I Still Haven't Decided If I'm Angry Or Not...

Warning: The following post contains a lot of bias.

As promised, OTHER Emmy nominations.

Unlike my bestest best friend in the whole wide world, I'm going into the writing and directing and other sub nominations that nobody really cares about, because it gives me a good reason to rant/rave about things.

First things first. Glee got NINETEEN EMMY NOMINATIONS. The hell? Some things are warranted. Some, not so much. But I'll get into that later. I'm gonna start nitpicking on random awards because I'm not using the fancy drop down list that you can use on the Emmy website, but the PDF file. I'm lazy.

One of the obscure awards: Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series. I don't even know what that means, but Glee's "Pilot" up against Lost's "Ab Aeterno", which is regarded by fans and critics alike to be the second best episode in the entire series, second only to "The Constant", which ironically did not receive Emmy nominations of any kind.

It's also up against the now ended because it sucked so hard Heroes' "Brave New World" which was a stinkin' good episode for the dying series. Like, this was the episode that gave people hope for the show. Before crushing their dreams so hard.

Nominated for that category is also Modern Family's "Moon Landing", and True Blood's "Never Let Me Go". My prediction? Either True Blood or Lost. I say True Blood because it's supposed to be a very pretty show artistically, and Lost because I'm biased and we might see the "Everybody Loves Raymond" syndrome (in which Lost wins everything it's nominated for, simply because it's over) at the Emmys this year.

Right. Next category that catches my interest. Wait. Actually. Before I get into that, I'd just like to say I think it's stinkin' awesome that Conan O'Brien got nominated for some stuff this year, and Jay Leno is sitting at NBC, twiddling his thumbs. The Academy is clearly Team Coco. Like me! :D

Anyway, next award. Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. Glee has two nominations here, neither of which I think are deserved. For the Pilot and for Wheels. The pilot was good, so I don't have much of a problem with this as I do for Wheels. Maybe it's just my extreme distaste for the musical numbers in Wheels, but there's something about that episode that kinda gets on my nerves. Don't understand the nominations at all. Whatever. I think Modern Family will win.

Next! Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. Lost was nominated, not surprising me in the least, but the episode it got nominated for kind of did. Actually, now that I think about it, I'm not surprised anymore. The episode nominated was the series finale, appropriately titled "The End". I won't give anything away, but just thinking about the ending of that episode brings tears to my eyes and...excuse me, I need a tissue.

Okay, I'm back. Now, Dexter is also nominated for this episode, and while I haven't seen Dexter in ages because my mom got rid of Showtime (-insert angry face of choice here-), Dexter has a lot of great direction in general (yay for nonsensical posting?). I think Dexter will win for this category.

Umm, before I go on to the next category, I just would like to randomly point out that I love Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert. Sorry, it may seem random to you, but not to me because I keep seeing their names. And Coco's.

Okay. Next award. Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera series. The only reason I'm bringing this up is for the Glee episodes nominated. "The Power of Madonna" and . . . "Hairography". I got a good giggle out of that.

Random time! I hate makeup awards. Seriously, I do. I always feel like no matter what I'm watching, everybody is wearing too much eye makeup. And then, there are some shows where the actors aren't even wearing eyeliner, and it looks like they have too much eyeliner on. I'm looking at you, Nestor Carbonell.

Next award I feel like bringing up. Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Composition). We all know who will win here. The Music Man himself, Michael Giacchino. That's just not even a competition. That's just like...rape. Please, I ask you to NOT watch this clip, but just listen to the music. Or, if you've seen Up, you know what the man can do.

Oh, Hans Zimmer got nominated for Outstanding Music Composition For
A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Original Dramatic Score). Against a bunch of dudes (and maybe a lady) that I've never heard of. I'm taking an Arrested Development joke about who I think will win: "It's like comparing an apple, and some fruit that nobody's ever heard of." Yeah. If you don't know who Hans Zimmer is right away, you've definitely heard stuff he's done. Case in point? Pirates of the Carribean 2 and 3. He also composed stuff for the Dark Knight with James Newton Howard (who composed for Titanic). So...yeah, moving on.

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics...this is an award? Wait, seriously, this is an award? I know they did this at the Oscars and stuff, but...seriously? Ehh, whatever. I'm not going into this. It just caught my attention.

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series. Matthew Morrison. I don't get it. I really don't. I don't think he's a fantastic actor most of the time. If they show clips this year, for what moment they got nominated for, I really hope it's that moment where Will blows up at Terri. Because that was a great moment acting wise. Alec Baldwin and Steve Carrell are also nominated. Who will win the award? "'Not I!' said Steve Carrell". That's right. Every actor in this category is just Alec Baldwin's bitch. He better win. Inexpressible rage will ensue if he doesn't.

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series. You've got a good running here. Matthew Fox, Michael C. Hall, Kyle Chandler, Hugh Laurie, Bryan Cranston, and Jon Hamm. Okay, so I've never heard of the last two, but...it's still a good category, damn it. My choice to win? Michael C. Hall. Because Michael C. Hall is love. Murderous, pyschopathic love. Now, I love Matthew Fox, don't get me wrong. I once woke up to the sound of his voice and it was one of the most glorious things I've ever woken up to. But...he kinda sucks. He does. Everybody spent YEARS complaining about Jack. Frankly, I think Naveen Andrews should've been nominated. But whatever.

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie. This is a FANTASTIC category. Jeff Bridges, Martin Sheen, Sir Ian McKellen, Dennis Quaid (okay, he's not that great), and Al Pacino. Please. Take your pick out of this category. With the exception of Dennis Quaid (I don't see the appeal! He was tolerable in Parent Trap), they're all fine actors.

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series. Lea Michele. Oh, GOD how this irks me. And I don't know if this is my extreme dislike of Rachel Berry and my inability to separate the two, but I don't think that she's a good actor. At all. She doesn't make her character likable at all and just...arrrggh this nomination frustrates me so. Tiny Fey, please beat her. That is all. Or Toni Collette. Basically anyone that ISN'T Lea Michele should win.

Random time! January Jones is a cool name. HEY! Connie Briton! Long time no see! Mariska Hargitay! Damages is still on television? Whatever.

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series. Chris Colfer? I love you. Jon Cryer? I immensely dislike you. You irk me in ways I didn't think it was possible for a person to be irked. Omg. It's NPH. -insert all sorts of squeeing here-

All right. Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Oh whoa, I just noticed I keep switching capitalization. I don't know why I do that. Anyway. Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn. They've each won it once for this show (Lost). Michael Emerson has been nominated more times, but the last time these two were up against each other, Terry O'Quinn came out as the victor. Do I really think anyone else will win in this category? No. But I'm extremely biased. Oh, Andre Braugher got nominated. That's a name I haven't seen anywhere in a long time.

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series: Jane Lynch. That is all.

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series: NPH (Bryan Ryan on Glee), Will Arnett (Devin Banks on 30 Rock), and Mike O'Malley (Burt Hummel on Glee). Two well deserved nominations for Glee right here. And a very much deserved nomination for Will Arnett right here. I can't pick who will win out of the three of them. My guess would be Mike O'Malley. Any scene between him and Chris Colfer is just...there are no words.

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series: Kristen Chenowith, Jane Lynch (for Two and a Half Men), Betty White, Tina Fey...this is a great category. I'd be content with anyone winning. Preferibly Cheno, but we can't always get what we want.

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series: This is where Elizabeth Mitchell gets her nomination that she SHOULD'VE gotten last year for her work on Lost. Looking up her film credits, I now know that she played a character named Blair in a movie I've never heard of. I now feel ten times cooler. But also nominated are Sissy Spacek, Shirley Jones, and Lily Tomlin who I've heard were stellar in their respective performances. I'mma go see what Entertainment Weekly says about all of this later.

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program. I hate this category. Because two hosts who deserved to be nominated never are. Cat Deely from So You Think You Can Dance (she had a barbeque on the 4th of July in which present and past contestants were invited! That's classy), and Padma Lakshmi from Top Chef (who is a class act in general). Heidi Klum is endearing, as is Ryan Seacrest and Tom Beregon, and the latter is only on occassion. I hate this category. So much.

All right. I'm done. I really can't look at this PDF file anymore. I'm tired. Plus, we're getting into categories I can't be fucked to give a damn about. Oh! The episode of Friday Night Lights that my bestest best friend was raving about got a writing nod. How 'bout that?

One last thing: Anne Hathaway got an Emmy nomination for "Oustanding Voice-Over Performance" for that Simpsons episode she was in...and I remember thinking to myself when I watched it, "THAT'S Anne Hathaway? It sounds nothing like her!" Perhaps that's what's so outsanding about it? I like Anne Hathaway's voice though...:/

So, overall? I'm meh about these nominations. We'll see what happens on the night of the Emmys.