BlackGeekdom Science-Fiction from a Different Perspective

Last night Spike aired its 2007 Scream Awards which honors the best in Horror, Sci-fi, Comics and Fantasy.   I think they should rename it the Fanboy awards because that’s the audience.   The awards were very entertaining, lots of energy and plenty of genre stars, and its nice to actually see some of the comic guys get some screen time.   Some of the major highlights other than announcement of the category awards, was Harrison Ford winning the first ”Hero” award which recognizes the legends of the genre,  a reunion of the original “Star Trek” cast for the 25th anniversary of “Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan”, and Neil Gaiman winning the  ”Comic-Con Icon Award”

I like the fact the the show also premiered never before seen trailers (great marketing gimmick for fanboys)  for upcoming films like Beowulf.   My only real complaint was the musical performers, Ozzy Osbourne, Avenged Sevenfold and Alice Cooper who won an award for “SCREAM Rock Immortal”.   Its amazing that people seem to think this is the only genre of music that Sci-fi, Comics and Horror fans like.   I guess we can only tackle one stereotype at a time.    

Here are the categories and nominees for the awards the winners are in bold.

    THE ULTIMATE SCREAM
    — 28 WEEKS LATER
    — 300
    — BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
    — THE DESCENT
    — HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
    — HEROES
    — PAN’S LABYRINTH
    — PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
    — SPIDER-MAN 3
    — TRANSFORMERS

    BEST HORROR MOVIE
    – 28 WEEKS LATER
    — 1408
    — THE DESCENT
    — GRINDHOUSE
    — THE HOST
    — HOSTEL: PART II

    BEST FANTASY MOVIE
    — HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
    — PAN’S LABYRINTH
    — PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
    — SPIDER-MAN 3
    — STARDUST

    BEST SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE
    — CHILDREN OF MEN
    — THE FOUNTAIN
    — THE PRESTIGE
    — SUNSHINE
    – TRANSFORMERS

    BEST TV SHOW
    — BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
    — DOCTOR WHO
    – HEROES
    — LOST
    — MASTERS OF HORROR

    BEST COMIC BOOK
    – 30 DAYS OF NIGHT
    — ALL-STAR SUPERMAN
    — THE BOYS
    — ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR
    — Y: THE LAST MAN

    SCREAM QUEEN
    – KATE BECKINSALE, VACANCY
    — ROSARIO DAWSON, GRINDHOUSE
    — JORDANA BREWSTER, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING
    — BIJOU PHILLIPS, HOSTEL: PART II
    — ROSE MCGOWAN, GRINDHOUSE
    — MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD, BLACK CHRISTMAS

    SCREAM KING
    — JOHN CUSACK, 1408
    — SAMUEL L. JACKSON, SNAKES ON A PLANE
    — SHIA LABEOUF, DISTURBIA
    — ANGUS MACFADYEN, SAW III
    — FREDDY RODRIGUEZ, GRINDHOUSE
    — LUKE WILSON, VACANCY

    BEST SUPERHERO
    — MICHAEL CHIKLIS, FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER
    — CHRIS EVANS AS THE HUMAN TORCH, FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER
       SURFER
    — TOBEY MAGUIRE AS SPIDER-MAN, SPIDER-MAN 3
    — MASI OKA AS HIRO NAKAMURO, HEROES
    — MILO VENTIMIGLIA AS PETER PETRELLI, HEROES

    SEXIEST SUPERHERO
    — JESSICA ALBA, FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER
    — ALI LARTER, HEROES
    — HAYDEN PANETTIERE AS CLAIRE BENNET, HEROES

    FANTASY FOX
    – JESSICA BIEL, THE ILLUSIONIST
    — KIRSTEN DUNST, SPIDER-MAN 3
    — LENA HEADEY, 300
    — KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
    — EVANGELINE LILLY, LOST
    — EVA MENDES, GHOST RIDER
    — SIENNA MILLER, STARDUST

    FANTASY HERO
    — GERARD BUTLER, 300
    – JOHNNY DEPP, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
    — MATTHEW FOX, LOST
    — EDWARD NORTON, THE ILLUSIONIST
    — DANIEL RADCLIFFE, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

    SCI-FI SIREN
    — CLARE-HOPE ASHITEY, CHILDREN OF MEN
    – MEGAN FOX, TRANSFORMERS
    — SCARLETT JOHANSSON, THE PRESTIGE
    — KATEE SACKHOFF, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
    — RACHEL WEISZ, THE FOUNTAIN

    SCI-FI STAR
    — CHRISTIAN BALE, THE PRESTIGE
    — HUGH JACKMAN, THE FOUNTAIN
    — SHIA LABEOUF, TRANSFORMERS
    — CILLIAN MURPHY, SUNSHINE
    — CLIVE OWEN, CHILDREN OF MEN

    BEST CAMEO
    — DAVID BOWIE, THE PRESTIGE
    — JAY HERNANDEZ, HOSTEL: PART II
    — KEITH RICHARDS, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
    — QUENTIN TARANTINO, GRINDHOUSE
    — BRUCE WILLIS, GRINDHOUSE

    BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
    — CLARE-HOPE ASHITEY, CHILDREN OF MEN
    — ZOE BELL, GRINDHOUSE
    — MEGAN FOX, TRANSFORMERS
    — LAUREN GERMAN, HOSTEL: PART II
    — SHAUNA MACDONALD, THE DESCENT
    – HAYDEN PANETTIERE, HEROES
    — RODRIGO SANTORO AS XERXES, 300

    MOST VILE VILLAIN
    — SERGI LOPEZ AS CAPTAIN VIDAL, PAN’S LABYRINTH
    — MICHELLE PFEIFFER, STARDUST
    — ZACHARY QUINTO AS SYLAR/GABRIEL GRAY, HEROES
    — KURT RUSSELL AS STUNTMAN MIKE, GRINDHOUSE
    — RODRIGO SANTORO AS XERXES, 300
    — TOBIN BELL & SHAWNEE SMITH, SAW III
    — THOMAS HADEN CHURCH, SPIDER-MAN 3
    — TOPHER GRACE, SPIDER-MAN 3
    – RALPH FIENNES, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

    MOST MEMORABLE MUTILATION
    — BATTLE VS. THE IMMORTALS, 300
    — CRANIAL SURGERY, SAW III
    – DISMEMBERED IN CAR CRASH, GRINDHOUSE
    — EATEN ALIVE BY CANNIBAL, HOSTEL: PART II
    — MOUTH SLICED OPEN AND SEWN BACK TOGETHER, PAN’S LABYRINTH

    BEST COMIC-TO-SCREEN ADAPTATION
    — 300
    — FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER
    — GHOST RIDER
    — SPIDERMAN 3
    — TMNT: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

    BEST SEQUEL
    — 28 WEEKS LATER
    – HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
    — PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
    — SAW III
    — SPIDER-MAN 3

   “JUMP-FROM-YOUR-SEAT” SCENE OF THE YEAR
    — ATTACK OF THE UBER IMMORTAL, 300
    – FINAL BATTLE: MEGATRON VS. OPTIMUS PRIME, TRANSFORMERS
    — MID-AIR BATTLE: SPIDER-MAN VS. THE NEW GOBLIN, SPIDER-MAN 3
    — THE RAIN OF ARROWS, 300
    — ZOMBIE ATTACKS GLASS WINDOW, 28 WEEKS LATER

    BEST DIRECTOR
    — MICHAEL BAY, TRANSFORMERS
    — DANNY BOYLE, SUNSHINE
    — ALFONSO CUARON, CHILDREN OF MEN
    — GUILLERMO DEL TORO, PAN’S LABYRINTH
    — NEIL MARSHALL, THE DESCENT
    — ELI ROTH, HOSTEL: PART II
    — ZACK SNYDER, 300
    — SAM RAIMI, SPIDER-MAN 3
    – QUENTIN TARANTINO & ROBERT RODRIGUEZ, GRINDHOUSE

    BEST SCREAM-PLAY
    — 300, WRITTEN BY ZACK SNYDER & KURT JOHNSTAD
    — CHILDREN OF MEN, WRITTEN BY ALFONSO CUARON, TIMOTHY J. SEXTON, DAVID
       ARATA, MARK FERGUS & HAWK OSTBY
    – GRINDHOUSE, WRITTEN BY ROBERT RODRIGUEZ, QUENTIN TARANTINO, JEFF
       RENDELL, ELI ROTH, EDGAR WRIGHT & ROB ZOMBIE
    — THE DESCENT, WRITTEN BY NEIL MARSHALL
    — PAN’S LABYRINTH, WRITTEN BY GUILLERMO DEL TORO
    — SUNSHINE, WRITTEN BY ALEX GARLAND

    BEST F/X
    — 300
    — HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
    — PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
    — SPIDER-MAN 3
    – TRANSFORMERS

    BEST FOREIGN MOVIE
    — CELLO (SOUTH KOREA)
    — DEATH NOTE (JAPAN)
    — THE HOST (SOUTH KOREA)
    — INITIAL D (HONG KONG)
    – PAN’S LABYRINTH (SPAIN)

    BEST COMIC BOOK WRITER
    — BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, CIVIL WAR: THE INITIATIVE/DAREDEVIL/NEW AVENGERS
    — GARTH ENNIS, PUNISHER: MAX/THE BOYS/GHOST RIDER/CHRONICLES OF
       WORMWOOD/MIDNIGHTER
    — FRANK MILLER, ALL-STAR BATMAN & ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER/FRANK MILLER’S
       ROBOCOP
    — ALAN MOORE, LOST GIRLS/YUGGOTH CULTURES
    — BRIAN K. VAUGHN, EX MACHINA/RUNAWAYS/Y: THE LAST MAN

    BEST COMIC BOOK ARTIST
    — JOHN CASSADY, ASTONISHING X-MEN
    — DARWYN COOK, THE SPIRIT
    — PIA GUERRA, Y: THE LAST MAN
    — STEVE MCNIVEN, CIVIL WAR
    — BEN TEMPLESMITH, WORMWOOD: GENTLEMAN CORPSE/FELL

    BEST SCREEN-TO-COMIC ADAPTATION
    – 28 DAYS LATER: THE AFTERMATH
    — ARMY OF DARKNESS
    — FRANK MILLER’S ROBOCOP
    — GEORGE A. ROMERO’S NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD:
       BACK FROM THE GRAVE
    — THE HILLS HAVE EYES: THE BEGINNING

    MOST SHOCKING COMIC BOOK TWIST
    –  ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND DOROTHY FROM OZ HAVE LESBIAN SEX!, LOST GIRLS
    – CAPTAIN AMERICA DIES!, CAPTAIN AMERICA
    — PETER PARKER REVEALS THAT HE IS SPIDERMAN!, CIVIL WAR
    — SABRE-TOOTH IS BEHEADED BY WOLVERINE!, WOLVERINE
    — SUPERMAN KAL-EL IS KILLED BY SUPERBOY-PRIME!, INFINITE CRISIS