Friday, April 16, 2010

How many Saturn Award winners have you seen?

With the help of NetFlix, I’m now planning to set out on a fun, new project to watch all of the movies that have received Saturn Awards.
The Saturn Awards are presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy and horror in film, television and home video. They were first given out in 1972.
Like many of you, I’ve seen a lot of the more recent winners, but there are a lot of “classics” that I haven’t seen. For more information about the winners of these award, including a complete list, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Award. As things go, “Blacula” won the very first Saturn Award for Best Horror Film in 1972, so that’s where I plan to start.
When I’m done with this little project, I plan to tackle a similar project that will even be more time consuming, watching those movies that I haven’t seen that have won Academy Awards for Best Picture. These have been handed down, in one form or another, since the 1920s, so this will take a good bit longer.
This project will actually be impossible to totally complete because copies of some of these movies no longer exist. While sad, it just goes to show how long this award has been around. For more information about Academy Award winners, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture#Winners_and_nominees.

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