Firefly Episodes nominated for a Hugo Award!
POSTED BY: Sniper
UPDATED: Saturday, April 24, 2004 20:55
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Neither of these would make it to my top three favorite Firefly shows but I still liked them.
Isn't it strange that 2 out of 3 shows that Fox decided not to air have been nominated for Hugos?
It just proves what we've been saying all along
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Originally posted by WhooDahn:
Isn't it strange that 2 out of 3 shows that Fox decided not to air have been nominated for Hugos?
It just proves what we've been saying all along.
Um, not exactly. The reason these shows were eligible this year was precisely because they weren't shown. Their date of "showing" became when the DVDs were released.
What this really goes to show is the effect of the DVD release of the series. People obviously nominated what Firefly episodes they could. I wouldn't be surprised to find "Trash" in the 6th or 7th place.
Honestly, I'm a little worried about Firefly's chances. One, the split vote between two episodes. Two, it's the last episode of Buffy. And three, if "Rosetta" was the Smallville with Christopher Reeve, the sympathy/nostalgia vote could put it over.
Then again, I'll bet Firefly will have another opportunity with the BDM, and wouldn't it just be sweet to ace the Hugo from Episode 3.
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Can't those who are members do what the Bab5 guys did?
Just pick one entry as the nominated choice and concentrate on voting for that one.
I think they did that with the Coming of the Shadows when the vote was split.
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My point was the quality of the show, not the timing. Fox canceled a quality series that has two shows with Hugo nominations, you think they would have left it alone.
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http://www.noreascon4.org/hugos/nominees.html
Here is the complete list of noms for the Hugos.
I guessed they realized the need to distinguish short and long dramatic presentations with so many good genre television shows that have come along like B5 and BtVS.
Jaymes
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Waaaaa? Not War Stories or Ariel? Both are by far the best of the series ( with the Pilot close behind). Message is a fine episode, but Heart of Gold was one of he weakest I think.
Then again, the weakest Firefly episode is still much better then 95% of what is on TV ( 90% if the MAriners could ever win a game this year...@@#$@#)
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All the episodes aired on Fox were only eligible for last year's awards. "Serenity" made the final ballot and came in second to Buffy's "Conversations With Dead People". "Objects in Space" was in the top 15 of nomination votes, but didn't get on the final ballot.
As someone already mentioned, I think it's clear the release of the DVDs (plus simply time for word to spread) has had a huge effect. I like "The Message" and "Heart of Gold" a lot, but I don't think they're in the upper echelon of FF eps. If all the eps were eligible this year I'd bet there'd be a Whedon sweep with FF getting four spots. It'll be interesting to see the nomination numbers once the winners are announced.
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Out of Gas and Objects in Space would be the next logical ones nominated for the Hugo next time around... I hope.
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Sniper, you should have read all the posts on this thread, then you would know that "Out of Gas" and "Objects in Space" were not eligible for the voting this year, since they aired in 2002.
"Serenity" and "Objects in Space" were nominated last year, with OiS not making it to the final ballot. The Buffy episode, "Conversations With Dead People" won that category.
"Heart of Gold" and "The Message" are on the ballot this year because 2003 was their official release year. And unless Joss releases something Firefly related to tv or dvd this year, there will be no Firefly eligible for Hugos next year, but of course, Serenity will be eligible in the "Long Form" category the year after that.
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Good to see Firefly getting nominated for the award. I hope that one or the other episode takes home the award. It would help to spread the word on Firefly if one of the episodes wins, and could equate to more DVDs getting sold, and perhaps more movie ticket sales next year when the BDM hits theatres.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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