Stardate 03.07.2017.A: The Saturn Award Nominations Are Out ...

I'm not much of a fan of awards shows.  A few years back, I pretty much gave up on them, largely because everyone involved in them decided to take the opportunity of a public appearance supposed to be focused on arts and entertainment to lecture me about politics.  Still, if there's any one I still follow fairly closely then it'd be the Saturn Awards.  For those unawares, the Saturn Awards are dedicated to the recognition of films in the realm of Science Fiction and Fantasy, so it's a natural that SciFiHistory.Net would kinda/sorta keep them on our radar.

​In any event, the nominations for the 43rd annual Saturn Awards are out, and I'm copying and pasting the featured film selections below from their website.  Take a gander at how many great genre entries there were in the last year.  It's certainly an impressive list, and that bodes for some fierce competition.

Best Comic-to-Motion Picture Release:

• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
• Captain America: Civil War
• Deadpool
• Doctor Strange
• Suicide Squad
• X-Men: Apocalypse

Best Science Fiction Film Release:

• Arrival
• Independence Day: Resurgence
• Midnight Special
• Passengers
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Star Trek Beyond

Best Fantasy Film Release:

• The BFG
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Ghostbusters
• The Jungle Book
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
• A Monster Calls
• Pete’s Dragon

Best Horror Film Release:

• The Autopsy of Jane Doe
• The Conjuring 2
• Demon
• Don’t Breathe
• Ouija: Origin of Evil
• Train to Busan
• The Witch

Best Action/Adventure Film Release:

• Allied
• Gold
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hidden Figures
• The Legend of Tarzan
• The Magnificent Seven
• The Nice Guys

Best Thriller Film Release:

• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• The Accountant
• The Girl on the Train
• Jason Bourne
• Hell or High Water
• The Shallows
• Split

​As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!​