Epsilon
#basta
What an absolutely terrible idea, especially in a year where there are some "popular films" (Black Panther, Mission Impossible: Fallout) that could potentially otherwise get nominated in the usual Best Picture category. Now they will almost assuredly be shunted into this new one and ignored for the real award. This is the Academy Awards, not the MTV Movie Awards.
Rather than partitioning off these films into their own narrow box, why not encourage the voters to think more broadly about what "Best Picture" means? It's not like Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, etc. films haven't been nominated in the past, if they are good enough in an overall sense.