They were being half serious, half poking fun at the plague. With so many movies not being released this year (for Jan to March is shitty movie release period) and movie theatres wanting to "hold" many movies till after the Plague ...
Well this is the best time to actually break the mold and try to get a different type of movie to win many of the Oscars. These gays also knew that the Oscar rules are likely to change (ironic considering the hoopla last year with Spielberg and so on wanting tighter rule categories in 2019) but it is still a fun mental hypothetical to go down. A movie like this may actually win in this environment.
Crosses the Streams I mean Threads with some Hannibal energy. I am kind of disappointed by Hannibal Season 3. Why did they not visit Germany and tell an impalement story in that country? If you are going to do a road trip why not make it the opposite of the word "tame?"
Murders, murders, everywhere all throughout Europe?