7th Annual UltimateDisney/DVDizzy Forum Awards - VOTING

[Escapay]

<i>And the nominees are...</i>

Avatar of the Year
enigmawing: Disney Princesses Avatar


enigmawing: Wedding Avatar


Escapay: Lace Collar Gromit


sotiris2006: Rapunzel Becomes Ariel Becomes Rapunzel


Super Aurora: Ariel with Sunglasses




Signature of the Year
BelleGirl: Sleeping Beauty


blackcauldron85: Disney Couples


Disney's Divinity: Beauty and the Beast


enigmawing: Wedding Announcement


jpanimation: Fantasia World


robster16: Spinning Rapunzel


UmbrellaFish: Julie Andrews



Discussion Forum
Disney Discussion
Disney Theme Parks
Movies, Music & TV
Off-Topic
Polls & Games


UltimateDisney.com Review of the Year (Non-TV Show)
Alice in Wonderland (1951): Special UN-Anniversary Edition (DVD) by Kelvin Cedeno
Alice in Wonderland (2010) (Blu-Ray + DVD) by Kelvin Cedeno
The Black Cauldron: 25th Anniversary Edition (DVD) by Luke Bonanno
The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery in the Mist Edition (DVD) by Luke Bonanno
Pete's Dragon: High-Flying Edition (DVD) by Luke Bonanno
The Princess and the Frog (Blu-Ray + DVD) by Luke Bonanno & Kelvin Cedeno
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition (Blu-Ray + DVD) by Luke Bonanno & Kelvin Cedeno
Toy Story (Blu-Ray + DVD) by Kelvin Cedeno
Up (Blu-Ray + DVD) by Luke Bonanno & Kelvin Cedeno


DVDizzy.com Review of the Year (Non-TV Show)
Avatar (Blu-Ray + DVD) by Kelvin Cedeno
Cloudy With a Chance of Meetballs: Supersized Edition (DVD) by Luke Bonanno
The Crazies (DVD) by Luke Bonanno
An Education (DVD) by Luke Bonanno
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Blu-Ray + DVD) by Luke Bonanno & Kelvin Cedeno
Julie & Julia (DVD) by Luke Bonanno
Kick-Ass (Blu-Ray + DVD) by Luke Bonanno & Kelvin Cedeno
Night Train to Munich: Criterion Collection (DVD) by Luke Bonanno
A Single Man (DVD) by Luke Bonanno
Where the Wild Things Are (DVD) by Luke Bonanno


TV-on-DVD Review of the Year
30 Rock: Season Three by Aaron Wallace
Family Guy: Volume Eight by Kelvin Cedeno
Family Matters: Season One by Luke Bonanno
Glee: Season One by Kelvin Cedeno
Goosebumps: The Blob That Ate Everyone by Luke Bonanno
Greek: Chapter Four by Kelvin Cedeno
The New Adventures of Old Christine: Season Three by Luke Bonanno
The Simpsons: The 13th Season by Luke Bonanno
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo: The Complete Series by Luke Bonanno
Ugly Betty: Season Three by Kelvin Cedeno


Celebrity Interview/Virtual Roundtable of the Year
Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, writers/directors of Up by Luke Bonanno (November 2009)
Mike Judge, writer/director of Extract, Office Space; "King of the Hill" and "Beavis and Butt-Head" creator by Luke Bonanno (December 2009)
Jonathan Mostow, director of Surrogates, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, U-571 by Aaron Wallace (January 2010)
Michael Stuhlbarg, star of A Serious Man by Aaron Wallace (February 2010)
John Musker and Ron Clements, writers/directors of The Princess and the Frog, Treasure Planet, Hercules, Aladdin, and The Little Mermaid by Luke Bonanno (March 2010)


Site Article of the Year
"A Salute to Disney's Halloween Television Specials" by Aaron Willcott (October 2009)
"The Great Best Picture Oscars Project" by Luke Bonanno (April 2010)


Thread of the Year
Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition (October 5th!) by CampbellzSoup
The Disney Essence: Fact or Fiction by Escapay
Tangled Thread, Part II by sotiris2006
Tangled Thread, Part III by sotiris2006
What I Have Learned About the UD/DVDizzy Forum Members by CJ


Poll/Game of the Year
Caption That! by PrincePhillipfan
Hurt or Heal: Disneyland Park Attractions by WDWLocal
Hurt or Heal: Random Words That Show The Game Is Pointless by Escapay


Best Message Board Idea of the Year
Closing of Various, Overheated, & Ridiculous Threads (UD Moderators: 2099net, AwallaceUNC, CJ, Luke, Pinkrenata, indianajp)
CJ's Closing of "What's your religion?" and "The necessary derailment" thread (UD Moderator CJ)
Best Songs of the Decade (Lazario)
Secret Santa 2009 (Luke)


Event or Breaking News of the Year
Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition DVD containing enough bonus features
Confirmation for Roger Rabbit Sequel
Dick Cook Resigns, Rich Ross Steps In
Disney Buying Marvel
Disney Documentaries Coming to DVD
Disney Selling Miramax
Dumbo Blu-Ray & DVD Gets Shelved in US
enigmawing Getting Married
Fantasyland at WDW gets a Make-Over
Ilene Woods Passing Away
The Princess and the Frog Comes Out
Prudence's Sudden Return and POSTS IN CAPS
Rapunzel Becomes Tangled, Bickering Ensues
Tangled Updates by robster16 & others
Roy E. Disney Passing Away
UltimateDisney.com Officially Gets Merged into DVDizzy.com


Most Amusing Posts of the Year
enigmawing
Escapay
SpringHeelJack
Super Aurora
Wonderlicious


Most Intelligent Member of the Year
2099net
Disneykid
Escapay
Goliath
Lazario
Wonderlicious


Most Informative Member of the Year
2099net
AwallaceUNC
blackcauldron85
Escapay
jpanimation
robster16
sotiris2006


Friendliest/Kindest Member of the Year
atlanticaunderthesea
blackcauldron85
enigmawing
Margos
PrincePhillipFan
UmbrellaFish


New Member of the Year (joined between June 1, 2009 and September 30, 2010)
Duckburger
Heartless
jpanimagion
Kraken Guard
robster16
SWillie!


Super Sophomore of the Year (joined between May 24, 2008 and May 31, 2009)
ajmrowland
Goliath
Margos
Neal
zackisthewalrus


UltimateDisney.com/DVDizzy.com Member of the Year
blackcauldron85
CJ
Disneykid
enigmawing
Escapay
Luke
Margos
pap64
Wonderlicious


<b><u>Special Award #1: Most Creative/Artistic Member</u></b>
This Special Award has been previously celebrated in 2009 and returns once again. Due to its popularity last year, and various nominations to bring it back again this year, it will be included among the regular roster of categories next year.

Please submit no more than three forum member names and rank them, with 1 being your first choice and 3 being your third.


<b><u>Special Award #2: Forum Member You'd Most Like To Spend A Day With In a Disney Theme Park</u></b>
This Special Award has been celebrated in both 2008 and 2009, and returns for one last hurrah, as the category will be retired after this ceremony.

Please submit no more than three forum member names and rank them, with 1 being your first choice and 3 being your third.


<b><u>Special Award #3: Tangled Enthusiast of the Year</u></b>
This Special Award celebrates a notable forum member who has displayed a high degree of enthusiasm and anticipation for the 2010 animated film Tangled (formerly Rapunzel in the U.S.A.).

Please submit no more than three forum member names and rank them, with 1 being your first choice and 3 being your third.


<b><u>ANNOUNCEMENT: The UltimateDisney.com/DVDizzy.com Legacy Award</u></b>
The UltimateDisney.com/DVDizzy.com Legacy Award(s) celebrate notable members of the website and forum community who have displayed a continued excellence in posting, forum activity, website activity, etc. not just in the past year, but in the entire existence of UltimateDisney.com and DVDizzy.com. This is not meant to supercede or replace the "Member of the Year" Award, but act as a companion, a "Lifetime Achievement" within the forum and site's history. For the inaugural* award, I have selected the recipients who will receive this one-of-a-kind statue/trophy personally designed by enigmawing. Many thanks to her for designing this award!




*Disneykid & CJ previously received Special Awards in 2007, which were one-off categories retired after that ceremony. Both were my inspiration for this new award.

<i>*Note*: There may be additional special awards presented during the ceremony that do not require voting at this stage</i>

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Congratulations to all the nominees! Again, please remember that these awards are for fun only. There are many, many UD members and while a great many names were submitted in the categories, only a very select few can make the cut. I'd love to list everyone who is submitted as a nominee, but the voting would never work then. So please, no hurt feelings!

You may only submit one vote per category. You may not vote for yourself or any thread/review/game/etc. that you started/authored. All votes must be submitted to udforumawards@gmail.com to be eligible (NO PMs!). Please make "7th Annual UD Forum VOTES" the subject of your email. Everyone is encouraged to vote, regardless of whether you have participated before. All votes must be received by Tuesday, October 19th, at 11:59pm (Eastern Time). That's a whole week away, but it goes by faster than you think, so vote now!


albert

[zackisthewalrus]

I'm surprised to see that I got a nom for Super Sophomore. I've barely had time to be on here this past year (something that deeply saddens me). I'll send in my votes soon.

[pap64]

Wow... I got nominated for UD member of the year!

Wasn't there a movie that was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and won despite not being nominated for any other category?

It would be interesting if I got the big award...

Anyways, I'll send my votes now.

[pap64]

Just sent my votes, good luck to everybody!

[UmbrellaFish]

Congrats to all the nominees!

And I am simply shocked to have been nominated this year! Wow!

Oh- and Escapay, the siggy has been sent!

[Elladorine]

I'm utterly shocked to see my name pop up so much. So . . . is this where we start offering bribes?
But seriously, you don't know how appreciated it is, especially when it comes to the wedding-related stuff (only two-and-a-half weeks left before the big day)! Thanks so much, everyone!

Congrats to all the nominees and good luck! Scaps, so glad I could help out with creating the new award; I'm really looking forward to entire ceremony.

[Wonderlicious]

I'm utterly shocked to see my name pop up so much. So . . . is this where we start offering bribes?

I know! I was shocked to get just three nominations. I'm honoured I tell you all. Now, vote for me.

BTW, can we do speeches again?

[Sotiris]

I can't believe I got four nominations!!

Thank you everyone!!!

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated!!

[Escapay]

Oh- and Escapay, the siggy has been sent!

Thanks! I've updated the first post now.

BTW, can we do speeches again?

Yes, speeches will be done again. I need to post the thread for that, will do that shortly before the voting deadline passes.

albert

[pap64]

Question, Albert. Are we going to write the intros to the categories like we did in past awards?

[Atlantica]

Oh my gosh ! How lovely to get a nomination ! Thank you guys so much

I'll be sending in my votes now !

[Escapay]

Question, Albert. Are we going to write the intros to the categories like we did in past awards?

Er, I thought that's what you meant by speeches.

The sign-up thread for the intros will be posted a couple days before the voting deadline.

albert

[pap64]

Question, Albert. Are we going to write the intros to the categories like we did in past awards?

Er, I thought that's what you meant by speeches.

The sign-up thread for the intros will be posted a couple days before the voting deadline.

albert

Yeah, the speeches sound cool and would like to see that.

[Duckburger]

Wow, I got a nomination! Awesome.

I completely forgot to send in my nominations last week, but I did just send in my votes. I hope that's okay.

[Scarred4life]

Question- do we have to place a vote in every category?

[Goliath]

Wow, lots of things popping up which I had nominated, too.

I'm very honored to be nominated twice. Thanks.

Before I send in my votes I have a question: why do some categories have five nominees (like 'best avatar') and some have more than five (like 'signature')?

[Escapay]

Question- do we have to place a vote in every category?

No.

Before I send in my votes I have a question: why do some categories have five nominees (like 'best avatar') and some have more than five (like 'signature')?

The way that the submissions were tabulated, I wanted to get as close to five per category as possible. In about half of the categories, there were multiple-way-ties for the final slot in the official nomination list for a category. Rather than have less than five per category, I opted for more.

Example:

Let's say that Avatar of the Year had the following nominations submitted:

Joe Bob's Avatar - IIIIIIII
Alice's Avatar - IIIIIII
Marlin's Avatar - IIIIIII
Adric's Avatar - IIII
Ryder's Avatar - I
Amelia's Avatar - IIII
Bedelia's Avatar - IIIIIIIIII
Dory's Avatar - IIII
Hamlet's Avatar - I
Ollie's Avatar - II

Of the ten, the definites for the Avatar nominations would've been Joe Bob, Alice, Marlin, and Bedelia. Adric, Amelia, and Dory had a three-way tie, while Ryder, Hamlet, and Ollie don't have enough nominations to even make it to the tie, and so they're not in the running. Rather than just include four nominees of the ten, I included seven. Had I gone for less, then some categories would be much too small (DVDizzy.com Review of the Year would have only 2 nominees). In some cases, there were not enough nominees to make it up to five (Idea of the Year, the fixed categories of Interview/Roundtable of the Year and Article of the Year), and so I included all that were available. Poll/Game of the Year I intentionally kept at less than 5 because the three listed were the only ones to have multiple nomination submissions, all the others were just singular nominations. In the case of News/Event of the Year, even though I had the option of only including three like Poll/Game, that category generally has a lot of nominees listed anyway as a nice reminder of "here's what happened in the past year" so I included all that was nominated.

Hope that explains everything!

albert

[TheSequelOfDisney]

Joe Bob's Avatar - IIIIIIII
Alice's Avatar - IIIIIII
Marlin's Avatar - IIIIIII
Adric's Avatar - IIII
Ryder's Avatar - I
Amelia's Avatar - IIII
Bedelia's Avatar - IIIIIIIIII
Dory's Avatar - IIII
Hamlet's Avatar - I
Ollie's Avatar - II

Are all of these friends of Joe Bob? I must meet them! All of them! I now know so much about Joe Bob that I would love to get to know all of his friends! Hamlet doesn't have an evil uncle/father that kills his actual father, right? And does he see his actual father's ghost and then goes all crazy, killing off his girlfriend, mum, uncle/father, best friends, that guy who gets stabbed behind the curtain and his son, plus numerous other people? And is Ollie related to Ollie as in "Ollie Johnston" Ollie? And what about the rest of them? I would much rather like to get to know Bedelia, Adric and Alice! Does Alice fall down a rabbit hole or does she go through the looking glass? Or is she a completely different Alice that say does not follow a white rabbit, travel through a wonderful land and meet strange and exotic creatures? I ever so much want to meet all of them! Oh, please, can I Mary Poppins? Can I?

[Disneykid]

Wow, nice to see that even though I mostly lurk nowadays, I still manage to garner some nominations! I better start passing out "Vote for Me!" buttons and kissing babies, preferably in that order before someone tries to have me arrested.

[pap64]

Oh yes, speaking of which...

Here are my buttons:


And this is my campaign theme song!

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