Into Darkness snubbed for Hugo nomination

[Mudd]

One would presume that a movie must be good in order for it to be nominated for such an award.

One would be completely wrong in one's presumption.

Studios don't care about Hugos; they care about Golden Globes and Oscars. Publishers care about Hugos, for the same reason that studios care about Academy Awards: they're useful in promotion.

 

[Noname Given]

ack -mispost

 

[Bashir Trikona]

How much would Orci's politics would have to do with this supposed snub?

 

[M'Sharak]

How much would Orci's politics would have to do with this supposed snub?

Not one bit. There are people from all over the political map represented among this year's nominees.

 

[Hartzilla2007]

One would presume that a movie must be good in order for it to be nominated for such an award.

One would be completely wrong in one's presumption.

Studios don't care about Hugos; they care about Golden Globes and Oscars. Publishers care about Hugos, for the same reason that studios care about Academy Awards: they're useful in promotion.

Besides should we really be concerned that Star Trek Into Darkness didn't get a nomination for a Hugo when Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury did get a Hugo nomination?

 

[BigJake]

Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury arguably packs more entertainment into three minutes than STID managed in two hours*, so I'd say justice was done.





* I kid, of course.

They're about even.

 

[MakeshiftPython]

The song is at least catchy.