The Tail Section

The Saturn Awards, which honor the best in sci-fi, fantasy, action/adventure, and whichever category No Country for Old Men falls into, held their 34th annual awards ceremony last night.  Lost picked up a few awards, including:

Best Network Television Series (Beating out Heroes, Pushing Daisies, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Journeyman and Supernatural)

Best Actor on Television (Matthew Fox — beating out Matt Dallas, Michael C. Hall, Kevin McKidd, Edward James Olmos and Lee Pace)

Best Supporting Actor on Television (Michael Emerson — beating out Greg Grunberg, Josh Holloway, Erik King, Terry O’Quinn and Masi Oka)

Best Supporting Actress on Television (Elizabeth Mitchell, tied with Summer Glau from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — beating out Jaime Alexander, Jennifer Carpenter, Jaime Murray and Hayden Panettiere)

Cloverfield, written by Lost scribe Drew Goddard, also won for Best Science Fiction Film.  It beat out three horrendous movies (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Last Mimzy, Transformers) and also Danny Boyle’s Sunshine.

Other winners include:

Best Fantasy Film:
Enchanted

Best Horror Film:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet St.

Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film:
300 (Beating out No Country for Old Men, Zodiac and There Will Be Blood.  Are they kidding?)

Best Actor:
Will Smith (I Am Legend)

Best Actress:
Amy Adams (Enchanted)

Best Supporting Actor:
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)

Best Supporting Actress:
Marcia Gay Harden (The Mist)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor:
Freddie Highmore (August Rush)

Best Direction:
Zack Snyder (300)

Best Writing:
Brad Bird (Ratatouille)

Best Music:
Alan Menken (Enchanted)

Best Costume:
Colleen Atwood (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet St.)

Best Make-Up:
Ve Neill, Martin Samuel (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End)

Best Special Effects:
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, John Frazier (Transformers)

Best Animated Film:
Ratatouille

Best International Film:
Eastern Promises

Best Syndicated / Cable Television Series:
Dexter

Best Presentation on Television:
Family Guy: Blue Harvest

Best Actress on Television:
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Ghost Whisperer)

Best DVD Release:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (remix)

Best DVD Special Edition Release:
Blade Runner (5 Disc Ultimate Edition)

Best DVD Classic Film Release:
The Monster Squad

Best DVD Collection:
Mario Bava (Box Sets 1 & 2)

Best Television Series Release on DVD:
Heroes (Season 1)

Best Retro Television Series Release on DVD:
Twin Peaks (Definitive Gold Box Ed.)