BlackGeekdom Science-Fiction from a Different Perspective

Last Night they gave out the 35th annual Saturn Awards.  No big surprises other than my usual gripe about things getting nominated or even worse winning that aren’t in the genre, like Angelina Jolie winning Best Actress for Changeling.   It makes me wonder if they simply gave her the award with hopes of getting her to attend the awards or to generate some press for the event.  Yes she may have done a number of genre films, but this wasn’t one. 

 I was curious as to how films get nominated and this is what it says on their site.  The nominations are done by committee.  The committee is divided evenly between fans, academics and industry professionals.  It also says that they use the broadest definition possible to determine nominations for the categories.   I guess their definition of broad means that we can make anything fit as long as it serves our puposes. 

The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. The Saturn Awards were devised by Dr. Donald A. Reed, who felt that films within those genres were never given the appreciation they deserved.

Winners below the break

-THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD went to Leonard Nimoy and it was presented to him by his most recent director, J.J Abrams.

-THE LIFE CAREER AWARD (whatever that means), went to one of the best character actors in the world, the one, the only, Lance Henriksen, and the award was presented to him by none other than pal Ed Harris.

-THE VISIONARY AWARD went to Jeffrey Katzenberg, and it was presented to him by everyone’s favorite multi-tasking producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

-BEST SCI-FI FILM: Iron ManThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonTV SERIES: LostDVD RELEASE: Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer

-BEST FANTASY FILM:

-BEST HORROR FILM: Hellboy II: The Golden Army

-BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER: The Dark Knight

-BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: Let The Right One

-BEST ANIMATED FILM: WALL•E

-BEST ACTOR: Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man)

-BEST ACTRESS: Angelina Jolie (Changeling)

-SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

-SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Tilda Swinton (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

-BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNG ACTOR: JadenChristopher Smith (The Day The Earth Stood Still)

-BEST DIRECTOR: Jon Favreau (Iron Man)

-BEST WRITER: Christopher Nolan and Jonathon Nolan (The Dark Knight)

-MUSIC: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard (The Dark Knight)

-COSTUME: Mary Zophres (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls)

-MAKE-UP: Greg Cannom (The Curios Case of Benjamin Button)

-SPECIAL EFFECTS: Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin (The Dark Knight)

IN TV:

-BEST

-BEST SYNDICATED/CABLE TV SERIES: Battlestar Galactica

-BEST PRESENTATION ON TV (???): The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (accepted by uber producer Dean Devlin)

-BEST ACTOR: Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica)

-BEST ACTRESS: Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica, accepted by co-star and hottie Grace Park, on behalf of Mary)

-SUPPORTING ACTOR: Adrian Pasdar (Heroes)

-SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter)

-BEST GUEST STAR: Jimmy Smits (Dexter)

IN DVD:

-BEST

-BEST CLASSIC FILM RELEASE: Psycho, Universal Legacy Series

-BEST COLLECTION: The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration

-BEST SERIES ON DVD: Moonlight

-BEST RETRO SERIES: The Invaders (accepted by show producer and infamous filmmaker Larry Cohen)

-BEST DVD SPECIAL EDITION: Stephen King’s The Mist (Two-Disc Collector’s Edition)

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