The 2007 Hugo nominees: Tim, you wuz robbed!

[thatcrazycajun]

Am I the only one who looks at the Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) nominees in this year's list for the Hugos and thinks it a crime that the new incarnations of Battlestar: Galactica and Doctor Who, along with Stargate: SG-1, all got recognized with nominations (Who got three, fer crissakes!), and Tim Kring's even better Heroes got exactly none? I'm just sayin'...

Comments

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Not too surprising, really. I'd put Heroes in Long Form, myself, because the eps don't really stand on their own; they're part of one long story.

Oh Puhlease!

[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

Nothing for "Torchwood" either.
But I could give you a long list of every science fiction show that deserved awards that never got them.

[(Anonymous)]

A crime? No. It's too bad, but it's not a crime.

I would be curious to see the full nominations tally, just to see how it fell in.

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

I'll let you know after I've seen DW. In about five years, or so, no doubt. That seems to be the timetable for my watching stuff lately, with a few exceptions (like Heroes and Top Chef (which isn't eligible for a Hugo, but squee! nevertheless :-) )

no Heroes? I'm ok with that

[happyfunpaul.livejournal.com]

1) As Dave points out, Heroes episodes don't stand well on their own, even compared to, say, Babylon 5 arc episodes (which have more of a definite beginning and end).

2) The Hugos go by calendar year. What Heroes episode of 2006 would you have nominated? I can't think of any.

3) I like Heroes, but honestly, I don't regard even the two really good episodes so far ("Company Man" and "Five Years Gone", both broadcast in 2007 and thus not eligible for the Hugos until next year) as being as good as the best episodes of Doctor Who. (I don't watch Stargate SG-1 or Battlestar Galactica so I can't comment there.) Nevertheless, I expect one of those Heroes episodes to be on next year's nominations list, because I suspect the variety argument will prevail.