Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Awards

Several weeks ago the Hugo Nominations came out, and the BSG episode, Revelations is in contention for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form):

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

  • “The Constant” (Lost) Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof, writers; Jack Bender, director (Bad Robot, ABC studios)
  • Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen , writers; Joss Whedon, director (Mutant Enemy)
  • “Revelations” (Battlestar Galactica) Bradley Thompson & David Weddle, writers; Michael Rymer, director (NBC Universal)
  • “Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead” (Doctor Who) Steven Moffat, writer; Euros Lyn, director (BBC Wales)
  • “Turn Left” (Doctor Who) Russell T. Davies, writer; Graeme Harper, director (BBC Wales)
In addition, in the Best Dramatic Presentation (long form) also touches on BSG: Audible’s original production, METAtropolis, has been nominated for a Hugo Award. As far as anyone can determine, this is the first time an audiobook has been nominated for a Hugo It's up against some of the year’s biggest movies:
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
WALL-E
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

METAtropolis was written by a great team of writers, John Scalzi; Tobias Buckell; Jay Lake; Elizabeth Bear; and Karl Schroeder – and a cast of narrators Battlestar Galactica stars Michael Hogan, Alessandro Juliani and Kandyse McClure, plus Stefan Rudnicki and Scott Brick.

The Hugo winners will be announced on Aug. 9 at the 67th World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal.

In other recent award news, BSG and Doctor Horrible won Streamy Web Awards where Battlestar Galactica: Face of the Enemy webisodes won Best Dramatic Web Series, along with Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series, and Best Actor in a Dramatic Series for Alessandro Juliani. (Also of note: Tiki Bar TV won best Art Direction.)

Also, not too long ago, James McAvoy received Empire's award for Best Sci-Fi Superhero for Wanted from Jamie Bamber. McAvoy said, "Oh my god, I got an award from the CAG!"

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