"It would be funny if it wasn't so sad: one of the arguments for the split of Dramatic Presentation into short and long form was the the Hugo Awards must "continue to be relevant." But of course you'd not know that, would you?"
Of course I wouldn't know that, since it is not part of either the Hugo rules or the Hugo facs (that I have checked).
And I have never said I know better than anyone, I am just highlighting a discrepancy between what can be found out about the Hugos by anyone looking online and what seems to be Hugo reality.
As for what is cnsidered long form and short form dramatic presentation, I don't see the problem in adding to the rules that a UK double episode (,that will always be over 90 mins as opposed to a US double episode that is always under 90 mins,) is defined as short form. And I do think that a TV series with a long arc should be defined in the Hugo rules as to which category it belongs to. -As an example, if the end of season five of Doctor Who was a three episode story, would that still be short form, or would it be defined as long form?
And back to the original post on my blog; couldn't the Hugo committe just have stated that The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang was accepted as short form? That would at least remove any problem I had with it winning.
And I have to also say that a rule will always be open to misinterpretation, but that does not excuse a written rule being at odds with reality.
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Re: Speaking For Fandom
Date: 2011-09-02 06:26 pm (UTC)Of course I wouldn't know that, since it is not part of either the Hugo rules or the Hugo facs (that I have checked).
And I have never said I know better than anyone, I am just highlighting a discrepancy between what can be found out about the Hugos by anyone looking online and what seems to be Hugo reality.
As for what is cnsidered long form and short form dramatic presentation, I don't see the problem in adding to the rules that a UK double episode (,that will always be over 90 mins as opposed to a US double episode that is always under 90 mins,) is defined as short form. And I do think that a TV series with a long arc should be defined in the Hugo rules as to which category it belongs to. -As an example, if the end of season five of Doctor Who was a three episode story, would that still be short form, or would it be defined as long form?
And back to the original post on my blog; couldn't the Hugo committe just have stated that The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang was accepted as short form? That would at least remove any problem I had with it winning.
And I have to also say that a rule will always be open to misinterpretation, but that does not excuse a written rule being at odds with reality.