Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Hugo Roundup: Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form

This is becoming harder every year. I can't afford to subscribe to a dozen streaming services to watch shows, and the stuff I am watching isn't necessarily "Hugo" material.

  • The Good Place: “The Answer”, written by Daniel Schofield, directed by Valeria Migliassi Collins (Fremulon/3 Arts Entertainment/Universal Television)
  • The Expanse: “Cibola Burn”, written by Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon Prime Video)
  • Watchmen: “A God Walks into Abar”, written by Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof, directed by Nicole Kassell (HBO)
  • The Mandalorian: “Redemption”, written by Jon Favreau, directed by Taika Waititi (Disney+)
  • Doctor Who: “Resolution”, written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Wayne Yip (BBC)
  • Watchmen: “This Extraordinary Being”, written by Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, directed by Stephen Williams (HBO)
My pick: Doctor Who of course.
My prediction: Probably one of the Watchmen episodes, although splitting the fandom isn't a great idea.

And the Doctor Who episode has one advantage, namely the fact that the BBC became the first company, to my knowledge, to actually provide the full episode in the Hugo package. Amazon sent out a trailer for "Cibola Burn," but not the full episode.

If this becomes more common then it may change how this category works in the future.

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