I’ll admit it – being a LOST fan, I was ecstatic to see the show get nominated for Best Drama – but I didn’t expect it to win for one minute. Like most fans, I put up the false front of hopefulness that my coveted little vial of televised heroin would somehow be validated – again – as the ‘best’ there is, but at the end of the day the nod went to Mad Men, and deservedly so – even though Damages would have been even more deservedly so. The fact is, LOST doesn’t have to prove itself anymore. That the show has managed to exist this long with the eclectic blend of story telling that seems to bridge every genre and literary motif known to man is a feat that they haven’t produced an award for yet. But still, having telegraphed the pride for LOST’s scant but mighty Emmy noms this year, I find myself having to defend my gloating.
But I’m not going to. No matter who you pulled for, there is always someone who won in another category that you never thought stood a chance, or that you’d never even heard of period. You get up the next day to the usual buzz of who wore the worst clothes, or what ‘bits’ seemed to fall flat on their faces, and whether the host – or in this case, hosts – turned out to be a study in ineptness. (Apparently they did, if you read all that junk.) The only wins that ever seem to matter are the upsets, and when a favorite does win or lose there is always the procession of conspiracy theorists, apologists, and cranks who will point out the many known flaws in the voting system, or the fact that some independently produced show on an off-network channel got robbed.
Okay, so now having successfully marginalized my own fervent predictions that LOST stood a chance of winning – let’s ask “Why Not?” The truth is, LOST is not a show that plays well against competition, because its real competition is itself. The episode that was submitted, “The Constant”, is a perfect example. “The Constant” was a sequel to the episode “Flashes Before Your Eyes,” thematically. “Flashes” achieved what a lot of folks thought couldn’t be done in the fantasy genre, it did something new with the theme of time travel. “The Constant” was an extension of the themes setup in flashes and carried out throughout the series since. It was LOST improving on LOST.
Tonight, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded the Emmy award for Outstanding Drama Series to “Mad Men”–nominated in 16 categories–rather than to “Lost.” Michael Emerson (Ben) also lost to Zeljko Ivanek, who plays Ray Fiske in “Damages.”
Here are some photos of the cast on the red carpet:
Spike TV announced the nominees of this year’s third Scream Awards. (The Spike TV Scream Awards is the first awards show dedicated to the horror, sci-fi, and fantasy genres of feature films).
BEST TV SHOW
Battlestar Galactica
Dexter
Heroes Lost
Reaper
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
THE ULTIMATE SCREAM
Lost
Cloverfield
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Iron Man The Mist
BEST ACTOR IN A FANTASY MOVIE OR TV SHOW
Christian Bale; “The Dark Knight”
Heath Ledger; “The Dark Knight”
James McAvoy; “Wanted”
Edward Norton; “The Incredible Hulk” Terry O’Quinn; “LOST”
Ron Perlman; “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
Beginning on Friday, September 12th through Friday, October 17th fans can vote for their favorites on scream.spike.com. The winners will be announced on October 21st.
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were held last night. (The Creative Arts Emmys and the Primetime Emmys comprise the Emmy Awards; Creative Arts is for more technical categories, whereas Primetime is for more buzz-worthy categories.) ‘Lost’ received eight Emmy nominations this year–six of which were for the Creative Arts. ‘Lost’ did not win for “Outstanding Cinematography for a One Hour Series” (”The Constant”), “Outstanding Original Dramatic Score Music Composition for a Series” (”The Constant”), “Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series” (”There’s No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3″), “Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series” (”The Shape of Things to Come”) and “Outstanding Special Class: Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs” (’Lost: Missing Pieces’), but it did win for “Outstanding Sound Mixing for a One-Hour Comedy or Drama Series” (”Meet Kevin Johnson”) with production mixer Robert Anderson and re-recording mixers Frank Morrone and Scott Weber receiving the trophies.
Next Sunday, September 21, we will find out how “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series” nominee Michael Emerson fares and if Darlton, et al, can regain the top prize in the “Outstanding Drama Series” race.
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