Friday, March 28, 2025

My Saturn Awards preferences and predictions vs. the winners for Flashback Friday


I told my readers "I might just examine the most read entry of last year, which should look familiar" as the outro to CityNerd warns 'The New USDOT Is Coming for Your "Woke" Projects,' a driving update on Throwback Thursday. By raw page views, that was Science fiction speaks to our current anxieties from August 3, 2014 with approximately 1,940 page views. I'll get into the details over the jump. Right now, I'm doing the same thing I did for last year's top post by raw page views, comparing My Saturn Awards votes vs. the actual winners, beginning with the movie nominees.


Best Science Fiction Film: My preference/prediction Dune: Part Two. Winner Dune: Part Two.
Best Fantasy Film: My preference/prediction Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Winner Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Best Horror Film: My preference/prediction Alien: Romulus. Winner Alien: Romulus.
Best Thriller Film: My preference/prediction Strange Darling. Winner Strange Darling.
Best Action / Adventure Film: My preference/prediction Deadpool & Wolverine. Winner Deadpool & Wolverine.
Best Independent Film: My preference/prediction The Substance. Winner Late Night with the Devil. Surprise!
Best International Film: My preference/prediction Godzilla Minus One (Japan). Winner Godzilla Minus One (Japan).
Best Animated Film: My preference Inside Out 2. Prediction The Wild Robot. Winner The Wild Robot. "All of the editors, most of the experts, and nearly all the top 24 users think The Wild Robot will win next year's Oscar for Animated Feature, and the Saturn Awards electorate might follow suit." They did.
Best Actor in a Film: My preference Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool & Wolverine). Winner Nicolas Cage (Dream Scenario). "I can't rule out Nicolas Cage, who surprised me by winning Best Supporting Actor in a Film earlier this year for his hammy portrayal of Dracula in Renfield."
Best Actress in a Film: My preference/prediction Demi Moore (The Substance). Winner Demi Moore (The Substance).
Best Supporting Actor in a Film: My preference/prediction Hugh Jackman (Deadpool & Wolverine). Winner Hugh Jackman (Deadpool & Wolverine).
Best Supporting Actress in a Film: My preference Margaret Qualley (The Substance). Prediction Emma Corrin. Winner Rebecca Ferguson (Dune: Part Two). Not a complete surprise, as I noted below.
Best Younger Performer in a Film: My preference McKenna Grace (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire). My prediction Jenna Ortega. Winner Jenna Ortega (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) as predicted.
Best Film Direction: My preference/prediction Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two). Winner Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two).
Best Film Screenwriting: My preference/prediction Dune: Part Two (Denis Villeneuve Jon Spaihts). Winner Longlegs (Osgood Perkins). Surprise!
Best Film Visual / Special Effects: My preference/prediction Godzilla Minus One (Masaki Takahashi, Tatsuiji Nojima, Kiyokk Shubuya, Takashi Yamazaki). Winner Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salacombe, Gerd Nefzer. Not a surprise, as Dune: Part Two won the equivalent Academy Award this year.
Best Film Music: My preference/prediction Dune: Part Two (Hans Zimmer). Winner Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Danny Elfman). Not a complete surprise, as I wrote "That's a lot of fun and even better than the original!"
Best Film Production Design: My preference/prediction Dune: Part Two (Patrice Vermette). Winner Dune: Part Two (Patrice Vermette).
Best Film Make Up: The Substance My preference/prediction The Substance (Pierre-Olivier Persin). Winner The Substance (Pierre-Olivier Persin).
Best Film Editing: My preference/prediction Dune: Part Two (Joe Walker). Winner Deadpool & Wolverine (Dean Zimmerman & Shane Reid). Not a surprise, as I wrote "I like the editing in action films, so I'm predisposed to vote for Deadpool & Wolverine..."
Best Film Costume Design: My preference/prediction Dune: Part Two (Jacqueline West). Winner Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Colleen Atwood). Surprise! See below.
My predictions of winners different from my should-have-been votes:

I decided to go with the professional opinion and vote for Margaret Qualley as Best Supporting Actress in a Film, but I think Emmy-nominee Emma Corrin is just as good an actress and chewed more scenery as the villain of Deadpool & Wolverine, so she could upset.
This is a distillation of my comment in 'Dune: Part Two' leads movie nominations at the Saturn Awards.
I think the choice between Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya is even starker than between Brolin and Butler for Dune: Part Two. The only hope is that they coalesce around one of them as the better actress. Otherwise, Emma Corrin, who is an Emmy winner, will sneak through as the villain of Deadpool & Wolverine.
The voters decided on Rebecca Ferguson.
I think McKenna Grace is a better actress and displayed more range in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire than Jenna Ortega in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, but Ortega is a bigger star, so she's likely to win Best Younger Performer in a Film.
That happened.
While I decided the makeup was integral to telling the story of The Substance, both Dune: Part Two and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice earned https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000133/2025/1/Critics' Choice Award nominations for their makeup, so either of them could win, particularly Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
The Substance won, but Beetlejuice Beetlejuice surprised me in the next category instead.
Dune: Part Two also earned a nomination for costume design at the Critics' Choice Awards, but I wouldn't be surprised if the superhero cosplayers who are on the Saturn Awards costumes committee would be able to sway the vote to Deadpool & Wolverine.
Nope, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice won.

Follow over the jump for the television and home entertainment categories plus more on the most read entry of the 14th year of the blog.


Best Science Fiction Television Series: My preference 3 Body Problem. Prediction Fallout. Winner Fallout, as predicted.
Best Fantasy Television Series: My preference/prediction House of the Dragon. Winner House of the Dragon.
Best Horror Television Series: My preference From. Winner From.
Best Action / Thriller Television Series: My preference True Detective: Night Country. Winner Cobra Kai (Netflix). Not a complete surprise, as Cobra Kai led nominations with three.
Best Adventure Television Series: My preference Shogun. Prediction Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Winner Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, as predicted.
Best Superhero Television Series: My preference Agatha All Along. Winner Agatha All Along.
Best Television Presentation: My preference The Fall of the House of Usher. Prediction The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Winner The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, as predicted.
Best Genre Comedy Television Series: My preference Only Murders in the Building. Prediction Chucky, Ghosts, or What We Do in the Shadows. Winner Ghosts, so no surprise.
Best Animated Television Series or Special: My preference X-Men '97. Prediction Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Winner Star Wars: The Bad Batch, as predicted.
Best Actor in a Television Series: My preference/prediction Harold Perrineau (From). Winner Colin Farrell (The Penguin). I called "Colin Farrell a compromise" choice, and he won.
Best Actress in a Television Series: My preference/prediction Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country). Winner Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka). Surprise!
Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series: My preference Lamorne Morris (Fargo). Winner Antony Starr (The Boys). Not a surprise, see below.
Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series: My preference Anna Sawai (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters). Winner Cristin Milioti (The Penguin). Not a surprise, see below.
Best Guest Star in a Television Series: My preference Andrea Martin (Evil). Winner Mark Hamill (The Fall of the House of Usher). I didn't expect Martin to win, but Hamill was still a surprise.
Best Young Performer in a Television Series: Joe Locke/prediction (Agatha All Along). Winner Xolo Mariduena (Cobra Kai). I shouldn't have been surprised, as Mariduena won the equivalent award for film las year. Ortega and Mariduena managed to switch places.

Now my predictions.
My taste in TV differs more from the rest of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films membership than my taste in movies, so I expect a lot of winners different from my picks. Fallout will likely beat 3 Body Problem for Best Science Fiction Television Series. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will win Best Horror Television Series. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters will likely win Best Adventure Television Series. Either Superman & Lois or The Boys will win Best Superhero Television Series. The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live will likely win Best Television Presentation. Chucky, Ghosts, and What We Do in the Shadows all have better chances to win Best Genre Comedy Television Series than Only Murders in the Building. Star Wars: The Bad Batch will probably repeat as Best Animated Television Series or Special. Walton Goggins was my second choice and he could pull an upset for Best Actor in a Television Series. The same is true of Antony Starr for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series. Cristin Milioti is a first-rate actress, so I wouldn't be upset if she wins Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series. Finally, the Marvel fans could be enough to put Aubrey Plaza or Ke Huy Quan over the top for Best Guest Star in a Television Series.
Between my preferences and predictions, I feel I did a better job of forecasting the winners than all the times I actually voted!

Now the winners for home entertainment.


Best 4K Home Media Release: Saw X (Lionsgate Home Entertainment)
Best Classic Film Home Media Release: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (KL Studio Classics)
Best Film Home Media Collection: Batman 85th Anniversary Collection (Warner Home Video)
Best Television Home Media Release: Star Wars: Andor – The Complete First Season (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

 Finally, the top post of the 14th year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News.


Science fiction speaks to our current anxieties from August 3, 2014 earned ~1,160 default and ~1,940 raw page views between March 21, 2024 and March 20, 2025, enough to rank third by the first measure and first by the second. It made the top 20 during March 2024, when it ranked first for the month, April 2024, when it ranked fourth, June 2024, when it ranked 21st, December 2024, when it ranked third, January 2025, when it ranked tenth by default and eleventh by raw page views, February 2025, when it tied for 14th by default and 18th by raw page views, and March 2025, ranking first so far. I attribute all of those page views to web search.

I will probably recycle this paragraph when I look at entertainment and the back catalog. In the meantime, I'm taking a break from this series tomorrow, but will probably return with the most read entries featuring Saturday Night Live from the blogging year just ended.

Previous posts in this series Previous posts about the 2024-2025 Saturn Awards Entries about top posts from previous years. Previous retrospectives about entertainment Previous retrospectives about the back catalog.
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