I am giddily obsessed with the Oscar race this year. Will a fantasy film--The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, natch--actually win Best Director or Best Picture?
Most of the sf/fantasy folks I know--editors, a copy reader, a writer or two, some very dedicated readers of the stuff--could care less about this, and I don't count any truly obsessed LoTR trilogy fans in my circle of friends. Why does it fascinate me?
Maybe it's the standard underdog pov of the sf/fantasy fan. Vindication, at last!
Maybe it will just be fun to have a film involving wizards, magic, halflings, ents, and elves win an Oscar, and to watch hobbitty New Zealander Peter Jackson triumph amidst all the botox'd, siliconed, glazed-to-perfection Hollywood royalty.
Maybe I just need something fun to think about.