The Academy officially announces new Oscar category for stunts

My favourite Tom Cruise roll is A Few Good Men. But even then I cant think of another stunt perfomer than Tom Cruise.
If/When he retires, who is next?

My theory is that the Mission Impssible franchise is about to wrap, and Tom Cruise is going to calm down on the stunt work, now that hes getting older. I cant blame him for that.
So they can't count on him to continue doing big stunts in the future, so they better give it to him now. So he'll be nominated for the final MI movie, and he will win. And frankly, he deserves it, for his amazing body of stunt work.
- I remember readng articles MI:Dubai. Didnt think much of it. Camerawork and editing makes it look cool and such.
  Then I watched the movie. Even on the small screen, I was on the edge of my seat.
  Am willing to give up my kidney to watch that movie in IMAX.
  
  I really think Tom Cruise is a weird and creepy guy, but i can't help it, his movies are nearly always great. I'll watch anything he does, and at least 9 times out of 10, I'm blown away.

About damn time
- They should give Jackie a few retroactively for good measure

Stunt actors should be fully recognized and all their healthcare needs should be covered by the employer.
- I would agree except employment is so fickle in the biz. Health insurance should come through the Academy, since everyone is always a member even when they don't have a gig
  
  Why would the academy have anything to do with labour relations at all? It’s the literal anthithesis of its foundation.
  
  They don't have a guild or an union?

Sounds like a publicity stunt.
I’ll see myself out

The first person to receive this damn well be on fire when they grab that statue or I will be gravely dissapointed.
- Being on fire isn't even a top tier stunt any more. I've seen amateur student films with people on fire.
  
  I like to joke about hous America has Micheal Reaves, Europe has Steve Mould, while australia has I Did a Thing ( we do have hard hitting journalism. But its just...

Thank you Ryan Gosling, very cool

Give one to that panda for doing all those crazy kung fu moves
Masterpiece
- That's not a panda, that's Jack Black in a panda costume and he won't need more awards after he wins all the Oscars for saying "chicken jockey".
  
  throws popcorn

Like jackass?

Let me guess, the first winner will have the middle name of Mapother

Long overdue

cowards waited until jackie retired-retired (final!).
Still great, maybe prestige movies will do exciting stuff again, this side of nolan

I look forward to seeing what they deem Oscar worthy. Some stunts are just spectacular.

Oh dear.
The stunt arms race is officially on. That means bigger stunts, more danger, and more people getting hurt to chase the big shiny prize they just created.
The safe and humane way forward here was better digital effects. This change will literally mame and kill people who didn't have to get hurt.
- This has always been the argument against having an oscar for stunts, but its hard to imagine that stunts could get much more dangerous that they already are.
  Most stunt pros want to protect themselves from death even more than their defenders. They plan these stunts extensively and train hard for them. They do their best to leave nothing to chance. Yet they still take it to the edge, often, and they've been doing it since the beginning of film. Its highly doubtful they could even get more dangerous that those old Buster Keaton stunts, or the car chase scene in Death Proof, or many of Tom Cruise's stunts in the Mission Impossible franchise, etc. We can all name 100 jaw-dropping stunts.
  Getting killed or maimed is not likely to get you the Oscar, so I don't think its a valid reason to not have a category for Stunts.
- You have clearly never seen Order of the Black Eagle where a man gets his face run over as a stunt gone wrong. It's low budget and they weren't trying.
  Idiots will hurt themselves doing stunts for cheap too without the prestige. The "Big" stunts are actually usually safer as they have more people knowing what they are doing.
  Maybe we can just still give them the awards for putting their bodies on the line anyways for film making a thing that isn't going to stop.
  
  Idiots will hurt themselves doing stunts for cheap too without the prestige. The "Big" stunts are actually usually safer as they have more people knowing what they are doing.
  Having a prize for stunts encourages more low budget unsafe stunt work too as people take risks to increase their prestige to get the bigger gigs.
  I don’t deny that stunt work demands immense talent and effort and risk. Just like a performance artist who does five-finger filet really fast for money. But is it moral to give out accolades for it?
  Would it be better to look at ourselves and say “Woah, this is fucked up. It’s fucked up that it’s happening and it’s fucked up that I’m entertained by it. What can I do to encourage less of this in the world?”