Yes, they don't mean much to, well, pretty much anyone, but at least they usually have better picks than for the more prestigious awards - and we can all vote for the winners. The short list will be announcd on Monday, but they've already released the long list: http://www.airlockalpha.com/community/index.php?topic=13848.0 Star Trek has several potential nominees, and no doubt it has a great chance to get a few actual nominations. It also got a few first place votes in the nomination process: Best movie, Zachary Quinto for Best Movie Actor, Zoe Saldana for Bst Movie Actress, and Anton Yelchin for Best Young Actor. Also on the list: Chris Pine, Karl Urban and Leonard Nimoy for Best Movie Actor, Jacob Kogan and Jimmy Bennett for Best Young Actor Still, it's not really certain how many actual nominations it will get (well, the Best Movie one is pretty much assured).
And the list of nominees has been released, and unsurpsingly, Star Trek leads the way as far as movies go, with 5 nominations in 4 categories. BEST MOVIE The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight The Incredible Hulk Star Trek Watchmen BEST ACTOR/Movie Christian Bale, "The Dark Knight" Jackie Earle Haley, "Watchmen" Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" Chris Pine, "Star Trek" Zachary Quinto, "Star Trek" BEST ACTRESS/Movie Gillian Anderson, "The X-Files: I Want To Believe" Cate Blanchett, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Moon Bloodgood, "Terminator: Salvation" Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Dark Knight" Zoe Saldana, "Star Trek" BEST YOUNG ACTOR Thomas Dekker, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" Jordan Hinson, "Eureka" Thomas Knight, "The Sarah Jane Adventures" Jacob Kogan, "Star Trek" Hayden Panettiere, "Heroes" Other Trek-related nominations: BEST WEB SITE Dollverse GateWorld SupernaturalTV TrekMovie Whedonesque BEST WEB PRODUCTION Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Heroes: Going Postal The House Between Star Trek: Phase II GENE RODDENBERRY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD James Cameron Gene L. Coon Matt Jefferies Majel Barrett Roddenberry H.G. Wells See the rest of the nominations here: http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/6439
I was on the nominating committee for this (I used to write for the site). I would have loved to see Anton Yelchin make the list for Best Young Actor/Performer rather than Thomas Dekker. Yelchin was 18 in the movie (and is 20 now), and Dekker is 22. The hard part, though, is choosing between Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine in a category that also includes Heath Ledger.
It may sound wrong, but I'm more inclined to choose either Pine or Quinto, because the odds of them being honored for any major award are 313,417,234.67 to 1.
22?! And I was wondering how long is Hayden going to be eligible for the Young Actor award, she has been nominated for 3 years in a row already, and is turning 20... but Dekker is already 22, and getting nominated in the same categories as children?! That is ridiculous. What is the age cutoff for that award, anyway?
I'm not sure. It never occurred to me to ask until I saw the final nominations. I am awaiting an answer on this. Actually, Dekker is not yet 22, but he will be in December.
The voting has started. http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/6474 You can vote once a day till July 25. For a vote to be valid, you have to vote in at least 75% of the categories.
Wait H.G. Wells is up for the Gene Roddenberry Life Time Achievement Award? Cool. I think that GateWorld has the best website down though.
Olmos, McDonnell, Emerson, Sackhoff, The Oath (nothing from Lost?!?), Hatch (Tudyk's role was too poorly written), Kogan, Quinto, Gyllenhaal, no opinion, no opinion, Star Trek, Lost, and HG frakkin Wells.
Seriously. They shouldn't have to throw his name in one of the categories. They should either just honor him with a special award or name something else after him.