Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
F the Oscars. F them up their stupid ass.
This year, the Saturns have once again released an interesting list of genre nominations, and we thought it’d be a good idea to post them and let you debate the merits or demerits of what got included. Check it out:
THE 29TH ANNUAL SATURN AWARDS NOMINATIONS
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
Men in Black 2 (Sony)
Minority Report (20th Century Fox)
Signs (Buena Vista)
Solaris (20th Century Fox)
Star Trek: Nemesis (Paramount)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm)
BEST FANTASY FILM
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Warner Bros.)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Line Cinema)
Reign of Fire (Buena Vista)
The Santa Clause 2 (Buena Vista)
The Scorpion King (Universal)
Spider-Man (Sony)
BEST HORROR FILM
Blade 2 (New Line Cinema)
Eight Legged Freaks (Warner Bros.)
Frailty (Lions Gate)
Queen of the Damned (Warner Bros.)
Resident Evil (Screen Gems)
The Ring (Dreamworks SKG)
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM
The Bourne Identity (Universal)
Die Another Day (MGM/UA)
One Hour Photo (Fox Searchlight)
Red Dragon (Universal)
Road to Perdition (Dreamworks SKG)
XXX (Sony/Revolution)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Ice Age (20th Century Fox)
Lilo & Stitch (Buena Vista)
Spirited Away (Buena Vista)
Treasure Planet (Buena Vista)
BEST ACTOR
Pierce Brosnan, DIE ANOTHER DAY
George Clooney, SOLARIS
Tom Cruise, MINORITY REPORT
Tobey Maguire, SPIDER-MAN
Viggo Mortensen, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
Robin Williams, ONE HOUR PHOTO
BEST ACTRESS
Kirsten Dunst, SPIDER-MAN
Jodie Foster, PANIC ROOM
Milla Jovovich, RESIDENT EVIL
Natascha McElhone, SOLARIS
Natalie Portman, STAR WARS: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE CLONES
Naomi Watts, THE RING
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ralph Fiennes, RED DRAGON
Tom Hardy, STAR TREK: NEMESIS
Andy Serkis, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
Toby Stephens, DIE ANOTHER DAY
Max Von Sydow, MINORITY REPORT
Robin Williams, INSOMNIA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Halle Berry, DIE ANOTHER DAY
Samantha Morton, MINORITY REPORT
Connie Nielsen, ONE HOUR PHOTO
Rachel Roberts, SIMONE
Sissy Spacek, TUCK EVERLASTING
Emily Watson, RED DRAGON
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR
Alexis Bledel, TUCK EVERLASTING
Hayden Christensen, STAR WARS: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE CLONES
Tyler Hoechlin, ROAD TO PERDITION
Daniel Radcliffe, HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Jeremy Sumpter, FRAILTY
Elijah Wood, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
BEST DIRECTION
Chris Columbus, HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Peter Jackson, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
George Lucas, STAR WARS: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE CLONES
Bill Paxton, FRAILTY
Sam Raimi, SPIDER-MAN
Steven Spielberg, MINORITY REPORT
BEST WRITING
Scott Frank and Jon Cohen, MINORITY REPORT
Brent Hanley, FRAILTY
Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt and Don Hewitt (English language adaptation), SPIRITED AWAY
Mark Romanek, ONE HOUR PHOTO
Hillary Seitz, INSOMNIA
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson, LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
BEST MUSIC
Danny Elfman, SPIDER-MAN
Reinhold Heil & Johnny Klimek, ONE HOUR PHOTO
Jo Hisaishi, SPIRITED AWAY
Howard Shore, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
John Williams, MINORITY REPORT
John Williams, STAR WARS: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE CLONES
BEST COSTUME
Deena Appel, AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER
Trisha Biggar, STAR WARS: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE CLONES
Ngila Dickson, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
Lindy Hemming, HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Bob Ringwood, STAR TREK: NEMESIS
Deborah L. Scott, MINORITY REPORT
BEST MAKE-UP
BLADE 2
HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
MINORITY REPORT
THE RING
STAR TREK: NEMESIS
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
MINORITY REPORT
SPIDER-MAN
STAR WARS: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE CLONES
XXX
Yeah... a list like this won’t cause any dissension among you guys in the Talk Backs. Not at all.