Of course, not automatically discounting every superhero movie and science fiction movie with an explosion in it might be one way, but that doesn’t appear to be one of the available options.
This will certainly continue to be a topic of contention through next year’s ceremony.
We may not even know if the popular movie award is actually being given out until the nominees are announced early next year.
It’s almost certainly true that more people will pay attention to the Oscars if the movies they saw and enjoyed have the potential to win awards, but the Academy is clearly having trouble figuring out how to do that.