The 2011 Annual Forumshire Awards

Mrs Figg wrote:I would like to nominate Eldo my own personal award for helping wandering Breelanders finding their weary way back to Bree, avoiding Barrows and crawling yucky hands, well done old bean, I will make your award out of bread soaked in buckie and hardened with dragon wind.

Aww thanks, and er ... thanks. Can I claim a part in both Forumshire and Bree-land's endurance through difficult times?

yes I certainly think thats true

Pettytyrant101 wrote: Have you asked Kafria first? Or do you just stand around behind her with buckie soaked bread waiting?

Hey!!!!

That's mean. And a lady doesn't, dontcha know!

A lady might not but I suspect dragons do! And Mayor's almost certainly do!

Am i too late to get a mention?
I'll take Worst IT skills on a public forum for starters.

You have quite appropriately been added to the Most Enigmatic award nominnes. Only appropriate as you turn up right in time for the awards after a long absence doing the equivelent of wondering annoyedly where your food bowl has gone and why your comfy spot isn't where it was! And you are affter all the current holder of the award!

ps welcome back Lesters Cat - your interjections have been missed.

I think worst IT skills must be a cat thing, cos I cant even change my desktop picture. cats are crap at IT, Ginger Meggs tells me.

It's great to see you here, Lester! I'm glad we finally got everything working for you.

Whats happened to the awards? I was hoping to see shots of candidates sidling out of the botox back sack and crack waxing salon, or stretch limos waiting outside Forumshire to take the lucky winners to the annual Appeasers Ball?

The list on the front page is open to amendment for 24 hours. As of the 29th voting in each category will start- but I'll post about that on the day. The awards will be annnounced at roughtly 8pm (GMT) on New Years Day assuming all the votes have been counted and I'm not a) still too drunk b) still too hungover or c) hanging upside down from the back of a door (again-its a long story)

Mrs Figg wrote:Whats happened to the awards? I was hoping to see shots of candidates sidling out of the botox back sack and crack waxing salon, or stretch limos waiting outside Forumshire to take the lucky winners to the annual Appeasers Ball?

I notice the first post says "nominations pending" for the best/worst trailer moments, though I'd recommended a number of nominations. Are those nominations acceptable?

Also, if it's not too late I think that since we've gotten to see a bit more of the project so far, we should have the best/worst decisions by PJ so far.

Best: Casting Martin Freeman as Bilbo, Including at least some of the songs, Bringing back Ian McKellen

Worst: Filming in 3D, Including scenes with Old Bilbo and Frodo, Including the White Council.

Obviously the categorization of these is in some question.

I will fill out the blanks in the remaining categories later today so voting can begin officially this evening (from my pov)

Sounds good to me! I can't wait.

The categories have been set on the first page.


To vote simply pm me your choices. So for vote one for example it would be 'Hobbit movie -1.C, 2-A, 3-A' etc for example.
The exeption to this are the best and worst dwarf category- just name your dwarf. And the best male/female award, again just suppy a name as your choice.
And may the best hobbit lad or lass win!

I had a look over the finalized nominees and it looks great! I'll send off my votes when I have enough time to think over everything.

Just one quick question though: under Movie Award 6 (characters most looking forward to seeing) Smaug and Beorn are listed together as one entry. Was that intentional since they'll both be CGI, presumably, or should we vote for them separately?

A great job, Petty; I'm really glad this is back and can't wait to see who wins. Cheers!

Um they should have been seperated! But as folks have begun voting already I will leave it as is.

Done

Pettytyrant101 wrote:Um they should have been seperated! But as folks have begun voting already I will leave it as is.

Actually, I just looked again and Smaug is listed twice (once on his own and once with Beorn). I assume the latter entry was supposed to be just Beorn. Perhaps you could send out PMs asking for vote clarification to anyone who voted for Smaug and/or Beorn just to keep that category fair?

Ive removed Beorn from that option- if anyone did vote 'f' in that category let me know to clarify your vote- and apoligies for the error!

Lookin' good! Also, I voted; hope the ballot got through.

Votes have indeed been arriving thick and fast. Looking like a good turn out this year! Hopefully those who have yet to vote will do so with continued enthusasim. And to those who already have well done for taking part in the democratic processess of Forumshire!

Going to have rewatch the trailer to vote in the dwarf section, me thinks...

Saradoc wrote:Going to have rewatch the trailer to vote in the dwarf section, me thinks...

VOTE THORIN, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO. Remember Richard as Guy? Go on my dear... (Whatever anyone says BBC's version of Robin Hood was marvelous )

I might vote for Thorin if he, you know, looked like a dwarf.