Squid Game was nominated for best drama this year. Does this mean they saw the new season that drops Dec. 26 or they just nominated it on a whim?
Nominations are here. Does not, for the most part, reflect my opinion on TV or movies.
I was happy to see Memoir of a Snail in there, though!
From Deadline
Squid Game Season 2 doesn’t launch until Boxing Day (Season 3 will air in 2025) but qualifies for the globes. TV shows in hopes of nominations this year have to premiere by December 31, meaning Squid Game just about qualifies. Shows were required to have made their shows available in advance to all Golden Globe voters on the Golden Globes Screening Platform either before they premiere, at the time of the initial broadcast, or by November 4.
Thanks!
Pretty good slate of films nominated, I’ve seen most of them so far. Love the recognition of The Substance! So far my #2 film of the year.
But Heretic in the Musical or Comedy category, what the actual fuck? That’s even worse than when they said The Martian was a Comedy.
The list of Best Musical or Comedy nominees seems to be more of an “other films we really like but don’t have room for in the correct category”. In the Best Musical or Comedy category, only two are genuinely musicals and the rest can only be described as dramas with flashes of humor. (A Real Pain? Anora?)
Pamela Anderson?
What the what?
I haven’t seen The Last Showgirl, but the trailer seems to support a comeback performance with genuine depth (and a willingness to play a role that is uncomfortably close to the bone).
The only thing anyone needs to know about the Golden Globes is that they’re BS, even more than the usual awards shows. It’s not a group of qualified critics or analysts or film professionals. It’s a bunch of journalists who suck at the teat of Hollywood celebrity.
They’ve been repeatedly caught calling stars’ agents and offering them nominations if the star will promise to appear at the ceremony, or soliciting bribes in exchange for special one-off awards (cf. Pia Zadora as “best new star” or whatever it was), and other similar shenanigans. They keep promising to reform and clean up their organization, but there’s a reason all the celebrities are drunk and rowdy at the Globes versus the Oscars: they don’t take it seriously and show up only because their contracts require them to participate in it for publicity purposes.
So the answer to the question about why the Globes did anything is always “they thought it would increase their ratings.”
It is in my top 10 and I don’t know where it will end up. 1-3 range for sure.