Saturn award winners

The same day the Academy Awards announced they were expanding they were expanding the Best Picture category to 10 nominees, the Saturn Awards, honoring the best in sci-fi, fantasy and horror, put on an award show that had just as much excess. I love a show that honors sci-fi and can give awards to WALL-E, “Lost” and LET THE RIGHT ONE IN but do we really need a Lifetime Achievement Award, a Life Career Award and a Visionary Award? All in the same night?? And does there have to be a distinction between Best TV Show and Best Syndicated TV Show?

OK I’m just ranting. As expected, THE DARK KNIGHT took home a shitload of trophies including Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film while IRON MAN took home Best Sci-Fi Film. (Meanwhile WALL-E, probably the only true science fiction film, was stuck with the Best Animated Film award.) I’m ranting again. Here’s a list of the winners:

Science Fiction Film:
“Iron Man”

Fantasy Film:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Horror Film:
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”

Action/Adventure/Thriller Film:
“The Dark Knight”

Actor:
Robert Downey, Jr. (“Iron Man”)

Actress:
Angelina Jolie (“Changeling”)

Supporting Actor:
Heath Ledger (“The Dark Knight”)

Supporting Actress:
Tilda Swinton (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”)

Performance by a Younger Actor:
Jaden Christopher Smith (“The Day the Earth Stood Still”)

Director:
Jon Favreau (“Iron Man”)

Writer:
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan (“The Dark Knight”)

Music:
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard (“The Dark Knight”)

Costume:
Mary Zophres (“Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”)

Make-Up:
Greg Cannom (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”)

Special Effects:
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin (“The Dark Knight”)

International Film:
“Let the Right One In”

Animated Film:
“Wall-E”

Television Series:
“Lost”

Syndicated/Cable Television Series:
“Battlestar Galactica”

Presentation on Television:
“The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice”

Actor on Television:
Edward James Olmos (“Battlestar Galactica”)

Actress on Television:
Mary McDonnell (“Battlestar Galactica”)

Supporting Actor on Television:
Adrian Pasdar (“Heroes”)

Supporting Actress on Televison:
Jennifer Carpenter (“Dexter”)

Guest Starring Role on Television:
Jimmy Smits (“Dexter”)

DVD Release:
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer”

DVD Special Edition Release:
Stephen King’s The Mist” – 2 disc Special Edition

DVD Classic Film Release:
“Psycho” – Universal Legacy Series

DVD Collection:
“The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration”

Series on DVD:
“Moonlight”

Retro Series on DVD:
“The Invaders”

The Life Career Award:
Lance Henriksen

The Lifetime Achievement Award:
Leonard Nimoy

The Visionary Award:
Jeffrey Katzenberg