've created some of the greatest movie ideas never filmed here. We want the contest to be the absolute best that it possibly can be. We strive to bring innovation to the contest. I love it when we force change. I know I'm not the only author to work toward making unbaity baits main stream, but I like to think I was one of the first. Two years ago this August I released "The Apocalypse of Angela Reed", a bait denounced by the entire baiting community so "horribly unbaity". And then the powers in charge gave it #11 of the month. (Insert shameless plug for sequel "The Revelations of Alex Reed" this august here). Then I released baits like The Vampire Lestat (a BOTM nominee), After Earth, The Dark Tower, etc. And others kept pushing the boundaries too. Tony and Douglas were definitely at the forefront of this. Now the boundaries aren't being pushed anymore. Why? Like Douglas said, we're limited to one bait. Everyone has watched his video and I agree completely with him so i wont start repeating him.

What Im trying to say though is that we, the authors, the life blood of this contest, need to take a stand. We want to be creative but we know there's a VERY slim chance that innovation is going to be rewarded over battiness. So we keep baiting baity stories. We need the freedom to bait anything we want! A few months ago I wrote "Springwood", a bait that was almost universally praised. But it almost didn't make it into the contest. Johnny wanted to ban it. And there's some rumors that it even made it into the Big 8 and Johnny blocked its nomination(s). I can't say if this is true or false, although at least one source has verified it, but its the perfect example of our creativity being blocked by the people in charge. So we need to become the people in charge! I'm more than willing to help on a new site. I'll do anything that's needed. And I know others will help as well. So lets do it. Lets make Bait an Oscar its own entity. The only thing stopping us from creating an even grander, more exciting contest... is us.

Possible Features of the Bait An Oscar website.....
-A complete history of Bait an Oscar.
-Author interviews.
-Author opinions on classic baits.
-A complete archive of ALL past baits.
-Total creative freedom to the authors.
-And So Much More!

We're PISSED OFF and we're NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE

OK, I know I have been absent from blogging for a very long time but Douglas's post today got me reinvigorated.

So heres the deal. I've been noticing a trend building with certain aspects of the website. Laziness. Awards aren't being posted on time, precursor awards are being posted WAY after the initial date. And this month we even had the baits themselves delayed. BY SEVERAL DAYS. Ok so maybe sometimes there's an excuse. Johnny said that his internet was down so thats a valid excuse as to why the baits were so delayed. However, rarely does anyone have an excuse for their lateness. Most of the time its some stupid little LAZY ass excuse like "i was busy with other things". Oh, im sorry to take time out of your hectic schedule. But if you can't devote the time to these things when you say you're going to, don't say your going to! Besides being incredibly annoying, its also kinda rude. I know myself, and several other baiters, have made sure to be online, in the chat, and on the forums when these baits, nominees, or awards are supposed to be posted. And then we wait.
.....And wait.
............And wait.
.........................................And wait.
And guess what happens?
NOTHING! THATS WHAT! We sit around on our haunches waiting for these things to happen but they never do. Finally when the people in charge get around to doing what they said they were going to do, no one is online anymore and the anticipation is shot to shit. Making people wait a little longer is one thing. When they know its coming SOON. Say, you're online and say you're just finishing up. Be ready in ten minutes. Then there's anticipation. But when you come online, say its almost ready, and then nothing happens.... Well, then people just get pissed off and frustrated. I know im not alone on this. And I know the people who agree with me, know the people who are causing this frustration lately. I'm not naming names, because im not rude. But telling people one thing and then doing another, is rude. And I hope the rudeness stops.

And thats just One thing thats irritating me about this contest. I shouldn't have kept my mouth shut for so long. Maybe people will listen.

Until next time, this is James Somerton. I bid you a happy, ON TIME, day.