neonvincent

I decided I didn't need this video for 'The History of Hobbits' for Hobbit Day on the Autumnal Equinox. Its time has passed.

I went in a direction that didn't need this video in 'The Klingon Hamlet' and Klingons quoting Shakespeare for Talk Like Shakespeare Day.

I saw this image and wondered about using it for a pan-Asian post about movie awards winners. Instead, I wrote 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' — part 2 of diversity in awards show winners for the week of MLK Day. I decided both movies deserved their own posts.

The Saturn Awards Nominations came out yesterday, so it's time to pay my membership dues, evaluate the nominees, and vote!

The one response I got to yesterday's post that Kylo had its most popular year ever as a boy's name in 2020 was that it was disturbing. In response, wrote that "I haven't even looked at the rest of the Star Wars and Game of Thrones inspired names yet." That inspired me to write Kylo passes Anakin while Arya and Khaleesi fall in popularity, baby names from entertainment for the Father's Day weekend at Crazy Eddie's Motie News today. None of that news disturbed me as much as finding out that Mazikeen, Lucifer Morningstar's demon sidekick from the comics and TV show, was the 998th most popular girls name last year. Yikes!

I wrote the following as a comment to Coffee Party USA invites you to stream the political TV series on the 2019-2020 Golden Coffee Cups shortlists while staying safe at home. I also added the shows themselves to Coffee Party USA invites you to stream the political TV series on the 2019-2020 Golden Coffee Cups shortlists while staying safe at home at Crazy Eddie's Motie News.

Add to shortlists from the Saturn Awards.

For All Mankind
His Dark Materials
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The Witcher

Add to shortlists from the WGA Awards.

Conan

Shortlist for Best TV Presidents from Wikipedia

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump (Saturday Night Live)
Woody Harrelson as Joe Biden (Saturday Night Live)
Téa Leoni as President Elizabeth Adams McCord (Madam Secretary)
John Mulaney as Joe Biden (Saturday Night Live)
Carel Nel as Abraham Lincoln (Grant)
Caspar Phillipson as John F. Kennedy in (Project Blue Book)
Justin Salinger as Ulysses S. Grant (Grant)
Jason Sudeikis as Joe Biden (Saturday Night Live)
Kiefer Sutherland as President Thomas Adam Kirkman (Designated Survivor)
Sam Trammell as President Ben Hayes (Homeland)

Best Comic-to-Motion Picture Release: Joker

Best Science Fiction Release: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

Best Fantasy Film Release: Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood

Best Horror Film Release: Doctor Sleep

Best Action/Adventure Film Release: 1917

Best Thriller Film Release: Knives Out

Best Actor in a Film: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)

Best Actress in a Film: Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man)

Best Supporting Actor in a Film: Adam Driver (Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker)

Best Supporting Actress in a Film: Ana De Armas (Knives Out)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Film: Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit)

Best Film Director: Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood)

Best Film Screenplay: Joker (Todd Phillips, Scott Silver)

Best Film Editing: Knives Out (Bob Ducsay)

Best Film Production Design: Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (Barbara Ling)

Best Film Music: Parasite (Jaeil Jung)

Best Film Costume: Jojo Rabbit (Mayes C. Rubeo)

Best Film Make-Up: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Arjen Tuiten, David White)

Best Film Visual / Special Effects: Tenet (Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher, Mike Chambers)

Best Independent Film Release: Palm Springs

Best International Film Release: Parasite

Best Animated Film Release: Frozen II

TELEVISION

Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series: Watchmen (HBO)

Best Science Fiction Television Series: Westworld (HBO)

Best Fantasy Television Series: Outlander (Starz)

Best Horror Television Series: Lovecraft Country (HBO)

Best Action/Thriller Television Series: Better Call Saul

Best Television Presentation (under 10 Episodes): The Mandalorian (Disney Plus)

Best Animated Television Series: Rick and Morty (Adult Swim)

Best Film Presentation on Streaming Media: Enola Holmes (Netflix)

Best Actor on a Television Series: Sam Heughan Outlander (Starz)

Best Actress on a Television Series: Regina King Watchmen (HBO)

Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series: Doug Jones Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)

Best Supporting Actress on a Television Series Tessa Thompson Westworld (HBO)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor on a Television Series Isa Briones Star Trek: Picard (CBS All Access)

Best Guest Starring Performance on Television Jeri Ryan Star Trek: Picard (CBS All Access)

HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Best Classic Film DVD/BD Release: Robocop (Director’s Cut)
Arrow

Best Television Series DVD/BD Release: The Librarians: The Complete Series Electric Entertainment

Best Film Collection DVD/BD Release: Hitchcock: British International Pictures Collection Kino

Best 4K Film Release: Jaws 45th Anniversary Universal Home Entertainment

Edited to add: I've posted a lightly edited version of this list as My 2021 Saturn Awards votes at Crazy Eddie's Motie News.

Hey, all of you binge-watching your guilty pleasure shows while staying safe at home, relaxing after working from home, returning for work after wearing a mask all day, or just stressed out from the real world! I have another suggestion to make your time in front of the big-screen TV in the living room, the slightly smaller screen in the bedroom, or even holding your tablet or smartphone work to help your appreciation of politics and government on television and then apply your understanding to help Coffee Party USA in one of our projects.

With the 2018-2019 television season out of the way, the members and volunteers of Coffee Party USA will move on to the 2019-2020 television season. Watch for the posting of the shortlists for the show categories along with an invitation to stream them while staying safe at home. If you want to become one of the voters for this or future Golden Coffee Cups, such as for the best political movies of 2020, become a member. Voting will happen on a members-only Facebook group.

Before I present the shortlists, I’m sharing a two-part activity Coffee Party USA and I are proposing our readers and supporters do.

The first part of the activity is to stream as many of the shows on the shortlists between now and March 13, 2021 to see which have the best portrayals of politics and government on television. The second is to become a member of Coffee Party USA by March 13, 2021, which you can do for as little as $30.00 per year. That’s because the members will also vote on the nominees and winners this year. That means you!

That’s your two-part activity. Now, have fun watching television while supporting the work of Coffee Party USA, whose core values include continuous learning on behalf of an informed citizenry, joining Coffee Party USA, and voting on the nominees!

Without any further ado, I present the shortlists for the Golden Coffee Cups for Television, beginning with the shortlist for Best Drama Series about Politics and Government.*

#FreeRayshawn
9-1-1
Big Little Lies
Billions
Doctor Who
Euphoria
Evil
Better Call Saul
Black Mirror
Carnival Row
David Makes Man
Designated Survivor
Godfather of Harlem
Homeland
How to Get Away with Murder
Hunters
Killing Eve
Madam Secretary
Mindhunter
Mr. Robot
Outlander
Ozark
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Pose
Snowpiercer
Star Trek: Picard
Star Trek: Short Treks
Star Wars Resistance
Stranger Things
Stumptown
Succession
S.W.A.T.
The Blacklist
The Boys
The Crown
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
The Good Fight
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Mandalorian
The Man in the High Castle
The Morning Show
The Outsider
The Rookie
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Vikings
Westworld

Succession won last year and Mindhunter the year before. In addition, the first winner of Best Miniseries or Movie for Television about Politics and Government, Black Mirror, has been moved here based on the reclassification of the series by the Television Academy. The shortlist sets up a situation where they could go up against each other for the trophy. Of course, they have to be nominated first. Will you be one of the people to join so you nominate them and the rest of the field?

 

( Follow over the jump to read the shortlists for television shows in the other four categories. )