Contest: ENTER Suggestions for Categories for 2nd Golden Gormanganders

[Lord Garth]

The season's over and it's time to start looking at recommendations for categories for the 2nd Annual Golden Gormanganders! Please recommend categories below. We don't have to use the same ones we did last year. And some of them have to change. We can't use "Best Lorca's A Pirick Moment" anymore, for instance.

Please note I can't promise that we'll use all the suggestions. And there will be a hard cut-off at 50 categories.

The plan is to begin voting after the second animated Short Treks airs. But I want to have all the categories lined up before then.

I'm also looking for Judges. They're necessary in order to help me break ties when we begin actual voting. As long as we have an odd number of judges. If you're interested, please send me a PM. Thanks!

Here was the list of categories for the 1st Annual Golden Gormaganders:

Part I: Main Categories
1. Best Actor
2. Best Antagonist
3. Best Character Scene
4. Best Couple
5. Worst Couple
6. Best Death
7. Worst Death
8. Best Episode
9. Worst Episode
10. Best Line
11. Worst Line
12. Best Main Character
13. Best Scene
14. Worst Scene
15. Best Stand-Out Character
16. Best Supporting Character

Part II: Behind the Scenes
17. Best Director
18. Best Writer

Part III: Made for the Moment
19. Best Character Moment
20. Worst Character Moment
21. Best Gratuitous Scene
22. Best Ground Battle
23. Best Lorca Is a Prick Moment
24. Best Plot Point
25. Best Tilly Moment
26. Best Weird-Out Moment

Part IV: Props, Costumes, & Design
27. Coolest Hair
28. Best Costume
29. Best Make-Up
30. Best New Design
31. Worst New Design
32. Best Non-Hero Ship
33. Best Space-Faring Lifeform

Part V: Technical
34. Best Real Science Concept
35. Best Ship-to-Ship Battle
36. Best Special Effect
37. Worst Special Effect

Part VI: Kicking It Old School
38. Best Traditionally Star Trek Scene or Moment
39. Best Homage/Callback
40. Worst Homage/Callback
41. Best Traditionally Sci-Fi Story or Storyline

Part VII: The Parent's Basement
42. Best Anachronism
43. Best Canon Violation
44. Best Fan Service
45. Best Incongruity
46. Best Line Spoken in Klingon
47. Best Use of Technobabble

 

[NewHeavensNewEarth]

Best/Worst Mother to Michael
Best at Taking a Punch or Photon Torpedo

 

[Jinn]

Best Sudden Apperance of a Character on Discovery without us knowing how they suddenly arrived on the ship.

Best ship under Pike's command.

Best Tie-in to a Short Trek.

Best Bridge Character to be given a personality/backstory info that's only relevant for about one episode.

Best Reference to a Religious Concept in an Episode Title.

Best Fix for a Continuity Problem from Season One.

Worst Fix for a Continuity Problem from Season One.

Most Improvement of a Character who previously appeared in Season One.

Most Deterioration of a Characer who previously appeared in Season One.

Best Character Imported from TOS.

Most Improved TOS Character.

Most Deteriorated TOS character.

 

[Orac]

[Seriously, what's the opposite of "improve"]

That would be "deteriorate".

 

[Delta Vega]

Most times Spock said "Michael" in a given episode

 

[Jinn]

That would be "deteriorate".

Thanks!

 

[Lord Garth]

Bumping this for anyone else to recommend new categories.

I'm also still looking for judges to help me break ties.

 

[Vger23]

A couple category suggestions/ideas:

Best Flashback Scene
Best "Secnday Character Moment/Line"
Best "We Fixed TEH CANNON!!1!1" Undertaking
Worst "We Fixed TEH CANNON!!1!1" Undertaking
Best MU Georgoiu Is Awesome Moment
Best TOS Link/Call Back
Biggest "I'm Not Crying, It's Just Dilithium Dust In My Eyes" Scene

 

[F. King Daniel]

Michael Worship Award: Just Who Loved her the Very Most?

 

[seigezunt]

Most Divisive Tweak To The Visual Canon
Sassiest Saru Moment
Best Anachronism
Best Bechdel-Test Passing Scene
Most Space Daddy Pike Moment
Prettiest Lens Flare
Biggest Cry
Best Mike Monologue
Best Fight
Biggest Misdirect
Most Nausea-Inducing Revolving Shot
Best Character in the Background Who Completely Distracts the Viewer
Most TNG-Like Technobabble
Biggest Cringe
Best Hair
Best Facial Hair

 

[Delta Vega]

Best female in faux leather trousers award (Georgi)
Worst beard
Coolest command order

 

[Vger23]

Yeah...gotta be a beard category of some sort.

 

[Refuge]

Maybe keep it simple and just go for it.

Best version of Spock.
Best version of Pike.
Best version of Enterprise.
Best Number One.
Best Number Two.

 

[Lord Garth]

@Succubint and @Orac have agreed to be Judges again this year! And it looks like we have a lot of new categories to pick and choose from.

Thanks everyone for their suggestions! Keep 'em coming.

 

[Delta Vega]

Most awesome recital of technobabble
Best "one liner"

 

[Succubint]

What does "special effect" entail? Is that a cgi thing or a practical effects thing?

 

[Orac]

Here's a few more:

Best sound effect
Best performance by a baby
Most overwrought performance by S. M. Green
Best unintentionally funny scene
Best intentionally funny scene
Most violent episode

 

[Lord Garth]

The cut-off for recommending new categories will be May 31st @11:59pm EDT.

Thanks!

 

[Rahul]

The season's over and it's time to start looking at recommendations for categories for the 2nd Annual Golden Gormanganders! Please recommend categories below. We don't have to use the same ones we did last year. And some of them have to change. We can't use "Best Lorca's A Pirick Moment" anymore, for instance.

Nice! Thanks for doing it!

Part I: Main Categories
1. Best Actor
2. Best Antagonist
3. Best Character Scene
4. Best Couple
5. Worst Couple
6. Best Death
7. Worst Death
8. Best Episode
9. Worst Episode
10. Best Line
11. Worst Line
12. Best Main Character
13. Best Scene
14. Worst Scene
15. Best Stand-Out Character
16. Best Supporting Character

I would honestly thin it out a little:
"Best character scene" and "Best scene" are IMO redundant. Same goes for "Best Stand-Out character", "Best supporting character" and "Best Main character". Two of these should be enough (maybe "best recurring character"/"best guest character").

Also, I think we don't have enough couples to make best/worst a meaningfull category - no one's going to chose Burnham/Tyler over Stamets/Culbert.

Part II: Behind the Scenes
17. Best Director
18. Best Writer

Works, but people will chose the same as "best episode" in both cases, so not sure if really needed.

Part III: Made for the Moment
19. Best Character Moment
20. Worst Character Moment
21. Best Gratuitous Scene
22. Best Ground Battle
23. Best Lorca Is a Prick Moment
24. Best Plot Point
25. Best Tilly Moment
26. Best Weird-Out Moment

Maybe "best fight choreography"? Like, serious props to Michelle Yeoh.

Part IV: Props, Costumes, & Design
27. Coolest Hair
28. Best Costume
29. Best Make-Up
30. Best New Design
31. Worst New Design
32. Best Non-Hero Ship
33. Best Space-Faring Lifeform

Perfect!
Tough maybe change "Best space-Faring Lifeform" to "Best alien design"? No Gormagander or Tardigrade this season.

Part V: Technical
34. Best Real Science Concept
35. Best Ship-to-Ship Battle
36. Best Special Effect
37. Worst Special Effect

There was only one real ship battle.

Part VI: Kicking It Old School
38. Best Traditionally Star Trek Scene or Moment
39. Best Homage/Callback
40. Worst Homage/Callback
41. Best Traditionally Sci-Fi Story or Storyline

FIne.

Part VII: The Parent's Basement
42. Best Anachronism
43. Best Canon Violation
44. Best Fan Service
45. Best Incongruity
46. Best Line Spoken in Klingon
47. Best Use of TechnobabbleQ[/UOTE]
DEFINITELY need a "worst one" for each of those as well!

 

[Rahul]

Best/Worst Mother to Michael

Holy shit yes!

A couple category suggestions/ideas:
Best "We Fixed TEH CANNON!!1!1" Undertaking
Worst "We Fixed TEH CANNON!!1!1" Undertaking

Abso-fuckin'-lutely!

Best Hair

Definitely a "best hair" catoegory! They went wild this season.