Well, the 47th Annie Awards ceremony has come and gone. Time for the yearly "random thoughts" I had during the broadcast:
- Opened by honoring Richard Williams. Nice. Very touching words from his daughters and colleague.
- I immediately put Shadowmachine's Kaiju Confidential on my list of animations to track down and watch.
- "Saving the polar bears" in... Antarctica... Um... whut?
- Please God, let Fox and the Pigeon win Best Student Film!
- YES!!!!! Congrats to Michelle Chua for such a beautiful film. One of my favorites from Ottawa the other year.
- Best Short Subject... Hrm. Haven't seen 'Uncle Thomas' yet. Was hoping that Acid Rain would win -- though I reserve the right to change my opinion once I see the others in that category.
- Hi Jerry! :)
- Oh please, Love, Death, and Robots (The Witness) is nominated for Best Production Design - TV/Media!!! Let an adult-themed animation win...
- Heh, the Clutch Cargo gag was pretty clever. Loved the mini history lesson.
- Love Death And Robots (Sonnie's Edge) wins again! This time in the category of Music TV Media. A great night for adult animation!
- Loved Charles Solomon's part on early CG animation honoring Dr. James Blinn with the Ub Iwerks award. Dr. Blinn sounded like a fascinating man. Wonder if there's a Ted talk or podcast out there with him.
- Oh please, let The Secret War win Best FX TV/Media... that would be just awesome!
- And another win for Love Death and Robots. This has got to be my favorite Annie Award ceremony ever!
- And the award for Editorial TV/Media goes to... Love Death and Robots (Alternate Histories)!
- Henry Selick wins the Winsor McCay award, and is well deserved. Would love to hang out with him at the OIAF picnic and listen to him tell stories about his career.
- Satoshi Kon posthumously awarded the Winsor McCay award. Very well deserved. A life and a career that ended far too soon.
- Y'know, as much as I like Patrick Warburton (we love you Brock Sampson), I'm really enjoying this new format where there are fewer monologues and they 'appear' to have given more time to the award recipients' speeches.
- Hrm... The Hospital by Amazon Studios... looks interesting. Time to take advantage of that Amazon Prime subscription.
- Love, Death & Robots missed out on the Best Storyboarding for T.V./Media award. Would have loved a full sweep but happy that they won at least four of the five categories they were nominated in.
- Kind of wished I'd watched I Lost My Body at Ottawa... honestly glad it won the award. Going to have to re-up my Netflix subscription and track it down.
- Lotta love for Netflix this year!
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