Binary System Podcast #165 - The Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts

Original broadcast date February 21, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/02/binary-system-podcast-165-the-oscar-nominated-animated-shorts/ In what's quickly becoming an annual tradition, the Binary System Podcast (with special guest Nathan Adams) watched the Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts at our favorite cinemas, and we're here to give you the details. Which short do we think will win? Which short would we like to win? Which short wasn't our favorite, and which "Highly Commended" short was absolutely robbed, ROBBED, through no fault of its own? (We're assuming it was for something that wasn't the creators' fault. Problematic Russian politics aside, there's no reason we can see why "Tweet Tweet" shouldn't have blown the competition away.) This week's outro music is a clip from "Goodbye Outer Space" by Cairo Braga http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cairo_Braga/Qualquer_Arte_Ruim__Melhor_Que_Arte_Nenhuma/07_Goodbye_Outer_Space?fbclid=IwAR3gX5GKKrV1ycLz1xoSh-y3L0l9MjspNIfjsfSUGwXEqLCCKWlWHLg6vlY The entertainingly bizarre video we mentioned  (witches flying through a city) is Jan Kounen Gisele Kerozene.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0XuE9DtBzM&list=WL&index=10&t=0s The article Elizabeth mentioned, about some of 2018's best animated shorts not getting nominated, is at cartoonbrew.com. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar-shortlist-for-animated-shorts-snubbed-most-of-2018s-best-shorts-167961.html