Contest: VOTE SF&F Avatar Contest: The TrekBBS Acting in SF&F Award 2021

[Kai "the spy"]

The time has come to cast your ballots to honor the actors, the faces that bring to life those characters we love, and sometimes love to hate. You may vote for up to four nominatees.

And the nominees are:

Carl Lumbly; Falcon & the Winter Soldier
nominated by @Kai "the spy"

Lee Pace; Foundation
nominated by @Kai "the spy"

Alan Tudyk; Resident Alien
nominated by @Avro Arrow

Himesh Patel; Station Eleven
nominated by @JD

Henry Cavill; The Witcher
nominated by @JD

Leonardo DiCaprio; Don't Look Up
nominated by @Orac

Corey Reynolds; Resident Alien
nominated by @Commander Troi

Brendan Fraser; Doom Patrol
nominated by @Commander Troi

Leah Harvey; Foundation
nominated by @Kai "the spy"

Rebecca Ferguson; Dune
nominated by @Kai "the spy"

Sara Tomko; Resident Alien
nominated by @Avro Arrow

Danielle Deadwyler; Station Eleven
nominated by @JD

Freya Allan; The Witcher
nominated by @JD

Meryl Streep; Don't Look Up
nominated by @Orac

Elizabeth Tulloch; Superman & Lois
nominated by @Commander Troi

Elizabeth Bowen; Resident Alien
nominated by @Commander Troi

 

[JD]

I acted like I knew what I was doing and voted for four.

 

[Avro Arrow]

@Kai "the spy" , just wondering, if you haven't seen most of the performances, is it OK to still vote for images you like, ior should we only vote for things we've seen?

If I recall correctly, there was a bit of a scandal when it came out that some members of the Academy hadn't watched all the nominees before casting their ballots...

 

[Orac]

I haven't seen any of these actors performances, but I didn't let that stop me from judging them.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

I'll leave it to each voter themselves how they make up their mind.

I thought it time for some honorable mentions:

Elizabeth Olsen; WandaVision

Christian Convery; Sweet Tooth

David Dastmalchian; The Suicide Squad

Dev Patel; The Green Knight

Mckenna Grace; Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Kaylee Hottle; Godzilla vs Kong

And a special shoutout for my pick for best ensemble of 2021:

Shun Oguri

Kenichi Matsuyama

Anne Watanabe

Toru Nakamura

Teruyuki Kagawa

Eiji Wentz

Renji Ishibashi

Jun Kunimura

 

[Avro Arrow]

I'll leave it to each voter themselves how they make up their mind.

Fair enough. Then I have voted, for some whose performances I have seen, and some I have not seen. Don't anyone tell the press!

 

[Kai "the spy"]

And the award goes to ...

Congratulations, @Commander Troi ! This is the first time TrekBBS AA nomination and first time win for both, Elizabeth Tulloch and Commander Troi.

 

[Commander Troi]

Woohoo!

 

[Nerys Myk]

Now comes the hard part.

 

[Orac]

That's what she said.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

I checked with @Commander Troi , and it turns out (not surprisingly, seeing as this was her first time as an active participant) she was unaware that she as the winner was supposed to start the next contest, and asked for someone else to take over.

Now, on first glance, there are five runner-ups, but luckily only from three users, one of whom is Commander Troi herself, so this is really only between @Avro Arrow and myself. I could do it if necessary, but if Avro wants to, she can go ahead.

 

[Avro Arrow]

I could do it if necessary

Normally I would demur, but that doesn't sound like you really want to do it, and I too have felt the discomfort of running more than one in a row. So, OK, I will take the next one. Just please give me a bit of time to think of something.

It feels weird to be considered a "runner-up" when there was such a large gap in the votes!

 

[Nerys Myk]

If you don't mind a suggestion. How about SF sports since the Super Bowl and the Olympics are this week?

 

[Avro Arrow]

If you don't mind a suggestion. How about SF sports since the Super Bowl and the Olympics are this week?

Thank you, I appreciate the suggestion. However, I did think of an idea while I was offline, which ties into a current SF release. And to be honest, I'm really not a sports fan, and I'm struggling to think of examples of SF sports... I guess I can think of a couple, but I'd be concerned that the available choices would be too limited?

 

[Avro Arrow]

So, I meant to post the new contest when I logged back in later last night... and then I never got back here later last night. What a disaster. Oh well, the new contest is up now.